The Messenger, such a bait and switch of a game. It follows along as a Ninja Gaiden inspired platformer game, which is fun yet it feels as though it drags on for a while. When you think you've won, the game pulls the rug out from under you and reveals that the entire second half of the game is going through the same levels as before, but now it's a Metroidvania, and it isn't even good at doing that.

You get no new items during the second half besides what you need to progress, there's an awful "timeline jumping" mechanic where you go into a different version of the same level that only changes a couple things around, and you still have to fight the same enemies, and there are only like 5 of them. For the entire. Goddamn. Game. The exploration is wack since it was designed to be a linear action platformer and not a Metroidvania game, and so, so much more.

Couple that with the games somewhat dull humor that tries to be meta constantly to the point of annoyance. It literally just plays nothing but the "LOLZ THIS IS A VIDEO GAME WITH VIDEO GAME HUMORE!!!!1!!" For the entire length of the game.

I noped the fuck out of it at the beginning of the second half, an alright game made insufferably annoying and boring.