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Am I the only person that feels that retro games are better? (beehaw.org)

submitted 6 months ago by sleepybisexual@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Less DRM, smaller filesizes, no stupid anticheat, and no always online bs. Anyone agree with me?

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hollow Knight is pretty different than metroid games and I'm not sure I'd directly compare them. I'm the only person I know that doesn't like Hollow Knight and it seems like the departures it makes from the classic metroidvania formula that put me off it are part of the reason other people like it

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago

Nah, you have a point. There are a bunch of "2D soulslikes" that get advertised as "Metroidvanias", and I wish we had better language to split that difference, because there's a big conceptual shift between the "parry and dodge" souls style and the genuine Metroid/Castlevania style of movement and aggression. It feels very different and honestly the last time something scratched that itch it was Bloodstained.

So yeah, Hollow Kinght is a very well made game, but it's not what I'm looking for every time I fire up one of the DSvanias for yet another run.