I really liked this game, it was fun to play against all the shadows. I don’t know if you can capture the last shadow but I just spammed 1 dog attack after I got beat the 1st time only to finish the game.
I felt the tutorial was explaining a lot and got a bit lost, I don’t know if it’s because I’m tired but after playing the 2 starting fights I understood, until the game introduced the residual elements and got lost again, until I fought the snail because I understood what the game wanted to explain.
I liked the music, the chill version and how it turns into a more dynamic one when you enter the fight. I like that kind of arrangement. The shadows and how they are displayed, for some reason, reminds me a bit of OFF, more the last battle, which I love, I think it’s what I liked most from the visuals, the shadows. (Also, you can pet the dog and I find it funny how close it looks in battle.)
The gameplay it’s fun and I really want to play more, though I felt the hardest battle was the dog. I like the menu where you can put the captured shadows but I don’t know if it’s only visual but I can’t put anything in the water that looks a bit rainbow-ish, which felt a bit strange at the start because I think I have 1 slot more but I don't.
As other people said, after beating the cat, I didn’t know what to do, but I read I had to come back home for the final boss and the cat duplicated when I beat it. Also, whenever you win or lose you get the finish message which made me think I wouldn’t be able to fight the final boss again when I lost the 1st time but you can. And talking to mom at the end freezes the game until you press escape a few times or that worked for me.
1 thing I didn’t like much was the basement, only because I felt I could walk around more but there are invisible restraints that look off since it gives the feeling you can walk more in the area. I know there are boxes blocking a few parts but not everything.
Oh, and when you are reading the books that you find in the overworld, it can be interrupted by a battle which I didn’t like. But I liked the little lore in the books.
Overall, I really enjoyed the game and I would like to see more!