This new official Monsterverse sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong might be the Metroidvania to convince me to start caring about Metroidvanias
Oct. 22, 2024Kong: Survivor Instinct takes place directly after the events of Godzilla vs. Kong
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I’m gonna take a lot of heat for this, and trust me when I say I already have in my work Slack, but Metroidvanias don’t do anything for me. I’m a big Castlevania fan, but primarily before they became Metroidvanias. I also don’t consider this a knock on the subgenre; it’s really just all of the backtracking to previously explored locations that loses my interest.
For clarity, Kong: Survivor Instinct just came out today and I haven’t had the chance to play it, so I can’t actually say whether it’s any good, but it looks neat! Visually, there’s a lot going on, from the detailed renderings of famous kaiju to the rubble-laden environments basking in moonlight and cloud cover. I think it looks really nice, but again, all I’ve seen are screenshots and thus can’t vouch for how it all looks/performs in motion.
Kong: Survivor Instinct is out now on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
I suppose it might be time for me to pick something from our list of thebest Metroidvania games.
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