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CapnMuffin posted...

Blasphemous

They just released the last big free DLC update. Sequel in the works.

Blasphemous is the GOAT Metroidvania.

You also might like Salt & Sanctuary, Axiom Verge, and Deaths Gambit.

Xatrion posted...

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.

I finally got around to playing Rabi-Ribi this week and yeah, after the first couple bosses I was struggling on novice difficulty. I figured I just suck though, like I do at most things. Anyway turning it down to casual is helping me actually get through the game but now it feels almost too forgiving.

Headlander was awesome, lesser known and a bit older

dioxxys posted...

@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.

Never noticed the control issues but from reading patch notes here and there they addressed concerns consistently. I know they did something around spikes due to complaints but Im not sure what.

Incurso posted...

Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

Took too long to mention this one

CapnMuffin posted...

Never noticed the control issues but from reading patch notes here and there they addressed concerns consistently. I know they did something around spikes due to complaints but Im not sure what.

Hmmm

Excellent suggestions in this topic. Just tagging it to jot down some of these games later.

Okay fine maybe this genre is oversaturated

Blasphemous
Axiom Verge 2
The Mummy Demastered
Apotheon
Ender Lillies
Deaths Gambit
Time Spinner
Outbuddies DX
Gato Roboto
Momodora Reverie Under the Moonlight
Vigil The Longest Night
Grime
Shantae Half Genie Hero
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Iconoclasts
Dandara
Phoenotopia Awakening
Rabi Rubin
Touhou Luna Nights
Kunai
Ghost 1.0
Alwas Awakening
Shinsekai: Into The Depths
Mindseize
Odallus
Record of lodoss war
Headlander
Pronty
The Messenger

TheGoldenEel posted...

Okay fine maybe this genre is oversaturated

Eh, not really because half of those games arent even good and a few arent even true metroidvanias

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@Conflict

Roguelike isnt really a genre, its a format. Roguelikes can be, metroidvanias, deckbuilders, top-down shooters, tactical turnbased rpgs, really anything. Saying there is an oversaturation of roguelikes is like saying theres an over-saturation of games where you save and continue your progress.

i take it bloodstained doesn't fill your criteria? i dunno what roguelike means.

SauI_Goodman posted...

i take it bloodstained doesn't fill your criteria? i dunno what roguelike means.

Among games already mentioned here Ive played that, Hollow Knight, Guacamelee, Environmental Station Alpha, Axiom Verge, and Salt & Sanctuary

SauI_Goodman posted...

i dunno what roguelike means

Procedurally-generated levels in a dungeon-crawling or platforming environment, usually with permadeath and random spawns of enemies and items.

Axiom Verge
Axiom Verge 2
Shantae and the Seven Sirens

TheGoldenEel posted...

Okay fine maybe this genre is oversaturated

Man I wish. Every time the topic of Metroidvania's comes up it's always the same couple of games that get mentioned. It really feels like the entire genre is just: Metroid, Castlevania, Hollow Knight, Axiom Verge 1, La-mulana, Blasphemous, and then maybe one personal pick(that might not even be a Metroidvania). Other than Dread it's essentially an indie-only genre so you don't see many releasing these days.

La-Mulana 1 and 2 are excellent. It is something you have to be in the right mood for, and it's brutally difficult, but extremely rewarding if you accomplish it.

MJOLNRVII posted...

Man I wish. Every time the topic of Metroidvania's comes up it's always the same couple of games that get mentioned. It really feels like the entire genre is just: Metroid, Castlevania, Hollow Knight, Axiom Verge 1, La-mulana, Blasphemous, and then maybe one personal pick(that might not even be a Metroidvania). Other than Dread it's essentially an indie-only genre so you don't see many releasing these days.

yeah this, the list isn't all games released in the last 6 months either. They're spread over several years and a lot of them aren't fantastic, they're just ok or good.

the things I was going to suggest are all taken, so instead I'll add more of a reference list than a recommendation list. Basically I know someone who tries to pay a lot of attention to the genre and occasionally links me new releases he thinks looks cool but I can't truly recommend any of them since I have no idea if they're actually good:

Pronty
F.I.S.T
8Doors
Cathedral (ok this one isn't that new, but also I played it and can vouch for it being good)

also, going the complete opposite way, I still think one of the best games in the genre is An Untitled Story. which is about as un-new as you can get but it's sort of old and maybe sort of obscure so maybe it's new to you

Vigil: the longest night. Unbalanced as fuck but still fun metroidvania with very cool lovecraftian story

Yoku's Island Express
Supraland
Recompile
Monster Sanctuary
Batbarian
Steamworld Dig 1 & 2
Ghost 1.0
forma.8
Pharaoh Rebirth+
Magicians & Looters
Strider
The Wonder Boy games
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Wuppo
Indivisible (technically)
Elliot Quest

These are most of the metroidvanias I've played in recent years that I liked (skipped ones that were already mentioned)

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I'm at the end game. There's SO much stuff in this game, it's almost overwhelming. Doesn't have quite the level of polish of other games in this metroidvania style do, imo, but it's a great experience.

This one isn't out yet but it easily looks like it will be one of the greats:

https://youtu.be/lN3Opf27zto

here's another upcoming one I really have some high hopes for

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1231990/Gestalt_Steam__Cinder/

lots of good ones mentioned already. i'll add Strider (2014). it's not amazing, but if you enjoy the formula it's a solid entry.

Bloodstained has been mentioned a couple of times, but i didn't see TC confirm that one. that's the spiritual successor to Castlevania: SotN and is very much worth playing. probably the best entry in the genre since Hollow Knight until Dread came out.

Bought outbuddies dx and ender lillies bc theyre on sale on switch rn

Dont think anything else was on sale from what I saw

Are you gonna start either of them soon? I would like to keep this topic alive if a few of us use it to discuss the Metroidvania's we're playing. I'm definitely starting Aeterna Noctis when it releases in two days.

Outbuddies DX annoyed me, but maybe I'll pick it back up and try to remember what the hell I was doing.

Currently playing Ori and the Will of the Wisps and starting/stopping Metroid Prime 1 and 2 Randomizers.

s0nicfan posted...

Aquaria ( I found extremely boring)

you dropped this

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/4/0/AAIY7IAACpB0.jpg

Incurso posted...

Outbuddies DX annoyed me, but maybe I'll pick it back up and try to remember what the hell I was doing.

I struggled a bit to get into it too, it has some confusing controls to deal with and the art style can be a bit off putting but eventually it hooked me and I loved it.

MJOLNRVII posted...

Are you gonna start either of them soon? I would like to keep this topic alive if a few of us use it to discuss the Metroidvania's we're playing. I'm definitely starting Aeterna Noctis when it releases in two days.

Im finishing up No More Heroes 3 but going to start one of them when Im done

ModLogic posted...

you dropped this

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/4/0/AAIY7IAACpB0.jpg

Look what you made me do s0nicfan. You made me agree with a ModLogic post.

Dust: An Elysian Tail.

Atalon has a pretty good demo.

Still waiting for "pricedrop or physical" on the final game.

So I started Aeterna Noctis. I'm about 2 hours in and I'm loving it so far. The only complaint I have is the dash being on a cool down. I know I can upgrade it later, but I hate that I pretty much can't platform at my own pace during non-autoscroller sections. It also made the pogo sections behind the second door at the Temple of the Kings harder, because those didn't even have a platform between every air dash.

MJOLNRVII posted...

So I started Aeterna Noctis. I'm about 2 hours in and I'm loving it so far. The only complaint I have is the dash being on a cool down. I know I can upgrade it later, but I hate that I pretty much can't platform at my own pace during non-autoscroller sections. It also made the pogo sections behind the second door at the Temple of the Kings harder, because those didn't even have a platform between every air dash.

The controls looked a tad floaty in videos that I've seen but I good to know they're generally fine. I'll probably grab that one eventually for sure, it's a tad pricy though

How about the Blaster master series?

Oh boy I'm really starting to like Aeterna Noctis now. I got to what I think is the 3rd or 4th section of the map you're supposed to get to(the Light Tower), and that whole area was better than the rest so far. The regular enemies were pretty basic until that point, and the platforming throughout was pretty enjoyable. There was a sorta autoscrolling section right before the end of it that felt pretty difficult for me. I've only beaten two bosses so far, one of which was from the demo and this most recent one in the area I was in.

The platforming is killing me more than any enemies, because you have to be so precise at times. I think I was at 70-ish deaths when I last checked, and I'm 5 hours in.

Nice, this is sounding good. I think I'll pull the trigger on it. Tough platforming is gold to me, was one of my fav things about Hollow Knight. so if it has that and also is as massive as reports seemed to indicate, i'll be happy enough. I think length is another thing that HK has me expecting from a metroidvania now.. I should be fine if a game is said to have like 15 hours main story, but I'm kind of not?
Now just have to free up 20 GB on the SSD

MJOLNRVII posted...

The platforming is killing me more than any enemies, because you have to be so precise at times. I think I was at 70-ish deaths when I last checked, and I'm 5 hours in.

I saw a complaint about this earlier on the reviews and if you want the jumping to be as responsive as possible, the Devs say to use fullscreen mode and turn off vsync.
@MJOLNRVII

Omnislasher posted...

Nice, this is sounding good. I think I'll pull the trigger on it. Tough platforming is gold to me, was one of my fav things about Hollow Knight. so if it has that and also is as massive as reports seemed to indicate, i'll be happy enough. I think length is another thing that HK has me expecting from a metroidvania now.. I should be fine if a game is said to have like 15 hours main story, but I'm kind of not?
Now just have to free up 20 GB on the SSD

same i'm probably gonna wait for the holiday sale and just grab it then, even if it's not on sale.

also how the fuck are you still posting here my dude

lol hey man. i did notice that old ass name in your sig there

Old habits, you know. clearly a lifer, much as i might dislike myself for it. probably go down with the ship.

dioxxys posted...

This one isn't out yet but it easily looks like it will be one of the greats:

https://youtu.be/lN3Opf27zto

Dude I backed this shit like a year ago and Ive gotten like zero notable updates/infoir sucks because it looks fantastic but damn bro at least keep us posted

Can't believe I'm going to have to use joy2key if i want to use d-pad navigation (on this game that should use it by default). they have configuration for every other button besides movement. would have been so easy to just let us switch the d-pad functions to the left stick.

might return.

i'll try this game again if they ever add movement to the configuration menu. it seemed good. tried to make it work with DS4Windows + JoyToKey but nah. problems.

https://youtu.be/s5IUiPqSOL8

this just got a launch trailer today for PlayStation. Its listed as a 2020 release though.

also this might be a contender but cant tell if its just a scroller or metroidvania samurai game

https://youtu.be/9LrAn2ZjGjQ

Alright I'm 3 bosses in but I'm pretty sure I skipped some stuff that might have made the game easier. I got one of those numbered keys out of order, and then when I beat the third boss last night I got an achievement for beating it without an ability that I haven't picked up yet. Guess I'll do some backtracking later today.

Omnislasher posted...

i'll try this game again if they ever add movement to the configuration menu. it seemed good. tried to make it work with DS4Windows + JoyToKey but nah. problems.

That sucks about the no d-pad thing. I'm pretty sure it was one of the complaints in the demo so I thought that problem might have been fixed by now.

I don't suppose Narita Boy counts as a Metroidvania?