Ok well then I won't get too OCD. I'll just play normally and do clean-up in the endgame.
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The 2D Metroidvania Renaissance Will Continue Into the Next Decade | A Media Heavy Look at 50+ Upcoming Titles
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Ok well then I won't get too OCD. I'll just play normally and do clean-up in the endgame.
This has now made me very interested in the game. I remember that the game "Carrion" had some great exploration because of the locomotion/mobility aspect of the carrion. Seems like this game has some similar qualities.
Spent the last couple of hours playing Minishoot Adventures. Aside it feeling a little hard to navigate the map at times (compass and other upgrades help, but I constantly find myself double back wondering if I missed something, the game is a fantastic mix of a top down Zelda style, Metroidvanida progression, and bullet hell shmups. Usually Id have waited a little bit after just finishing Lone Fungus, but honestly despite both being Metroidvania's in the broadest sense... these two games are basically nothing alike! I do love how the genre can be so vast in terms of just what can count as a Metroidvania.
Funnily enough, a small patch for Biomorph just came out that made some really good QoL changes:
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- It is now possible to quit to desktop from the pause screen.
- Added option to disable camera shake from the pause screen.
- Added option to return to the last S.A.F.E. from the pause screen.
- Added sprint on Harlo and Biomorph forms by holding the dodge button.
- Added additional landmarks on the Sentinel Complex map to improve navigation.
Im completely gluged to Minishoots Adventures right now... Im basically at the end game dungeon I think, Im just doing some more overworld stuff while I can... Gotta say, I love this game, its paced well, gameplay wise its excellent and it just feels satisfying to explore and find the various hidden stuff (and thankfully the game goes out of its way to denote which caves/areas still have stuff in them to collect.
Only complaints I have are that its not 100% smooth on my Steam Deck (its almost perfect though), and the game always crashes when I select the quit option, but seeing as its just two people working on the game, I cant be mad. Definitely a GOTY contender for me.
Only complaints I have are that its not 100% smooth on my Steam Deck (its almost perfect though), and the game always crashes when I select the quit option, but seeing as its just two people working on the game, I cant be mad. Definitely a GOTY contender for me.
I'll chime in on the Minishoot' love. This is a perfect first foray into shmups for people like me who don't typically play shmups. The penalty for death is not at all grueling or even that consequential. You just respawn and have to get back to where you were. The upgrades feel like they matter. The only complaint I really have is the plot which is almost entirely nonexistent.
Prince of Persia is a great new one. Hollow Knight is an all-timer.
Ok, done the ending and true endings on Minishoot now. Since I have the arena unlocked, playing that because it plays so darn good lol. Definitely suggest going after the true final boss... its a great ender for what is an excellent game. Only issue I had accessing it was making sense of which of the entrances on the map would take me to where the last things I needed were (if an area has multiple entrances, the map marks all of them and its sorta down to you to figure out what it means lol.
The arena is pretty bad on Steam Deck though, frame rate tanks like Im playing a 8bit micro port of a superior arcade game lol.
I may play something else next (genre wise), or start Ghost Song which looks superb as well.
The arena is pretty bad on Steam Deck though, frame rate tanks like Im playing a 8bit micro port of a superior arcade game lol.
I may play something else next (genre wise), or start Ghost Song which looks superb as well.
I like the idea of the game but want to know how much they lean into the bullet hell descriptor I've seen it tagged with. Guess I could just watch a bit of the 2 full game clear videos that are in the steam guides sections but really don't feel like doing that.
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi on Steam
Prince Dracula, Lord of the Vampires, has returned from the Devil's Scholomance with the Army of the Dead at his back! Guide vampire hunters Abbot Dorin and Irina Dracul across the monster plagued countryside and into the heart of the ancient Castle Dracula!
A pretty open-ended blend of classic Vania and Metroidvania with its exploration - excellent Bloodlines-style two character system and it controls far better than I expected
If your wondering difficulty wise - bullets are pretty slow so evasion isnt really a problem. This isnt Cave level challenge (well, at least on normal difficulty), plus there's various upgrades that make things easier still. It controls sublime as well, so the bosses etc. really arent too bad, the only time it gets really wild is the optional post game arena.
That one passed me by completely, thanks for the heads up. Loving the sprite work there, another one for my wishlist!Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi on Steam
Prince Dracula, Lord of the Vampires, has returned from the Devil's Scholomance with the Army of the Dead at his back! Guide vampire hunters Abbot Dorin and Irina Dracul across the monster plagued countryside and into the heart of the ancient Castle Dracula!store.steampowered.com
A pretty open-ended blend of classic Vania and Metroidvania with its exploration - excellent Bloodlines-style two character system and it controls far better than I expected
I only found it via a random search on Steam and was like well what the heck why not. I liked Crypt Stalker a lot and felt like mora vania-like action. Magicians Chase on switch is another fun vania-like when using the whip-wielder
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi on Steam
Prince Dracula, Lord of the Vampires, has returned from the Devil's Scholomance with the Army of the Dead at his back! Guide vampire hunters Abbot Dorin and Irina Dracul across the monster plagued countryside and into the heart of the ancient Castle Dracula!
A pretty open-ended blend of classic Vania and Metroidvania with its exploration - excellent Bloodlines-style two character system and it controls far better than I expected
If you're interested, some of the folks who worked on that game have also contributed to Chronicles of the Wolf, which is more of a Metroidvania. Not sure when it's launching, but there's a demo. I don't believe the demo has gamepad support though, but the launch version will.
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2371890/Chronicles_of_the_Wolf/
Additionally, if you wanted to see what Castlevania would be like as a Metroid game, there's Castlevania ReVamped, which is fucking incredible.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Sw2CGQkK8
Castlevania fans getting nice meals from people within the fandom lately. I can think of an easy handful of classicvanias and Metroidvanias coming directly from the community coming out in the next few years, some of which even I am keeping my mouth quiet on. ;)
Thanks for the heads up on both. Wolf looks pretty nice so far, and that CV ReVamped looks terrific, definitely giving that a download asap (off topic sorta - is there a good resource for good CV games made by the fandom? Id like to check a few more out)
I think the Inverted Dungeon lists a lot of them. The Lecarde Chronicles games were made the same people making Chronicles of the Wolf, so if you play those (specifically Lecarde Chronicles II which is a Metroidvania) you'll get a taste of what to expect. Robert Belgrade actually reprises his role as Alucard for the fangame, which is pretty cool.
I'd also like to mention games not listed there worth playing and keeping your eye on. I'd suggest Soul of Dracula, a game inspired by the first two Game Boy Castlevania games. Of course, the biggest fangame coming is Seal of the Eclipse but this is a long ways out because the scope is massive.
Has anyone tried out Turbo Kid?
Everything seems to be ticking the right boxes for me but can't bring myself to buy without impressions!
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1733250/Turbo_Kid/
Everything seems to be ticking the right boxes for me but can't bring myself to buy without impressions!
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1733250/Turbo_Kid/
Super, really appreciate the response. Will give this all a look thanks.
Cool stuff there in both cases - thanks!
Really loving CV Revamped - feels far more modern in its pacing and far less plodding.
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Another patch went live yesterday. It's nice to see regular updates.
What's it mean with the "starring bela lugosi" thing? Just using his likeness for dracula, or what?Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi on Steam
Prince Dracula, Lord of the Vampires, has returned from the Devil's Scholomance with the Army of the Dead at his back! Guide vampire hunters Abbot Dorin and Irina Dracul across the monster plagued countryside and into the heart of the ancient Castle Dracula!
A pretty open-ended blend of classic Vania and Metroidvania with its exploration - excellent Bloodlines-style two character system and it controls far better than I expected
Everyone please don't sleep on Turbo Kid. This game is very special. It's blowing me away so far, easily the best one I've played this year so far.
Agreed. Picked this up yesterday and fired it up just to mess around and lost over an hour in an instant.
It's absolutely on my wishlist, it looks awesome. After being very disappointed with Biomorph, I'm craving a good solid Metroidvania. It's the next on the list for sure :) thanks for the extra motivation to get it 😅
Glad to hear Turbo Kid is supposed to be decent. Not something Im getting straight away, but will no doubt get soon.
I didn't know they stopped patching it! That is terrible. I really enjoyed the game. I think it is a very high quality Blasphemous style Metroidvania. But it did need some patches.
I believe it means the developers got approval from the Lugosi family to use his likeness. Similarly, the Metroidvania Dracula: Dark Reign which is coming out for the Game Boy Color (you read that right!!) of all things is backed by the Stoker estate and is a Metroidvania adaptation of the novel.
That looks cool. One negative review mentioned infinite lives and instant respawn, how does this work exactly? Are there checkpoints?Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi on Steam
Prince Dracula, Lord of the Vampires, has returned from the Devil's Scholomance with the Army of the Dead at his back! Guide vampire hunters Abbot Dorin and Irina Dracul across the monster plagued countryside and into the heart of the ancient Castle Dracula!
A pretty open-ended blend of classic Vania and Metroidvania with its exploration - excellent Bloodlines-style two character system and it controls far better than I expected
I'm disappointed in Biomorph as well. It looks pretty but the story and world are so boring.
It's a respectable Blasphemous-like. One of those Metroidvanias I just played straight through because I couldn't put it down.
Standard is probably fine. It's a great Metroidvania and better than Blasphemous IMO
I just played through the first hour on my lunch and it's great so far! You only briefly get a limited play with the bike mechanic in the first hour so I can't comment on how it changes up the platforming but it's very satisfying without it.
From playing the demo, the biking was not finicky like Laika. No flipping required. It just seemed like a cool way to get around faster and access otherwise unreachable areas.
huh, that's actually really cool. I was worried it was some AI thing, lol
Thanks, will wait for physical release though. If it's patched, then great. Otherwise, not going to support them.
My 100% save for Islets is sitting at about 7 hour. It's also a very charming and a quality game and I would highly recommend it if you are looking for a bite sized Metroidvania.
Anyone want an Asia region steam key for Blasphemous 2? I accidentally bought the wrong region because I'm a dumbass and cant return it. DM me. First one gets it.
Greak is also short, I beat it in a weekend. Maybe you can rush through both but probably just best to stick with Islets maybe? I haven't played it, but Greak isn't really a proper metroidvania if that's what you're after right now. Definitely try it out at some point though.
As usual quite a lot of MVs coming up next month, among them those 3 got my attention:
Not sure how much MV there's in it. Seems to be a 2d Sekiro inspired action-platformer set in a « Tao punk » (Taoism and cyberpunk) interconnected world.
store.steampowered.com
This one is steampunk with great pixel art and I love the color pallet.
store.steampowered.com
2.5D with day & night cycle. I also like the artistic direction.
store.steampowered.com
Not sure how much MV there's in it. Seems to be a 2d Sekiro inspired action-platformer set in a « Tao punk » (Taoism and cyberpunk) interconnected world.
Nine Sols on Steam
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
This one is steampunk with great pixel art and I love the color pallet.
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder on Steam
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
2.5D with day & night cycle. I also like the artistic direction.
Venture to the Vile on Steam
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
Played demos for all 3. Venture to the Vile didn't really grab me, the controls were awkward.As usual quite a lot of MVs coming up next month, among them those 3 got my attention:
Not sure how much MV there's in it. Seems to be a 2d Sekiro inspired action-platformer set in a « Tao punk » (Taoism and cyberpunk) interconnected world.
Nine Sols on Steam
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
This one is steampunk with great pixel art and I love the color pallet.
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder on Steam
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
2.5D with day & night cycle. I also like the artistic direction.
Venture to the Vile on Steam
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
Nine Sols is very fluid and yes, totally Sekiro-like.
Gestalt is pretty and fun.
Be kind to yourself!
As usual quite a lot of MVs coming up next month, among them those 3 got my attention:
Not sure how much MV there's in it. Seems to be a 2d Sekiro inspired action-platformer set in a « Tao punk » (Taoism and cyberpunk) interconnected world.
Nine Sols on Steam
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
This one is steampunk with great pixel art and I love the color pallet.
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder on Steam
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
2.5D with day & night cycle. I also like the artistic direction.
Venture to the Vile on Steam
Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?
put them all into my veins. Wishlisted
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2524680/Akatori_hapter_One/
Akatori: Сhapter One is now available for free for anyone who wants to try it out. I will tonight since it has been on my radar.
Yeah Venture to the Vile looks a bit stiff and slow, but I'm really digging the art style, so I'm willing to give it a try at least.
Downloaded this earlier today and I'm looking forward to having time to play. This one's also been on my radar for a while and looks to be a lot of fun.