You’re not wrong, but it’s been almost a decade of a-little-too-heavy-inspired by metroidvanias of Hollow Knight’s style and mechanics. It’s wild how influential those 2 games are and how much devs struggle to break free of it. That said, I still love a lot of these games.

I would be really excited if it was directed by Carl Erik Rinsch

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🤷🏼‍♂️ I hadn’t heard that. Not as common, but still counts in a lot of people’s eyes. Beyond the last Metroid Prime, the last big ones I remember hearing about were Control or Jedi: Survivor

Reading comments, people who’ve played the demo say it’s solid, but nothing great.

I’d add that some people delineate between the two with the idea that Zelda-likes have dungeons and metroidvanias don’t.

What’s wild is that this is only the first metroidvania Little Nemo game that’s been in the works: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/Little_Nemo_and_the_Nightmare_Fiends/

Absolutely. Thanks for the feedback. No idea if I’m posting into a void

The devs label it as a metroidvania, and a lot of reviews mention it as a Zelda-like, but people who’ve played it say it straddles an already thin line between the genres.

Same with me on Grime 1.

In my opinion, avoid “MÍO: Memories in Orbit” if you’re not a fan of platforming. I had to avoid some pretty big areas of that game for how seriously hard some of the platforming challenges were.

The first Grime was 2021, so 3 years prior to PoP. But playing both, they play very differently and didn’t feel visually similar. I can see what you’re saying in the lighting and shaders.

There are demos for both Grime games, so it could be a good way to get a feel for them

Thanks for posting!

And most of it was within a year or two. All happened at the same time around 2020. Real fast

Because it’s not a side-scroller?

Thanks for posting an MP4! I’d love to see more NBA highlights as MP4s and WEBM files as they auto play on Lenny

Same. I respected it, but didn’t get past something like the 4th boss and never came back. But people love that game

They 100% should play Jackie Wilson’s “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher” at the event as a nod.

I really liked that Nine Sols had an difficulty slider. It was much harder for me than Hollow Knight, but I could adjust the slider instead of banging my head against the wall. I sometimes can enjoy the satisfaction of completing something tough, but I have limited time to play games and it’s getting trickier with a young child.

😏 just a little…

I have a 15-month-old, so I’m going to hire a full time au-pair so I can play this game.

That’s my description. The mechanic is something I haven’t heard of before. It may be gimmicky, but we’ll see…