Board 8 > Any Metroidvania games as good as SM and SotN?

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Shadow Complex was solid, but not up there with those 2. I've been playing Fusion and it's decent, but has almost no atmosphere at all.

Give me games

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OoE is the best Castlevania. AoS is solid as well.

OoE is okay I guess. I should probably play AoS.

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Sorrow games > SotN

(top 3 CVs~)

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I've been playing Fusion and it's decent, but has almost no atmosphere at all.

...What?

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From: GuessMyUserName | #004

Sorrow games > SotN

(top 3 CVs~)

This very much. SotN was more revolutionary, but the Sorrow games (especially DoS) really improved upon the formula.

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Not really.

Zero Mission and Dawn of Sorrow are both better in some ways. So is Portrait of Ruin, for that matter. Actually, Metroid Prime (especially the Wii version) is legitimately better if you don't mind the 3D thing. In fact, just in general "other Metroids and Castlevanias" come at least sorta close consistently.

Other Metroidvania games that I really enjoyed:

Aquaria for the PC. Underwater Metroidvania, but somehow still involves platforming, sort of. The story's dumb, but the atmosphere is great.

Monster Tale for the DS. It's a kid's game so expect it to be easy, atmosphere is also kind of lacking, but the combat is really, really fun.

The Divide: Enemies Within for the PS1. This is basically Super Metroid in third-person 3D. The controls are baaaad but you can get used to them. Heavy emphasis on platforming.

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror for the GBA. ...It's a Kirby game in Metroid format, that probably sums it up. Instead of collecting power-ups, you can go places if you have the right power, which doesn't work as well as the alternative but is neat, at least.

(Also Fusion has tons of atmosphere so you're just nuts.)

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From: Kenri | #007

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror for the GBA.

I don't know man.

Lots of doors not being two-way really makes exploring annoying.

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at being a metroidvania, zero mission.
and OoE isnt' a metroidvania, but it IS the best castlevania.

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Not Shadow Complex. The soundtrack and enemy variety are lacking.

People take into account the gameplay style and controls and don't take into account the little things that made the game what it is.

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OoE isn't very good. (Pretty sure I didn't even bother to finish the game)

But I know I'm in the minority with that one.

SotN is top notch though


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oh right, i forgot to say An Untitled Story. that's in my top 3 along with OoE and SM, or top 2 if you don't count OoE.

Fusion has no atmosphere? That's the best thing it's got going for it!

And no, nothing's better than Sotn. OoE is really interesting though.

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terrible environments though

god damn I hope the next Metroid isn't in a spaceship again

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Seconding Aquaria

I also really enjoyed Bunny Must Die (PC, free), though it's the kind of game I can see some people hating. The controls are rather annoying to get used to, the game practically requires a guide to figure out what you should be doing at one or two points, and the story is intentionally nonsensical, but I still found it really fun overall.

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Xuxon posted...

OoE is the best Castlevania. AoS is solid as well.

this is exactly what i came in to post

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An Untitled Story is the best non-Metroid non-Castlevania one by a ton

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Personally, every 2D Metroidvania-styled Castlevania except for HoD is better than SotN. Of which either Dawn of Sorrow or Order of Ecclesia is the best. Zero Mission is also an excellent Metroidvania that surpasses Super Metroid in a lot of ways.

As for 3D games, all three Metroid Primes (1>3>2 btw) and Dark Souls.

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HoD isn't even the worst Metroidvania in the series!

(CotM so bad)

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Xuxon posted...

OoE is the best Castlevania. AoS is solid as well.

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Zero Mission is the best 2D Metroid

and Circle of the Moon is great for Castlevania

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th3l3fty posted...

HoD isn't even the worst Metroidvania in the series!

(CotM so bad)

I will fight you.

Definitely give any of the handheld Castlevanias you haven't yet played (except HoD) a shot. None of them beat SotN's atmosphere, in my opinion, but they all add their own little spin to the formula and are much better balanced in terms of difficulty, which is to say you might actually die if you try to play with your eyes closed.

The Real Truth posted...

I've been playing Fusion and it's decent, but has almost no atmosphere at all.

what

the

f***

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th3l3fty posted...

HoD isn't even the worst Metroidvania in the series!

(CotM so bad)

awful

CotM top tier

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CotM has a bland castle that takes forever and a day to get around and great powerups like "tackle" and "push blocks"

clearly this is deserving of a top tier rating

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From: th3l3fty | #028

CotM has a bland castle that takes forever and a day to get around and great powerups like "tackle" and "push blocks"

Sounds like SotN except with "tackle" instead of "mist form"

CotM has all those card combinations, which makes it super fun

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yeah nothing like hiding your best weaponry in rare drops

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the card stuff would have been great if it wasn't entirely luck-based bulls*** whether or not you even got to use them

Cave Story
Iji
Aquaria

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Cave Story isn't really a Metroidvania

good game, yeah, but not a Metroidvania

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I don't think I would count Iji as one either.

It's a game with some freedom of choice and rewards exploration, but it's still pretty linear

AoS the best

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They don't have backtracking but whatever, still similar and very much worth playing

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