Submitted 11 hours ago by CileTheSane@lemmy.ca to games@lemmy.world
I haven’t played a Metroidvania in a while and I’m looking for suggestions of some good ones to try. Some I would recommend:
Ender’s: Lilies (Magnolias is good too, but play Lilies first. The setting and theme hits better.)
Ori and the Blind Forest / Will of the Wisps (Will of the Wisps did bring a tear to my eye)
Monster Sanctuary (a creature capture metroidvania)
Any system is good, interested to hear of other good ones that are out there.
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is top tier.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. IMO this is where the series peaked, perfected the formula and delivered a game packed with several large maps and three sets of bonus characters to replay the game with.
if you haven’t played Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night you really, really should. It’s made by the creators behind the Castevania games and is REALLY good.
I can’t stand how the character moves in bloodstained. It’s like an 8 bit games physics.
Aside from sotn of course, dead cells hands down.
Yeah Dead Cells is incredible. The one game that never gets uninstalled and I keep coming back to it every few months for a few (hundred) runs
Super Metroid. I really haven’t liked any others that I’ve played.
Finally, someone with sense!
(I’m obviously kidding about my tone btw, people can like whatever they like.)
I have a list of Metroidvania’s I’ve started but never completed. The only one that managed to hold my attention to completion that wasn’t an actual Metroid title was Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Which is a shame, because Ori and The Blind Forest is beautiful and Hollowknight is very cute, but neither could really hold my attention.
Void Stranger. The most powerful progression unlocking item is knowledge. The second most powerful is the sword.
I’ve played Ultros recently and thought it was really cool and unique.
tuckerm@feddit.online 9 hours ago
The only one I’ve played is Dead Cells, and it’s fantastic. I haven’t even bought any of the DLC, the base game is already endlessly replayable. I also listen to the soundtrack at least once a week.
I definitely want to get around to playing Hollow Knight and Animal Well at some point.
anguo@piefed.ca 9 hours ago
Not sure I’d categorize Dead Cells as a metroidvania myself. More of a rogue lite.
tuckerm@feddit.online 9 hours ago
I’ve always thought it was both. I’m definitely no expert on Metroidvanias, since I’ve only played the one (if Dead Cells counts as one). I actually thought the term “Metroidvania” was about the movement and combat – today I just learned that it’s about the exploration and finding things. You do at least have to do that in the bank level, if I remember right. And the castle level.