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.

  • Profligate_Parasite@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    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 hours ago

      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.