Microvania

「（色んな意味で）一番最初の『メトロイド』みたいなゲームを遊びたい」というニーズにしっかりと応えてくれる、小粒なメトロイドヴァニア。 初見でも100%さえ狙わなければ確実に5時間以内で終わる程度のボリュームな上に細かいアラがチラホラ見受けられるようなゲームだが、そこを踏まえても楽しく探索に励む事ができる良いゲームだった。 また、このゲームならではのオリジナリティー溢れる要素（カタツムリや波◯拳）がとても良かったので「直せるアラは全て直してから、続編を作って欲しい」と思っている。

Mixed feelings. It's not terrible, but it can be quite difficult in places and navigation can be a bit cumbersome/tedious. My impression of Microvania is that it is a bit like [b]Environmental Station Alpha[/b] at first, without the cool grappling hook. Or like the first few hours of [b]Zexion[/b] before that game opens up and gets better. I feel very constrained and uncomfortable navigating my way around in this one. It's not necessarily a bad game, but I find it frustrating to play. Some of these boss encounters have been more annoying than anything, in some cases it appears that there is unavoidable damage. Things that would have made it more palatable for me: -The map could be a bit clearer/prettier -There are teleporter rooms, but they only teleport you to one other connected room, you can’t choose where to go like in most other metroidvanias, they’re just two-way pipes. -Some of the bosses can be pretty arduous to fight in ways I didn’t find fun, in some cases damage felt completely unavoidable (at least for the abilities I had at my disposal). This game isn't for the feint of heart and can be quite a test of patience and grit. It's not necessarily a terrible game, and if you are quite the determined player it is arguably worth the try given the cheap price, but It's outstayed its welcome for me. I'm sick of encountering bosses that seem to dish out unavoidable damage. If I'm being charitable, it's quite possible that I'm lacking abilities that the game wants me to have to make such damage avoidable, but for me that's pretty frustrating design.

It's not the worst metroidvania I've ever played, but something about the exploration, level design, and boss designs just feel more frustrating and miserable than fun. I keep trying to get myself to continue, but I have no desire to. I wish it was more rewarding, breezier, easier to navigate and would provide the feeling of some type of mastery over the challenges it presents. But 90% of the time, the reward is underwhelming and unclear as to where to go next. There is not many "a-ha!" moments like in the obvious competition Metroid, where you finally unlock an ability and know exactly where to go next - INTUITIVELY. Some metroidvania die-hards that love to get lost, love to see a million secrets that you have no idea how to access, and love extremely maze-like level design could enjoy this. Art, music, and character feel are all solid (except the extremely slow walking speed). But I guess it is just not for me,

It's very neat. Nothing that will change your perception of MetroidVania, but the bite-size and the speed at which you can unlock upgrades and mobility abilities gives it its own flavor.

An excellent, and challenging retro Metroidvania! I think it probably took me around 7-9 hours (I didn't pay a lot of attention while I was playing) to 100% it, but It would have been about 1 less if I had realized you could mark rooms in the map when I was collectable hunting. The game play is very solid, with a good amount abilities, and environments. I found movement with the analog stick a bit touchy, but once I switched to the D-Pad, I found the controls very tight. I found the level design very compelling with, a lot of variety and challenges, but my favorite thing would be all the hidden nooks, and shortcuts to discover. You'll find yourself backtracking a lot (like any Metroidvania) which can get a bit tiring. There is a sort of fast-travel which lets you travel from one fixed point in the game to another, but they never seemed to be in a convenient location for where I wanted to go, so I didn't find myself using them much. The game has 4 bosses, 2 of which I found brutally challenging, but one I was under geared for, and the other would have been much easier if I had realized you could swim through the lava. Great controller support (complete with xbox, ds4, and maybe other hint glyphs). Music and sound were immersive and very reminiscent of early meteoroid games to me. For proton users: I had some issues with controller and achievements didn't work with proton 8, but the game worked flawlessly for me with proton 9.

Fantastic bite-sized metroidvania. Wears its inspiration on its sleeve and the soundtrack is full of bangers. A little rough with the collision and hit boxes at times but the vibe remains intact. Replayability and potential for a solid speed game are there. Cheers!

Microvania is a simple retro 8 bits style metroidvania style game. The key part is to just keep exploring, there no indication on where you should go and how to gain access to other area but trial and error. The enemy/Bosses is not that hard to kill. If you like retro metroidvania, you might enjoy this 1 Hours gameplay YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b8cn3dYKNg Gameplay: Fair Graphics: Fair Music: Fair Story: Fair PC Requirements: Normal

This game does a great job of reintroducing the exploratory draw of the genre. It remains faithful to its predecessors while feeling fresh. I had a hard time putting it down.