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TheGoldenEel
12/11/21 4:28:04 PM
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note: I dont want any roguelike/randomized elements. Souls-style deaths are fine

a few years ago it felt like I had exhausted all the good ones and was scraping the bottom of the barrel. Only one Ive played recently was Metroid Dread (and I guess Ori if that can be considered recent)

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GATTJT
12/11/21 4:29:10 PM
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Guacamelee
Apotheon
Hollow Knight

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CapnMuffin
12/11/21 4:30:13 PM
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Blasphemous

They just released the last big free DLC update. Sequel in the works.
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TheGreatEscape
12/11/21 4:30:48 PM
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ender lillies

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s0nicfan
12/11/21 4:34:45 PM
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Those above, plus Valdis Story and Death's Gambit

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TheGreatEscape
12/11/21 4:43:24 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Valdis Story

man this one is always a tough recommend for me. if it didn't control like ass it would be a really fantastic game

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s0nicfan
12/11/21 4:46:06 PM
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TheGreatEscape posted...
man this one is always a tough recommend for me. if it didn't control like ass it would be a really fantastic game

The fact that on one completion you unlock like 6 other characters, each with unique movement options, gives it incredible replay though.

And honestly the controls aren't that bad, especially if you've tried some of the really low end metroidvanias on steam.

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Hayame Zero
12/11/21 4:46:16 PM
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Yeah, Blasphemous is fantastic

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TheGoldenEel
12/11/21 4:47:09 PM
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GATTJT posted...
Guacamelee
Apotheon
Hollow Knight
havent played apotheon yet, didnt realize it was a metroidvania

CapnMuffin posted...
Blasphemous

They just released the last big free DLC update. Sequel in the works.
See abovewas vaguely aware of this game but didnt know it was metroidvania

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Yep, all the castlevanias and Metroids

TheGreatEscape posted...
ender lillies
Looks good!

s0nicfan posted...
Those above, plus Valdis Story and Death's Gambit

TheGreatEscape posted...
man this one is always a tough recommend for me. if it didn't control like ass it would be a really fantastic game
Fortunately Ive already played Valdis Story

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Veggeta_MAX
12/11/21 4:47:10 PM
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The Castlevania kind or the Metroid kind?

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viewmaster_pi
12/11/21 4:47:27 PM
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gato roboto and momodora: reverie under the moonlight are short and sweet, don't overstay their welcome or have any bs places to get lost.

axiom verge was good, but longer than the first two, and the sequel's out too.

xeodrifter's another shorter, simpler one that i liked

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TheGreatEscape
12/11/21 4:48:11 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
havent played apotheon yet, didnt realize it was a metroidvania

it's very light on the vania elements but it's a very cool game nonetheless.

outbuddies DX is a neat one too, not fantastic but fairly unique.
environmental station alpha, assuming you haven't played that one yet either.

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Tyranthraxus
12/11/21 4:48:43 PM
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Shantae and the Seven Sirens

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Lairen
12/11/21 4:48:49 PM
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I have to assume youve played bloodstained. Or Time Spinner.

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ArchHero
12/11/21 4:50:57 PM
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Dead Cells...? :D

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dioxxys
12/11/21 4:51:31 PM
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CapnMuffin posted...
Blasphemous

They just released the last big free DLC update. Sequel in the works.
@CapnMuffin
Does the game still have those issues where the character doesn't do a falling drop attack immediately and has to for whatever reason do an aerial forward slash first? Or have that issue where if the character is adjacent to a wall they can't fall through a platform? Then there was the inconsistencies of platforms that looked like they were the same height but some were unreachable despite this. Then it pissed me off to no end that the game bothered to have instakill spikes, and lava plumes that will murder you but enemies are invincible to these hazards.
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Tyranthraxus
12/11/21 4:51:35 PM
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ArchHero posted...
Dead Cells...? :D
You can get rid of the random but you can't get rid of the roguelike unfortunately.

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TheGoldenEel
12/11/21 5:06:39 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
I checked out when they made half genie hero and it was just straightforward levels, then seven sirens started as an iOS game

been meaning to get back to that one

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bevan306
12/11/21 5:07:34 PM
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vigil: the longest night and grime are pretty good

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Rida_Go_To_Bed
12/11/21 5:11:10 PM
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Lairen posted...
I have to assume youve played bloodstained. Or Time Spinner.

I really liked Time Spinner, fun little game

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Smackems
12/11/21 5:11:31 PM
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bevan306 posted...
vigil: the longest night and grime are pretty good
Vigil is by far the best "dark" metroidvania I've ever played

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TheGoldenEel
12/11/21 5:11:45 PM
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Damn I got way more recs from this topic than I expected

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Tyranthraxus
12/11/21 5:12:38 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
I checked out when they made half genie hero and it was just straightforward levels, then seven sirens started as an iOS game

been meaning to get back to that one
It's more accurate to say Seven Sirens was Apple TV. It's a full traditional metroidvania. More so than pirate's curse even, as pirate's curse still broke things down by levels in a hub world it just wasn't arcadey linear like 1/2 genie hero.

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Flauros
12/11/21 5:15:13 PM
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Timespinner
Minoria
The Mummy Demastered


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CinderLock
12/11/21 5:25:10 PM
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Why no Hollow Knight?

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TheGreatEscape
12/11/21 5:25:53 PM
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also this is a bit of a weird one but Dandara is very good
phoenotopia awakening has some awkward controls but I really enjoyed it, fantastic low res pixel art.

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TheGoldenEel
12/11/21 5:30:12 PM
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CinderLock posted...
Why no Hollow Knight?
I mean, obviously Ive played hollow knight

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s0nicfan
12/11/21 5:32:10 PM
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I'll also add rabi Ribi and tohou Luna nights

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GeraldDarko
12/11/21 5:33:01 PM
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Prey(2017) is a 3D Metroidvania, basically. Tons of skills effect how you explore the game and fight enemies. Highly recommend. P sure it's on Gamepass.
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TheGoldenEel
12/11/21 5:34:09 PM
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GeraldDarko posted...
Prey(2017) is a 3D Metroidvania, basically. Tons of skills effect how you explore the game and fight enemies. Highly recommend. P sure it's on Gamepass.
GOTY 2017

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MJOLNRVII
12/11/21 5:35:33 PM
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Since everyone in here pretty much recommended everything I would've posted, is anyone itt looking forward to Aeterna Noctis? It comes out on the 15th this month and I enjoyed the demo that's out on Steam.

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DeathVelvien
12/11/21 5:36:27 PM
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I assume you've played the Ori games as well?

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s0nicfan
12/11/21 5:38:27 PM
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2 metroidvanias I've got my eye on but haven't played yet are also Grime and Lost Ruins.

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TheGreatEscape
12/11/21 5:51:17 PM
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MJOLNRVII posted...
Since everyone in here pretty much recommended everything I would've posted, is anyone itt looking forward to Aeterna Noctis? It comes out on the 15th this month and I enjoyed the demo that's out on Steam.

It's on my wishlist, been waiting for it.

Rune Fencer Illyia is one i'm also waiting for

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CinderLock
12/11/21 5:52:05 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
I mean, obviously Ive played hollow knight
I mean I don't personally know you or what you've played.

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s0nicfan
12/11/21 5:54:14 PM
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One last post: 2 metroidvanias I would NOT recommend but may still come up in lists/searches is After Death (horrible low-budget janky game with the most obvious "twist" ever and a bullshit final boss) and Aquaria (which gets lots of praise but honestly I found extremely boring)

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ZeroX2010
12/11/21 5:54:20 PM
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I might as well list most of the Metroidvanias I played over the past year that werent listed.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Wonder Boy: The Dragons Trap
Kunai
Super Daryl Deluxe
A Robot Named Fight (its a roguelike)
Ghost 1.0
Alwas Awakening
Shinsekai: Into the Depths
The Messenger (Starts off like the old Ninja Gaiden)
Chasm (map is procedurally generated)
MindSeize
Odallus
Guacamelee! 2

There are a few others, but I would be very hesitant to recommend them.

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Incurso
12/11/21 5:58:51 PM
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Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
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TheGoldenEel
12/11/21 6:02:00 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
One last post: 2 metroidvanias I would NOT recommend but may still come up in lists/searches is After Death (horrible low-budget janky game with the most obvious "twist" ever and a bullshit final boss) and Aquaria (which gets lots of praise but honestly I found extremely boring)
I loved Aquaria, the ocean is so fucking cool and not enough games use that effectively as a setting

also its from 2007

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Xatrion
12/11/21 6:33:34 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
I'll also add rabi Ribi and tohou Luna nights

Hard recommend on Rabi Ribi. If you can get past the cutesy atmosphere, there's a damn near endless depth to it. It's also soul crushingly difficult.

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Alpha218
12/11/21 6:36:29 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Yeah I used to say Pirates Curse was by far the best of the Shantae games. Seven Sirens is even better than it though (however it still has some negatives that they carry over between the games, like an excessive gauntlet near the end of the game - the combat in these games does not even remotely justify the dumb gauntlets they put in these games)

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The Popo
12/11/21 6:37:32 PM
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Ill co-sign on Iconoclasts

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cadcrafter
12/11/21 6:38:01 PM
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Enviromental Station Alpha

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Tyranthraxus
12/11/21 6:47:52 PM
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Alpha218 posted...
Yeah I used to say Pirates Curse was by far the best of the Shantae games. Seven Sirens is even better than it though (however it still has some negatives that they carry over between the games, like an excessive gauntlet near the end of the game - the combat in these games does not even remotely justify the dumb gauntlets they put in these games)

I think they kind of half recognize that because they give you multiple screen nukes lol.

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MJOLNRVII
12/11/21 7:22:17 PM
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TheGreatEscape posted...
Rune Fencer Illyia is one i'm also waiting for
Same. The dev(s?) seems to post a bunch of like short item/weapon teasers.

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darkzero297
12/11/21 9:05:55 PM
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I would throw in my recommendation for Death's Gambit as well. Interesting game, looks like there may be another update still coming due to a boss missing in the boss list. Music is god-like. Graphics are good. My only complaint is that the class you choose doesn't really matter much. The abilities you get in game are very incremental in terms of progression (increasin damage/defense) so no class really stands out. Most things you might see on youtube regarding builds are for the old version of the game and thus no longer applicable, or based on glitches that are quickly patched out when discovered.

Another game to consider in Pronty. I haven't played it yet, but it looks good. Almost like Hollow Knight, just underwater.

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