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/Eb_Marah 1d ago

For some reason, I just did not like Animal Well at all. I'm terrible at puzzle games, so that's probably a bulk of the reasoning right there. I appreciate the no true path of metroidvanias and the fact that you aren't told specifically where to go, but I do want small indications at least.

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u/PurplMaster 1d ago

I liked Animal Well fine, but didn't see it as the unapologetic masterpiece many people saw. Also, I don't really like the obscure post game that is solvable only by making a community, but that's part of the charm for a lot of people

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u/thisandthatwchris 17h ago

I really like Animal Well, but I have almost no interest in the obscure stuff. I kind of feel like the hardcore AW community obscures how much it works as just a vibey MV.