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Metroidvanias - Finest of all Genres

Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
The only genre I love as much as JRPG’s are Metroidvanias. Give me all of them! ALL OF THEM!!!

I just started Ender Lilies and it’s fantastic.

Other examples of the amazing genre

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Axiom Verge
Chasm
Bloodstained
Hollow Knight
Guacamelee
Blasphemous

And oh so many more.

You can recognize a Metroidvania by its side scrolling nonlinear platforming gameplay, it’s large connected map, multiple weapons, leveling and power up system.

Anyway…they’re the best and we should talk about the best ones we’ve played and the best ones coming out in the future!!

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    I replayed Symphony of the Night right before getting Bloodstained last year. Both are very good! I've been thinking of checking out Hollow Knight

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Hollow Knight is a fun little game that gets absolutely nuts hard if you decide to engage it that way.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Hollow Knight is excellent. The map is huge and it’s relatively long but it’s a great game.

    Ender Lilies has a lot in common with Hollow Knight for sure

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I've been on a bit of an MV kick recently. I got Hollow Knight free through PS+, it reminded me how damn good MVs are, so I then played both Ori games and now I'm working on The Messenger. I loved the Guacamelee games. 100% on the first one but couldn't quite get there for the second one.

    I'm excited for Silksong and Metroid Dread.


    I absolutely do not have the patience for the insane extra stuff in Hollow Knight.

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  • BaidolBaidol I will hold him off Escape while you canRegistered User regular
    The positive information on Ender Lillies is good for me as I have it on my wishlist.

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Always be going left at the start, that’s what I’ve learned.

  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    Hollow knight is a wonderful game.

  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    I played the one where you slap a giant witch's giant tits with a leaf.

    Anyone else played that?

    Good tit slapping with leaf action.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    ChicoBlue wrote: »
    I played the one where you slap a giant witch's giant tits with a leaf.

    Anyone else played that?

    Good tit slapping with leaf action.

    momodora: reverie under the moonlight?

    Other good mentions:
    SteamWorld Dig 2
    Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
    I guess Super Metroid counts, barely

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    The Soulsborne games are metroidvanias, change my mind.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    3cl1ps3 wrote: »
    The Soulsborne games are metroidvanias, change my mind.

    Salt and Sanctuary certainly is

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Anyway you missed Ori and the Blind Forest.

  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    I plan on playing Ender Lilies real soon, and it looks great. Metroidvania but what if you were a Stand-using little girl?

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  • astrobstrdastrobstrd So full of mercy... Registered User regular
    Dead Cells is the last one I was hype for, though that is also a Rogue/Souls-like.

    Anything post 2 cells is bullshit, though.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    I keep wanting to play Hollow Knight, but I think the difficulty would frustrate me at this point. I try to avoid games that'll frustrate me at my age.

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    All games should have accessibility/easy modes like Control, and I say this as someone who finds the challenge of really hard games to be part of the fun. Just because I like that doesn't mean everyone wants to engage with that part of a game (or even can - it's an accessibility issue for a reason).

    No different than adding color-blind options or closed captioning (in philosophy, obviously in programming practice there are more challenges).

  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    3cl1ps3 wrote: »
    The Soulsborne games are metroidvanias, change my mind.

    I feel like a key feature of metroidvanias is gating of parts of the map via new powers (double jump, wall jump, bombs, etc). Dark Souls doesn’t really do that. Later games the interconnected nature of the world is lessened as well.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    3cl1ps3 wrote: »
    Anyway you missed Ori and the Blind Forest.

    Did you not see the “and oh so many more” comment?!?

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Steve we've been over this, I can't read.

  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    Lars wrote: »
    I keep wanting to play Hollow Knight, but I think the difficulty would frustrate me at this point. I try to avoid games that'll frustrate me at my age.

    I've fallen off it twice now. I think I'm about a third of the way through. The difficulty isn't the problem for me actually, it's the artificial stuff they do to try to make it harder, like the crap of having to find a guy to sell you the ability to map an area, and then that map only keeps its data if you sit on a bench. It's a game that nails atmosphere and gameplay but hurts itself by trying too hard to be Dark Souls difficult.

  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    There's a Metroidvania on Steam that frequently goes on sale for like $1 or something. It's got a nice art style but the main character design is bikini warrior woman.

    I think it's called "the Vagrant" but too lazy to search and confirm.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    The Messenger is awesome. One of my favorites

  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    MetroidVanias are my favorites!

    I'm replaying through Hollow Knight right now

  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    I've been meaning to replay Super Metroid before Dread comes out. It's been a good while since I have.

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Been watching Super Metroid randomized races and wow they be talented.

  • HefflingHeffling No Pic EverRegistered User regular
    I think both Ori games should be on the list also.

  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    Hey, you forgot Ori and the Blind Forest!

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  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    edited July 2021
    Timespinner is a pretty good one! It's a really cool indie metroidvania some nice ideas with lots of nods toward Symphony.

    It's also extremely queer!

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    Timespinner is a pretty good one! It's a really cool indie metroidvania some nice ideas with lots of nods toward Symphony.

    It's also extremely queer!

    I really loved Timespinner.

  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    edited July 2021
    I just want to say

    I absolutely suck at action gameplay, just the goddamned worse

    But I was able to experience all of Hollow Knight, including doing the White Palace (plus whatever the super hard path was) at 2 FPS because my system was having memory issues but I didn’t want to restart

    The game is challenging, but has at least 3 compensating factors:
    1. It’s genuinely fun as fuck just to move in the game, so corpse/shade retrieval runs aren’t too bad (early Metroid games did not have fun movement like this, the exploration was fun, but floaty Samus is not fun….SotN and the GBA Metroids are about when they figured out the physics, so just moving in these types of games is fun)
    2. For the most part, good bench/save spot and shade positioning (very crucial for me doing the aforementioned laggy as fuck White Palacing)
    3. There’s always a charm combo for that

    Don’t be scared off of it, it’s worth the challenge and you’ll end up feeling much better about your action gaming abilities after (until you pop into a fighting game at least)

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited July 2021
    The Path of Pain

    There's one sequence in there that took me exactly one fewer try than I had the health to attempt.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Iconoclast is a solid game if you haven’t played it

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Ender Lilies does not fuck around

  • DaebunzDaebunz Registered User regular
    I actually just played axiom verge like a week or two ago for the first time

    a couple minor frustrating parts but otherwise game was great. ive been sitting on the ps4 physical version for ages in the backlog

    i forgot about timespinner though i wanted to play that

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    I asked this a while back in the JRPG thread, but if you were going to suggest ten Metroidvania games to someone relatively new to gaming, what would you suggest?

    Would you want to demonstrate the historical progression of the genre (so starting off with something like Super Metroid, then including Castlevania:SOTN, for example)?

    Lets see some general recommendations.

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  • ChallChall Registered User regular
    Metroids are Metroidvanias, right? I've never played a Metroid before the Dread trailer at E3 so I recently played Zero Mission and now I have a copy of Samus Returns for my 3DS. I believe these are the only Metroidvanias I have played so far.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    I actually just played axiom verge like a week or two ago for the first time

    a couple minor frustrating parts but otherwise game was great. ive been sitting on the ps4 physical version for ages in the backlog

    i forgot about timespinner though i wanted to play that

    oh you too? that's funny I literally just played through it for the first time a week or two ago as well

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Skul: The Hero Slayer isn't a metroidvania, but it plays a lot like one

  • mosssnackmosssnack Yeah right, man, Bishop should go! Good idea!Registered User regular
    Sundered!

    Man, that fucking game sucked me in immediately and I played through it twice in a row

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