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.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      4 小时前

      I wanted to enjoy this game, but it gave me hardcore motion sickness after about 10 minutes. I haven’t had that happen in very many games, so it was notable in this one.

  • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    8 小时前

    Axiom Verge. I don’t know how they managed to improve on the feeling of Super Metroid, but they did it.

  • Profligate_Parasite@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    8 小时前

    Its my no.1 genre… i have played A LOT of them. People have already hit on the “big three” - hollow knight, super metroid and castlevania SOTN… heres lesser mentioned gems… sure, they’re not as incredible as those 3 genre topping master pieces, but theyre super super good and worth a play.

    • alwas awakening
    • tunic*
    • hyper light drifter*
    • hob*
    • Another Metroid 2 Remake (AM2R)
    • Metroid Dread
    • castlevania dawn of sorrows/aria of sorrow
    • axiom verge
    • metroid prime
    • castlevania 3
    • metroid zero mission
    • SM: ancient chozo**
    • SM: Ascent**
    • 9 Sols

    *yes, there could be called “zelda-likes” instead of metroid vanias, but i always felt those two game designs were kissing cousins… if you like one you might like the other.

    ** these are romhacks…,very very good ones. You need a rom of super metroid and emulator to play em.

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 小时前

      Solid list!

      but i always felt those two game designs were kissing cousin

      I see them as the same genre. You have this “pushing the map’s frontier” mechanic, along with some power or item progression to enable that. The rest is find-and-seek to connect all those dots. IMO, the only major difference is a side vs top-down perspective.

  • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 小时前

    I haven’t played that many, but I enjoyed Ori and the Blind Forest and Carrion.

    I adore Supraland, which is more of a Zelda/Portal/Metroid mix.

  • Sv443@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    14 小时前

    Ori series, specifically Ori and the Will of the Wisps. It’s my absolute favorite game of all time. It’s got the amazing visuals and insanely good OST, crisp and satisfying platforming and combat, engaging and unique bossfights, incredibly gripping story, good difficulty settings and going for 100% is rewarding and not nearly as annoying as in many other games. While it may stray a tiny bit from the classic Metroidvania formula I think it still does it incredibly well.