Ace of Shame

Ace, I said it in the beginning. I'll say it now. My biggest problem with Metroidvanias is the map and sometimes just the movement through the map. There's a lot of platforming.

Ace, I said it in the beginning. I'll say it now. My biggest problem with Metroidvanias is the map and sometimes just the movement through the map. There's a lot of platforming.

Ace, I said it in the beginning. I'll say it now. My biggest problem with Metroidvanias is the map and sometimes just the movement through the map. There's a lot of platforming.

There's a lot of platforming in a Metroidvania. And if your movement is not good or your abilities are not good, it can feel clunky. And when I have to move around this giant map with this clunky movement system... it just gets frustrating to me. So I know that part of exploration in a metroidvania are the skills that you acquire along the way that let you get to these secret areas and stuff.

There's a lot of platforming in a Metroidvania. And if your movement is not good or your abilities are not good, it can feel clunky. And when I have to move around this giant map with this clunky movement system... it just gets frustrating to me. So I know that part of exploration in a metroidvania are the skills that you acquire along the way that let you get to these secret areas and stuff.

There's a lot of platforming in a Metroidvania. And if your movement is not good or your abilities are not good, it can feel clunky. And when I have to move around this giant map with this clunky movement system... it just gets frustrating to me. So I know that part of exploration in a metroidvania are the skills that you acquire along the way that let you get to these secret areas and stuff.

I will say one of the things when I was watching video of this game was that it looked like there were actually some really neat, like movement abilities. Like you get a little glowing spider. That's almost like a, like a, you know, the grapple gun or something like that, like a grappling hook. There is wall climbing. There's the dashing.

I will say one of the things when I was watching video of this game was that it looked like there were actually some really neat, like movement abilities. Like you get a little glowing spider. That's almost like a, like a, you know, the grapple gun or something like that, like a grappling hook. There is wall climbing. There's the dashing.

I will say one of the things when I was watching video of this game was that it looked like there were actually some really neat, like movement abilities. Like you get a little glowing spider. That's almost like a, like a, you know, the grapple gun or something like that, like a grappling hook. There is wall climbing. There's the dashing.

There's the blast off and shoot over to the other side of the level. So it seems like they really kind of took into account a lot of these aspects on how you actually get around in this world.

There's the blast off and shoot over to the other side of the level. So it seems like they really kind of took into account a lot of these aspects on how you actually get around in this world.

There's the blast off and shoot over to the other side of the level. So it seems like they really kind of took into account a lot of these aspects on how you actually get around in this world.

Does Ender Magnolias do anything? Because my, and this is, I'll say as much as I love Hollow Knight, I hated the map in Hollow Knight, having to run for 10 minutes straight to get to a fast travel point to then travel to a fast travel point that, Oh wait, that's not where I meant to go. Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, maybe it's this one. Nope. Nope. It's not that one either.

Does Ender Magnolias do anything? Because my, and this is, I'll say as much as I love Hollow Knight, I hated the map in Hollow Knight, having to run for 10 minutes straight to get to a fast travel point to then travel to a fast travel point that, Oh wait, that's not where I meant to go. Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, maybe it's this one. Nope. Nope. It's not that one either.

Does Ender Magnolias do anything? Because my, and this is, I'll say as much as I love Hollow Knight, I hated the map in Hollow Knight, having to run for 10 minutes straight to get to a fast travel point to then travel to a fast travel point that, Oh wait, that's not where I meant to go. Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, maybe it's this one. Nope. Nope. It's not that one either.

Where the heck was this fast travel point? Where was that? Where was that underground, like swampy gassy area that I'm trying to find? Like, I can't remember where it is. And so for me, a map can absolutely ruin a Metroidvania for me. I will say, we were chatting the other day, Ace, and I asked you if you had played the New Prince of Persia, the Lost Crown one.

Where the heck was this fast travel point? Where was that? Where was that underground, like swampy gassy area that I'm trying to find? Like, I can't remember where it is. And so for me, a map can absolutely ruin a Metroidvania for me. I will say, we were chatting the other day, Ace, and I asked you if you had played the New Prince of Persia, the Lost Crown one.

Where the heck was this fast travel point? Where was that? Where was that underground, like swampy gassy area that I'm trying to find? Like, I can't remember where it is. And so for me, a map can absolutely ruin a Metroidvania for me. I will say, we were chatting the other day, Ace, and I asked you if you had played the New Prince of Persia, the Lost Crown one.

And because I said, this has the best map in any Metroidvania I've ever seen. It lets you take a screenshot and pin it to the map itself so that you can remember what the thing was that you couldn't get to. Like at one point there's a chest that's like, it's well above double jump range. And I'm like, well, how the heck am I supposed to get up there?

And because I said, this has the best map in any Metroidvania I've ever seen. It lets you take a screenshot and pin it to the map itself so that you can remember what the thing was that you couldn't get to. Like at one point there's a chest that's like, it's well above double jump range. And I'm like, well, how the heck am I supposed to get up there?