Metroidvania

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Metroidvania is a subgenre of video games focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration. The term, popularized by video game critic Jeremy Parish, is a portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania.

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Salt and Sanctuary (self.metroidvania)

submitted 1 year ago by Artranjunk to c/metroidvania

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I've just finished it. What a tense game. Not really that hard as I expected, but the mood is superb. Dark, despondent, brutal.Enemies are very original. Highly recommended.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's quite different than Sanctuary. I was disappointed to find that they took steps backwards, instead of improving on what they had. I won't spoil anything but the overall vibe is not that of a sequel. It feels clunky and disjointed and almost not finished. A friend and I played online co-op (PS5) and although it was nice to have a friend to fight bosses with, it only added to the clunkiness. There are moments where you can queue up in other random people's instances or ask them to join yours but unfortunately the player base is not big enough on each platform to avoid an insanely long or never ending "searching" for party queue. I wouldn't recommend paying full price for it, but maybe buy it when it's on sale if you're curious.

[–] Artranjunk 1 points 1 year ago

That sad to hear. Oh well, I have a long list of unplayed metroidvanias anyway.