TUNIC was a pleasantly surprising and ambitious lil' guy.
TL,DR: I most strongly recommend this to someone most drawn to its Zelda influences, as its Souls-y flourishes and puzzle elements are great but somewhat simple.

This game is trying a lot of things, and blends them in a deeply strange but overall unique and memorable way. What starts as a mix between Souls combat with old-school Zelda button-swapping tools and magic eventually transforms into a modern indie puzzle game, think The Witness, Fez, or The Talos Principle.

Upfront, probably one of the biggest turn-offs for a lot of people is the specific way these concepts are strung together. Specifically, the puzzle elements start SLOW. Any review that has less than 5-6 hours in the game has not experienced when the game essentially unlocks/opens up. In the meantime, the combat and exploration is the focus and I agree with the general sentiment that it is simple. Appropriately simple for me even as someone who's played most of the FromSoft catalouge, I'd generously call it Zelda+ rather than Dark Souls-.

The "cerebral puzzle" elements of the game are strong, probably especially so if you haven't played many games like this as they are, again, a bit simple. As someone who's played everything from The Witness to Return of the Obra Dinn to Void Stranger, TUNIC's puzzle elements are unique, fun, and most importantly feel accessible and "natural. Many games struggle to do this, even more so to Steam 100%, where I feel TUNIC nails having challenge vs leaving a few details behind.

Finally, as its perhaps the most niche appeal to me, the soundtrack was done in part by Lifeformed (Dustforce) and is just wonderful. Similar to his previous work, the music really elevates the simpler look and lighting to give the game a much more unique aesthetic in practice.

TUNIC blends many unique influences together in a way that's just exciting, engaging, and unique. No single element truly blew me away but its a stocking full of just good times. A common point of criticism is that the difficulty being a touch swingy and I can't comment on that. I felt it was nice and overall chill/easy but that is coming from someone well versed on both sides of this game's influences.

Великолепная игра. Желательно офнуть интернет во время прохождения, а если затупите и не поймёте куда идти, что делать / что нажать, чтоб стало круто, то тупо сами тыкаетесь во все углы, тыкаете кнопочки иии... читаете руководство, что разбросанно по всей игре.
Отдельный axyй - звук. Оч хочется закупиться самыми лютейшими наушниками / колонками и тупа балдеть.

Phenomenal action-adventure game with some wildly in-depth puzzles if you're interested in trying to 100% it.