Favorite QOL Feature in Metroidvanias

I've been thinking about how much quality-of-life (QOL) features have evolved in Metroidvanias over the last decade. They don't necessarily make a game better, but they can make it a lot more enjoyable.

Things like:

  • Map markers/pins
  • Memory snapshots (like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown)
  • Fast travel (My Personal Favorite)
  • Region completion percentages
  • Boss rush or boss replay
  • Immediate boss retries
  • Detailed map completion
  • NPC/vendor markers
  • Custom difficulty options
  • Equipment loadouts
  • Collectible tracking
  • New Game+
  • Better checkpoint placement
  • Skippable cutscenes (Another Must)
  • Cloud saves and autosaves

What QOL feature has had the biggest impact on your enjoyment of Metroidvanias?

If you could take one QOL feature from any Metroidvania and make it a standard for every future game in the genre, what would it be?

For me, it's hard to beat Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's Memory Shards. Being able to pin an actual screenshot to the map completely changed how I explored.

In fact Memory Shards has been added to other Metroidvianias, which ones?

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u/Emotional_Photo9268 — 1 month ago

Striking similarities between Afterimage and Ender Magnolia in at least one Biome.

Finally got a Steam Deck OLED used (actually 2 within a week)
Playing an early biome in Afterimage I noticed a Wolf that was strikingly similar to that
in Ender Magnolia in fact the whole Biome EM borrowed heavily from Afterimage with
The Crimson Forest Biome and specifically the Viol The Crazed Wolf. Either they were paying homage or they ran out of ideas. Afterimage is a beautiful game especially with the OLED screen
It always ran like crap on the Switch 1. Awesome on the Steam Deck.

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u/Emotional_Photo9268 — 2 months ago

Building an Overdriven tone from scratch

This one I've always had issues with. I had building a preset with an amp and have to use a noise gate. What has been you luck with Amps to use for Overdriven tones?

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u/Emotional_Photo9268 — 2 months ago

Has Anyone Bought the Switch Pedal? Have a question

Checking to see if there was a way to Auto Sync it with Blue tooth
I was hoping if you turned it on and synced it once it would remember

The other way you can plug it directly into the back of the amp and you don't sync but you still have to turn the footswitch on and off. I would like to be able to turn on the amp and the footswitch turn on with it.

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u/Emotional_Photo9268 — 2 months ago

Has anyone here played Voidwrought on the PS5

Checking to see if they put in Controller Mappings in the PS5 version
The did in the Steam Game but did not in the Nintendo Switch 1/2 game which was very annoying.

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u/Emotional_Photo9268 — 3 months ago

Switch DLC Release Issue

As has been noted. I tested the most recent Switch Release on Switch 1 and Switch 2 and there is a noticeable lag on the attack. I'm wondering has this been reported if not where can it be reported?

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u/Emotional_Photo9268 — 3 months ago

Revisiting Islets

Played more of Islets and I owe Kyle an apology. I was pretty hard on the game early on, but the more I played the more it clicked with me. The movement and mechanics feel really smooth, the difficulty curve ramps naturally, and exploration became way more satisfying the deeper I got into it.

I think I judged it too quickly expecting something different instead of appreciating what it was actually trying to do. It has a really polished, relaxed style that stands out from a lot of other metroidvanias.

Now I’m genuinely looking forward to Well Dweller after finally “getting” Kyle’s game design philosophy. Curious if anyone else had a similar turnaround experience with Islets.

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u/Emotional_Photo9268 — 3 months ago
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The Last Faith Awakened Ancients DLC is now out on Nintendo Switch

To our Nintendo Curse Bearers, the wait is finally over: The Last Faith Awakened Ancients DLC is now available on Nintendo Switch.

We're sorry for the time it has taken to bring the DLC to Switch, we can only hope that it is worth the wait.

The game is also able to be played on a Switch 2. All Kickstarter backers will receive information on how to redeem their reward directly from Kumi Souls.

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u/Emotional_Photo9268 — 3 months ago

I’ve been playing Lone Fungus lately and I’m kind of surprised this series doesn’t get talked about more here.

The first game gave me a lot of Hollow Knight vibes — not in a copycat way. I like the
bouncing thing to get to new areas

Now that Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores has been out on PC for a while, I’m wondering:

Has there been any update on whether it’s coming to Switch or Switch 2?

The first game eventually made it to Switch, and this feels like exactly the kind of Metroidvania that would be great handheld.

For anyone who has played Melody of Spores:

How does it compare to the first game?
Does it improve the movement/combat/exploration?
And do you think it deserves more attention from the Metroidvania crowd?

Would love to hear from anyone who has played both — and if the dev happens to see this, any Switch plans you can share?

u/Emotional_Photo9268 — 4 months ago