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Any good metroidvania recommendations?
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Ivan
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Anyone try this?
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Just wishlisted this one, looks promising.
ferratilis
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So, this released on Steam, but the reviews are polarized. I'd like to hear Codex's prestigious opinion before trying it myself. Anyone playing?
Recently played through this which is like a combination of Zelda II and Lost Vikings. T'was pretty nice.
There's two other companions you can find/recruit during the course of the game too, one of which plays exactly like a classicvania Belmont.
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Interesting looking upcoming waifu metroidvania whose MC's abilities comes from being parasitized.
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Yet another upcomming waifu metroidvania that caught my eye.
If nothing else, visually it's pretty solid.
If nothing else, visually it's pretty solid.
Been playing Death's Gambit: Afterlife and all i have to say is that it's one of the best Metroidvania's i've played with. It's Metroid spliced with "Souls".
Speaking of Metroid, there's an an area in this that's reminiscent of the wrecked ship in Super Metroid, which is pretty cool.
Speaking of Metroid, there's an an area in this that's reminiscent of the wrecked ship in Super Metroid, which is pretty cool.
How's Sundered? The hand-drawn art is very nice.
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Not great, not terrible. The art style is nice and the map is interesting enough to explore, but the combat gets repetitive and there are unnecessary roguelike elements that add nothing of value. Occasionally, you get attacked by hordes of enemies and those encounters lack clarity, you just need to mash through them usually. If you really want to get it, get it for the map and style, not for combat, story or gameplay.
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Going by the user reviews, the game's difficulty comes from its precision platforming which honestly IS a turn off. Everything else seems to be p mediocre so whether or not one enjoys it seems to come to whether or not one cares about difficult precision platformer with metroidvania progression.
ferratilis
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I already decided not to get Aeterna because the art style is so ugly. And because Hollow Knight's price tag makes most metroidvanias too expensive by comparison. Maybe I'll get it on a sale.
If anyone is looking to buy a metroidvania during Steam Winter Sale, S&S is the easiest recommendation, other than HK, of course. It also has ugly art style, but more than makes up for it with combat and exploration.
The Messenger is another easy recommendation. Beautiful pixel art, nice humor, great soundtrack, decent gameplay. It gets a bit annoying in the second half, but still worth a playthrough.
Blasphemous I didn't really like that much because platforming can be finnicky (especially with ladders), but it has enough content to warrant a purchase. And it's beautiful.
If anyone is looking to buy a metroidvania during Steam Winter Sale, S&S is the easiest recommendation, other than HK, of course. It also has ugly art style, but more than makes up for it with combat and exploration.
The Messenger is another easy recommendation. Beautiful pixel art, nice humor, great soundtrack, decent gameplay. It gets a bit annoying in the second half, but still worth a playthrough.
Blasphemous I didn't really like that much because platforming can be finnicky (especially with ladders), but it has enough content to warrant a purchase. And it's beautiful.
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And the game is a linear platformer until the "annoying second half". If the second half is annoying it's probably because the metroidvania part isn't as well executed. Still a solid game.
Visperas
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Man, not a lot of excitement for Aeterna Noctis, huh? I haven't played it yet but I will soon for sure. I've watched a few gameplay videos of the first area and it looks amazing! Definitely hard platforming but still amazing.
I'm actually playing The Messenger now and it's cool and funny but it's a bit simplistic: one attack (horizontal sword swing), one special (horizontal shuriken) and only a few movement options. Granted, one of them kind of allows you to pogo but still the game feels a bit barebones compared to Hollow Knight and Salt and Sanctuary, my two gold standards in metroidvanias.
I also played and finished Death's Gambit and Blasphemous but not the DLCs. Do you think it's worth going back to played them? Is their content on the side? I don't want to retread old levels to find little morsels but I might consider it if it adds new levels and I don't have to replay the whole game.
I'm actually playing The Messenger now and it's cool and funny but it's a bit simplistic: one attack (horizontal sword swing), one special (horizontal shuriken) and only a few movement options. Granted, one of them kind of allows you to pogo but still the game feels a bit barebones compared to Hollow Knight and Salt and Sanctuary, my two gold standards in metroidvanias.
I also played and finished Death's Gambit and Blasphemous but not the DLCs. Do you think it's worth going back to played them? Is their content on the side? I don't want to retread old levels to find little morsels but I might consider it if it adds new levels and I don't have to replay the whole game.
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El Presidente
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Is this a sequel or an enhanced re-release of the original game? Can I pick just this one?
I thought it was pretty bad unfortunately. Could've been a far better game if it was hand crafted instead of throwing you a bunch of procedurally generated rooms that end up being really poor and uninspired. Level design is fairly nonsensical, mostly because of that.
I wrote a very long post explaining why this game was bad on its own thread but the post got nuked alongside Spellcaster, sadly. Otherwise I'd quote it for you.
Afterlife is an "Enhanced Edition".
Visperas
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That's what I feared. I already played the original release, and to be fair I had plenty of fun, so I don't know that an Enhanced Edition is worth it. Anyone played both version? Is it worth it to go back?
Decide for yourself with this new content overview.
Some of the new additions like double jumping are things i can't imagine playing this without.
2021 MV games I played:
Astalon - Great exploration with roguelite/limited healing death mechanic with an upgrade store between plays. Controls like old mega-man games on a Metroid/Castlevania II: Simon's Quest map. Many doors/blocks once unlocked are persistent between plays, so traversal is simplified once you progress through an area (similar to Hollow Knight). You can unlock (through pickups on the map, not through the store) different movement capabilities for your knight, archer and wizard. Eventually, your wizard's attack is OP vs enemies including bosses, but spikes always take 10% or so of your health, and there are a lot of spikes. Attrition before you reach the next elevator or switch is the real enemy here. Has an elevator system for fast travel - could use a few more elevators, as you are always sent to the start of the map on death - and two-way portals between specific locations. Map does a decent job of communication to the player, but can sometimes be frustrating when trying to locate an exact room. First playthrough ~20hrs, probably ~10h if you pick it up a second time. Had a lot of fun with this one, would strongly recommend to anyone who enjoyed NES era Metroid/Castlevania/Zelda II/Mega Man.
Axiom Verge 2 - Pretty big departure from the first game... didn't really want to play as some rich billionaire. Replaced Metroid-inspired art style with more naturalistic environments, which was a disappointment. Also disappointed by new repertoire of combat weapons (melee axe and ranged boomerang) compared to wide assortment of guns in the first game. Soundtrack is still pretty good though. If you've played the first and really want more, you probably already have this one. If you haven't tried these, and are curious about them, just go play the first one instead.
Messenger - I played up to the crystal golem, then got distracted and put this one on the back burner. Fun game, but my experience so far is that it plays a lot more like the Ninja Gaiden series with an upgrade shop rather than a definitive metroidvania experience. From what I've read, seems like it opens up further down the line, and curious what other's experiences have been with it. Hopefully will get back to this one before too long.
Metroid Dread - Mostly positive experience. I imagine everyone is mostly familiar with it, so I'll drop what criticism I have without much of a review. Personally would have preferred a true 2D rather than 2.5D. QTEs are stupid. I'm mixed on the EMMI's - a way to trap them in the environment would have been nice, or limited use items to temporarily distract/disable them. Not really sure how I want them to improve those sections, but I don't necessarily want them cut either. The exploration is too linear for a big portion of the game, and it takes too long to be able to freely explore sections you've visited before. The difficulty spikes at the end are pretty big, and the game could have taken some cues from Hollow Knight where the most challenging stuff is optional. I cursed a lot, but had more fun with this than any of the metroid franchise titles since Super Metroid.
Pretty good year for me on MVs.
Astalon - Great exploration with roguelite/limited healing death mechanic with an upgrade store between plays. Controls like old mega-man games on a Metroid/Castlevania II: Simon's Quest map. Many doors/blocks once unlocked are persistent between plays, so traversal is simplified once you progress through an area (similar to Hollow Knight). You can unlock (through pickups on the map, not through the store) different movement capabilities for your knight, archer and wizard. Eventually, your wizard's attack is OP vs enemies including bosses, but spikes always take 10% or so of your health, and there are a lot of spikes. Attrition before you reach the next elevator or switch is the real enemy here. Has an elevator system for fast travel - could use a few more elevators, as you are always sent to the start of the map on death - and two-way portals between specific locations. Map does a decent job of communication to the player, but can sometimes be frustrating when trying to locate an exact room. First playthrough ~20hrs, probably ~10h if you pick it up a second time. Had a lot of fun with this one, would strongly recommend to anyone who enjoyed NES era Metroid/Castlevania/Zelda II/Mega Man.
Axiom Verge 2 - Pretty big departure from the first game... didn't really want to play as some rich billionaire. Replaced Metroid-inspired art style with more naturalistic environments, which was a disappointment. Also disappointed by new repertoire of combat weapons (melee axe and ranged boomerang) compared to wide assortment of guns in the first game. Soundtrack is still pretty good though. If you've played the first and really want more, you probably already have this one. If you haven't tried these, and are curious about them, just go play the first one instead.
Messenger - I played up to the crystal golem, then got distracted and put this one on the back burner. Fun game, but my experience so far is that it plays a lot more like the Ninja Gaiden series with an upgrade shop rather than a definitive metroidvania experience. From what I've read, seems like it opens up further down the line, and curious what other's experiences have been with it. Hopefully will get back to this one before too long.
Metroid Dread - Mostly positive experience. I imagine everyone is mostly familiar with it, so I'll drop what criticism I have without much of a review. Personally would have preferred a true 2D rather than 2.5D. QTEs are stupid. I'm mixed on the EMMI's - a way to trap them in the environment would have been nice, or limited use items to temporarily distract/disable them. Not really sure how I want them to improve those sections, but I don't necessarily want them cut either. The exploration is too linear for a big portion of the game, and it takes too long to be able to freely explore sections you've visited before. The difficulty spikes at the end are pretty big, and the game could have taken some cues from Hollow Knight where the most challenging stuff is optional. I cursed a lot, but had more fun with this than any of the metroid franchise titles since Super Metroid.
Pretty good year for me on MVs.
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