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Topic subjectRE: Sans sports games I've never been a "gamer" but grabbed a Switch in Nov
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305494, RE: Sans sports games I've never been a "gamer" but grabbed a Switch in Nov
Posted by Nodima, Wed Feb-03-21 05:40 PM
Damn, congrats on beating Celeste. I play a good amount of games a year and found that too hard near the end, I couldn't figure out the mirror castle or whatever that gimmick was at all.

Super Meat Boy is kind of like the spiritual ancestor to that game in terms of specific, brutal platforming.

Rogue Legacy is often pointed to as the game that blew the lid off rogue likes as a genre and I really enjoyed it. Spelunky as well, though that game never fully clicked with me - it suffered a little from how often I heard it was absolutely perfect, I admit. Both these games are kind of about boss runs at the end of the day though and Rogue isn't as well balanced as Hades. I basically just had to grind stats until I overpowered all four of them.

Spiritfarer is minimal platforming but a little puzzly and a lot of people were deeply affected by its story - I found it tiring by the end but I'm a coldhearted dude sometimes. No combat at all!

Inside and Limbo are both awesome all puzzle no boss side scrollers that can be finished in a single evening or two sittings max.

I don't know if The Fall of The Swapper are on Switch but those are both really nifty 2D puzzle games with intriguing story reasons behind the mechanics.

One last one I really enjoyed was a game called Valiant Hearts that goes through many of the more significant events of the French campaign in World War I called Valiant Hearts. Super neat little game if a little corny considering the subject matter.

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