Set in the Underworld of Greek mythology, Hades puts players in control of Zagreus, a young god trying to escape to Olympus. Unfortunately, Zagreus is the son of Hades , and must battle his way out of their hellish home to escape. He is aided in this by the other Greek gods, who offer gifts in the form of permanent buffs. Players must use these gifts to escape the Underworld, along with whatever weapons, upgrades, healing items, or keys they've acqui
Hollow Knight is a Metroidvania game where gamers play as a nameless bug who is often referred to as the Knight. Entering the land of Hallownest, the player is encouraged to explore and fight their way through the old and dying lands of a once-mighty insect king
Developed by Spanish studio The Game Kitchen, Blasphemous is a gory and unsettling Metroidvania title. Players take on the role of The Penitent One, a wandering knight and sole survivor of the Brotherhood of the Silent Sorrow. The game's world of Cvstodia borrows heavily from Christian-iconography, with a particular Spanish-Catholic influence. Cvstodia twists this imagery into a hellish landscape, hallowed by an unknowable supernatural force called The Miracle. The game shares a tone with some of the best fantasy-horror out there, including FromSoftware's Bloodborne and Berserk , the influential dark-fantasy ma
The only way to access the Junk Pit is to go to the Royal Waterways , where the area hides as a sub-location of this existing region. The Waterways are connected to the City of Tears and the Fungal Wastes, but you can only enter this space when you use a Simple Key item. The Pit will be on the left edge of your map, in a secluded but large room that you drop i
As mentioned in the intro, charms have a variety of effects. They can lengthen the player’s nail, surround the Knight with a shield, increase their running speed, etc. Each effect is described in the charm’s description. But what the game doesn’t tell the player is how several of these charms can be used together to create impressive charm combos. Some of them are relatively expec
This happened to myself recently with two games that I greedily bought without a second thought — Vampyr and Hollow Knight money guide|Https://Hollowknightportal.com/ Knight when it released on Switch . Both games I was immensely looking forward to and with both I hit the same wall. No matter how often I tried playing, every attempt to pick up the controller was met with my mind split between disinterest and intrigue. It becomes hard to tell if the brain is responding in a Pavlovian way for the shiny new toy or there is actual enthusiasm buried under the loss of focus for both games. Luckily it was the latter. There are, of course, times where a game is just not for you, but it was a relief knowing it was just a matter of time.
Collecting Simple Keys will be nothing new to those who have been exploring the kingdom. Finding these items is one of the best things to do while exploring, but you can also simply pick up along the paths you typically travel to fight main story bosses. The easiest Keys to find are at Sly's Shop and within the City of Tears in Hollow Knight or inside a room near the City Storero
However, it seems that a few other games in the genre have managed to climb even higher, believe it or not. There are not so many (since we are talking about a gaming benchmark here, of course), but the ones that did are equally incredible. So, shall we take a deeper look at t
If you want a physical version of the album, there are a couple of options available on Bandcamp . For $19, you can get the CD version which comes in a "pristine-quality limited-edition 1 disc, 6-panel digipack." If you're a collector of vinyl, there is a Deluxe 2xLP Vinyl Edition that will set you back $39. It includes 180-gram black and clear color-in-color discs and a 24-page art booklet. Pre-purchasing any of these versions will also include the digital version with one of the tracks available
Naturally, that also translated wonderfully into the gaming critic reception as the game holds an impressive 89 average score on OpenCritic , ranking as one of the highest-rated Metroidvania games e
And do not even get me started on those brilliant chase sequences! By recalling all of that, it is hard not to say that Ori and the Blind Forest simply excels by putting all of its elements together in a way that very few games manage to pull off. I mean, it has everything you could expect from a Metroidvania: the drama, the adrenaline, the challenge, the panic, the joy – everyth
It wasn’t until this week that Vampyr finally clicked. Soon I found myself picking up pace with the game and diving into the world like it was the deepest of pools. Hollow Knight clicked just the weekend before. Which begs another question, how does one know when they’re fatigued — possibly burning the candle at both ends? Remember to take breaks from games, there are a million things to do out in the world besides play games and falling prey to gaming fatigue isn’t all too difficult. This won’t be a health rant, just looking out. With such a large selection of games coming out through each year it’s easy to want to play them all, but keeping diligent and playing the ones worth it to you will make all the difference. It will cut down on game-time and won’t burn ones eyeballs out from looking at a screen all day.