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Even then, both games are pretty top notch at what they do, they have different design philosophies though. Stuff like the map indicator, coin magnet and even the moving while you heal shouldn’t be taking badge slots.

On top of that a lot of useful “utility” abilities are locked to badges, so you would end up never using them. In that game the power ups aren’t really the most memorable, your character looks very similar whether it’s in the start or the end of this 50 hour game. However, Dread has better moment-to-moment gameplay and it really highlights HK’s flaws. I really liked how Hollow Knight gave you multiple routes to progress, you could really feel lost in that game. I’m not sure whether it’s better than Dread or not. They were closer to action RPGs.Īs for contemporary games, I think Hollow Knight is a great game and it was my definite second place after Super.

I don’t think the Castlevania games were ever in the conversation, the rooms’ level design was much less involving and the games didn’t really use that much the whole aspect of getting new abilities to access new areas and improve your movement options. It has the most memorable power ups, the better level and encounter design, the better world design. I didn’t finish it yet but I think Metroid was always clearly on top due to better understanding the appeal of the genre.