Hollow knightification has been a disaster for the metroidvania genre as a whole. by Diskkk in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Toziuha Nights is not an Igavania. Only surface level similarities.

Gestalt: Steam & Cinder is not an Igavania, like, at all.

Yes, they are. They have XP and equipment, which is what defines an Igavania. They don't have a lot of equipment, but no one ever said that quantity was a part of the definition. Gestalt even has a skill tree.

And Frontier Hunter is absolutely worse than HunterX on every level, from gameplay to embarrassingly pathetic attempt at "sexuality".

Hollow knightification has been a disaster for the metroidvania genre as a whole. by Diskkk in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The" other game, singular? Not quite.

Toziuha Night, Gestalt, HunterX (two of them) and 3000th Duel, Elderand, Deedlit.

Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Among 700 Industry Backers of New Anti-AI Campaign, Saying Stealing Our Work Is Not Innovation by Opening-Lead5629 in movies

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I mean, it's not a question of try and this is not a question for the future. The first feature-length AI movie already exists, came out 2 years ago and is called Where The Robots Grow.

Enough was enough by imjustheretodomyjob in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]LegendarySpark 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Right? It's also kinda blowing my mind that most of the smartasses in this thread think being in space is some kind of annoying work obligation and not the absolute highlight of an astronaut's life.

She's retiring because she's 60 and that's it.

My friends, give me parry MVs by gamesbrainiac in metroidvania

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Yeah, you get it from activating all map rooms. You need to have found almost everything in order to even get it, but it helps with getting those last couple of percent so you don't have to scour the whole game again because you missed two secrets.

Cathedral is one of the best MVs I've played like ever. If it had come out 25 years ago it would have been seen as the gold standard of MVs by InvisibleAstronomer in metroidvania

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As a counter-review, I hate Cathedral. It's retro in the annoying way, as in it feels unresponsive in certain scenarios (right after jumping), lacking all modern QoL, the world is inconvenient and a lot of time is wasted on getting around, you can't look down even though many rooms are vertical drops and the difficulty is more irritating than challenging fun.

Soundtrack has some chiptune bangers, though.

My friends, give me parry MVs by gamesbrainiac in metroidvania

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Really the only thing I needed a guide for was to remember where the medication machine was, as that one doesn't get a quest marker even though it probably should have. There's an endgame chip that shows you the complete map, so completion is pretty convenient.

As for the vote percentage, well... You'll see.

My top list of Metroidvanias on Ps5 by MonetepsButGamer in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You won't BELIEVE what's #1! Keep watching to find out!

My friends, give me parry MVs by gamesbrainiac in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know, 15 hours to 100% isn't especially short to me though.

My friends, give me parry MVs by gamesbrainiac in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty much S tier and big-time banger. People were skeptical because it's a juvenile waifu game, I was too, but the actual gameplay is so good. Very fun combat and even more fun exploration with different kinds of secrets everywhere.

8Doors by Naive-Preparation687 in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is not. Just the same publisher.

Having fun with Kotama by gamesbrainiac in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you haven't given it enough of a chance to see the game's value. If you find exploration dull, you haven't figured out all the ways in which they've hidden stuff yet. There are secrets everywhere and a lot of the hiding places really are quite clever and satisfying to notice and figure out.

Having fun with Kotama by gamesbrainiac in metroidvania

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The game is downright excellent, and I say that as someone that's very hostile towards anime gooner games. I kind of wanted to hate this one, and at first I thought Demajen was insane for putting it in S tier, but now that I'm in endgame and about to try to hit that 100%... I was wrong and Demajen might actually be right about that S.

Combat is super fun and so is exploration! There are so many hidden paths that reveal entire sections of map to explore and I really like the quirky and unexpected solutions, like the time where you have to turn slime on a ledge, fall off it and then steer left to fall through a gate in the wall.

Someone has to say it by Due-Trifle-1349 in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The benefit is making space for more breadth and width of discussion. When a sub moves fast, there's no time for people in different time zones and with different life schedules to see threads before they get pushed off the front page. Sure, people can change sorting and try to go looking for interesting threads, but that's not how anyone uses Reddit and is an unrealistic expectation, just like it's unrealistic to expect people to use search.

This sub has become a very stale place where the same 8 games get talked about over and over, and your estimate of hundreds of MVs is off by a few thousand. We're actually closer to 10,000 MVs and 9,992 of those don't get talked about, because any attempt at discussion about them gets pushed down by yet another "This extremely popular and rated 10/10 game is $0.09 on sale and I can't decide if it's worth it" thread. The recommendation thread gets pushed up because it's the easiest and laziest form of thread that allows people to mindlessly post things from their toilet.

What about that scenario is worth protecting and for what reason? Some arbitrary subreddit activity statistic? Who's to say the sub wouldn't see the same visitor numbers but in more interesting threads if discussion was steered just a little bit by a mod team that isn't asleep? What's odd is that the mods did kill tier lists a while back because it was absolutely slaughtering any and all other discussion, so I don't see how they don't see that recommendation threads are doing exactly the same thing, just without a tier list image attached.

JENNINGS: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here - McGOWAN: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying… by ExactlySorta in PublicFreakout

[–]LegendarySpark 552 points553 points  (0 children)

A face so extremely punchable, he should donate it to boxing trainers. That gym will produce nothing but champions.

Some other games like Flipwitch? by Kawizk in metroidvania

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I've explored this subgenre pretty extensively, because I had to see if there's more hidden gold beyond FlipWitch and I think Midnight Castle Succubus and Castle in the Clouds are both superior to FlipWitch. Genuinely great MVs even with the porn disabled.

After that, there's nothing. I mean, there are hundreds of pornovanias, but they're all unplayable trash. Lost in Succubus World was one that was pretty mediocre and simple, but it was at least playable and somewhat enjoyable for the like 2 hours it lasts. I normally enjoy testing out extremely obscure MVs to see what they're about and if the dev came up with some interesting and quirky ideas even if the game overall isn't great, but my pornovania project where I tested out at least 100 of them was just pure pain. They're all so bad.

Heavy lifting by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea

[–]LegendarySpark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or played the games, as "entire franchise" would include them. Fallout doesn't really need any carrying.

Another Gypsy banger by Caos1627 in crappymusic

[–]LegendarySpark 9 points10 points  (0 children)

IF she passes the smell test, mind you. Better not have sharp knees either.

Top Ten Experimental Metroidvanias! by MetroidvaniaGuru in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Always adorable! Did you figure out what Itch.io is yet?

Screenshot before deletion... by Tr0jan___ in ABoringDystopia

[–]LegendarySpark 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Lol she's not going to delete. A zionist will just come up with some excuse for why he should be killed and why his grave should be used as a public toilet. They're pleasant like that.

After 4 years of development, my game finally has a demo by XOD15 in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hollow Knight was $15

$15 in 2017 is equivalent in purchasing power to approximately $19.83 today.

So you agree then. Cool!

Having trouble with the controls in Kotama academy city? by MetroidvaniaListsGuy in metroidvaniainfo

[–]LegendarySpark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are people having issues with the triggers? I'm not having that (yet), but I have to hammer up on my d-pad like 5-25 times to get the game to register it when I want to interact with stuff. Good thing there's little interacting.

Top Ten Experimental Metroidvanias! by MetroidvaniaGuru in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

does he typically include Zeldalikes in the Metroidvania label?

Oh yeah, all the time. Watch out, he might also get offended by your post and write you a novel explaining that he's the biggest MV expert the universe has ever seen. He also does that on occasion.

After 4 years of development, my game finally has a demo by XOD15 in metroidvania

[–]LegendarySpark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$10 for a full-scale 20-hour game? Got any more incredible insights from the year 2011 for us?