If you've managed to find every Simple Key from the base game, you have the option to challenge a special enemy at the Colosseum of Fools. Much like the content you can unlock by accessing the Junk Pit in Hollow Knight , this extra battle will give you access to new lore and treasure connected to this game's intricate wo

Remember that the Failed Champion cannot give you Soul, so having health-oriented charms. Keep an eye on falling debris and stay in clear areas. The Failed Champion has heavily telegraphed moves, so keep an eye out for his atta

Players take control of Juan Aguacate, a luchador a.k.a. a Mexican professional wrestler, on a quest to save the "Mexiverse" from Salvador, a corrupted luchador from the Darkest Timeline. In our Guacamelee! 2 review , we praised the sequel for being "bigger and better than the first game while retaining the original's charm, humor, eye-catching art style, and rewarding Metroidvania-style gamepl

Hollow Knight is one of the best Metroidvania games in a very long time. It took a lot of inspiration from the Souls series while managing to carve its own path in the world of video games. As you venture around Hallownest, you'll encounter many bosses , and very few of them are not punishingly h

Originally announced as a single-player story DLC for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End , Naughty Dog's vision and goals for Uncharted: The Lost Legacy quickly became far too ambitious and became its own standalone game. Stepping away from Nathan Drake, this time around Chloe Fraser is the star of the show in search of the legendary tusk of Ganesh in India's Western Ghats. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is a smaller, personal story that proved there's life in the series with or without its central protagon

If you move too quickly, or you try to predict without fully understanding his telegraphed moves, that could be the end for you. But, with some proper charms - especially the Shape of Unn, which makes you smaller while you heal - you can get past him and collect your victory pr

Gameplay is as open as a Soulsborne title , with players able to pick up a variety of weapons and magical attacks. The game also implements many classic RPG elements, such as classes, backgrounds, and skill trees. For those players who don't want to face the horrors alone, it's possible to play with local co-op. For those who want to be a fresh terror for their friends, there's a versus mode

Developed by Spanish studio The Game Kitchen, Blasphemous is a gory and unsettling Metroidvania title. Players take on the role of The Penitent One, a wandering knight and sole survivor of the Brotherhood of the Silent Sorrow. The game's world of Cvstodia borrows heavily from Christian-iconography, with a particular Spanish-Catholic influence. Cvstodia twists this imagery into a hellish landscape, hallowed by an unknowable supernatural force called The Miracle. The game shares a tone with some of the best fantasy-horror out there, including FromSoftware's Bloodborne and Berserk , the influential dark-fantasy ma

Collecting Simple Keys will be nothing new to those who have been exploring the kingdom. Finding these items is one of the best things to do while exploring, but you can also simply pick up along the paths you typically travel to fight main story bosses. The easiest Keys to find are at Sly's Shop and within the City of Tears in Hollow Knight or inside a room near the City Storero

The Metroidvania-style map of Hollow Knight holds many secrets, including a hidden area called the Junk Pit that you can access. The kingdom of Hallownest offers a lot to you, the Knight, as you explore new regions for treasure to help you on your continuing journey. Be prepared to face many bosses in the Junk Pit, as this location holds additional battles added to the game through

Hollow Knight patch Notes Knight captured the hearts of fans all over the world when it released in 2017, and the fact that the buzz surrounding this title is still strong to this day is a testament to just how brilliant the Metroidvania really is. In fact, one of the major reasons why Hollow Knight has garnered so much attention is that it's also a Soulsl

Earlier this week, Xbox players were treated with the release of Ori and the Will of the Wisps , the highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed 2015 platformer/Metroidvania Ori and the Blind Forest . Currently sitting at a score of 90 on Metacritic for Xbox One, Moon Studios has managed to outdo itself, surpassing its predecessor and leaving PlayStation users in the dust. That is unless Sony decides to release another popular Metroidvania on PS Plus in April following the success of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, one that Moon Studios took heavy inspiration from - Hollow Knig

Gameplay in Blasphemous follows in the footsteps of the Castlevania series. The Penitent One is armed with both sword and spell, and uses them to overcome all manner of monstrosities. As a result, players must learn the attack patterns of each new horror in order to smite it. The unpleasantly-named Bile Flasks take the role of healing items, and The Penitent One will respawn at the last checkpoint if his health is fully deple