Metroidvania

Switch Soup: The Messenger

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Quick Intro (eshop description): As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor. Story: The […]

SitSoC Episode 222: More Dead Cells and Procedural Generation

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Here’s where jerks who don’t like fun live: https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/6onqly/comparing_dead_cells_to_dark_souls/ Also, Kendric belabors the point about Procedural generation but he’s too hungover to realize nobody cares.  This has never stopped him before.  Learn to read the room, dude.

SitSoC Episode 220: Dead Cells fanboying and Metroidvanias

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Where we get super excited about Dead Cells and talk about Metroidvanias.  Apparently the community thinks it’s not.  The Community is stupid.  Do not listen to them. https://www.ign.com/wikis/dead-cells/Easter_Eggs_and_References

Switch Soup: Ghost 1.0

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Ghost 1.0 Quick Intro (eshop description): “Ghost” is a metroidvania where two super hackers hire a mysterious agent in order to infiltrate the Nakamura Space Station and steal the greatest electronic secret ever. Of course, the space station will defend itself, which is where the fun begins: the station’s defenses, […]

Switch Soup: Guacamelee 2

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Guacamelee 2 Quick Intro (eshop description): Luchador Juan Aguacate is out of retirement for a stunning new Metroidvania-style adventure. Explore a huge, hand-crafted world inspired by Mexican culture and folklore, filled with sassy new villains and weirdos (and a few old friends!). Learn bone-crunching wrestling moves to fend off skeletal […]

Switch Soup: SteamWorld Dig 2

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SteamWorld Dig 2 Quick Intro (eshop description): SteamWorld Dig 2 takes you on a platform mining adventure forged in Metroidvania flames. When an old trading town is struck by mysterious earthquakes, it’s up to a lone steambot and her unlikely companion to uncover what trembling terrors lie beneath. Story: SteamWorld […]

SitSoC Episode 197: Celeste and other Awesome Games

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Check out Kevin’s review of Celeste after we yammer about it: Switch Soup: Celeste Also a thing about the difficulty: https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/26/16935964/celeste-difficulty-assist-mode

Switch Soup: Axiom Verge

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Welcome to Switch Soup I’m Kevin, most call me Kev.  I have been playing video games for 25 year or so and just recently thought it would be cool to write down what I think of them.  I’m no writer so hopefully these get better the more I do.  Enjoy […]