Mio: Memories in Orbit Reviews
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In a genre crowded with familiar ideas, MIO: Memories In Orbit carries a subtle gravity that slowly pulls you deeper into its world. MIO: Memories In Orbit
MIO wears its tough-as-nails metroidvania influences proudly, but spends enough time contorting familiar ideas into punishing gauntlets and rewarding patience with dazzling artistic spectacle that it truly comes into its own.
Even after finishing the game and getting the sense that much has already been discovered, there is still so much to explore.
MIO: Memories In Orbit is a deceptive experience that lulled me into thinking that it might be retreading some of the roads that had already been masterfully done by its genre-siblings, but only a few hours had me appreciating every crevice and finely realised detail throughout its lush world. It manages to stand all and establish itself as a fantastic metroidvania that draws upon the strengths of the genre, while creating a world all its own.
MIO: Memories in Orbit stands out as one of the best modern Metroidvania experiences. Even if its combat could use more work, the exploration aspects and mesmerizing art style make it an unforgettable experience for fans of the genre.
MIO: Memories In Orbit is a demanding game with intricate platforming and exciting boss encounters. Mio’s adventure will have you persevere trying to reclaim The Vessel’s memories from centuries of decay. Strap In!
Cute on the surface but brutally unforgiving underneath, MIO: Memories in Orbit is a stylish Metroidvania that blends Souls-like challenge with demanding platforming, rewarding skill while pushing patience to its limits.
MIO: Memories in Orbit | Review | A nice Metroidvania that's fun to play but suffers from excessive crypticity.
A melancholic metroidvania that dares to drift in familiar space.
MIO: Memories in Orbit is a beautiful Metroidvania that features wonderful platforming segments alongside challenging encounters. The world encourages exploration, with each route rewarding you, further incentivising you to venture into the unknown. Although the game follows conventions, it delivers a fascinating adventure that fans of the genre will adore.
MIO: Memories in Orbit leaves a strong first impression and continues to deliver quality content throughout, despite a few questionable design choices here and there. Some clever level design, a fantastic soundtrack, and a gorgeous art style make the entire experience worthwhile.
Last year, Clair Obscur Expedition 33 reached for the stars. A true French masterpiece that shone brightly across the globe. Needless to say, such a success story inevitably sparks dreams in many talented small studios. In a way, living in the shadow of giants has its advantages, as the revelation to the world is all the more beautiful.
Android MIO has to clean up a spaceship full of dangerous machines. You'll sweat, but it's not in vain.
MIO: Memories In Orbit is a new sci-fi odyssey that combines Metroidvania and unique art direction.
Josh Bailey reviews the next Metroidvania hit, MIO: Memories in Orbit for Gamer Guides.
As punishing as it is beautiful, this experience is not intended for all audiences.
MIO: Memories in Orbit is a stunning metroidvania with satisfying gameplay, set in an interesting science fiction setting.
MIO: Memories in Orbit is yet another challenging but rewarding Metroidvania for genre fans to sink their teeth into. It suffers from many of the frustrations typical of the genre, such as difficulty spikes and troublesome backtracking, but its unique visual style and intriguing world make up for it.
MIO: Memories in Orbit doesn't quite hit the highs of the genre greats, but developer Douze Dixièmes clearly understands what makes a Metroidvania sing, with a stylish, thoughtful, and enjoyable adventure. It starts slowly, and a few elements aren't fully realised, but this is a fabulous game for newcomers and fans of the genre who will feel right at home.
Memories in Orbit blends gorgeous hand-drawn visuals, a haunting sci-fi mystery, and satisfying Metroidvania exploration into one of the most memorable indie experiences this year. You play as Mio, a small robot exploring a dying ark filled with broken machines, hidden upgrades, and intense boss fights. Combat progression is handled through modules instead of traditional leveling, giving builds more flexibility and keeping fights fresh. While the game shines in presentation and discovery, it also stumbles with harsh platforming sections, limited accessibility options, and story events that can…
I’m truly at a crossroads recommending MIO - Memories in Orbit. On the one hand it is a gorgeous Metroidvania that you can immediately tell a lot of care and attention went into. This game’s visual design is without equal and that truly sets it apart from other titles in this genre. I love how the focus is a lot more on movement and platforming, especially embracing a more aerial approach that will have you performing jumps and tricks that most other games tend to leave behind for the latter half. On the other hand, the combat and overall design became quite frustrating for me to stick wit…
A review of MIO: Memories in Orbit, a new metroidvania game set on a spaceship.
Despite some poor choices and an unreliable mechanic, not to mention the annoyance that are the tremors, I still had a great time with Memories from Orbit, basking in its gorgeous visuals and memorable characters, and consider it as one of the better Metroidvania titles in years.
The game's visual identity is striking, and the spacecraft's transformation as it comes alive is excellent. There's a great sense of atmosphere that's reinforced as you keep moving forward, that eventually gives out because of uneven and frankly, unnecessary combat.
A strikingly beautiful, sci-fi alternative to Hollow Knight: Silksong, but one which is consistently off the mark when it comes to the balance between difficulty and frustration.
MIO: Memories in Orbit was first announced at an edition of Nintendo Direct way back in 2024, with an initial release window merely slated as “2025”. Despite being picked up by a bigger label, the game took its time to come out, and for a simple reason: it was an artistic-driven metroidvania being released in the same period as, well, the most anticipated metroidvania of all time, Hollow Knight: Silksong. Being one of the first games of the genre to come out after that massive juggernaut,...
A solid game in its own right with a uniquely gorgeous aesthetic, MIO: Memories in Orbit is marked by bizarre design choices and a lack of variety to combat.
MIO: Memories in Orbit is the next Metroidvania with which developer Douze Dixièmes wants to make an impact. Do they succeed? You can read all about it in our review!
The dichotomy of the Metroidvania as a genre is an interesting one. Its world is always ruined, cruel, hostile, perhaps once beautiful, now broken, but the genre asks you to imagine that it wasn’t always that way. That it was beautiful, once, worthwhile, and that no matter how hostile it is now, it might be something you can survive, something you can conquer. You must hold both of these ideas in your head simultaneously if the genre is to make sense. The Metroidvania is a genre of imitation, of something that reminds of something else. You must be able to imagine that the world of the Metroidvania could be a happy one for the trick to work.
MIO: Memories In Orbit can be described in four words: beautiful, engaging, challenging, and frustrating. It is a game that will be those who really like a tough as nails platforming and boss fights, but it will frustrate those who do not like getting stuck on sections because your reaction times come up short. I fall somewhere in the middle of the two camps, with the game’s story taking me nearly 50 hours to complete, and there are still some sections of The Vessel I have yet to see.
A mesmerizing, intertwined, decaying world awaits. You are MIO, a nimble robot with extraordinary abilities. You wake up in the Vessel, a space ship drifting aimlessly in space.This enormous technological ark, whose initial purpose remains unknown, lies now as a field of ruins, overgrown with lush vegetation and machines gone rogue. Nobody knows why the Pearls, The Vessel's AI caretakers, have ceased functioning. Forgotten by all, the Vessel faces imminent shutdown. Dive into its depths to revive its lost memories, as you unravel your true past and destiny.
The result delivers an experience that feels intimate without feeling cramped, challenges without overwhelming, and becomes memorable without acting ostentatious. For players looking for a more classic, human take on the metroidvania formula, MIO: Memories in Orbit quietly delivers exactly that.
Mio is a tiny robot who awakens on a vast spacefaring vessel that is rapidly deteriorating. You must guide her on a path to save all that she knows, even without any memory of who or what she is, and as both the ship and Mio herself are gradually falling apart. Following in the footsteps of challenging, artistic, and sprawling search action games like the Ori and Hollow Knight series, Mio is a study in meticulous design decisions, subdued but gorgeous audio and visual aesthetics, and an appro...