Just get Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. It's filled to the brim with creative puzzles, secrets and clever use of abilities. I didn't think they made games like this anymore.
I love Blaster Master, but I would never have lumped it in with metroidvanias. It is half that sort of, but the other half is whatever genre that shooty crap is, bullet hell I guess.If you aren't strictly tied to the 2d aspect then all 3 Dark Souls and Bloodborne are amazing 'metroidvania' games.
Also a game that I never see getting any love is good ol Blaster Master. Sunsoft was amazing back in the day and the game stands the test of time next to the original Metroid. Wish more people experienced it as it holds a special place in the 'metroidvania' pathfinder gaming history and is still a pretty fun little game. Always seems to be left off the list for some reason.
Not sure I agree here. It might not feature all the modern trappings of the 'genre' but Blaster Master is as much a 'metroidvania' as the original Metroid. It features a similar adventure/exploration design with a single interconnected world requiring backtracking, areas gated off by new abilities. Etc. I wouldn't consider it bullet hell at all.I love Blaster Master, but I would never have lumped it in with metroidvanias. It is half that sort of, but the other half is whatever genre that shooty crap is, bullet hell I guess.
I'm not saying it isn't, my brain just relegates the game to a different genre. I don't know what genre it's called, the parts where you fight the bosses. Those are the most memorable parts to me. I played Blaster Master back in the day as a kid, so it's a staple for my nostalgia. Similar to Guardian Legend, it's half one thing and half another, and I mainly think of it as a shooter.Not sure I agree here. It might not feature all the modern trappings of the 'genre' but Blaster Master is as much a 'metroidvania' as the original Metroid. It features a similar adventure/exploration design with a single interconnected world requiring backtracking, areas gated off by new abilities. Etc. I wouldn't consider it bullet hell at all.
Well let's agree on the fact that it's awesome and that the OP should play it (for it's metroidvania parts more or less)I'm not saying it isn't, my brain just relegates the game to a different genre. I don't know what genre it's called, the parts where you fight the bosses. Those are the most memorable parts to me. I played Blaster Master back in the day as a kid, so it's a staple for my nostalgia. Similar to Guardian Legend, it's half one thing and half another, and I mainly think of it as a shooter.
It has been said Hollow Knight is the best metroidvania game, hands down.
Instead of playing it first though, give me some other top-tier metrodivania games. I've only played Ori and the Blind Forest, so it's pretty much all new to me.
I would just play Hollow Knight, but I don't want to play the best metroidvania game out there and then go backwards in quality from there. That's no fun.
I played Hollow Knight. In the beginning it was fun and i liked it but then i stopped playing. Didn't know where to go next or constantly not knowing what to do now. The platforming get worse the more you advance. Hated some of the enemies design.
I, for one, appreciate that GAF is so far from a hivemind these days. Many people who didn't like HK still provided plenty of good suggestions.Sometimes, gaf is not the best place for advice. This is one of those times.
Blasphemous is the best, IMO. Gorgeous pixel art, great challenge, satisfying combat, beautiful soundtrack, insanely interesting and in-depth lore. I think it's on sale right now on Steam, too.
I, for one, appreciate that GAF is so far from a hivemind these days. Many people who didn't like HK still provided plenty of good suggestions.
BTW, HK isn't terribly hard, but it does require that you be fully aware at all times, and boss battles can be ridiculously twitchy with very, very little time to react. It's s still easier than Super Meat Boy and other very intense 2D games.
Yeah that was a huge pain in the azz. Good thing I had that honeybee charm to regen some healthThe White Palace is harder than SMB, although it's optional unless you go for the true ending/boss fight.
I backed it too, and didn't get round to it for a long time. But that's fine, because they're still adding content to it. You can either play what's there now (which is a lot, there's additional modes and characters although some aren't all that special) then return when extras are added, or wait until it's all finished.It's bizarre. The game has nothing over the classics and isn't even all that good to look at. It's not a terrible game, but it's nowhere near the best anything.
You need to play the GBA greats. The Metroids and the Castlevanias. Obviously Super Metroid and SoTN before them.
I need to play Bloodstained. I backed it on Kickstarter and seem to never play games I back.
My vote for best goes to SoTN for best. Super Metroid has never grabbed me like Symphony did, but I respect it.
I backed it too, and didn't get round to it for a long time. But that's fine, because they're still adding content to it. You can either play what's there now (which is a lot, there's additional modes and characters although some aren't all that special) then return when extras are added, or wait until it's all finished.
The White Palace is harder than SMB, although it's optional unless you go for the true ending/boss fight.
Havent played the new ones yet apart from re2make. Your comment on 8 being metroidvania made it more tempting for me. Is 7 that different from 8 that you left it out? Thought they were similar.Try Symphony of the Night... Castlevania.
3D wise
Souls games
Resident Evil 8 is a great metroidvania. As are the classic 1, 2, Zero, Code Veronica etc
What are the various opinion on Axiom Verge?
I played it, liked it a lot. Liked the atmosphere. It felt a lot like OG Metroid in some respects. Story was a bit wacky but fun.
But I recommended to to a friend who likes Metroidvania games and he didnt like it. I was surprised.
I see some people here also didnt like it. Can you explain why?
Havent played the new ones yet apart from re2make. Your comment on 8 being metroidvania made it more tempting for me. Is 7 that different from 8 that you left it out? Thought they were similar.
And it's the only good answer!
Are you talking about the Sega Master system game? Thought that was just a standard platformer, it's a metroidvania?I really enjoyed Hollow Knight when I played it recently.
It's an excellent Metroidvania game to be sure, but I didn't regard it quite as highly as its reputation calls for.
It's very good, with an emphasis on creating a beautifully sad, tragically dark world for its story, and on incorporating Soulsy elements like a single currency that you drop at the place where you die and highly challenging boss fights. But despite Dark Souls basically being my favourite series these things didn't make Hollow Knight my favourite Metroidvania. If you want high challenge and a deep, sorrowful tale it might become your favourite though. It certainly was hard, at least for me - it took me more tries to beat the final secret boss of Hollow Knight than the final boss of Sekiro, for example. But I just didn't dig it that much.
For one thing, I would often beat a boss or uncover a hidden path and get excited about what new power-up I was about to be rewarded with, and then instead I would get like... lore. Or money. But in this game there aren't enough things to spend money on so you're stuck carting it around paranoid about losing it by dying even though it's useless. At least that's how it is for the 2nd half of the game. And I know wandering around lost is part of the Metroidvania experience, and then you get a thrill when you figure out some new way to open up exploration paths... but I think there was just a bit too much time spent being lost in this game, which made uncovering those secrets that were just lore or worthless money instead of new powers extra frustrating.
As for recommends, my all time favourite is Wonderboy 3, which was recently remade with gorgeous graphics by the same people behind Streets of Rage 4. Monsterboy and the Cursed Kingdom is a title mimicking it that is also very good. I also personally love Aria of Sorrow and Order of Ecclesia. And if we're allowed to count 3D Metroidvanias, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Metroid Prime 1 and 2 are awesome.
And of course you can't go wrong with the famous classics like Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night from whence the genre takes its name, although I'd like to point out that Wonderboy 3 is both better than and predates these 2 titles.
Hollow Knight is good, but it’s a stretch to call it the best. It’s too punishing on new players and the map mechanic is dumb in the best case.
I’ll give another vote to axiom verge and I f you like Pokemon, I’d highly recommend Monster Sanctuary. Of course the big daddies like Super Metroid are required playing for the genre.
I opened up the game to try them, butoutside of playing as Zangetsu and that blood boss there isn't much there I am interested in. Boss rush as other bosses is a nice novelty, but it gets old quick. The randomiser might be nice if I feel like returning at some point, but I'm in no rush. Bring on the sequel! They must have more in store for the IP with Curse of the Moon having a second game.I loved Bloodstained and I got all the achievements. The extra modes and characters are nice but not enough for me to come back to the game. Cant wait for a true sequel though.
I opened up the game to try them, butoutside of playing as Zangetsu and that blood boss there isn't much there I am interested in. Boss rush as other bosses is a nice novelty, but it gets old quick. The randomiser might be nice if I feel like returning at some point, but I'm in no rush. Bring on the sequel! They must have more in store for the IP with Curse of the Moon having a second game.
I just logged into Kickstarter to check the updates, and I think you're right. Comments on posts say people haven't received their physical copies, and they won't receive them until all content updates are finished. That's probably the only clue as to the development pace of a sequel picking up, even if we assume only some of the team is working on content updates for 1. There's a roadmap of updates that shows Chaos mode, VS mode, and a playable character to come under Q1 and "More to come" under Q2. I don't think my "No new games in 2021" commitment is in any danger.Sequel is definately coming but with the slow drip of DLC I have a bad feeling it will be a while.