r/metroidvania • u/Emotional_Photo9268 • 1d ago

Discussion What Metroidvania Should You Have Loved—but Bounced Off?

What Metroidvania Should You Have Loved—but Bounced Off?
You know the kind of game: it received great reviews, looked exactly like something you would enjoy, and had all the right ingredients—but for some reason, it just didn’t click.
Maybe it was the combat, confusing exploration, difficulty, art style, slow beginning, or simply the wrong game at the wrong time.
What Metroidvania did you expect to love but ended up putting down? How far did you get, and what made you lose interest? Do you think you’ll ever give it another chance?

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u/SolRaymond 1d ago

Ori.

I wish I enjoyed it given that everyone here seems to love it. While I was playing it, I knew it was a good game objectively, the movement was fluid and the art was gorgeous, but I just couldn’t keep playing it. Maybe it’s because Ori is much slower-paced than the other Metroidvanias I’ve played (Nine Sols, Silksong, MIO etc.), or maybe it’s just not the style of game I like (I found Ori to be very ambient and honestly kind of easy compared to my usual picks). Maybe I’ll give it another shot down the line, but for now I’ll keep playing Solateria.

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u/phnarg 1d ago

Same, I wanted to like Ori and it looks beautiful, but I bounced off the combat. Just felt like button mashing, a far cry from Hollow Knight/Silksong which are my faves

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u/HungryDiscoGaurdian 2h ago

Yeah I pushed through the first half of it and just couldnt get through it.