Any good metroidvania recommendations?

[lightbane]

I don't recall Blood Omen having subtitles, I thought it had voice acting with no subtitles. Perhaps it was for the PSX version? I don't remember.

 

[spekkio]

^

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Blood_Omen:_Legacy_of_Kain#Essential_improvements

 

[Infinitum]

Wishlisting Alwa's Legacy then.

Also, habe been checking some Sseth videos and came across Tribal Hunter. It looks pretty fun tbh, but also the author seems to be a gentleman of very particular tastes. Anyone care to share their 2 cents?

 

[Jinn]

Finished Alwa's Legacy.

Did you play the first game, Alwa's Awakening by any chance?

 

[spekkio]

No, not yet. Since I'm a grapphixwhore, I went with the sequel first.

 

[Jinn]

No, not yet. Since I'm a grapphixwhore, I went with the sequel first.

I've heard the sequel is superior in most ways, but that the first one is still quite good.

 

[Justinian]

Carrion - you play as a tentacle monster that escaped containment, eat people to grow/heal, and acquire new abilities from containment units. Only issue is that there's no in-game map, but it's not a big game and i guess it makes sense that a mass of eyes, mouths and tentacles doesn't walk locomote around with a tablet or a pen and paper.

 

[Sukhāvatī]

How is the 8-Bit Alwa's Awakening DLC compared to the original? Costs the same as the OG so is it worth it?

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

How is the 8-Bit Alwa's Awakening DLC compared to the original? Costs the same as the OG so is it worth it?

About the same, with a few more levels, but no widescreen. It is quite impressive that they pulled it all out of the nes techology, for sure.

 

[IMPERIVM RECTVM]

Seems nice.

 

[manifest]

Seems nice.

It is, but this game has mission-based levels.

 

[Priest]

Are metroidvanias with little to none platforming a thing? Recently gave Blasphemous a try and realized that I find all the environmental stuff tedious

 

[Justinian]

Are metroidvanias with little to none platforming a thing? Recently gave Blasphemous a try and realized that I find all the environmental stuff tedious

Check out Carrion (I posted link above). There's no jumping, you can crawl on walls and are basically free to move in any direction.

 

[Infinitum]

Are metroidvanias with little to none platforming a thing? Recently gave Blasphemous a try and realized that I find all the environmental stuff tedious

Arguably no, since an open world gated by traversal abilities is the most common definition of the genre. Maybe try something like Unworthy for combat and exploration, although it's more of a a 2d soulslike.

 

[Valestein]

It's really a question of complexity when it comes to platforming in one of these, like there's fairly basic platforming in the actual Metroid-games vs something like Rex Rocket that has certain sections like super meat boy.



One of the most underrated of these ^

 

[Neuromancer]

Currently, there is a Metroidvania Bundle on Humble Bundle, which contains some of the games discussed here:
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/must-play-metroidvania

 

[Stormcrowfleet]

IDK if this is the right place, but anybody has first person metroidvania suggestion?

 

[Modron]

IDK if this is the right place, but anybody has first person metroidvania suggestion?

Are there really that many of them? I can only think of the Supraland series.

 

[Stormcrowfleet]

Yeah I liked Supraland. I mean otherwise Metroid Prime is a good example I guess?

 

[Valestein]

Not first person, but Batman Arkham Asylum is a third person one.

 

[Sukhāvatī]

IDK if this is the right place, but anybody has first person metroidvania suggestion?

One of the rare instances where the remaster is better than the original(s).

 

[Stormcrowfleet]

IDK if this is the right place, but anybody has first person metroidvania suggestion?

Thanks for the share. I remember this from back in the day, but I always thought it was a clear-cut normal FPS on a build-like engine?

 

[Sukhāvatī]

The PC version was a straight shooter, but the very different (and better) console versions were metroidvanias.

 

[Stormcrowfleet]

The PC version was a straight shooter, but the very different (and better) console versions were metroidvanias.

Thanks a lot then, I'll check it out!

 

[Ivan]

The Last Campfire
This has been a delightful little puzzler that reminds me of Ico and the Playdead games. It's on the easy side and has a children's story atmosphere to it. I imagine it's gonna net you a handful of hours of playtime but I'm impressed by the mix of heart, story, music, and gameplay. Its solid mix of those qualities has kept me engaged and eager to come back after breaks. What more could you ask from a puzzle heavy game? I think I picked it up for pennies during the last Steam sale.