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Oh not at all. They're the pioneers and Dread is one of the best in the genre but my favorite metroidvania is definitely Hollow Knight. Hands down. The lore is interesting, the controls are right af, and the boss battles are actually challenging.

Did you try doing any of the DLC for Hollow Knight at all?

Hell yeah I did! it is fucking brutal as fuck omg. the path of pain requires so much precise movement that I still can't beat it to this day.

Yeah, I tried doing that too and I don't recall how far I got but eventually gave up. I can't remember if I finished the Grimm Troupe DLC either but I know I started it. It's been so long since I played the game that I can't remember what I did exactly, but I know I didn't get all the endings. I think I only got the first one?
I did try that Godmaster DLC and immediately noped out of it once it wiped the floor with me in seconds. Maybe one day I'll try it again but looking it up to refresh my memory I'm already reconsidering it...

Honestly, I'm thinking about picking it up on PC to replay it, which I'll still play on a controller, but I'll mod it. I heard there's total conversion mods out there that completely change the map, skills, and sprites. Gives me that metroid romhack feeling so I'm all about that shit

I never considered Hollow Knight having mods. Ones that change or randomise the map would be neat, or even any that add entire new areas. I'm sure there's some really good fan-made maps for the game out there in the recesses of the Steam Workshop.

here's a few that are extremely popular, aside from a randomizer that makes things totally insane.

 

I want them ALL

EDIT: OMG THIS JUST APPEARED ON MY FEED AND NOW I FEEL INADEQUATE

A randomizer would probably be the one I'd want to try the most. I love the idea of playing a game but things just get moved about and such so you don't have to learn anything new, you just have to handle different situations than normal.

At first I thought it was a bit cheap they were getting soul healing from those Primal Aspids in that last video but then I realised if they weren't able to do that they'd have probably died before even clearing the first room.

I'm surprised there are no mods that add new areas to the game. I tried looking to see if any exist but it doesn't seem to be the case, they're just mostly gameplay changes.

What're your hopes for Silksong (aside from it not being vaporware)?

@Moonface Yeah I'm gonna try a randomizer as Silksong gets closer so I'm not rusty for Silksong. I've played a few randomizers like Metroid already and they're so much fun and challenge you're knowledge of item locations.

@ShiraNoMai honestly if they can keep the controls as tight as they were but give us more goodies for attacking, I'd be super happy. Traversal was already tons of fun with the gameplay as it was. Damn. I'm really really hyped for it

Are you aware of this game called Crowsworn that's inspired by Hollow Knight and was also given an endorsement by Team Cherry during its fundraising stage on Kickstarter?

How'd you hear about it then?

A bunch of the recommended stuff for me on steam is metroidvanias negated of my purchase history and play history so it popped up for me lol.

plus a lot of my YouTube videos are also metroidvanias.

I'm not obsessed

Happy Valentine's Birthday Day @Monocle!

You have anything planned for the day?