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Where the hell has Hollow Knight gone on the tier list?

A true king of mv super-hot takes, I love it. You do you, and I appreciate that~

Damn, Aeterna Noctis is an easy S for me, but to each thier own, great list!

Very nicely put analyses! Thank you for the great content.

Are the parrys more satisfying than grime?

I am not upset; I rarely get upset about anything really. But I am surprised. I played Prince of Persia and Nine Sols back to back in a relatively short period of time. I loved both and I consider them both as my top 5 MODERN MVs. I noticed you put heavy emphasis on how much of an MV a game is while you are rating them. While Nine Sols is an amazing game, I think it is on the weaker side as an MV. I believe Prince of Persia is a better MV in term of exploration, locations, movement and especially platforming and the puzzle, oh god the puzzles etc. Nine Sols is what Sekiro would be in 2D. They put most of their chips into parry base combat system which is god tier. But interms of an MV it is currently sitting in my top 5, below Hollow Knight, Ori Will of the Wisps, Prince of Persia and Blasphemous.

I absolutely love the metroid series and I loved metroid dread (specifically the actual dread I felt when facing the EMMI) so it hurts my soul to see it shifted down. However I have to admit that I found it very linear and when they finally gave me the freedom to backtrack, I kinda didnt want to anymore...

I am a glutton for challenging games - I love brutal platforming, challenge runs, Souls games, etc. But for whatever reason, I HATE games based on parrying. I love every single FromSoft game aside for Sekiro, and sadly, I am among the very few who does not like Nine Sols for that reason only

Aterna - I’ve dropped it. Too much hard platforming and hard bosses for old me. Had to stop and then just deleted it.

No surprise that Nine Sols is S tier. As of now, it is my game of the year and I think only Black Myth Wukong can take this spot this year, we'll see.

I love parries. I love sekiro, lies of p, blasphemous, deaths gambit. I think nine sols will be my cup of tea

Aeterna noctis do not buy for ps4 crashes your console so you have to do a hard reboot, Game just does not work devs know this but did nothing to correct the issues

You are correct on Dread, it doesn’t hook me and exploration is poor. Vigil is AMAZING- “A” tier for me. Noctis is HUGE and very similar to Afterimage imo. And hidden gem of gems that took me three times to pick it up and finally play it through…….Outbuddies DX. Just get through the first 3 to 5 hours and you’ll see what I mean, I couldn’t put it down! Amazing.

Recently discovered your channel. And every video has been a treat to watch!

I don’t think Mummy Demastered is that overrated anymore, at least in some circles. It may even officially be underrated. You’re definitely correct about how much the initial low expectations artificially boosted its appeal early on. But today, no one who’s playing it for the first time even remembers the awful movie the game was based on. They only know it as the game that so many RUclipsrs praised, and so end up setting their expectations too high going in.

I'm happy that you have reconsidered placement for Guacamelee. I haven't played the second one, but I have fond memories of the first one. I really enjoyed the Viewtiful Joe like combat on this one.

I loved Noctis on switch until I got to the final biome. The game crashed literally every time I entered the area so I had to DNF the game.

I hope to finish a metroidvania one day.😅

I knew you would put Death's Gambit at number 1 as it truly is.

I disagree with deranking Ender Lilies. First, ill admit that im very new to metroidvanias, so obviously my opinion is a little iffy. Tht being said, i think i can explain why. Ender Lilies nails so many things so well, tht taking it down a whole tier over a minor critique of how to achieve the true ending isnt justified. Even the best metroidvanias tht are S tier arent perfect at everything, so taking Ender Lilies down over *just* tht seems really harsh. Unless you had 3 more critiques tht makes sense, i think would be more justified, but otherwise it seems like it has literally everything one could ask for. Art Music Atmosphere Fun, varied combat Exploration and backtracking Story (with your minor objection being how to acheive the true ending). Ender Liles by your criteria hit every mark exceptionally well, with only a small critique. In fact, so far you listed more issues with Blasphemous than Ender Lilies, but Blasphemous is somehow higher. Anyways loving the channel so far, keep up the good work.

Also The Last Faith and Grime are awesome excellent games to consider !

HAHAHA that pooh segment was fantastic what based devs

Has he not played Hollow Knight & Ori and the Will of the Wisps, or he thinks they are way too good to be judged and sitting above S tier? Edit: Also, I personally believe the Lost Crow is not only an S tier MV, but it is the 3rd best MODERN MV, right after the 2 mentioned above and before Metroid Dread which is another S tier MV.

I recently played this game for the first time because of stampy i found out his Minecraft skin was based of a character from this game o thought I would try it I played it and I thought it was pretty good don't know how I never heard of it seeing as it was so good

I wish I would have watched this before I ordered a 68 dollar physical

Here's mine BUT only MODERN MVs: 1. Hollow Knight 2. Ori and the Will of the Wisps 3. Prince of Persia the Lost Crown (I know, I know... but play it first then tell me how wrong I am) 4. Metroid Dread 5. Nine Sols 6. Blasphemous 1 and 2 7. Animal Well 8. Guacamelee 2 9. Shantae and the pirate's curse 10. Steam World dig 2 or Axiom Verge 1 Old schools: I'd say Super Metroid is at the top, alone. Followed by the Symphony of the Night. Then a bunch of 2d and 3d Metroid games, then some of the other Castlevania games.

You really deserve more subs. You just earned one here. Great content all the way around. I'll be sure to recommend your channel to others.

Do you have any other place I could contact you like a social media page? I made a game that might interest you, but I would like to contact you via DM for more information. I made a similar comment elsewhere not realizing the video it was about is already out, and I won't bother you with this question any longer.

Thanks for taking the time to answer my Zelda question (and for only half-butchering my name ;)). It sounds like I have much more of a fondness for puzzles and dungeons than you do, or maybe you had it (hence your love for A Link to the Past etc. back in the day), but your tastes have shifted. Looking forward to your next AMA so I can submit another question and you can take another shot at my name if you'd like. ;)

There has got to be an alterntaive term to describe Soulslike Metroidvanias because there are several "SoulsVanias" that are not MetroidVanias (i.e. Void Memory or Tarnishing Of Juxtia which may pop up on the tierlist roullette anyway). Any ideas?

There's no such thing as a "Metroidvania." Let's go over the reasons why: 1. The word "Metroidvania" combines "Metroid" and "Castlevania" as if they are the same thing, or are similar enough to lump together. They are not. They have nothing more than cursory similarities. 2. Metroid is solely responsible for this style of game design. Castlevania did not even _start_ adopting Adventure design elements until several games and roughly a decade into the series, and after there were already 3 Metroid games made in this style. 3. None of the games referred to as "Metroidvania" exhibit the traits that define Metroid's design beyond the most superficial and unimportant elements. 4. "Metroidvania" is useless as a genre classification because it doesn't tell you anything about mechanics or the moment-to-moment gameplay experience. Games referred to as "Metroidvania" can, and very often do differ from each other significantly in these ways, meaning you can't accurately describe them and their differences with the term "Metroidvania." The _actual_ genre of these games is Platform Action-Adventure, which tells you everything about the gameplay you're going to be experiencing: Platform: Jumping is a primary gameplay function Action: The primary gameplay functions are concrete Adventure: The non-linear game world progressively opens up as you go through the game. There is no such thing as a "Metroidvania." There is Metroid, and there is everything else.

When will this game release for Switch ? I heard there will be a switch’s version.

I hated underwater games till dave the diver and I hated it the first hr or so but then I played like 30 hrs it was fun.

One of the sequels I'm excited for is grime 2 it was announced like 2 months ago no release date tho.

Still need to buy ender lilies smh but I love blasphemous and death gambit soooo much.

A soulvania that has matrix like elements I'm in...

Whats your take on the la mulana games?

So....When's Silksong out?

I think these are some of the things that hurt hollow knight. 1. the map system. Having to find the guy to buy the map in each biome is tedious And as far as I remember, you can't fill out the map and what's you've discovered, if you haven't bought the map. Most others will at least map the path as you go. 2. the amount to explore is overwhelming. You can get to the end of the game with so few upgrades. I didn't have a single spell upgrade, I think the only reason I had all the base spells was because they were mandatory, and I thought I was doing a good job exploring. Even then it was only with the help of wiki's that I found the badges I wanted to use for endgame. 3. Combat and boss fights, and I feel this is the biggest hurdle. The boss fights I just didn't really find fun or unique. There are so many memorable fights from other metroidvania games that are truly one of a kind. Quadraxis is the main reason I love Metroid Prime 2 echoes (in spite of it also having the boost ball and spider ball guardians.) and it remains on of my favorite boss fights ever. Fights where you have to go through multiple phases of attacking different weakspots or you switch from one weapon to another. Most of hollow knights fights just felt like 'dodge and hit'. Also I would have liked to have seen boss health bars, but that's more on personal taste. 4. The aesthetic. I know this seems trivial but here me out. A lot of people don't like bugs. So asking them to enjoy a game all about a world of bugs is a pretty big ask. You can apply the same thing to blasphemous or dark souls etc. On most games I feel there's a middle ground somewhere. DS has no shortage of 'waifus' or 'husbandos' sprikled in, plus you can make your characters into whatever favorite anime/game/whatever character you want. I got a pretty close looking ayane from DOA when I did Nioh 2. In metroid you have samus even if she's usually suited up most the time. You also have the friendly aliens from time to time that look fluffy and give 'comfy' vibes. Castlevania always has attractive main protagonists and NPCs. outside of that you have Ori, Lily, Dust, Shantae, etc. Hollow Knight goes for a combination of 'so ugly it's cute' as well as being so cartoonish it's well outside of the uncanny valley territory. And to a degree it succeeds. But I still know some people that won't touch it for that bug aesthetic. 5. Depressing story/lack of clarity. I know this isn't exclusive to Hollow Knight, as many others are in a similar position, but from start to finish you're basically told you're exploring a forgotten world that sucks. The mayor tells you there's nothing left down there and adventurers just disappear. They leaned in heavily into the souls style of storytelling. Personally I enjoy a metroidvania where I feel like I'm saving the world or something. We are NEVER given a clear purpose besides exploring. For what? Based on the different endings, the end goal changes. Do you replace the hollow knight as the next vessel to contain the corruption? Do you try to stop the corruption for good? The MC's motivation is never really explored. I know metroidvania's aren't super heavy on storytelling and while the Guru likes more of that opaque story telling, I'd like a little more clarity on WHY it seemed like a good idea to go to this god forsaken land. Overall I think point 3 is the biggest problem with the game with point 2 being a fair reason as well, the other three are more nitpicky and personal taste.

Best Metroid vania game soundtrack? Anyone?

Using the occasion to share that Frontier Hunter: Erza's Wheel of Fortune releases next week! I've been patiently waiting for the full release to play it.

Just coincidentally started Ender Lilies, but did you just slightly spoil things? Also, as some already mentioned, the loud memes are a bit too much.