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I'm not arguing that Shovel Knight is a bad game, I'm arguing that there a ton of other platformers that are just as good as it or better. I'm just not a fan personally.

Sun and Moon, Super Meat Boy, Super House of Dead Ninjas, Rayman Origins and Legends, Ori and the Blind Forest, N++, Mute Crimson+, Freedom Planet, Dustforce, Electronic Super Joy, VVVVVV, They Bleed Pixels, Guacamelee, Cave Story+ etc.

  There are tons of great platformers. To me, Shovel Knight is good, but nothing to write home about.

Platformers are among my favourite genre. I just think there's a lot better than shovel knight, but it gets all the attention because it looks like something from peoples childhoods.

Not gonna lie. I'm about 12 hours in and it's a serious GOTY contendor. Which insane given the games that have come out this year.

Plays darn well too!

When comparing Playstation with Nintendo consoles, Playstation will always win. Especially in the first two generations. I guess it's more about how special the Nintendo games are to you.

Actually, it does Saturn but not Dreamcast. Got confused for a second there.

Do it. Bloodlines is a great game, though it really feels like a sega game. By that I mean there's a lot more blood and stuff. It's more classicvania, but it's pretty fun. If you want a good emulator for sega games, I suggest the fusion emulator, as it emulates all of the sega systems from genesis to dreamcast.

No offense, but I'd hate a Metroid game in the style of SOMA. Metroid is a series about progression, overcoming roadblocks and whatnot. Yeah, they could do to bring back some of that lonely atmosphere but I definitely don't think Metroid should go down the horror route.

 Secondly, RE7 isn't a walking sim horror game. It has a buttload of combat. It's basically first person RE4 with the mansion setup from RE1.

 I've actually heard some people say that the PS2 castlevania games are quite good, just not great castlevania games.

 And I haven't heard it, but it feels like required listening for me now!

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I felt like I was coming off as a bit of a dick when I was disagreeing with you. It wasn't intentional. It's just that RE7 only comes off as that sort of game in the very beginning and then drops it as soon as you get a gun. There are boss fights where you have rocket launchers and flame throwers.

 As much as I love SOMA and Amnesia, I'm really over the "defenseless horror genre." Most of them aren't that good and feels unrealistic that the protagonist wouldn't pick up even a stick and fight back. I like older survival horror games because they make me panic about whether I should fight or flee.

I didn't play the original Metroid until a few months ago, and unfortunately it doesn't hold up that well. The one thing that definitely still resonates though is the atmosphere.

 I've been saying Dark Souls is 3D castlevania since it came out. Bloodborne might be a bit closer though.

Aria is my fav Castlevania full stop. Have you played Dawn?

Also, onto the space horror thing: the demo for Prey is out on PS4. You should give it a go. Gave me major System Shock vibes. And if you want sci fi horror you NEED to play SOMA. It's not very often you get good hard sci-fi that makes you think in games, and even rarer to have it scare you.