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I've always been a Metroidvania head since SOTN was my first. Then I went on to Aria of Sorrow and beat it a couple times, mucked around with the 3D games on PS2 (didn't really grab me). Today I fired up Harmony of Dissonance and it's great so far, checking all the boxes that make the Metroidvania's tick.

The classic games where always too tough for me to find enjoyable. I have to savescum my way through 1 because I suck.

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[-] Carl@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm more of a classic Castlevania head for sure. Give me a bunch of levels and crisp controls and that's all I need from a game, even if it's balls hard that's fine as long as it's fair. I've tried to get into SOTN and other games in that style (including most Metroid titles) and I always bounce off.

That said, the so-called "metroidbrainia" genre is quickly emerging as one of my favorites, so maybe it's just the games that are closely modeled after SOTN/Metroid that I don't like.

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