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Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I love souls games, but other than Blasphemous and Dead Cells, I have struggled to stick with Metroidvanias a lot. I find that they are open in the worst way possible for me, because I can get lost and then spend time “progressing” only to find the way blocked and having to backtrack. These days I have low tolerance for wasting time, or more specifically to the feeling that I’m wasting time.

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BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Hollow knight was the game that got me into the genre. I found blasphemous to be utterly boring in comparison.

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Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I would argue that Blasphemous wouldn’t exist without Hollow Knight, and HK is still the better Metroidvania.

Dead Cells is not a Metroidvania game. It is a roguelike.

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morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I can get lost and then spend time “progressing” only to find the way blocked and having to backtrack

You mean you GET to backtrack

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glimse@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Sounds like the genre’s just not for you. I also don’t enjoy games like this BUT it’s not wasting time if you’re having fun

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Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
To each their own, but when I played through Blasphemous just recently it felt like the game had tons of design elements intended to either piss you off or deliberately waste your time or both.

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- M137@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yeah, I never finished that and didn’t even get the sequel because it felt like it was deliberately designed to waste time to pad out the game time. Hollowknight never feels like that even though it took me several tries to finish it and it made me mad because of how unbeatable some bosses felt.
  
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nandeEbisu@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Sounds like you’d rather watch a movie or show. Not a knock. I tend to not engage with plot in games unless it’s like BG3 where it’s fundamental. I like that for TV and movies, I just have the director giving me the optimal way to engage with their story and themes.

I am a sucker for a good magic or power system, so will happily explore through skill trees and the like.

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- Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  If Id rather watch a movie or a show I would watch a movie or a show. No, I just don’t like backtracking.
  
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