I know this is far from a hot take but this game is so fucking good.

I loved Super Metroid and any game that reminds me of it, but this seriously feels like Super Metroid plus an extra two decades worth of game design and technological progress.

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[–] 2 points 5 years ago

Welcome to the world of modern metroidvanias. Hollow Knight is a great game and has probably the best ambiance and art style of any of the modern metroidvanias. I would also recommend:

  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (I personally loved this one)
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps (theres also the first one that I didn't play)

Some not exactly metroidvanias but good progressive platformers:

  • Bastion
  • Celeste

And maybe some others I played last year that I can't think of. I will update if so.

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