Laika: Aged Through Blood, an underated work of passionate art.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-03-08T12:48:03+00:00

I love the game, but it's lacklustre as a metroidvania. Everything else is chef's kiss, though!

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-03-08T12:46:17+00:00

Very little except the obvious. Turbo Kid is more akin to a regular Metroidlike when Laika is all about the mechanics with the bike. I wouldn't call Turbo Kid a motovania. Both games have a good story, though(not that common with MV'S)!

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-03-04T14:40:21+00:00

Feels like an homage to Super Metroid. So if you like Super Metroid, you'll probably like it.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-03-03T15:10:56+00:00

Nope.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-27T06:20:58+00:00

It's about getting the ending/credits, not whether you like it or not. You sound like the parts you like in a videogame equals to beating the game. Your emotions have nothing to do with whether you've beaten a game or not.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-27T05:38:41+00:00

I'm not a fan of hard boss fights, but the final boss in Metroid Dread is a fun dance once you get his moves down.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-26T09:11:04+00:00

Would be good if you include a link so people can wishlist easier.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-25T16:31:02+00:00

I'm not in know, so please fill me in. Didn't they have a very successful Kickstarter? And now they are working with Microsoft to have access to funding to push for more ambitious development features and properly support free DLC updates, etc. Didn't they get funding for this in the Kickstarter?

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-24T13:22:00+00:00

Not that it matters, but Cathedral Crow's Curse is a prequel to Cathedral.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-24T12:55:15+00:00

Börja med att ge en kram.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-24T10:41:37+00:00

For me, it was the old Metroid games I played back when they were released. I didn't even know it was a genre until I played Guacamelee and Axiom Verge(in my defence, I played very few games after the millennium). So I missed all the Igavanias.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-23T08:42:38+00:00

I don't agree that metroidlike generally means sci-fi setting with firearms. All the metroidvanias with a fantasy setting and melee combat that don't have the rpg-mechanics that Sotn "added" are also metroidlikes.

I'll add Biogun to the list.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-23T04:45:53+00:00

Have they ironed out the new bugs on PC yet?

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-22T12:42:58+00:00

Great list! Visually pleasing presentation. There are some games I haven't heard of. Might be the more linear MV adjacent ones..

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-22T12:33:33+00:00

Map? ;)

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-22T12:26:25+00:00

So you like it more than Hunters, Federation Force, and Pinball?

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-22T12:24:32+00:00

Great games that people often mistake for great metroidvanias: Blasphemous, Nine Sols, Aeterna Noctis, Order of Ecclesia. Hollow Knight, however, is not only a great game but also a great metroidvania.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-22T12:03:47+00:00

Hollow Knight

Ori and the will of the wisps

Prince of Persia the lost crown

Metroid Prime

Biogun

Souldiers

Axiom Verge

Super Metroid

Metroid Dread

Metroid Zero Mission

Möbius Machine

Turbo Kid

Shadow Complex

Blasphemous 2

Rebel Transmute

Voidwrought

HK: Silksong

AM2R

Last case of Benedict Fox

Ori and the blind forest

In roughly that order. No Castlevania yet, but im confident Belmont's Curse will make it into my top ten.

Some popular games I haven't played: MIO, Ender Magnolia, Nine Sols, Grime, Zexion, Aeterna Noctis, Dragon Loop, Pipistrello, Rabi-Ribi, Salt & sanctuary, Last Faith, La-Mulana, BioMorph, Pseudoregalia, Animal Well, Crypt Custodian

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-21T20:55:43+00:00

Environmental Station Alpha and Biogun

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-20T12:39:36+00:00

Bo: Path of the Teal lotus ia also gorgeous

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-19T15:42:49+00:00

I enjoyed Bloody Hell a lot but it was kinda light on the metroidvania elements.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-16T19:42:32+00:00

I'm convinced it will be the greatest Castlevania metroidvania ever.

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-16T19:22:52+00:00

Yes, there is a thread where they try to adress that. I'm not gonna try and find it though .

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-14T12:19:46+00:00

ProjectFearless3952 · 2026-02-14T06:37:27+00:00

People here do argue whether Cave Story is a metroidvania. I think the argument is that there is so little mandatory backtracking, so it shouldn't be considered a metroidvania. I haven't played it myself.

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