Xanthiom 2

[i]---See where this game landed on my Metroidvania Tier List beneath this rec!---[/i] It's alright, it's more Metroidy Xanthiom. You can take screenshots of rooms which pin on the map. This is cool, but you have a limit for them which I quickly reached, forcing me to use the regular map pins as well. There are a few moments where it can be quite tricky to work out how to make progress. Missiles can interact with a lot more things than I would've assumed, and were the solution to getting un-stuck in a few places. There was also one really obtuse location where I needed to dash into a wall to make an icicle fall down. I had tried hitting the icicle with missiles and fire weapons, but the actual solution wasn't intuitive to me. You do get to do the crazy gun powerups like in Xanthiom Zero and you can melt some of those bosses with thousands of projectiles. There is something just delicious about the feeling of some of these guns. That said, personally I prefer a set of handmade guns than mixing and matching myself. The map/level design felt a bit mazey/constrictive for my liking but it was far from the ugliest cases I've encountered. This game and it's prequels all get the thumbs up from me. I don't love these games, but they've certainly been enjoyable to play through. -------------------------------- [i]There isn't enough space in a Steam Rec to post my entire Tier List, so I cut off the bottom tiers and just left the games I liked. You can find the latest (and better) version of the Tier List on my reddit profile which I update every six months or sooner, located here:[/i] [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/metroidvania/comments/14l87nn/my_large_metroidvania_tier_list/]Tier List[/url] ===================== [b]My Metroidvania Tier List (PC)[/b] [i] (excluding Metroid & Castlevania titles)[/i] ===================== [i]-Not an objective list, purely how much I enjoyed the games-[/i] [b]S+[/b] Aeterna Noctis | [b]S Tier [i](Truly Special)[/i][/b] Astalon: Tears of the Earth | Hollow Knight: Silksong | MIO: Memories in Orbit | Hollow Knight | Master Key³$ | Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom | [b]S-[/b] Solateria | Blasphemous 2 | Cathedral | Crypt Custodian³ | [b]A+[/b] Afterimage | The Last Faith | Supraland³ | Supraland: Six Inches Under³ | Oolo³ | Frogmonster³ | [b]A Tier [i](Amazing)[/i][/b] Elderand | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Doomblade^ | BioGun | Zexion | Chronicles of the Wolf | Kotama and Academy Citadel | Blossom Tales 2³$ | [b]A-[/b] Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights | Depths of Sanity | F.I.S.T. | Pampas & Selene | Ender Magnolia | Mandragora | [b]B+[/b] Blast Brigade | Haak | Turbo Kid | Nine Sols | Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus | Biomorph | Minishoot’ Adventures³ | Banjo-Kazooie³ | Banjo-Tooie³ | Donkey Kong 64³ | [b]B Tier [i](Really Enjoyed)[/i][/b] Animal Well | Alwa’s Legacy | Steamworld Dig 2 | Islets | Blasphemous | After Death | Pronty^ | Mortal Manor* | Escape From Tethys | Outbuddies DX* | Monster Sanctuary | Elliot Quest | Rebel Transmute | Moonlight Pulse | Environmental Station Alpha | Twilight Monk | Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Death’s Door³ | Pipistrello and the Cursed Yo-yo³ | Yooka-Laylee³ | Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest | [b]B-[/b] Shadow Labyrinth | Haiku, the Robot | The Mobius Machine | Ultros | Voidwrought | Crystal Project³ | Shattered Divinities | Unsighted³ | Tunic³ | Prey (2017)³ | [b]C+ [i](Fun)[/i][/b] Lone Fungus | Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores | Guns of Fury | Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Laika: Aged through Blood | Ghost Song | Kunai | Kingdom Shell | Axiom Verge | Treasure Adventure Game | GigaSword* | Infernax | Flipwitch# | Momodora 4 | Momodora 5 | HunterX | HunterX: code name T | Gestalt | Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists | Super Roboy | BladeChimera | AntiChamber³ | Blossom Tales³$ | Mask of Soul | Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake | MF-01 Aerostrike^ | [b]Xanthiom 2[/b] | [b]C Tier [i](Enjoyed)[/i][/b] The Throne | Plague of Yamorn* | Constance | Column on the Sea | 9 Years of Shadows | Jrago* | Xanthiom Zero | Carrion^ | Chasm | Wuppo | The Mummy Demastered | Catmaze | Curse of the Sea Rats* | Death’s Gambit: Afterlife | Castle In The Clouds DX# | Omega Strike | Aggelos | Midnight Castle Succubus# | Overbowed | Rabi-Ribi | TEVI | Far Star | Sheepo | Skelethrone: The CoE* | Unworthy | Undivine | Somber Echoes | Oirbo* | Ato | Side Scape³$ | And All Would Cry Beware³ | Lycanthorn 2³ | Gravethorn | Vomitoreum³ | Maid of Salvation³ | Kalinur | 100 Pumpkins 2 | Grumpy Jack³ | Sealed Bite | Jedi: Fallen Order³ | Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland | Arkham Asylum³ | Omnigon | SJ-19 learns to Love | Paradox Vector³ | The Prisoning: Fletcher’s Quest | Hargrave | Bread Adventure | EldritchVania |