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Nine sols is one of the best metroidvanias I ever played , what makes it so good is the story and gameplay, the story is unique with good amounts of lore, the gameplay is fun and challenging in a good way, the parrying is one of my favorite mechanics, and the game has a lot of upgrades to ease the difficulty, along with a story mode for people who want a less difficult game, easily one of the best metroidvanias.

This is my game of the year everything about it is good. The positives: huge variety of enemies and bosses, challenging but fair, each of the 5 weapons gives its own playstyle , a good story. The negatives: not anything really. GAME OF THE YEAR

Dewdrop dynasty is another new indie metroidvania but it isn't as good as some of the others, the game is good with gameplay, good enemy variety, fun and challenging bosses, and good upgrades, but the story is okay, and you don't really get lots of character development, tho there is a good cast of characters to interact with

This metroidvania is great with a huge variety of enemies , great fun challenging multi phase bosses and fun upgrade systems to use , it took me 18 hours to finish this one which means it's long

For a boss rush game this is incredible the bosses are challenging but unique the focus system is very unique and with a good story it makes this game great. not contender for game of the year but definitely a hidden gem