Primal Planet is my favorite new metroidvania because it has friendly dinosaurs, gorgeous pixel art, and you can hug your wife

In Primal Planet I'm a cheerful ol' brute living in a lush jungle with my wife, daughter, and pet dinosaur Sino. As a confident guy of the Mesozoic era, I'm not too worried about all the dinosaurs and insect life. I can use fruit to distract some enemies, I can stealth crabwalk past sleeping T-rexes, and I can even use my spears to reach otherwise inaccessible heights. It's a pretty nice life, though sometimes dinosaurs try to eat me and my family. Also, giant mechanical monstrosities have started appearing: What the hell are they?..
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