These threads should all be about the second best, and Hollow Knight should not be an option in the poll.
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Best 2D Metroidvania Game of This Generation?
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Yeah that's my bad then I got 2 hours played, but I remember there hardly being any enemies and they were super spread out.
OP why did Bloodstained, the spiritual sequel to the original defacto Metroidvania from its own creator, get omitted?
Genuinely curious. I think it would have fallen to second place after Hollow Knight but it's basically the most obligatory option here.
It's nowhere close to being at the top. It's good, but it doesn't stand toe to toe with stuff like Hollow Knight or Ori.
Bloodstained for me. Really liked the level upand gear mechanics. Hollow Knight was also very good but too convoluted for its own good IMO.
I thought the tacked on souls mechanic really hurt Hollow Knight, it's a game where you die alot and having to go back and get your corpse just kills the pacing because the lack of a fast travel and nothing about the traversal being fun, it's just boring and made me not want to play the game anymore despite the combat being pretty good. I also remember the game being completely silent most of the time, which just adds to the boredom of traversal.
I like Guacamelee the best, lots of comboing, traversal is fun because of the combat>platforming>puzzle solving, and a fast travel system when needed, which isnt even that often because you're constantly getting new abilities that help you get more chests and at the end you can basically fly.
Edit: I've been corrected about fast travel in Hollow Knight, my bad.
I like Guacamelee the best, lots of comboing, traversal is fun because of the combat>platforming>puzzle solving, and a fast travel system when needed, which isnt even that often because you're constantly getting new abilities that help you get more chests and at the end you can basically fly.
Edit: I've been corrected about fast travel in Hollow Knight, my bad.
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As someone who has completed both Guacamelee and Guacamelee 2, Hollow Knight is still better. They're both great games but HK is just that much better.
omg @ this lead!!!!!
well deserved, hollow knight i the best metroidvania game ever made. really raised the bar for the genre. can't wait for silk song.
well deserved, hollow knight i the best metroidvania game ever made. really raised the bar for the genre. can't wait for silk song.
Hollow Knight has fast travels though. You even unlock a customizable teleport. And traversal ends up very fast too once you unlock more abilities.
This is tough! I have Hollow Knight but unfortunately I haven't gotten around to playing it, so my choice is Axiom Verge. Admittedly I have a feeling Hollow Knight will become my choice too based on what I've seen and read.
What would be interesting to see next is how Hollow Knight stacks up to the 2D action/puzzle/platformers that aren't Metroidvanias but are still reasonable to compare like Celeste and Owlboy.
What would be interesting to see next is how Hollow Knight stacks up to the 2D action/puzzle/platformers that aren't Metroidvanias but are still reasonable to compare like Celeste and Owlboy.
Nah, both of the Guacamelee games and Dust have fun combat but following an arrow on a map isn't my definition of great metroidvania.
Ahh, my bad. I just remember being irritated at the backtracking to get my corpse.
It has surprisingly tight platforming but to be honest it's unfair to compare it on that to something like Celeste, just like it would be unfair to compare Celeste's level design to Hollow Knight. They're totally different styles of game.
You must be crazy if you think Metroidvanias are "underrated" this gen OP. Pretty sure there have been 10-20 Hollow Knight LTTP threads so far lol
Voted Steamworld Dig 2 as that is the only one of these I enjoyed enough to beat. Really like Zero Mission, Super Metroid, and Metroid II but maybe I am not actually a fan of the genre anymore looking at this list
Voted Steamworld Dig 2 as that is the only one of these I enjoyed enough to beat. Really like Zero Mission, Super Metroid, and Metroid II but maybe I am not actually a fan of the genre anymore looking at this list
They are, but think there is a certain baseline enjoyment of a 2D platformer that makes it appropriate to compare a more action oriented 2D game to a more puzzle/exploratory game, and so on. Like, Kingdom Hearts and Persona are very different JRPG's, and having a discussion on action RPG's or turn-based RPG's is great, but we can also have one about JRPG's as a whole. Maybe one style is more popular than the other. Maybe one style is more consistently done well but the other has the highest highs. Stuff like that.
no clear winner IMO, they were all great in their own way. gun to my head though guess i'd go with Hollow Knight
apropos i replayed SOTN recently ye gods man that is one good ass game. amazing 20 years later and iterated upon so many times i could be so engrossed in it
apropos i replayed SOTN recently ye gods man that is one good ass game. amazing 20 years later and iterated upon so many times i could be so engrossed in it
Seconded, I know we're always posting about it but I really loved playing Elliot Quest - and still need to beat it!
Obviously Hollow Knight.
People should also give Iconoclasts and Monster Boy a look as well.
I don't understand the aversion towards Salt and Sanctuary. Is it just the aesthetics that turn people off? It's a pretty damn good game.
People should also give Iconoclasts and Monster Boy a look as well.
I don't understand the aversion towards Salt and Sanctuary. Is it just the aesthetics that turn people off? It's a pretty damn good game.
Hollow Knight and the competition isn't close except for maybe Bloodstained.
Ori is wildly overrated.
Dead Cells isn't even a Metroidvania.
Ori is wildly overrated.
Dead Cells isn't even a Metroidvania.
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Because I'm dumb! In hindsight I should've swapped out Dead Cells or Salt & Sanctuary for Bloodstained.
From those that I tried / played (Bloodstained, Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, Guacamelee, Steamworld Dig, Monster Boy, Salt & Sanctuary - the last one I'm not even sure if it's Metroidvania, similar to Dead Cells), it's definitely Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. I had most fun with this game last year. It's too bad that it's not even an option.
Bloodstained is nowhere near as good as Hollow Knight just like sotn is nowhere near as good as super metroid. I didn't think the level design was all that great in Bloodstained, the music was a bit of a let down, the visuals were pretty inconsistent and straight-up ugly in certain areas, and the actual gameplay didn't do much for me - it was too unbalanced and too easy to completely break, plus I ran into quite a few glitches and performance issues during my playthrough. Basically Bloodstained felt pretty sloppy in many areas while Hollow Knight was polished to a mirror sheen. Bloodstained was good in the end, but Hollow Knight stomps it from orbit.
It fucking better.
Bloodstained is the most fun, but I'll say hollow knight is the better game. Shocked Bloodstained is now even listed though.
Understandable, don't beat yourself up. Just didn't know if there something that separated it from the other options for you. :)
Hollow Knight is absolutly overwhelmly great. But Ori, Bloodstained and Dead Cells are also really worth to try out.
I'd put Hollow Knight over Ori, but both are phenomenal.
Haven't played Bloodstained yet, but it definitely should be on the poll
Haven't played Bloodstained yet, but it definitely should be on the poll
Ahah, too true! I never let an opportunity to rep Elliot Quest pass me by :p
Whichever games in that list that give you this ability instead of fast travel win in my book:
HK has two different forms of fast travel though. But the world is so damn huge that you're gonna want them.
Ya unfortunately base enemies are generally easy and you have to get to boss fights to really flex your combat precision. Hard to make both a dense environment to navigate and simultaneously populate with quick and difficult "standard" enemies. There's no Grace and Glory equivalent of standard enemies which is a shame.
Axiom Verge for me. The graphics were a bit rough, but the music is amazing. More importantly, it was a lot more creative with its powerups and weapons than everything else. Distant second is Hollow Knight, which I also recommend.
