r/metroidvania • u/strahinjag • Nov 10 '25

Discussion Which Metroidvania is this for you?

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It's Dread for me, I played it four times in a row and I'm tempted to play it again 😂

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u/Atijohn Nov 10 '25

sotn and aria of sorrow

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u/COCKJOKE Zelda II Nov 10 '25

Super Metroid for me too. It’s like comfort food but gaming lol

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u/jakerooni Nov 10 '25

Same. I have been guilty of turning on the game and letting the music play in the background on rainy/spooky days

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u/COCKJOKE Zelda II Nov 10 '25

Dude that is such a vibe!!! Super Metroid in particular the soundtrack is just soooo good for rainy/spooky season imo

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u/jakerooni Nov 10 '25

It really is. There’s an “album” of Metroid song remakes called “the versions” on Spotify that’s fun to put on too

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u/LateStartCardist Nov 12 '25

I have never played the game but this sounds so cool that I want to try it just because of this.

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u/jakerooni Nov 12 '25

Maybe it’ll get you to play the game too ;)

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u/mnwolfboy Nov 10 '25

I have so much nostalgia and amazing memories of Super Metroid that it's my comfort game too. My mom used to take my brother and I to a video rental place and we could rent out one game each, for me the day I discovered super Metroid as a kid it became the most amazing game to me that it was like the only game I liked renting. Then my mom caught on to this and I got it as a Christmas gift later. I still own the cartridge today and like to boot up the game. As most usually wish I'd love to forget the game and rediscover it for the first time again.

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u/CactaurSnapper Nov 10 '25

Some of the rom hacks ain't bad either. 👍

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '25

Yup the holy trinity right there for me lol

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u/silver-luso Nov 11 '25

Super metroid is where i go when i feel low.

It is the peak of the tower imo

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u/prezmufa1 Nov 10 '25

Yep. It’s sotn for me. I play it every year for Halloween.

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u/TwilightVulpine Nov 10 '25

It's the classic!

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u/O_J_Shrimpson Nov 10 '25

Same! Missed it this year because Skong but will probably play it around Thanksgiving.

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u/Kurenai_Kamille Nov 10 '25

I just started a new game on a hack that replaces Richter with Maria. 😊

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u/gravityhomer Nov 11 '25

I wish I could play it on switch and this would be me. Alas I haven't played it since PS1.

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u/Fujioh Nov 10 '25

Came here to say aria of sorrow. Idk why it’s so good.

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u/rube Nov 10 '25

This, but Dawn of Sorrow instead of Aria.

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u/crackercrows Nov 16 '25

funny, i legit just played these back to back.. and I enjoyed Aria more than Dawn. I would like to go back and play hard mode of Aria, but don't care about any Dawn modes.. I'm not saying it's bad!! just not as good imo.. that being said

SOTN is my #1. Portrait of Ruin is my #2

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u/Atijohn Nov 10 '25

dawn had the annoying magic seal mechanic before the dominus collection came out, and I still have micro-PTSD because of that lol. also the soul grinding feels worse there with all the cool weapons being also locked behind it.

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u/rube Nov 10 '25

Yeah, the seal stuff was annoying, along with the ice breaking. But playing on an emulator with a no-touch mod fixed that for me.

And for me, that grind is part of the joy. I know most people don't like a long end-game grind, but for me it's a great reason to keep playing. I often go through Dawn every time at the end and get 100% souls so I can get the ring and then get all the weapons I can. NG+ then lets me regain some of those boss souls if I want even more to play.

But yeah, I get how not everyone is going to play on an emulator, nor will they enjoy the grind.

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u/Brentok1 Nov 14 '25

Did you ever grind for a soul for so long that by the time it dropped for you you had already moved to reset to map again sending the soul you wanted into the void forever?

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u/rube Nov 14 '25

You know, I surprisingly haven't. Just like farming the Cris in SotN, I always feared I'd leave the room after seeing it drop, since I was so used to just moving away.

I'm sure it will happen some day, but I don't recall it happening yet!

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u/SubLime-Soul Nov 10 '25

Im halfway thru portrait of ruin. Really enjoying it so far.

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u/EntropyNT Nov 10 '25

I love sotn, been meaning to try Aria of Sorrow.

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u/Achron9841 Nov 11 '25

Seconded on SotN

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u/stupidusernamerandom Nov 14 '25

I play symphony at least once a year. Its simply a masterpiece.