Metroidvania is a genre that you cannot play naturally without a guide

Metroidvania is a genre that you cannot play naturally without a guide.

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Oldthinggood isn't even a real genre.

I don't know how you could possibly think that about Symphony of the Night.

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i played all of those games just fine without using a guide. At which points do you need to consult guides for it? It's already a genre associated with brainlets, and now you make a proclamation like this?

I played hollow knight without a guide but got the worst ending

A good metroidvania can be beaten without a guide. A bad one can't.

I mean to be honest, none of the endings are all that good.

What makes metroidvanias worth the extra effort then? Why not make to job of "creating a good game" as easy as possible on yourself?

People who like metroidvanias enjoy learning the level layout and finding paces to use new abilities.

If you think it's tedious, the genre is just not for you.

you might just be retarded op. metroidvanias are best played blind. I think you're missing the whole point of them.