Legacy of Kain: Ascendance only looks the part of a retro game

As a child of the 90s, it’s probably no surprise to hear that I have a fondness for a specific era of 2D platformers. Even today, I love opening up Nintendo Switch Online’s Super NES catalogue and jumping into a game I missed as a kid to experience the sights, sounds, and overall vibe of a game shaped by the ‘90s. That fondness seems to be shared by a lot of today’s game developers, considering that retro is all the rage right now. You don’t have to look far to find new games that pay homage to the golden age of the sidescroller, with even some of today’s biggest blockbuster game franchises looking back to the past for reinvention.