I just beat Bloodstained RotN and Hollow Knight before that, still feeling that Metroidvania itch. What are Zig Forumss favorite Metroidvanias and what should I play next??
I just beat Bloodstained RotN and Hollow Knight before that, still feeling that Metroidvania itch...
Blake Price
Michael Brown
La Mulana
Angel Hill
Environmental Station Alpha for something more metroidy.
Dandara takes movement and turns it on its head.
Overwhelm is a survival-horror metroidvania fusion.
Ori 1 and 2.
Parker Taylor
Blasphemous is getting a free update soon, decent little game.
Salt and Sanctuary for a grittier take with some unique mechanics.
The Mummy Demastered for a combat oriented metroidvania.
Iconoclasts for a cheery vibe with great art (I didn't particularly like it but its worth looking at)
Axiom Verge
Ayden Lopez
Axion verge is really good
Eli Fisher
aquaria
Benjamin Davis
>Iconoclasts for a cheery vibe
Maybe for the first bit.
John Thomas
This.
Also, play cave story
Julian Baker
Camden Barnes
Castlevania: CotM needs to be lower.
Brayden Ortiz
And has a sequel soon!
John Murphy
>no PC release confirmed yet
getting a lil nervous
Jacob Flores
what? its not even a question
Brandon Cook
Needs more tow how
Alexander Gutierrez
What about steamworld dig 2
Anthony Hughes
It's gonna be a switch timed exclusive first off, then a PC release later
Joshua Murphy
>no
CotM doesn't fail in level design. It fails in aesthetic (and even then there's a lot of original assets to the game,the limited color pallet gets better with time and was only a fatal flaw in olden days of vanilla GBA) and limited options for the character. The DSS system is great however and contributes some much needed complexity in an otherwise very simple game.
CotM has amazing castle design actually, one of the best castles in the franchise. Meh everything else, thus the place.
Justin Roberts
Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid Samus Returns, Another Metroid 2 Remake, Metroid Prime, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
If you've played all the good Metroids and Castlevanias, then unironically Shadow Complex. It's an overlooked metroidvania that uses the setting of an Orson Scott Card novel and it's pretty fun. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet was also pretty decent at the time as well.
Isaac Morris
need to add Megaman Zero ZX and Advent
Nicholas Rivera
bump
Jaxon Anderson
what else do you want nigga
Jayden Jenkins
Banjo Tooie
Adam Campbell
It's worse than 1. I'd go meh. It's not horrible, but water being unlimited and your movement abilities are insane compared to the first one.
Henry Miller
Does he have a sword stuck inside him?
Xavier Cruz
>its worse than 1
what a terrible opinion lol
Andrew Young
system shock 1
Isaiah Hall
Circle of the Moon is better than Aria.
Carter Murphy
ESA
Rabi-Ribi
Valdis Story
Salt and Sanctuary
Momodora
Both La-Mulanas
Carson Fisher
Stinky post.
Thomas Davis
Why is it always Hollow Knight being compared to Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night when superior genre entries like Cave Story and Axiom Verge exist?
Christian Lewis
most people dont even consider cave story a metroidvania bro
people compare hollow knight because it is the most popular, the most far reaching, perhaps ever in the genre
David Gray
Cave Story isn't a metroidvania.
Axiom Verge is fucking trash.
Come on lad. At least mention shit like ESA or Rabi-Ribi instead.
Jose Gonzalez
Super Metroid and SotN were genre defining games. Hollow Knight is completely derivative with its Dark Souls mechanics
Nathan Rodriguez
Cave Story is not better than Hollow Knight if you actually have some taste
Jack Campbell
yea, 20 years ago. it is undeniable that hollow knight has introduced new players by the truckload
Elijah Evans
based and ESApilled
William Young
I didnt play the first, but La Mulana 2 was awesome. If you want a 3D metroid game the Batman Arkham games are amazing too.
Lucas Young
imo it always deserves the #1 mention
Elijah Green
Hempuli is never going to finish that sequel.
Just like that Rabi-Ribi sequel.
Or Silksong.
None of these games exist. Fuck.
Julian Gomez
I mean if your argument is just that those three are babby's first, I could see that. Neither Super Metroid nor SotN are the best games from their respective franchise either, after all
Angel Myers
rabi ribi and momodora are hardly metroidvanias
Christian Gomez
La mulana- Buy a notebook and take notes as you play. Looking up a guide ruins the game
Oliver Gutierrez
>Cave Story isn't a metroidvania
Neither is Hollow Knight if you're going to be that nitpicking.
Get a load of this absolute faggot.
Angel Myers
I'm sure he'll get around to it once he's finally done with fiddling around with Baba and Noita
Brayden Collins
>la mulana, hollow knight, env station, valdis, rabi ribi, momodora,harmony of dissonance that high
Tyler Rivera
>metroidvania
ahh another buzzword that has become meaningless with overuse thanks to reddit
Jose Lee
I preferred when they were called "action adventures" myself. Yes, I'm old.
Jacob Bailey
If you want to use babby as the verbage sure whatever. These are the biggest names when you say the word Metroidvania now. This list of names has fucking SKYROCKETED in the last 10 years, and Hollow Knight is actually late in arriving, I think that speaks to how impactful it has been amongst the general pop culture and identity of the genre because it is very much so aping Dark Souls in more than one way, but it works, and it is very beloved.
Brayden Thompson
>most popular, the most far reaching, perhaps ever in the genre
Mega retard. Super Metroid and SotN are leages ahead of shit like HK in terms of popularity. They fucking defined the genre and HK wouldn't exist if it wasn't for them. The things that are decent about HK are the things it rips off (but does it more poorly). Everything else about HK ranges from bad to passable.
Angel Lewis
Action adventure is about as useless as it gets as a descriptor.