The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
Free metroidvanias
Kazhiim
__BANNED USERS regular
__BANNED USERS regular
I got a hankerin'
I've already played knytt and cave story and cave story doesn't really count anyway but I'm mentioning it just in case
they have to be free and PC because I am poor
no I'm not getting the cool one on XBLA
I've already played knytt and cave story and cave story doesn't really count anyway but I'm mentioning it just in case
they have to be free and PC because I am poor
no I'm not getting the cool one on XBLA
Kazhiim on
0
Posts
Just curious: Why doesn't cave story count?
Yeah, but it's balls hard. Prepare to spend 50+ hours of NES-difficulty platforming and puzzle solving.
You absolutely need to print out a guide beforehand. I'm still not sure the game provides you with all the information to beat it. I think it never mentions some of the key MSX combinations.
Someone said they had done it by themselves, and it took more than 100 hours.
Some of the platforms are invisible and give no hint to their being there. You have to even jump in a special way just to get there. And that's in the very beginning of the dungeon! And you have to do it to get the item that helps you continue the game!
La Mulana isn't hard. It's torture.
A lot of people claim they've been able to do it by themselves. I think it's bollocks. Watch Deceased Crabs Let's Play of Hell's Temple. His slow descent into madness is eerie.
The whole game is absolutely not like Hell Temple.
The main game is pretty challenging but it rarely does anything that seems unfair.
Except the bats, but bats are terrible no matter what game they are in.
Bats aren't particularly terrible in the 2D zeldas.
The Underside has a fairly big unfinished demo version out now, it's probably worth playing.
Well it's an homage to old MSX games so that's why it looks old. It's based off one in particular that I can't remember the name of. However if you have a Wii they're porting it to that with better graphics. So in 2058 when they finally port over Cave Story, they should release La Mulana.
It is also, as has been said, balls difficult and arcane to the point of guide necessity
It fits the bill very well for a metroid'esque adventure romp though, just one you shouldn't expect to see the ending of
http://www.gamemakergames.com/?a=view&id=3311
I'm seconding Iji, although it's not really a metroidvania. And you should try Within a Deep Forest as well. And Knytt Stories.
http://zeldaclassic.armageddongames.net/
It's basically a reamake of Zelda for the PC. Once it was done the engine / quest creator was put to use by fans to create all sorts of new content.
Anyone want to beta read a paranormal mystery novella? Here's your chance.
stream
And let's not forget the game actively hates you.
But, it's definitely not impossible. Just really hard. There's always a solution, it just make take several hundred deaths to find it.
COME FORTH, AMATERASU! - Switch Friend Code SW-5465-2458-5696 - Twitch
If anyone has any recommendations of custom quests, post 'em. I think that's the big appeal of this. I'm trying out the top rated one, Oracles, right now. Already I'm impressed with what this does.
Edit - And less impressed with the use of Secret of Mana midis.
[IMG]http://del_duio.sitesled.com/Hastlevania/Hasslevania-Underground.PNG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://del_duio.sitesled.com/Hastlevania/gala-moth.PNG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://del_duio.sitesled.com/Hastlevania/NS6.PNG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://del_duio.sitesled.com/Hasslevania/PZ-zombies.PNG[/IMG]
http://autofish.net/clysm/art/video_games/seiklus/
Except for Xbox Ninja Gaiden bats. They are like little pinatas full of money. You can hit them with nunchuks. That's awesome.
It really isn't too difficult, everything in the game is not beyond an advanced gamer who grew up with Nintendo hard games can't over come.
But the level design is fuckawesome.
PLAY WITHIN A DARK FOREST RIGHT NOW.
The atmosphere is awesome, the music is brilliant and the gameplay is heaps better than Knytt.
That's right, a game where you play as a sentient bouncy ball has great atmosphere.
https://medium.com/@alascii
I love how this game is just a bunch of stolen content mish-mashed together from other games.
SO HARD.
Handmade Jewelry by me on EtsyGames for sale
Me on Twitch!
Already played it. Loved it.
In fact, I'm looking more for games along the line of knytt, seiklus, and WaDF. Exploration precedes combat and collection (collection is a key component of a metroidvania, of course, but it should primarily serve to expand exploration)
Edit: bats are bad, but how about medusa heads? As soon as I get to medusa heads I stop playing.
Water is also wet.