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.

  • missingno@fedia.io
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    18 days ago

    Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. IMO this is where the series peaked, perfected the formula and delivered a game packed with several large maps and three sets of bonus characters to replay the game with.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 days ago

      if you haven’t played Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night you really, really should. It’s made by the creators behind the Castevania games and is REALLY good.

      • TachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish
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        18 days ago

        I can’t stand how the character moves in bloodstained. It’s like an 8 bit games physics.

        But it is a fun game otherwise.

        • kaidenshi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          18 days ago

          Are you sure you aren’t confusing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night with Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon? The former is as fluid as SotN, if not more so. The latter is meant to emulate the stiff movement of the original 8-bit Castlevania games.

          • TachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish
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            18 days ago

            The one with boat intro. She plays piano on the cover or something. It’s very super Castlevania feeling.

            • kaidenshi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              18 days ago

              Interesting, Super Castlevania is a 16-bit game, and in RotN Miriam moves much more fluidly and easily than Belmont in SC.