Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 8th
_Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I played Ori and the Blind Forest which I enjoyed, although I was expecting a metroidvania. The platforming was quite fun and challenging enough and the art looked great.
I played a bit of Moonring, which seems really good, but I’m probably not used to the genre and found it a bit too confusing to continue.
I briefly played Marvel Rivals with a friend, I had fun with it in these first few hours, but I haven’t played hero shooters before so it’s early for me to judge. I’m a bit surprised there’s no restrictions on roles in a party, as most matches seem to have 1 tank and 4 dps and as a healer I can’t figure out how to keep everyone alive alone. Hopefully ranked is more balanced.
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
What genre do you think the game belongs to? Just a normal platformer?
I would say, while combat is not the focus in the game, it still has all the trappings of a metroidvania.
_Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
More puzzle platformer with progression in the form of abilities you unlock.
For why I don’t think it’s a metroidvania, it’s mostly because there’s no backtracking except for small optional stuff, you start from the center and go to each area in order and the areas themselves are mostly linear.