A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Tag: metroidvania
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Punishingly hard but eminently satisfying.
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This religious-themed Metroidvania may be off-puttingly difficult for some, but it’s also stunningly beautiful and continually rewarding.
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Working on our knight moves.
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Oh, what a feline!
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What is a Metroidvania? [flings his wine glass aside] A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk! Have at you!
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The fourth in the underrated Momodora series from Brazilian developer Bombservice is packed with satisfying exploration.
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A compelling Metroidvania that’s also a love letter to the NES games of yore.
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Just under ten quid for a quality Metroidvania title.
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Sundered makes its debut on Switch with a ton of new features. But how does it compare with its wonderful predecessor, Jotun?
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Hollow Knight is one of the best Metroidvania games I’ve ever played, and a remarkable result for a first-time developer.
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And this fantastic Metroidvania game is being released very soon indeed…
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Chasm is a beautiful pixel-art Metroidvania with a dizzying array of enemies to fight.
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Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, Chasm, Guacamelee 2… there’s a flood of modern Metroidvanias at the moment, but which are worth your time?
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This Rogue-like Metroidvania is rock hard but thoroughly enjoyable. Reanimated corpses have never been so much fun.
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Four fantastic Metroidvania games are being released this month: Dead Cells, Chasm, Death’s Gambit and Guacamelee 2.
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The video game Dandara is full of symbolism and strange references – but what does it all mean? I asked the developers, Long Hat House, about the thinking behind their metroidvania masterpiece.
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Dandara is a challenging metroidvania title with a Brazilian twist – and the title character has a very unique way of getting about. No simple walking for this lady.
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Forma.8 was recently given away on PS Plus, and this metroidvania-but-with-spaceships has quickly become a firm favourite in The Manor.
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I’ve spent most of my life wishing there were more games like Super Metroid, and now there’s a ton of them. Bring it on.
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Now available in a funky new physical edition, meet the game that took on Super Metroid and, in many ways, made it even better.
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Super Metroid and a roguelike had a secret love child and just left it on your porch
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After I tried out Jotun on Sir Merriweather‘s recommendation, I knew I had to get this game too. Sundered, the latest entry from Thunder Lotus Games, promised to be a fast-paced, extra-challenging Metroidvania with some amazing looking hand drawn animation and environments, all set in a bizarre world that seems to be the product of dumping sci-fi,…
A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME 