Have yet to play more games, but its very well realized, currently the most "metroidvania" game for me.
Though I have to say, I am not a fan of leaps of faith, and combat could be either less required or more snappy. Slow sword mashing and hitting 4 times to kill someone is not that great. But if it would be BA-BA-BA-BAH - much nicer eh? Or just one sweet hit->kill, maybe with some longish anticipation. Probably a take away is that it would be less tacticall, but I still think there's room for improvement.
I have to say, with these graphics I was expecting to see the evil husband at the castle and was a bit bummed that it was it:) when's more?