Favorite metroidvania?

>>377387319
About to pick this up, how long is it?

>>377387438
u mad white boi?

>>377387438
my first play-through took me 44 hours to get to the real ending.

>>377387319
Artstyle is godawful like all indie shit, but is it fun?

hollow shills at it again

>>377387319
Metroid

>>377388269
>Artstyle is godawful like all indie shit

this has a better artstyle than 99% of indies

it reminds me of that Wario Land game on Wii

>>377388127
was that because it was difficult, frustrating or it's just that long?

>>377388269
The art style is fine, faggot.

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>>377387319
Ori is my favorite but haven't played many games in the genre.

>>377388748

if you don't use a guide, there's a lot of poking around. There is fast travel options but they're not always useful. I'd say about 15 hours to beat it, maybe 25 - 30 to 100%, depending on how fast you can pick up on things and connect the dots.

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>>377388748
gotta do a lot of shit

this is the full map

>>377387319
I can't decide a favorite but Hollow Knight won't be one of them

>>377387319
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0bakSQR6IU
has anyone played this? still trying to figure out if its a metroidvania or if its a hack n slash

>>377387738

Lol

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>>377387319
I'll stick with the bunny. Bullet hell is fun and the devs are cool with leaving in glitches.

>>377389538
generally a metroidvania if you find things that grant you new skills to progress

>>377390315
>Bullet hell
please stop misusing this term to make your game sound impressive

>>377390431
then how is hollowknight a metroidvania LOL

>>377390437
Stay mad Hollow Shill.

>>377390431
there seems to be evidence of that with the gameplay in the trailer, but the game's so obscure its pretty much impossible to find anything gameplaywise besides whats shown

>>377387319
Rabi Ribi
It's one of the few single player games where I have clocked over a 100 hours in and have played through more than 3 times.

>>377390991
if you only played it through 3 times wouldnt you have only played 6 hours

>>377388748
People who take that long tend to try to 100% everything and get all the shit. That and if no guide there's a fair amount of walking you need to do and the quick travel becomes increasingly less useful the further in you go as the final levels don't have it. Pretty good game. I would've bought it if the game wasn't filled with bugs when it was first released, no pun intended. Waiting on DLC to buy it.

>>377390496
Because outside of certain things that can be exploited to bypass the items required, you do gain new skills to access new areas.

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This is insanely fun so far. Pretty incomplete so if you don't like beta testing, hold off on buying, but the controls feel amazing and the combat has considerable depth. Graphics are fantastic too

The procedural levels actually work too. Mostly because they're only somewhat generated. It incorporates many full designed components

Music fucking sucks though and one track is a direct rip-off of Heartbeats by The Knife

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>>377387319
posted it my man

Does Hollow Knight get better? I'm like an hour in and nothing other than the atmosphere and animation has sucked me in. I kind of enjoyed the first boss battle but it had inescapable damage and other than that, the combat is really unfun so far

>>377388748
There's a lot of backtracking, which doesn't make it bad but sometimes it is a chore to get from City of Tears back down to Ancient Basin

>>377391246
Rabi-ribi's not that short. My first playthrough lasted me about 40 hours.

>>377391712
>Does a series in which combat and movement gradually opens up get better after the first hour?

Gee I dunno

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>>377390315
>rabi ribi
>Bullet hell

>>377387438
32 and I'm not that good at video games.

>>377392363
>Using the first boss as example
Top cherrypicking senpai

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>>377392059
>>377388748
It's not long or frustrating it's just deceptive in its design. If you're not observant enough you may very well have to go back to certain areas but the backtracking itself isn't as a grand as most people think. Most people never think to check certain areas again. I was guilty of it myself. I could probably blow through the game in a few hours knowing what I know now.

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>tfw didn't care since making money is so stupidly easy in this game

>>377392438
the one on the right is also a first boss

>>377391712
It does, but the combat stays pretty basic all the way through. You just have to dodge increasingly elaborate attacks. The combat isn't bad but IMO the core attraction of the game is exploration and mapping.

>but it had inescapable damage
Hint: it did not.

>>377391712

No boss has inescapable damage, but if you find yourself being hit too often use different charms or head on down to the Abyss to grab the move that lets you go through enemy attacks.

>>377390974
its on torrent sites to just grab it from igg

>>377391502
Pretty much how I feel about this too.

Enjoyed it a lot despite a lot of bullshit deaths and shitty upgrades. That saying, there was a lot less of those than I would expect in an early version of a game.

>>377392753
ffff he's at the very beginning why did you decide to spoil an endgame area?

>>377387438
I got 100% in 31 hours, and like 5 of those hours was filling out the bestiary which is completely optional and not required for the best ending.

>>377391712
Once you get the dash, the game will get faster and more enjoyable. I also remember my interest dwindling before I got it.

>>377392965
How long did The Palace take you?

>>377387319
Switch when?

>>377393052
When they finish the game with DLC and stuff, maybe

>>377393016
I didn't exactly time that out but not THAT long. I died a fair few times but eventually got through it. Eventually ended up equipping the Hiveblood charm and that made things much easier.

>>377393186
I'm the 32 hour guy and it took me 4 fucking hours. WITH the trick you've mentioned. I nearly quit the game in frustration haha.

>>377393016
Took me about 2 hours maybe. Had to equip Hiveblood since I couldn't figure out how to reliably get past the spears at the end of one of the paths

>>377387319
>>377387438
>>377391581
shill

>>377387319
Something that's not pretentious ripped off from Souls' indieshit

>>377393548
The game has nothing to do with Dark Souls..

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>>377393305
>4 hours
Well, at least you made it through. But seriously.

>>377393548
Why would Hollow Knight have to rip off a worse game?

Blaster master zero is good.
How is owlboy?

>>377393916
Good looking and bad playing.

>>377387438
27 hours and got true ending 92% complete. I just cant beat that final Colosseum.

>>377387319

The more "metroid" there is in a metroidvania, the worse the game becomes. The only good indie metroidvanias are:

- La-Mulana
- La-Mulana 2
- Hollow Knight
- Ghost Song
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Games like ori, shovel knight, cavestory etc. are not real Metroidvania games, they are garbage games and a waste of time.

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>>377394315
>ori is garbage
>bloodstained is good

>>377387319

system shock

>>377394390

>cute creature
>feminine aesthetics
>passivism propaganda
>platformer, not metroidvania

Ori is dogshit, only betas, faggots, women and children could enjoy it, die from cancer faggot, get the fuck out of gaming, retards like you are the reason gaming is going down in quality.

>>377393769
I'm not good at platforming, have never played any difficult platformers and the rest of the game did nothing to prepare me for this shit.

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>>377394315
>Bloodstained
Game's not out yet, retard. End this meme already.

>>377394526
m8 everyone here is a woman dick or get the fuck out.

>>377394315
Shovel Knight has never been intended to be a Metroidvania, you fucking brain abortion.

>>377394526
Retard

>>377391502
whats the story?

>>377393186
>>377393016
it has shortcuts that skip the hard parts just break open the walls

>>377394315
>>- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
its not out yet

shovel knight is a melee megaman

Only problems I have with HK are that it has needless backtracking which can get on your nerves, the fact that geo becomes useless lategame and the fact that notches aren't really optimised in contrast to all the charms you can collect. Other than that, I'd recommend the game to anyone who likes metroidvania, solid 9/10 imo

>>377394859
Mobadis

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>>377394315
>look up Ghost Song
>not even released yet
>La-Mulana 2 and Bloodstained aren't released either

Tried playing this game on my T420 and got input lag out the ass, couldn't even get past the tutorial section because I couldn't jump on platformers. Guess I won't play it.

hmmm it'd have to be.... yes, yes! it's definitely this one if i had to choose *post spciture of most favoritest metroidvania game*

>>377395385
Get a better computer you faggot.

Probably guacamelee

Never finished it but it was fun while it lasted.

Rainworld

Rabi-ribi

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I can't resist Kirby in any fashion.

>>377393016
about 45 minutes, I play a lot of platformers though. I just wish the buzz saws were quieter, this beautiful music is playing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSl1cMB1j7M
and all I can hear is RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

>>377395532
game had legit lag issues, made the colosseum of fools painful to do

don't know if they ever fixed them

>>377396105
They kinda did, but every time I double jumped there was like a 10% chance the game would hiccup. That's all I recall though.

>>377388748
It can be extremely frustrating in the beginning, i almost dropped it, but sticking with it is absolutely worth it, it's now one of my favorite games.
>>377393548
The protagonist makes more sense than any dark souls protagonist. Other than that there are a few similar mechanics, sure, but souls is a good game, why shouldn't other games take mechanics that work really well? There is nothing wrong with ripping something off if the result puts some spin on it and is good.
>>377393016

Not that long actually. I was really surprised that people thought that it's extremely hard and unfair considering the generous re-spawn location and regeneration talisman.

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I am an ESA shill

Buy ESA

>>377396463
Sell me harder.

>>377387319
Bugs have no business being this cute and fuckable

>>377397714
Bug is not for fug

i wanna ask a question all of you.
why do you call platfrom games "metroidvania"?
are other platforms games "mariovania" for you?

>>377389039
>kings door
>the abyss
darksouls?

>>377389039
This map looks almost identical to SotN except the right side doeant have the tower with the elevator.....and a little less on the bottom left underground.

>>377397810
Miyazaki didn't invent doors, kings, and the word 'abyss'

>>377388748
Lots of optional collectible goodies
But you'll have to get quite a few to get the true ending

>>377387319

is this game ever gonna go on sale or should I just buy it?

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>>377397810

I also heard the game has bosses and checkpoints, what a fucking rip off of darksouls.

LISA

>>377397957
If you've waited this long, wait a bit more for the DLC. It's been almost 3 months, surely some news or update will show up eventually...

>>377397957
>3 month old game
>will it ever go on sale?
Have some patience anon.

>>377387319

PREY 2017

>>377398149

yeah I like to wait on sales cause poorfag NEET.

I can pirate but I don't like to pirate these days.

I did get Salt and Sanctuary that was finally on sale for 40% off.

>>377398181

You'd be surprised how fast some games can go on deals. I've seen Dawn of War III 45% off already amoung other things. I scout this shit a lot.

>>377387319
The Surge

>>377387319
hollow knight sucks ass. you have this huge map but combat never evolves

>>377397905

In fairness it does have a dark souls vibe since some of the plot points/mechanics are similar.

Overall i'd say its a mix of dark souls and gucamelee

>>377392560
So? A side-scrolling platformer plays quite differently from a classical top-down schmup, so it makes sense to keep a low bullet density at the start to get the player gradually accustomed to the mix.

>>377397957
Its worth £15

Just past the second fight wtih the Hornet. That was a fun fight

>>377398685
>HA HAY-GA-LE I-DEE-DAL SHA SHA SHA HAY-GA-LE SHA SHA *oof* HA SHA DEH I-DEE-DAL

What did she mean by this?

>>377399152
pafanada

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>>377387319
Pic related

t. philistine with shit taste

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Both Hollow Shite and Rabi Ribi are awful though. Their fans are underage plebeians too.

>>377392363
>tfw somebody uses a pic you made from so long ago that you forget it was even you that made it for a moment.

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>>377387319
Symphony of the Night is still the best.

>>377401825
Nope, Super Castlevania IV is better

>>377401607
So what are some good ones? I'm looking for a top tier metroidvania to go through.

>>377402078
>Thread is specifically "favorite Metroidvania"
>"SotN is the best Metroidvania"
>"Nope, [not a Metroidvania] is better"
I get what you're trying to say, but you're also an idiot. And wrong.

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>>377402209
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Metroidvania

I liked it but kinda lost motivation after finding out I have to go find all those plants

Good game, don't know if I will get back to it

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>>377402209
La-Mulana is easily the greatest metroidvania that has and more than likely ever will exist.
La-Mulana 2 cannot come soon enough.

If you're looking for metroidvania's and haven't played that, then I don't know what the fuck you're doing with your life.

>>377399514
*sigh* mobadis

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>>377397905
This will always piss me off. Autistic Weeaboos keep thinking that chink invented everything in that piece of shit "Rpg" so words like ,King, Souls or even fucking Abyss can't be used without some faggot saying "DUUURRRR IS DAT A DARK SOULS REFRENCE?!"

>>377402369
Well I'm screwed, I've played everything on the first two tiers. Wouldnt put Aria and ESA to god tier though.
>>377402478
But already have played La-Mulana, easily one of my favorites even though I am too dumb for it.

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>tfw La Mulana 2 development is almost done

I'm so fucking excited, I can't wait.

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>Ghost Song hardly ever receiving status updates
>no release date in site

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>>377387319
Glowing leaf monkey.

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>>377402620
Have you played Salt & Sanctuary?

>>377402805
Now we just need to hope that it hasn't been casualized too much. If I don't need to write shit down irl then I'm going to be somewhat disappointed.

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>when nearly every metroidvania that isn't metroid or castlevania has shit art that makes it impossible to truly care about playing the game

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>>377403412
But HollowKnight looks good.

>>377387319
Are there any waifus in this game?

>>377403224
Expect puzzles to be dumbed down but action to be ramped up. They've said they're trying to keep tablets and puzzle hints restricted to the areas where they are used. They're also generally moving away from the whole MSX and Maze of Galious homage thing, which means they're just making what they think will be a good game without any sort of arbitrary restrictions. We'll just have to wait and see if that ends up being a good thing.

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>>377403564
No it doesn't, it looks like a flash game.

>>377403224
The demo was still a bit iffy art-wise (boring backgrounds and I absolutely hated how plastic one of the (mini)bosses looked) but the puzzles and tablet texts / lore were looking they were going to be on point again. So my hopes are high.

>>377403620

Just the one but she's the cutest.

>>377403725
pics

>>377387319
>metroidvania

I think you meant to say 2D tansaku

>>377403661
>Insulting best boss
ayy

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>>377403661
>implying that's a bad thing
Already a thousand times better than most indie bullshit with god awful spritework.

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>>377403749

You might not be able to tell, but she's totally into the protagonist.

>>377387319
dude indie platformer lmao

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Still waiting for it to come out

>>377404050
>furfag shit

>>377403224
>Have you played Salt & Sanctuary?
I havent actually. Its aesthetic is really unappealing to me so I've avoided it. It also seems to be really heavy on the souls side of things which I am not a fan of. Though those are very personal opinions.

>>377394315
>The more "metroid" there is in a metroidvania, the worse the game becomes. The only good indie metroidvanias are:
- Ghost Song

It's literally one of the most Metroid indie games, are you fucking retarded

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>>377404024
>Being so bad at easy as fuck platforming
Kek.
>>377404050
>Furnigger shit

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>>377402369
>ESA in god tier
That's some good fucking taste, my man.

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>>377403642
>>377403721
I've been waiting for this game for such a long time. Easily my most anticipated game for years now.
Honestly, I've probably overhyped it for myself but there's no putting any brakes on this shit now so I'll just have to hope that nigoro does not disappoint.

Have you guys heard any music other than Aqua Wish? Is it any good if so?

>>377404180
That's a common complaint I hear. Personally I had no issues with the aesthetic. The lack of difficulty and music pissed me off more, but the game was still enjoyable throughout.

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>>377403749
this one is married

>>377404180
its has elements of both, but leans more to the dark souls side id say

damn good for a 2 man team though

pirate it if you aren't sure if you will like it

>>377387319

You already posted it

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>>377403749

>>377388269

Maybe your taste is awful, what is a good art style to you?

>>377404481
>The lack of difficulty
Now thats surprising to me, as I've always thought that the game is really hard.
>>377404483
>damn good for a 2 man team though
With just 2 people? That is pretty fucking impressive. I guess pirating is an option even if I'm not a fan.

Cave Story

Symphony of the Night is still the best Metroidvania.

>>377404603
Cave Story isn't a metroidvania. Still good, though.

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>>377387319
Super Metroid you faggot.

>>377393521

redditor trying to fit in

>>377387738
Did you miss the blacked thread?

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>>377404553
L-lewd

>>377398314

Not true, how long did you play it?

>>377404481
Naramura posted some sample music a while back:
https://soundcloud.com/user-784121968

The feedback was the opposite of what he expected and he said he didn't understand why people preferred certain tracks. He said he wasn't confident in being able to make a good enough soundtrack and so he wanted to outsource it to this guy:
https://soundcloud.com/hasu2010

We haven't heard anything about the music since.

I don't get it. Was the Pale King a dragon? And he got butthurt that people liked the Radiance's light better than his so he made killed a billion million bugs creating a living prison for it? What the fuck was the abyss?

>>377398314
If we're going by this, SoTN sucks ass as well.

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>there are people in this thread who haven't beaten ESA
ESA2 is already in development, you gotta play that shit in order. what the fuck was the usurper ending

>>377404592
>With just 2 people? That is pretty fucking impressive
iirc wife did the art husband did the programing

>>377401607

Shill

hollow knight really kicked in for me when i got the shadow dash and then the charm that lets you do dmg with dashes so much fun

>>377404215
>that last dash just before the tomb

its easy as fuck, but i was sweating bullets

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>>377404592
I've played through the game like 3 times so far and I've never found a build that doesn't make me feel overpowered as all hell.
My first character was a Simon Belmont rip off. Used chains and holy magic.

>Check online for what is regarded as the worse weapon types after my initial playthrough
>People almost universally say daggers and bows
>Do a dagger playthrough
>Steamroll everything
>Do a bow playthrough
>Same shit happens

Greatswords and Magic apparently tear the game a new asshole so I can only imagine how easy it would have been if I had went those routes.

Damn shame to be honest, because I'd have really rated the game so much higher if it gave me some challenge.
Still really like it though regardless of that.

>>377404820
Oh shit, I really don't know how to feel about that. I fucking love the La-Mulana ost.
Not gonna lie, if the music turns out to be shit I'm going to be beyond disappointed, it's one of the things I always look forward to in games and value pretty highly.

>>377404912

>he got butthurt that people liked the Radiance's light better than his
The Radiance enslaved the bugs of Hollownest, apart from the moths, who are related to him in some way.
>he killed a billion million bugs creating a living prison for it? What the fuck was the abyss?
The Hollow Knight you fight in the game is the adult form of the player character. You were both experiments in ways to contain Radiance's power, since Radiance would break free after a time. The boss Hollow Knight was imperfect, however, and was taken over by Radiance. The Abyss is where the Pale King dumped all the failed Hollow Knights after he created the "perfect" version you fight.

>>377402369
>Ori and Axiom Verge in good
>God awful DS Castlevanias in great
>Old Mulana in god
Absolutely shit taste.

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>>377403749

>>377404996

Shill

>>377404996
I could do without all the La-Mulana bullshit in the sequel. Literally all the post-game content in ESA is completely meaningless and arbitrary just for the sake of having obtuse puzzle shit. La-Mulana ties all of its shit together, even the most obscure stuff makes sense and has some sort of meaning within the setting. What is the meaning of the clock room in ESA? What is the meaning of the eyes? What is the meaning of the labyrinth and the melting face?

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>>377403749
>>377403749

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>>377387319
The very game you posted, OP.

>>377401607

>weeb thinks his opinion matters

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>>377387319
I always replay this once in a while

>>377405386

F

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>>377403749

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>>377403749
>>377403749

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>>377405334
Shame she's basically a grandma when we see her. Her past young self made my dick wanna explode.

>>377405312
Where was the evidence for the enslavement? I thought Hallownest was originally just moths, then other bugs came and worshipped the Radiance. Then the Pale King came and locked it away with the Hollow Knight.

Is that all it is? Just where he made the vessels? Is the Hollow Knight really the first perfect one before you?

How did he make vessels? I missed the room in the white castle.

>>377387319
Super Metroid

>>377392527
I beat the shit out of her to get my money back out of principle, then smacked her downstairs so Marissa would have an audience member while I was gone.

>>377405782
>I thought Hallownest was originally just moths, then other bugs came and worshipped the Radiance.
The moths did worship Radiance, but it enslaved the other bugs for some nebulous reason.
>Is that all it is? Just where he made the vessels? Is the Hollow Knight really the first perfect one before you?
He wasn't perfect, but yes, the Abyss is just a garbage dump for failed clones.

>>377405383
But the weird puzzle bullshit was the most fun part, you fag.

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>>377392527
>This game actually had a moral in never trusting the shekel laundering hooknoses
Absolutely love Team Cherry.

>You meet all kinds of interesting characters in a game
>Including many pretty bug waifus
>But they're all dead so fuck you.

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>>377406007
Not all of them...

>>377405717
Singing girl in the tower isn't the same bug as the moth seer.

>>377405935
It was still pointless.

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>>377406061

She's the best.

>>377387319
Rabi-Ribi and La-Mulana

Rabi-Ribi for fighting, La-Mulana for puzzles, both for exploring

>>377405386

;-;

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>>377403749

>>377406242

>shilling weebshit

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>>377403749
>>377403749

>>377393016

An hour in two sittings. Was difficult but wasn't the hellish oblivion that everyone says.

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>>377406075
Really? Are you sure? Aww I was really sure that singing girl was the super pretty young girl Seer. Why you ruin this?

>>377406171
That doesn't make it not fun. The whole point of the post game was that you were dealing with confusing alien bullshit.
Besides, I think Hempuli has said during one of the devstreams that he's going to try to explain things a LITTLE better in ESA2.

>>377387319
>Shilling your indie game on /v/

Fuck Trial of the Fools

>>377406331
Be honest, how many of you fags fell for her jewish banking trick? First playthrough only even when I saw the signs.

>>377388351
>>377390734
>>377393521
>>377405071
>>377405371
>>377406320
>>377406386
these are all me by the way :^)

>>377406386

Its almost like this is a videogames board

>>377406375
I enjoy riddle shit but it was painfully clear the whole way through that he was just aping La-Mulana and really wanted to have all that shit but didn't plan it out in advance. That's why it all just feels tacked on and out of place.

>>377406474
no they're me

>>377402478

La-Mulana 2 is looking to be even better than 1. I'm trying not to dig too deep into the alpha and spoil it, but there's so much about the game I want to find out. Nigoro says that they're finishing the data for the final areas, hopefully it won't take too long.

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>>377403749
>>377406458
i always spent mine so i never used the bank

#377406320
No (You).
>>377406373
Yes.

>>377406458
She tricks you? I was wondering what the fuck the purpose of banking was in the game, thought that maybe there's other banking spots in the game to make it useful, so I deposited 500.
But I went and got my 500 back later on, so where's the scam?

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Sundered is coming out soon. Thoughts on it?

Anywhere I could find a closed beta download link? I never had the chance to back it on Kickstarter.

Anyone have the picture of the radiance saying "you just have to get good" or something similar to that?

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>>377406565
if you deposit 2.5k or more she takes it and goes into the city

you can beat it out of her if you find her

>>377406526
Reminder this shit was supposed to be out in 2015 to coincide with lore.

>>377406565
She takes the money and runs. You knock down her shack and it's cardboard. You got Jewed but find her later to get your money back.

>>377406493
I'm sorry, but I just don't agree. I thought it was all pretty well done and didn't feel tacked on at all, though I wish The Virus hadn't been completely dropped after the second ending. I do agree that the clock room was a LITTLE much, though, but Hempuli said during SmiteSA's let's play that it was kinda intended that people would be working together on the internet to get the solution to the clock room.

>>377406565

I think you need to deposit the max amount. Then she bails to the City of Tears.

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>>377403749

>>377406717
Ja-ja

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>>377406717
>vore.png

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>>377387319
Muh edgy dark game
Pic related is much better and has a really good combo system and better mechanics

>>377406717
Redpill me on this NPC. I never got what she was for.

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>>377403749
>>377403749

Any news on played Hornet and DLC for Hollow K?

>>377393521
fuck off nigger

>>377406789
Wish there was more to this character than just ME HUNGRY.
>>377406764
>Muh edgy dark game
Muh lolsoRANdOm mexican game

>>377406671
Was it made out of Cardboard? Seems a bit too modern and humany to be in HollowKnight.

>>377406764
Not really Edgy at all, it looks cute. And there's still life in Hollowknight with NPC's. It's not that Soulshit where everything is dead and empty full of deformed crazy people.

>>377406781
She thinks you look tasty

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>>377406781
nothing, just there for decoration

>>377403749

>>377406789
>that lovely, almost ominous voice
>that ridiculous YA NOM NOM NOM YA NOM NOM NOM
>that stupid sound she makes when you hit her
Great character though

>>377402369

Ive beaten nearly everything on this list except la mulana which is as memeworthy as any game gets

it wasn't even a big deal when it came out, it's only claim to fame is bad controls and having to make notes as you play, I guess /v/ has a need to legitimize their "childish" hobby with faux art or something

the best metroid I've played that isn't on this list is super zero mission. It's technically a mod, but is comparable to ESA for story, complexity, difficulty

http://metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?id=19

>>377406651
Yeah, which sucks. Hopefully the wait will be worth it.

R-right?

I just started this game 2 hours ago.
I'm stuck and i can't seem to progress. I beat the first boss? some big jumping fly thing.
I got Sly to sell me trinkets and after that i haven't made any progress. What do i do?

>>377407053
>just there for decoration
Man, for how easy it is to miss shit in this game it's kinda sad how underwritten and shallow a lot of the characters are. Er, at least the mask maker and mid wife come to mind but I don't know if there's others or those two do anything that I've missed

>>377407096
It probably won't be as good as the last one but I'm sure it will be better than your usual KS abortion. Nigoro has a solid track record and they know what they are doing, and updates have been consistent since the campaign finished.

>>377407053
Shit that thing looks ugly. I get an Uma impression from it's short and igly design.

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>>377407110
Make your way to the scary looking boss icon on your map.
>what map!?
Go left when you descend into the Crossroads, then go down. Assuming this is new to you, you should have like 3 avenues from here to play with.
Feel free to look at this webm for a cute way to sequence break an area or two.

>>377407175
you cant really miss anything permanently outside of a few lines of dialogue iirc

>>377407096
They spent way too much of the first year just going to trade shows and trying to market themselves and didn't even really start development until after that. Now it's obvious they're running out of money and are working 24/7 to force it out the door as quickly as they can.

>>377405271
yeah La Mulana has an awesome ost
Best 2 field tracks coming up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVdB5TCOM08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJs0CsG2rEI

>>377407110
>>377407318
I just killed the Fallen Knight and got the city crest.
I really don't like how the map does not show were you are.

>>377407604
Buy the compass

>>377407175
You break the mask maker's mask and he has some unique dialogue, but most characters aren't important to anything no.

>>377387319
Just posted it. I've done a lot of metroidvanias, but this one is a pretty good mix between gameplay, exploration, ambiance... Everything feels rewarding.

>>377404215
>that first hop
Was that even necessary

>>377407604
Equip the compass if you're really lost. Buy it first if you don't have it. Usually though, you can keep track of where you are if you know where you started from as a reference point and make a mental note of what rooms you've moved through, cross-referencing with the map from time to time. It gives you an extra charm slot if you do that. I used the compass for a little while, then took it off and never felt the need to equip it again more than very few times when I got lost again

>>377393016
Two or three hours i guess?

>>377407765
I wrote him off as a fairly typical ungrateful jerk but the fact that he believes him own bullshit kinda made it for me. Real shame his stretch goal wasn't hit. I'd love to have played as Zote where you're just pulling ridiculous DMC style combos and the original player character is just some obnoxious killstealer getting in your way.

>>377387319
GETUUUHHH!

>>377387738

Why the fuck am i laughing to hard

>>377407985

The Colosseum of Fools wasn't funded either, and it still got in the game.

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>>377405386
Wish there was a way to save her but i guess it wouldn't be the same.

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>>377407985
the Colosseum goal was not hit either and it was added so there is a chance it gets added

probably depends on how well the hornet one does i assume

>>377407765
I never noticed that "Life Ender" is just a nail shaped piece of wood, haha. What a fucking tosser

>>377408041
Oh, nice. With how much "hidden gem" love HK is getting, it might be okay to hope for that too then

>>377407053
He gets so fucking wrecked in steel mode. Poor guy.

>>377408117

>that minute you realize that Quirrel is wearing Monomon's mask on his head

>>377387319
I only just started playing this game earlier this week and it's already one of my favorite metroidvanias.
Simple and challenging gameplay, that art style and that fucking OST.
I honestly can't find a gripe. Everything is done so well. Any frustrations I have with the game are purely because I'm not good enough yet.

>>377387319

I would love this game if it wasn't so poorly optimized.

I can run a games like Dark Souls 3 but this one is too fucking slow.

>>377406781
She ate people, but you must have looked a bit too dangerous for her since she didn't try to eat you. If you go up above her place, you finds the corpses of many bugs.

>>377406910
She have like three or more speech if you come back. And she'll probably be involved in the Hornet quest.

>>377387319
Metroid and SOTN, the only good ones.

>>377407604
The compass charm from the map store will show your position on the map.

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>>377407786
>You break the mask maker's mask

Why do they call them Metroidvanias when Castlevania just copied Super Metroid?

>>377408504
Fuck i didn't even knew that.
Was amazing when someone discovered an unique monster month after the game was out. The thread was pretty fun.

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>>377403749
>>377408520
castlevania added rpg elements like stores

>>377408623
>Was amazing when someone discovered an unique monster month after the game was out.
what monster?

>>377408714
A sign-fixer bug that appears for a few seconds sometimes when you broke a sign on some road.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/367520/discussions/0/135510194252734986/
He's got a monster log thingy but the only way to kill him is to super dash him because he's crazy quick. I think there was something to read about them somewhere. Like in a hidden house.

>>377408950
His house is a locked house on the screen where you find Sly.

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>>377387319
Toy Story 2

>>377408714
>>377408950
http://i.imgur.com/10c2Fmr.gifv

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It's fascinating watching this undertale-tier fanbase talking about this flash game.

>"woooow there's so much lore though"
>Such as?
>"you can break the mask makers mask!"
>Okay and what does that do?
>"w-w-well n-nothing but it's cool!"
>How is that cool?
>"f-fuck off weeb waaah"

lmao, this is some cringe worthy shit but I can't avert my eyes.
How did such a mediocre metroidvania pull so many of you retards in?

Just don't reply to him

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>>377408950
>>377409085
holy fuck

>>377409092
Take a look in the mirror, it's weebs like you who play this trash lmao

>>377409042
Was pretty good, but even if there are a few backtracking thingy i fail to see how this would be a metroidvania.
Shame that the game is fucked up on pc.
(Zurg react is on par with the pc perf making him a living aberration with lightspeed reflexes nowadays)

>>377408095
You can read her mind to see %%how radiance forces her to kill you%%.

>>377409092
At least hollowfags keep to themselves in contrario to those overtoxic underfaggots.
But keep posting weeb pictures if that make you feel better i guess.

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>>377403749

>>377409092
I'm not part of the lawfag group, but what makes this one mediocre to you?
In contrast, what is considered good apart from the obvious SOTN, Super Metroid, etc?

>>377408204
I like how the game shits on Zote so hard, then you realize just how far he got with nothing other than a piece of wood and his bullshit.

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>>377407902
>mfw his ending is revealed to have been nothing but a dream of his massive ego stroking as he wakes up still stuck on the cobweb
Yeah, what a shame indeed.

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>>377409640
and his 57 percepts

>>377409229
>>377409339
>>377409637
Why would you respond to that? He's not looking for discussion. He probably has a fucking (You) counter.

>>377409954
I just like to ask legit questions, and if I don't get legit answers, I can then disregard them.

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#377409092
Nigger
>>377409954
This, don't reply to autistic and obvious weebs who are fishing for some (you)'s

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>>377409637
>but what makes this one mediocre to you?
Shit OST.
Shit power ups that I never felt the need to use.
Non existent difficulty.
Unmemorable bosses.
Boring locations.
No optional hard area after beating the game.
Not enough secret areas in general.
'Secret areas' that have an NPC / Structure that serves absolutely no purpose, and as such might as well not even be in the game.

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>>377409212
>anticipating an awesome 1v1 duel with this guy since the first time I met him
>meet him at the Colosseum finally
>do all three trials hoping to fight him
>none of the fights had him
>see him dead in the ditch with a depressing thought

Wasn't worth it, my bug man.

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I like Skelemania
my favorite is probably AM2R though

>>377406458
>Game showers you in geo
>Decide to deposit 4000 geo with this bug
>Come to retrieve it later

I honestly didn't get that the sign was supposed to be depicting geo until the ruse was revealed.

>>377410106
>Shit OST
That's wrong
>Non-existent difficulty
>Shit powerups
Aside from maybe the optional spells they're all useful
depends on where you go. Not exceedingly hard but there are some challenging sections.
>No optional hard area after beating the game
Also wrongish since getting the true ending does involve going to a significantly tougher area and beating Radiance.
>Not enough secret areas in general
There are a fair few.
>'Secret areas' that have an NPC / Structure that serves absolutely no purpose, and as such might as well not even be in the game.
Yeah whatever Aristotle, go back to your classical unities.

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>>377410304
His "arc" hit too close to home for me. I really wanted to dream nail him and lay him to rest. The idea of him just wallowing with remorse and regret after failing at the one thing he set out to do just bums me out.

>>377410106
>Shit OST.
Shit taste. Not enough k-pop for you?
>Shit power ups that I never felt the need to use.
Questionnable. Charms change a lot the way you fight, wether you chose to go for a magic approach or not.
>Non existent difficulty.
Kinda ok with you on this one. Unless you go for the secret bosses or the coliseum, there wasn't really anything that couldn't be beaten with a bit of work.
>Unmemorable bosses.
Questionnable, once again. Quite a few of them were pretty cool. Mantis lords, Soul Master, Hollow Knight...
Even those with pretty meh mecanics had events in them that made them cool (Uumu, Traitor Lord, Nosk)
Also, the game is pretty generous in term of foes. There is quite a lot of them, especially when you compare it to other "meroidvanias".
>Boring locations.
You probably haven't been far because there is quite a lot of pretty great areas. Kingdom's End, Soul Sanctum, City of Tears, Queen's Garden...
>No optional hard area after beating the game.
Except there is. There are like three areas that are not required to end the game and you won't find them unless you explore. And i'm not even talking about the White Palace.
>Not enough secret areas in general.
The game felt pretty rewarding on the matter though.
>'Secret areas' that have an NPC / Structure that serves absolutely no purpose, and as such might as well not even be in the game.
Deepening the lore IS a purpose. If you think revealing that a guy named Alucard is Dracula's son is the pinnacle of writing, then obviously you wouldn't care about that.
But i agree i'd have liked if those characters served an active purpose too;
Hornet DLC is coming, and since she's involved with the Deepnest it might change (since there are at least two or three big hidden NPCs here).

Also do you have a folder with smug anime girls? Just asking for a friend.

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WAAH

>>377410357
>Skelemania
Can't find a lot of info on the game. Care for a quick run-down?

>>377410572
Don't fucking reply to them. It's damn obvious it's a (you) bait. They named all the good stuff about the game and said the exact opposite.

>>377410864
https://benal.itch.io/skelemania

>>377410572
>>377410785
>Responding to him again
You're worse than he is.

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>>377410814

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>>377410929
I-I know.
Otherwise I wouldn't even be here in the first place.

>>377410918
Thanks, i'll look into it.

>>377411059
Make me think about the spoony webm "he's going to catch you" that get posted often.
I'm sorry

anyone have a link to the drm-free gog version?

>>377411457
>>>/google/

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Iconoclasts fucking WHEN
KONJAK YOU HACK

>>377411457
https://www.gog.com/game/hollow_knight

>Had a game idea like this but with Bumblebees vs. Wasps
>Hallow knight came out first

Darn.

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>>377411574
You fell for it, anon.
We're in for forty shill post.

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>get to what I think is the very end of the game (all abyss powers, palace and dream bosses done)
>just need to equip the kingseal and finish the game
>dont want the game to end so I never beat it
I had the same feeling with sotn, but at least there I was pleasantly surprised by reverse castle

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>>377410785
>>377410572
OST is factually shit though. I value sound very highly and there isn't even a single track that stood out to me.
The music is pure generic trash, more than likely composed by some no name that they hired for buttons. And it shows.


>Aside from maybe the optional spells they're all useful
>Charms change a lot the way you fight, wether you chose to go for a magic approach or not.
Non of those spells are needed. I breezed through the game just by using standard attacks for the most part.
If the game isn't going to make me use them, then what good are they? They're nothing but filler.
This is why games having no difficulty these days is an issue.

>Also wrongish since getting the true ending does involve going to a significantly tougher area and beating Radiance.
>Except there is. There are like three areas that are not required to end the game and you won't find them unless you explore. And i'm not even talking about the White Palace.

What are the names of these non existent optional hard areas? I don't recall any of them, and I 100%'d the game. The game never once ramped up in difficulty so I can only assume that this magical area you're talking about which gave you trouble gave me 0 difficulties since I'm not a shitter.

>You probably haven't been far because there is quite a lot of pretty great areas. Kingdom's End, Soul Sanctum, City of Tears, Queen's Garden...
Been to all of them. Non did anything for me. They all felt the exact same except the queens garden was just simply more green. Woo lad.

>Deepening the lore IS a purpose
lel, La-Mulana actually did that shit right by having points of interest also be integral to the game. It's also rife with lore with ties to actual mythology.
The amount of times I saw and NPC or room with a structure in that did absolutely fucking nothing in HK was just unforgivable.

And yes I have an enormous folder filled with this shit

>>377411614
Bug war game can still work out. Not many people onow the devestation rivaling colonies do on eachother, but not an overhead view shit it needs to actually be a game.

>>377411759
Someone asked for a link to the gog version of the game, so I gave it. What did I do wrong?

Stop replying to bait retards

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>>377411614
Make an ant arc, Hunter X Hunter-esque game.

>>377396463
I like it but the bosses are bullshit.

>>377411895
Yeah it was gonna be a megaman x clone
>>377412317
Fire mage ant was going to be a party memeber, as with a dragoon dragon fly and a Big Guy Beetle

God Tier:

City of Tears, Crystal Peak

Great Tier:

Kingdom's Edge, Forgotten Crossroads

Good Tier:

Deepnest, Greenpath, White Palace

Okay Tier:

Ancient Basin

Shit tier:

Fungal Wastes, Fog Canyon

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>>377409092

>>377412416
Only that one ghost boss that got added in the update was bullshit, though. The rest are fine. true mwyah was a motherfucker though, even if it was pretty fair

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Why did quality sprite artwork have to die?

>>377412692
People have selective memory and choose to forget the thousands of shitty looking retro games. It never died but it never lived, either.

>>377411882
Maribel is really cute.

>>377412791

Yes, but there were still several great ones. Which isn't the case today.

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>>377412692
At one time it was the only way. Nowadays its not, its a preference.

And beatiful sprites mean nothing if the rest of the game is shit.

>>377412692
It didn't, though. It's just harder to find.
>ESA It may not be great, but it's pretty impressive for the tiny, tiny resolution it's in
>ESA 2 looks good even if it's not out yet
>Owlboy even if the art was the only good thing about it
>La-Mulana
>La-Mulana 2
>Shovel Knight/Its expansions
>Kero Blaster
>Creepy Castle
>Momodora
>Fump Blaster
Just because you choose to ignore good sprite work doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

>>377412902
How disappoint was this game though? Give me a quick rundown.

>>377413034
>La-Mulana

Only the bosses look good. Rest of the game is an eyesore.

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So now that I've silenced you faggots with raw facts, let's move on to the main course.

On the left here, we have an actual boss.
>Intimidating
>Frantic
>Adrenaline pumping
>Great music
>Memorable

All of the key ingredients for being a solid boss.

On the right, we see how not to do it.

>Pitiful comedy relief looking shit
>Trash music
>Incredibly boring fight
>Completely unmemorable

What went so wrong, lads?