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Zero Mission - I DID IT!!!!!!!

I finished Zero Mission yesterday in the middle of the afternoon! What a great game!

Since I didn't want to do anything else, I decided to go for my first 100% completion in a Metroid game. It was really fun! I had around 74% completion when I first finished it, so I decided to check the rest of my notes, before going for online maps. I had only one upgrade left for each area by then (except Ridley's Lair, that I had 6 missile upgrades left, and Chozodia, that I had 1 power bomb and 2 energy upgrades left).

But MY STARS ABOVE, the Shinespark challenges in this game are insanely hard to pull off, and some even feel like speedrunning techs. I loved figuring out myself how to solve most of them, but I had to look up videos on how to do the Ballspark challenge in the middle of Brinstar, the one on southwestern Ridley's Lair, and THIS ONE.

This one specifically took me too long to pull off. But since I was playing on an emulator, I took advantage of it, trying to get it done in different speeds (first 50%, then 60%, then 70%, 80%, 90%...) until I could actually do it in normal speed.

In the end it's just a 8 hours 100% completion for a (really cool) picture of Samus in the end, but DAMN, it was satisfying to finally pull off.

u/xtellarfb_ — 2 hours ago
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My 10 game fully Metroidvania steam-summer-sale haul + stats

This is the first time I've REALLY participated in a steam sale, in the past I've bought maybe 2-3 games at most, but this time around I did loads of searching for games, and I had an accumulated wish-list. I (for the most part) only brought the super-cheap games on my wish-list.

I've nearly finished Rusted Moss, and it's been pretty great, but it has some missed potential. (Looks like Iron Bramble will be a more realised iteration)

I've played the first couple hours of Grime, Aeterna Noctis, and DragonLoop (which is the game I'm playing now), and all those games seem pretty good.

I'm about a bit over half way through tunic and it's been amazing.

Total price: £45.2 (I split TUNIC with a friend)

Average price: £4.52

Estimated total playtime*: 201

Pound to playtime ratio: 1 pound to 4.4 hours

*According to HowLongToBeat's 'Main + Sides' stat, but it's probably too low for my pace, as evidenced by Rusted Moss and Tunic.

Thanks for reading. I'd be happy to receive any recommendations to add to my wish-list (Besides what's listed here, I've played HK and SK, Nine Sols, Ender Lilies, Haiku). I'm also curious as to what y'all got in the sale.

Mac performance stuff:

>!I thought I ought to write down how I'm getting on with performance, incase there's any other mac users here who could find this info useful.!<

>!My mac is a 16gb ram M1 MacBook air, which is ~2 years old. I'm running most games via crossover.!<

>!Native, at 60 fps: Dandara, Axiom verge, TUNIC. I had to lower tunics settings a bit for TUNIC but it's been smooth sailing.!<

>!Crossover, with DXMT and MSync: Rusted Moss, Vernal edge, and DragonLoop are all running smoothly at 60 fps, Bloodstained and Afterimage are both running smoothly at 60 fps after lowering graphics a bit, And GRIME is running at 60 fps, but I had to significantly lower graphics (low on everything + 1440x810).!<

u/n0nco_ — 3 hours ago
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Help me pick the next Castelvania

Hi.

I've been a metroidvania player for years and I recently dove into castelvania.

I started with the first one for the NES, then played Super Castelvania IV.

I'm done with the classicvanias, I'm ready to move on to newer ones and I want your help to choose.

Should I play Aria of Sorrow of Symphony of the night first?

Which one feels "older"? I know that SotN was released before, but AoS was on a portable device.

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u/BakaDavi — 6 hours ago
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Help me choose my first MV

New to the genre and want to start off right, especially with the Steam summer sale going on. I’m guessing I can’t go too wrong with any of these, but wanted some input:

Ender Lilies

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Blasphemous 2

MIO

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Which should I play first? Open to other suggestions too.

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u/I3eardGod — 10 hours ago
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[looking for game] Top-down pixel art Lovecraftian horror metroidvania where the protagonist wakes up chained to a sacrificial altar

Hi there. I've been thinking about this game for years now but haven't found it yet...The main character wakes up chained to a sacrificial altar, about to be sacrificed by a cultist. A flying skull appears, helps the protagonist kill the cultist, and frees him from his chains. After that, the player fights through the level, killing the remaining cultists while progressing through the story. The dialogue with npcs often had a slightly sarcastic tone. That's pretty much all I remember

Platform(s): PC

Genre: horror, occult / supernatural, metroidvania

Estimated year of release: ~1980-2018

Graphics/art style: 2d, high-quality pixel art prob. inspired by the 80s–90s

Notable characters: flying skull, white man (protagonist), cultists

Notable gameplay mechanics: you can talk to npcs, you can move between floors using stairs

Other details:

  • strong lovecraftian / cosmic horror atmosphere
  • top-down perspective (or isometric)
  • multiple floors connected by stairways
  • npcs you can talk to
  • dialogue with a sarcastic sense of humor
  • the first area is dominated by red colors and resembles hell
  • soundtrack

If I remember anything else, I'll add it

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u/SmilingClare — 13 hours ago
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Which Sinisistar 2- like game would you recommend?

Unfortunately I had to drop and refund sinisistar 2 for very weak compatibility, clanky controls,strict censorship et cetera. Any similar games for around 7 dollars I could get instead?

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u/readyforactiontuna — 9 hours ago
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What should I play next?

Since the Steam Sale is currently live, I am looking for a (or more) new game.

I loved: Timespinner, Bloodstained, SOTN and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

Games

where I absolutely adored the atmosphere (but found really tough to finish): MIO and Ender Lilies / Ender Magnolia.

Games

When it comes to gameplay, I think i prefer being able to overlevel or hunt for better equipment to overcome difficult bosses and challenging sections. My biggest issue, for example, with MIO was that exploration felt punishing rather than rewarding. The permanent health loss mechanic and the long, tedious runbacks to boss fights felt frustrating, even though the incredible music and atmosphere almost made up for it.

Does anybody have an Idea ehat I could play next?

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u/Enzymon — 15 hours ago
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What are the things you dislike when playing a metroidvania?

For me it’s when the economy is shit and there’s too many gauntlets (looking at you Silksong)

Also when the controlling the character feels clunky (looking at you Blasphemous)

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u/N4tsu_ki — 22 hours ago
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What are some good metroidvanias on steam summer sale? Also my tier list.

I'll be glad to elaborate on the game rankings on my list. Also to those who have played it, is afterimage any good? The art looks really nice. If not obvious from the list, I like hard combat and exploration.

u/The_lost_owl — 12 hours ago
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Question on how to play Metroidvania’s

Is it better to play Metroidvania’s like Hollow Knight, Nine Sols, Blasphemous, etc on a controller or keyboard and mouse?

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u/Mastermon_1 — 19 hours ago
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Souldiers

So I just bought the game and have spent almost 3 hours in game, what are your thoughts about the game? I wanna know if spending more time in this game will be worth it. So far, I really like the art style but im just bummed by the fact the main character design is so generic looking while all the other NPCs look incredible.

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u/Harken-sama — 23 hours ago
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Hi, I'm the dev behind Linkisa, the Metroidvania inspired by Malagasy folklore and I need your help

Hello everyone,

This is a post for asking to help us fund our project Linkisa.

What is Linkisa? It's an action adventure 2d game inspired by games like the Metroid series, Castlevania and Hollow knight. So a Metroidvania

The team behind it is Lzerogas Game Studio a small independent studio based in Antananarivo and I am the team leader.

Our goal is to show the world the ability by Malagasy studios to make good games like Red Raketa studio who made Kalanoro.

We are actually looking for some funds to help the game reach a better quality, a wider audience and finish it properly.

it is already available for wishlist on steam and a demo is planned for October of this year.

we launched a Ko-fi campaign for collecting the funds: https://ko-fi.com/i/IA0A71MBCTC

rewards are planned for the contributor.

if you are a local you can send it directly via mobile money here: 0382502111

(just don't forget to add your email so we can send you your reward later)

for any questions you can contact us: lzerogasstudio@gmail.com

Thank you in advance for helping by sharing or donating, It helps us a lot!

u/TasteBusy9508 — 1 day ago
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Steam Games that I can play at 640x480p and look good like Blasphemous

I saw a post years ago from a user that played Blasphemous at 640x480p in a crt monitor, I’m currently playing Blasphemous like this and looks fantastic.
I want to purchase more games that support this resolution so they can look this good but I haven’t been able to find them.

Metroidvanias are preferred, Soulslike too, or any other 3D old games that will look fantastic on crt in lower resolutions

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u/Azh13r- — 1 day ago
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These games are too long...

So, Hollow Knight introduced me to the metroidvania genre, and I've been chasing that feeling ever since. The problem is that I find most of them are just too long. I usually get 10–15 hours in and lose the motivation to keep going.

I'm not entirely sure why Hollow Knight didn't have that problem for me. It always felt like a new boss, a memorable area, or some big discovery was just around the corner. The atmosphere also changed constantly, which kept everything feeling fresh.

I'm not trying to complain about the genre, as I love everything else about it! I'm actually looking for recommendations. Can anyone recommend some really solid but extremely short metroidvanias? I'm talking 10 hours max, even for a slower player.

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u/OfferLazy9141 — 1 day ago
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What are your Top 5 B-tier Metroidvanias?

We all know about Hollow Knight, Ori and Prince of Persia. What are you favorite middle of the road, not bad but not great B-Tier MV’s. I’ll start:

9 years of Shadows

8 Doors: Arums Afterlife Adventure

Turbo Kid

Moonscars

Kingdom Shell

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u/OK_Atlas — 2 days ago
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Was Pitfall 2 (1984) one of the first Metroid-vanias?

I do remember that when I first played the very first Metroid on the NES in 1986, it reminded me a lot of Pitfall 2.

u/slop1010101 — 1 day ago