Current Events > Grime is the best metroidvania I've played. Don't sleep on it

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Finished my NG+ run of it today. I started the game expecting to enjoy it well enough but I was blown away by it completely. It focuses more on the combat with enemies/bosses but there's some decent platforming sprinkled around. The bosses are creative, hard but fair, exciting. Soundtrack is great. Even the story and its themes were right up my alley. Game takes place inside of a recently deceased space titan and you play what's essentially a black hole, absorbing things as you go that shouldn't have come alive in the first place and the various ways they cope with their existence and impending nonexistence. NG+ isn't even your standard fare of "stuff hits harder" but enemies and bosses both get new mechanics, and there are some NG+ exclusive equipment and a NG+ exclusive super boss that's fun as hell.

It is one of the 2D "Soulslikes" but more generous than others. It has its souls (called mass) but you don't lose them at all upon death. Only thing you lose is Ardor, which is just a mechanic that gives you bonus extra mass after killing enemies. I didn't even pay attention to it tbh. There's a good variety of weapons and armors and there are traits you can learn from absorbing enemies that you can then opt to level up for nice passive perks.

It has one more free DLC coming out for platformer lovers who want something like Hollow Knight's Path of Pain (will be out alongside the Switch port), and they just announced Grime II.

https://youtu.be/D0u__DXn9iU

you play as a black hole

You play Elon Musk's ex-wife.

Yeah that's going on the list, that looks pretty sick. I may have heard the name before but had no idea what it looked like.

R1masher posted...

you play as a black hole

It's better in execution haha. You have a humanoid rock/dirt body you control but your head, that black swirling ball, is entirely you.

obsolete posted...

You play Elon Musk's ex-wife.

LOL Not Elon himself?

Quorthon109 posted...

Yeah that's going on the list, that looks pretty sick. I may have heard the name before but had no idea what it looked like.

It was on my list for quite a while but it kept adding free DLC so I waited for what felt like ages. Then I started it, and they go and announce another free DLC lmao. x.x

I'll definitey try it, I like a unique take on the genre. Headlander was a gem that not a lot of people played.

MabusIncarnate posted...

I'll definitey try it, I like a unique take on the genre. Headlander was a gem that not a lot of people played.

I haven't heard of this one, I looked it up and it looks fun. Plus, Double Fine. I'll keep an eye on it!

Oh yeah, how is old Grimey?

Looks awesome. Been out 2 years now but is unfortunately not on the Switch.

GeminiDeus posted...

Looks awesome. Been out 2 years now but is unfortunately not on the Switch.

Switch owners have had it rough with this one, yeah. I think they're having trouble getting it to perform well so they just haven't put it out at all.