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sauceje posted...

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

Kinda? The principles are the same, I dont recall a map and the backtracking is quite minimal. Its divided into separate explorable stages really, than one single area. Even so the game is awesome.

Still going through Aeterna Noctis. I went through an entire area(Cradle of Light) and its boss without finding the map salesman which was rough. I wanna go back there because you can kinda see your immediate surroundings when you bring up the map, but there's so much verticality to it that it's hard for me to be thorough.

I turned off vsync like it was recommended, but damn is this game hard. I'm closing in on 300 deaths <_<

Holy fuck I cannot for the life of me beat *Aeterna Noctis boss name spoilers*

The Mastermind. I'm not sure how long I've been at it but both the second phase and the fact that I can't reliably stop it from healing is destroying me. No other boss up to this point took me this long, or made me call it quits for the night.

Started Outbuddies DX. Didnt pick it first for any particular reason other than that it was super cheap

Pretty good so farits definitely gaming comfort food as it feels like a lot of other games, but it has some interesting ideas with controlling of the secondary character to solve puzzles

it makes the controls a bit cumbersome, its taking a bit to get used to those

Tyranthraxus posted...

You can get rid of the random but you can't get rid of the roguelike unfortunately.

Really?

TheGoldenEel posted...

it makes the controls a bit cumbersome, its taking a bit to get used to those

yeah it was my main gripe with it when it came out. Some patches improved them a bit. It's definitely rough around the edges, but I'm pretty sure it's a one-man project.

Sort of annoyed with Outbuddies so far

Couldnt figure out where to go, and apparently I need to find three hidden collectibles which will upgrade a move so I can advance

the map has a ton of symbols and no legend as well which is extremely unhelpful

Unsighted is technically a Metroidvania but not a platformer, it's a top-down adventure (think Zelda: LTTP). In that vein, you might also want to consider Crosscode, but I think it's a bit too far from the genre (it's still a fantastic game regardless)

crosscode is amazing

but if someone called it a metroidvania I think I would discount every game genre categorization they make for the rest of their life

I never looked too closely at it, but there's a keyblade and a couple of other references in the Aeterna Noctis shop:https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/9/4/AAQDfeAACuiO.jpg

Oh, nobody mentioned Shadow Complex Remastered yet. It's a bit silly, but pretty fun

TheGreatEscape posted...

ender lillies

This. I will never beat it because I reached a point about 30-35% through that exceeds both my skill level and patience level to try and make it past. But for more experienced people in the genre I think it should be really charming.

Oh yeah there's Monster Tale and this one japanese game with a fan translation called Ore ga Omae o Mamoru (I will protect you) on the DS. They're not fantastic or anything but they're pretty neat

I might pick up Ender Lilies on Steam since it hasn't gone any lower than the price it's currently at. Also I'm still trucking through Aeterna Noctis. The last two areas I've been to are pretty great in terms of enemies, gameplay, and their screencap-ness. I'm probably gonna upload a ton of them on an album later itt.

sauceje posted...

Oh, nobody mentioned Shadow Complex Remastered yet. It's a bit silly, but pretty fun

sauceje posted...

Oh yeah there's Monster Tale

Played both of these, and I have no interest in figuring out how to play a fan translation of a Japanese game

Metroid Dread

EvilResident posted...

Really?

Yes. Dead Cells supports deterministic seeds and customizable limited items. There's no way around the rogue lite mechanics however.

It's also not really a metroidvania anyway, it just scratches some of the same itches.

SrRd_RacinG posted...

Dust: An Elysian Tail.

This game was amazing

about 2/3rds done with Outbuddies DX

its solid. After my initial feeling of having some cool ideas (namely your secondary character who has the ability to hack enemies and carry certain items) I feel that aspect is underused. It felt like you were going to unlock new characters with new powers. Instead, the last few power ups Ive gotten were morph ball, double jump, and screw attack. The map is extremely confusing and the areas dont flow together in any way that makes sense. You cant zoom out on the map screen to see more of an area and the in-game mini map for some reason was made to be an abstraction of the actual map that is not really helpful, as opposed to the real map

movement and gameplay is solid, bosses have been cool.

recommended for big fans of the genre but its a pretty average game

I got all 7 of the main fragments you need in Aeterna Noctis last night. After beating one boss, and a ton of difficult platforming, I'm currently stuck on what I assume is the second to last boss. I picked up the key for the last platforming challenge and beat it, so I can't imagine there's another area waiting for me.

As much as I loved it I gotta play an easier game after this <_<

yes. perhaps a Kirby or something. you need a cooldown. nice job though.

i started Ender Lilies tonight and it seems great. didn't play long though as i feel shit today.

Kirby and the Amazing Mirror kinda of has the layout of a metroidvania but no roadblocks so doesnt count

but its probably my fave kirby game

Are the Blaster Master Zero trilogy games in your list yet TC

YoungMutual posted...

Are the Blaster Master Zero trilogy games in your list yet TC

Didnt realize there was a third one out. The other two were great

Lol this Outbuddies game wants to be Metroid so bad

just fought basically Kraid

and its becoming even more purposefully confusing. Got an upgrade and now I apparently had to remember an unmarked place on the opposite side of the map that is the only place I can progress next

dioxxys posted...

Kirby and the Amazing Mirror kinda of has the layout of a metroidvania but no roadblocks so doesnt count

but its probably my fave kirby game

underrated game for sure. I do wish they went all in and made a real metroidvania kirby, it's kinda perfect for it

Guys there's gonna be a Supraland sequel wtf
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1522870/Supraland_Six_Inches_Under/
(also play Supraland, it's great imo)

Just beat Aeterna Noctis!!! I was beginning to think that the boss I've been stuck on since Friday night wouldn't appear in the Collection since there was only space for bosses I haven't encountered, but it turned out to be the last boss so the plot didn't go where I expected it at the end <_<

The game was fucking amazing, and way too hard. While I was playing it I was thinking about doing things in a different order on my next playthrough, but I definitely won't be doing that anytime soon. I also beat the game without ever using the mechanic to buyback your soul if you can't collect it, so I'll try to keep that achievement locked forever. I ended up doing some more exploring between attempts, but I think what really let me beat it was respeccing(which is always free afaik) the skill tree just for the boss. Here are my stats, the numbers are: Playtime/Critical hits(?)/Deaths:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/8/AAQDfeAACvn-.jpg

Well if you like it give it a postive rating on steam so to even out the score, because its currently kind of low for a "good game"

1095 deaths o_o

do you think it's playable on a not very good computer? or does it have tons of fancy lighting / shadows / physics effects

The shadows didn't seem that fancy anywhere, but the lighting gets kinda ridiculous during this one boss whose color coded attacks may as well be a rave party or something. Physics wise there's nothing too out there going on except when you jump through these teleport points that keep your momentum going in the same direction, and this one part late game where gravity gets weird.

There's a demo on Steam you can give a try, but it didn't have all the settings(or any, I don't remember) from the full version which is pretty lame. If you do end up playing the demo and experience too many performance issues or any kind of slowdown I don't think this game would be worth it.

finished Outbuddies. 6/10. Level design took a dive in the final areas as the last two areas were mostly linear and the second to last boss was extremely annoying

started Ender Lillies and its like night and day. total opposite design philosophy, way more focused on combat and less intricate design. Definitely more of the -vania side of things

I don't look at the Aeternum games Twitter so this cute pic is new to me:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHXkJSFWUAE6b3k?format=jpg&name=large

Salt & Sanctuary is free on EGS if anyone cares. I've never installed their launcher but I still pick up their free stuff just in case <_<

MJOLNRVII posted...

Salt & Sanctuary is free on EGS if anyone cares. I've never installed their launcher but I still pick up their free stuff just in case <_<

came here to post this lol

It's not the best game out there but I had a lot of fun with it and it also has built in coop which is really neat. Can't wait for the second game

The Aeterna Noctis patch that includes the easy mode and some other stuff just released:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1517970/view/3145200016664013355

I'm very surprised that they added so many thrones. Like two areas in the game went from 1-4/5 thrones respectively. Also not sure how or which enemies got rebalanced, but I hope it's not all nerfs. I was pretty disappointed when something similar happened in Doom Eternal.

i don't know what kind of person i'd be if there was all this easy mode in everything when i was growing up

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is pretty fun but don't mind it is a blatant rip-off of SotN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5IUiPqSOL8

DirkDiggles posted...

it is a blatant rip-off of SotN

That's the reason I'm importing a Switch cart, from France.

DirkDiggles posted...

Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is pretty fun but don't mind it is a blatant rip-off of SotN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5IUiPqSOL8

It doesnt matter if its a rip off of sotn.
It came out over 20 years ago and there hasnt been a game like it.

Jx1010 posted...

It came out over 20 years ago and there hasnt been a game like it.

well this is simply not true

MJOLNRVII posted...

I'm very surprised that they added so many thrones. Like two areas in the game went from 1-4/5 thrones respectively. Also not sure how or which enemies got rebalanced, but I hope it's not all nerfs. I was pretty disappointed when something similar happened in Doom Eternal.

are thrones just checkpoints? I assume you're not the only one who thought it was a bit too tough if they went that far.

But I mean, adding an easy mode is still a good idea

People call call it a rip off but I call it taking a good formula and sticking with it. Who cares if a game takes a bunch of similar elements and uses them well? More of a good thing is good not bad.

With awesome launches like Salt & Sacrifice, Super Metroid Remake, and whatever PlayDead's cooking up coming out.... It's a great time for the genre. I'd actually really love to see FromSoftware take a stab at another 2D-style game. They really only have a handful of those, and off the top of my head I'm not sure any of them made it to the west. 2D Sekiro would be genius, tbh.

TheGoldenEel posted...

well this is simply not true

It is. Just because u got a 2d game doesnt make it anything like SOTN, which is a masterpiece.

TheGreatEscape posted...

are thrones just checkpoints? I assume you're not the only one who thought it was a bit too tough if they went that far.

But I mean, adding an easy mode is still a good idea

I don't mind that there's an easy mode, just that they're making the regular one easier. I like that the game was so hard for me in terms of just beating it. Thrones are checkpoints, spots that fully heal you, and fast travel points. The regular checkpoints(lamps) are actually really generous but they lack the heal and ability to fast travel. I'm probably the only one who went through the second to last area in the game(which feels huge) without finding either the one throne or the map guy <_<

Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps

I think the achievements for getting every ability and skill point were glitched, because I just got both unlocked when I started up the game for the first time post-patch. I figured the skill points one was because it wasn't popping up for me despite finding every one and maxing out my experience.

I'm so positive I can 100% this game without a guide because I was at 96.1% completion when I started up today but I found a couple of things and advanced a sidequest that was confusing me on where to go. The extra thrones throughout the map will make backtracking a lot easier for future playthrough's.

So I just reached 100% completion in Aeterna Noctis. I don't want to set the difficulty down for my next playthrough, but there's no way in shit I'm doing a certain platforming section again. No guide or looking up anything, and holy shit did that last sidequest drive me nuts in terms of running around and figuring out what to do.

All in all it wasn't too hard to do outside of the difficulty I had just playing through it normally, but I do wish you'd get some hints or more detailed descriptions on some of the sidequests or anything like that. A bunch of them just involved me backtracking to points of interest that didn't have any kind of marker on the map, or if I happened to remember something. The completion % is in the middle of this pic:https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/1/4/AAQDfeAACwly.jpg