Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
I had an itch to replay this game, and fired it up after leaving it alone for quite a while. I was greeted with this "Treasure Trove" update. Holy shit, it's a whole new game. Well, kinda. I believe the original levels are just altered a bit to accommodate the new character, but it sure feels fresh and different. You get a whole new campaign, new powers, new hub world, new challenge rooms...all for free. Awesome. Anyways, the new character is pretty sweet. Totally different set of moves to get used to, but once you do, the game plays as smooth as silk. Only thing I'd gripe about, is that he has this jumping slash move that makes the boss battles a little too easy to cheese. Pattern recognition isn't as key to beating them this time around, and you can pretty much recklessly jump slash your way to victory in most cases.
Just beat the game the other day, and enjoyed every last second of it. Beating it 100% will take some time though, as there are some really tough challenges, and hidden items to find. It's also got this awesome challenge tower, where you have to race to the top as this electrified ground chases you. It's tough, but fair. I've only made it about half way up so far, but I haven't really sunk my teeth into it yet.
Good shit. The developers really went all out with this.
10/10