Abyss Watchers. These days I can backstab them all day, but first playthrough they served well as a skill check.
Twin Princes, too. Besides the teleport on top of your head, it's an extremely fair fight. If you respect their moves they practically can't hurt you. They were very tough the first couple playthroughs though.
Pretty spot on video.
I just ordered the plushy because it's on sale and I love Chewnic so much. I love the fox.
Third Eye Blind - Self-titled
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
Deftones - White Pony
Tool - Aenima
Gorguts - Considered Dead & The Erosion of Sanity (dual album re-release)
There could be a lot more, but these ones in particular all stand out from key moments or periods of growing up.
I haven't played very many, and these might not be pure Metroidvanias, but I recommend:
I followed the dev logs on Youtube and learned a few Godot tricks from them. Got this on day one to support the dev and indie scene and just started playing. It's a blast. Fast paced hack and slash parkour action. It feels extremely satisfying to clear a room of enemies as you whip around.
Love can wait. Safety first.
The only gripe I have with the game is that it's, once again, stuck on a platform that probably won't be releasing its clutches from it anytime soon
This. I, ahem, found a way to play the original, and it was good. If I saw the remake was available on PC I would gladly buy it.
From what I've seen of the remake it looks great. Maybe because I'm new I don't have nostalgia to get upset about due to the changes.
Lunacid. Just finished 100%ing it and I'm impressed. I wasn't expecting to get so much out of it, but it took nearly 40 hours.
Might help to specify as there's more than one artist called "desired". The Sailor Moon enthusiast?
The website whosampled might help you in your research. For example, https://www.whosampled.com/Desired/Wake-Up/
Which songs were sampled in "Wake Up" by Desired? "Wake Up" contains samples of "いつかゆられて遠い国" by Mioko Yamaguchi.
Still working on Lunacid, trying to get the 4th and final ending. Some of the loose ends I was wondering about are kinda coming together in the end game hunt for each ending, which is great.
Dex has some cool weapons, but it's gotta be STR as the favourite. No STR, no bonk.
We have Scholar at home
They smell amazing
The 3EB and Leonard Cohen albums are quite deep lyrically. I was young when I got into those and didn't have the life experience to truly relate, but as time passed and I grew up, it's almost like they predicted the future. More like they talked about relatable experiences I would eventually have that would make sense later on. I appreciate them even more now as an adult for that reason.
The Gorguts one was present in a tough time in life. Maybe it could have been any other artist, but it happened to be this one that gave me strength in that moment. Specifically the high energy of that music was exactly what I needed to vibe with.