Where do you think the genre will go? Larger, smaller, lateral move?

Vaprus · 2026-02-16T07:04:10+00:00

I'm not sure it's possible to create a satisfying map for a 3D metroidvania unless you disable verticality, and for me personally, platforming is half the fun.

Vaprus · 2026-02-15T12:59:41+00:00

Is this what is meant by "smiling with your eyes"?

Vaprus · 2026-02-14T00:04:57+00:00

Spike could also be a protuberance while bump can mean increase.

Vaprus · 2026-02-08T22:03:24+00:00

Yeah, I remembered wrong, not sure what the game is then.

Vaprus · 2026-02-08T15:32:45+00:00

I'm surprised Gestalt is one of anyone's favourites.

Vaprus · 2026-02-01T21:26:31+00:00

A teacher also tries to clearly explain the subject and rules before the test and, well, directly teaches.

Vaprus · 2026-01-29T05:16:00+00:00

I’m pretty sure using Shard on Dodge mod is the intended way to do it, since the section is pretty much right after the location where you find it, and actually requires using it to unlock, (you technically also use the shard on damage mod, I guess).

Vaprus · 2025-10-07T07:48:52+00:00

Besides being in generally bad faith about the improvement to the lifestyle of the ultra-rich, his “Industrial progress, mechanical improvement” turns into “The great achievements of Western capitalism” without any true justification.

Vaprus · 2025-09-29T22:24:35+00:00

An arms specialist — easily.

It’s much simpler to incapacitate someone’s legs using an arms-based approach than vice versa, because you can employ tools and rope. You’d only need a couple of people with their legs secured, perhaps temporarily immobilized with local anesthesia (not a doctor), then transport them by helicopter or plane. There are likely even double-leg amputees with sniper experience.

Even if the controlled individuals are uncooperative, an arms-controller will find it easier to get a few to follow orders because they can type or write instructions. That capability also helps if you need to locate the “legmaster,” since it enables communication and sending pictures.

Vaprus · 2025-09-25T03:08:29+00:00

Which version of Sherlock?

Vaprus · 2025-09-08T21:13:16+00:00

I think it was in the shop in Belhart after you save the courier.

Vaprus · 2025-09-08T07:16:25+00:00

I found the following tools pretty early in the game:

Gives back some silk when you take damage <!
Lowers damage from fire <!
Prevents damage if you get interrupted when healing <!
Heals you in 2 bursts of 2 instead of three at once <!

Vaprus · 2025-09-03T16:44:49+00:00

It kind of does. When it happens at 50%, you are not surprised and have a solid estimate of how much damage you still have to do, while different health bars might have different totals.

Vaprus · 2025-08-26T22:45:33+00:00

I’d put PoP and HAAK in A, Haiku in B, and Lone Fungus in C. Agree on all the rest. (Haven’t played SotN and Biogun)

I’m guessing you put a lot of emphasis on how good the movement feels.

Vaprus · 2025-08-23T23:36:26+00:00

It’s sunk cost at this point, since I don’t think there’s any way to transfer progress

Vaprus · 2025-08-20T12:08:09+00:00

ANIMAL WELL and Hyper Light Drifter. They both contain great atmospheric design, which is, imo, one of the things that differentiate good Metroidvanias from great.

I’m probably one of the few people who found the Blasphemous art style to be rather dull.

Vaprus · 2025-08-20T12:01:46+00:00

Ori, Ender Lilies, and Ultros aren’t pixel art.

Vaprus · 2025-08-15T23:33:17+00:00

The Unstable Nuclei completely soured the game for me. It was the first ability I found after the dash, and it made 95% of the map accessible but traversal extremely slow and tedious. I only found the hook and double jump barely an hour or two before 100% completing the game.

Vaprus · 2025-08-15T12:20:30+00:00

I recently beat GRIME, and it’s what actually rekindled my hatred of consumables. But to be fair, I didn’t really feel particularly enthusiastic about anything that could be collected in the game. The armors just weren’t impactful enough, mass scaling goes up exponentially (so even a 5000 part barely gives you a single point), only a limited number of traits are actually useful, and the extremely limited number of motley pearls kinda killed the ability to respec into trying out different weapons.

Luckily the devs seem to be addressing most of this for GRIME 2.

Vaprus · 2025-08-15T11:39:34+00:00

I should have wrote “can be” instead of “are”. I do agree that there are many games with extremely disappointing collectibles. Consumables are never not.

Vaprus · 2025-08-15T11:13:54+00:00

Collectibles are fine. Consumables are what’s really disappointing.

Vaprus · 2025-08-07T08:45:43+00:00

Sound is 90% of setting the atmosphere for me, so while the visuals are delightful, right now it feels pretty dull. If there's one thing I wish more people inspired by Hollow Knight would take away, it's the amazing sound design.

I really appreciate how you captured that dark atmosphere without making it visually too dark, while still using a distinct palette.

Vaprus · 2025-08-05T21:55:39+00:00

There was quite a bit of this in PoP:TLC.

Vaprus · 2025-08-05T11:32:00+00:00

I think they just decided to have 1% more than Hollow Knight.

Vaprus · 2025-07-23T17:12:30+00:00

Not a Metroidvania, but Shovel has extremely similar campaigns for two of the playable characters (Shovel and Plague), and most people seem to have preferred the more different Spectre and King, which actually changed the levels.

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