Anyone else hate metroidvanias? Every single one is like the exact same game.
I don't hate them. But they are a bit stale for me. it happens in every genre though. Extraction shooters are barely different, the same for kart racers, survival horrors, hero shooters, mobas, tower defense games, overly spiked indie platfomers, sidescrolling beam em ups, etc.The concept of having parts of the map locked, having to find the key, elsewhere, then going back, etc is old as time. Silly example, but if you think of older id games like Wolfenstein3D, Doom and Quake they all did that. Metroidvanias change keys for new movesets. It's ok.Tbh I can't come up with new special moves or other interesting stuff to spice them up myself so it's difficult to complain.
>>727664807When rougelites replaced them as the main indie genre, I learned they weren't that bad because they're designed.
>>727665559OP doesnt know that roguelike games are even more boring and annoying as every game event will always has 5 roguelike game trailers. And im not even start with cozy genre and walking simulator games too
>Metroidvania>Games that play like metroidMetroidCave Story>games that play like castlevaniaAll of themSuper was a one of a kind, a one hit wonder even.
>anyone else hate burgers? everye single one is like the exact same food
>>727667753>food metaphor
>>727667025Idiot. Anon said "rougelite". What, too many to play a game about wearing makeup? You wouldn't understand. You make me sick.
>>727667951No, I'm that guy and they're the same thing to me. He's cool.
>>727664807The real problem is that there is like 4 good metroidvania and everything else is SHIT. Its probably the genre with the highest shit to good ratio. ESA, Hollow Knight, Yoko's Island Express and that one Shantae game that is actually good are the 4 good ones btw
>>727664807Yeah, it's called genre.
>>727664807Only indie ones
>>727664807I just don't like precision platforming and platforming challenges with spikes and such.The one metroidvania I liked the most but never saw /v/ talk about is Apotheon. Fun physcis based combat, absolutely chaotic and extremely fun Poseidon bossfight thanks to physics and the best portrayal of greek gods in vidya.Currently playing Steamworld Dig games. They're simple, short and straightforward. However the second one already bothers me with the ammount of dialogues and cutscenes compared to the first SWD.
>Anyone else hate first person shooter? Every single one is like the exact same game
>>727664807why doesn't japan/niconico have any good memes anymore?
Does anybody else hate retards who make 'does anybody else hate <popular thing>?' threads?
>>727665559The thing is roguelikes have a difficulty treadmill while campaigns are at a set difficulty, or maybe 2 if you are luckyAfter playing a couple metroidvanias, 90% of the runtime of whatever new one I’m playing is so easy its not even fun
>>727670359But that at least feels like your work paid off. It's not a skinner box gambling scam.
>>727669359Good things can't be forced.
>>727667753Obsessed
>>727668502not even remotely the same thing as a "genre" named after one game
>>727668116If you liked ESA, try Zexion
>>727667289>All of themmost metroidvanias play like metroid. progress locked behind upgrades, no level ups, unlocking better versions of your starting weapon, intertwining map, etc.all castlevania added to the formula was leveling up, and equipment
>>727673116name 3 please
>>727673116Castlevania's equipment became the Hollow Knight charm system, which is now endemic. It also brought in teleporters and currency systems, both of which have serious implications on map design and resource distribution. Even if a game has the lock-and-key progression of metroid, it can be paced and laid out like Castlevania in a way that stifles its movement.
>>727664807I don't hate them, but can no longer be bothered to play them because they do all rely on similar structure, which forces boring backtracking.It's also hard to enjoy any other metroidvania after playing rabi-ribi, because no other game in the genre comes close in terms if battle system and bosses
>>727673279NTA but Zexion, Ghost Song, and Ex Vitro are some of the more niche 'just doing metroid' metroidvanias. A Robot Named Fight is a roguelite metroidvania but is also very overly using SM movement.
>>727668502Thats me, all fps are the same thing to me, what a blight the mid to late 2000s were.
>>727664807I've played good metroidvanias, but most of the popular stuff is dogshit. I'm tired of big empty corridors with enemies in them and i'm tired of overly open maps with fifty different ways to go. I want something more guided like Igavania
I always found them a downgrade of traditional platformers, I hate backtracking a lot.
