Metroidvania The Last Faith has only been on Kickstarter for a short time, but it has already secured £67,735 of funds, based on a target goal of £45,000 – and that means it's coming to Switch.
Developed by a small Italian team with experience in smartphones games, The Last Faith is an "exploration-based Metroidvania" and "action side-scrolling platformer" which boasts a "satisfying reactive action combat system, a high number of different weapons, use of the special buffs to power up your weapons, a variety of magic spells to support your combats, a giant world with terrific environments, and a highly detailed pixel art style."
While Metroidvania games are hardly in short supply these days, we're getting a real Castlevania: Symphony of the Night vibe from this one. Is it a game you'll be keeping an eye on? Perhaps you've backed it already?
[source kickstarter.com]
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Bloodborne/Dark Souls 2D. I like the graphic style of it/
Looks good, but what makes it different from Blasphemous? That game has a very similar style.
If this turns out half as good as it looks I’ll be all over it.
@Smitherenez
It does look a lot like Blasphemous, but that's no bad thing. The major difference appears to be this is Italian-Gothic rather than the Spanish-Gothic of Blasphemous (probably because the devs are Italian and Spanish respectively) and this one has a slightly more traditional look to it.
I think there's room for both on Switch though, and this does look like a good game. I'll definitely keep an eye out for it.
Just stop messing around and bring Castlevania games to the Switch and take my money! Honestly, I just do not get game companies: 'Oh we could make a shed-load of cash if we released Aria of Sorrow, SOTN and Portrait of Ruin (to name three)' 'Nah, sod that'.
@DevlinMandrake Ah oke! I do agree with your line of thinking that there is room for both, especially on a switch of a metroid fan like me. But at first glance it looked so similar to me that I thought I was looking at the same game. Anyways, I will probably pick this one up.
Yes looks very good, but for me personally hope they have a better balance on difficulty. Axiom Verge nailed that perfectly, Slain and Valfaris are so stupidly hard it spoils it for me. But maybe My reflexes aren’t what they used to be.
Looks lovely. I just hope they don't turn on the HUD/GUI and ruin everything that looks so lovely here with a bad HUD/GUI design, which is the case with so many modern games imo
Not hyped, to be honest. I prefer Metroidvanias like Chasm and Timespinner. This one looks like a Blasphemous clone. A 2D Soulslike. Not my cup of tea.
Certainly looks very similar. Won't be backing it or keeping an eye on it. Can't see the woods for the tree's.
The art style looks amazing ... but so did Blasphemous and I thought it was really meh game after playing it ... the gameplay was atrocious.
I wonder how many metroidvania games can be pushed into a single console
Yep looks good, hope it’s not hard! Who knows when this will be out tho. I agree with others looks very blasphemes, which I didnt really get on with. But may go back one day, have to say I didn’t like the main characters metal pointy hat, it kinda put me off! X x x
@SmartNickname To me, what matters is how many high quality Metroidvania games are on the system, which i would argue is VERY low.
I'm not into Metrovania's much, but this game looks really awesome. Sign me up.
Releasing 2024..
@Smitherenez It looks a lot like blasphemous but I see some major differences in style and game mechanics that set it apart, one of which is new weapons, Blasphemous upgrades the same one until the end of the game.
The art style is almost the same as Blasphemous.
But it looks good.
On my radar love the art. Wish bloodstained looked more like this
It’s crazy how much indie developers love this genre. Konami really needs to wake up and bring CASTLEVANIA back!
Love the art style, anything metroidvania is worth a look in my book, since i find theses games highly enjoyable. If it end being a good game will probably get it physical.
@Lando_ To each their own. What do you think of the Ori games?
@Lando_ well timespinner needed to not shove political aspects down your throat like they did all the lbg crap. It ruined the game for me. It's all good to do it just don't over do it like they did. I'll probably never buy another game from that dev again.
Was going to back it for a physical copy but I am not paying $106 USD for a indie game. I'll wait and get it on sale for less than ten bucks digital or buy it when it comes physical elsewhere.
@Dirty0814 Yeah, I had the same feeling. The topic was all over the place. But the gameplay felt good.
@RazzberrySoda Ori is another good example of a Metroidvania I relay like. Even though some passages were frustratingly hard for me, I enjoyed both Ori games a lot.
I know everybody wants Konami to put out a new Castlevania in this style, but the last one they released was Mirror of Fate... and it wasn’t my favorite game. I wasn’t impressed. I had it preordered, I 100% it that weekend... never returned. It was traded for “peanuts” a few weeks later. I usually never trade Castlevania games. So, while theres a lot of “mediocre” Metroidvanias on Switch, I give them a nod if they’re at least better than MoF, and have better than 8-bit graphics.
Too many Metroidvanias. Getting burned out on it now.
Looks like Blasphemous more than Castlevania. I think I am fed up with copy of copy of copy...
There are too many Metroidvanias but if the developers know how to do them right I don't see why they should do another thing, even if the competition is fierce. That's better than doing something on an unpopular genre just because it's new but not doing something solid because they have no idea how. It's up to the customers to know which games grab their interets and which don't. I will definitely follow this project, it certainly looks influenced by Blasphemous and Bloodborne.
I enjoyed Blasphemous a lot, might check this one out. Never really get tired of Metroidvania's as a genre, I love the freedom they give you.
LOVE it!!! Blasphemous was a little bit too over the top for me but this I can get behind.
@Lordplops I would KILL for an enhanced aria of sorrow. I actually am playing a mod called Dawn of Sorrow Definitive Edition and it gets rid of touch screen
@DriftFDs same and my addiction only started last year with super Metroid and hollow knight
looks good especially since i love blasphemous, my one criticism so far is that the main character looks very generic
@PickledKong64 I've not played Blasphemous is it any good? I have loved Metroidvania's before they was even a name for them haha! It's a (sub)genre after all, so if you like them, you pretty much always will.
The trailer looks nice. I'm currently playing Bloodstained and I'm loving every moment of it. I don't think I'll jump into another game in the genre immediately, but I'll definitely keep an eye on this.
@PickledKong64 Super Metroid and Hollow Knoght are two of the best ones! You started off strong. I love the genre as well.
@Samwise7 it's pretty good. Not better than hollow knight but the bosses are pretty darn good. It's very hard but fair. But tbh the gore was a too much for me
@Jimmy_G_Buckets they set really high standards. I would like to know: Do you like Metroid Fusion? I wasnt a fan
@PickledKong64 My first two as well! Hollow Knight is still my favorite game of all time, and Super Metroid got me into one of my favorite franchises of all time. Fantastic games. Also, I hope you don't mind me talking about Metroid Fusion since you asked Jimmy, but I really enjoyed it. While it was definitely more linear, I think the less linear areas in each zone made up for that. Loved the story and scary aspects of that game.
@DriftFDs I have to say Fusion is a game that had great story and was actually scary but I didnt like the linearity and the ambience. Except for the sr388 and aqa stages
Physical copy please ..
@Lando_ Soulslike would be a description fitting of combat only. Dark Souls didn't invent the gothic horror setting.
@fafonio A lot of people are quoting Blasphemous. The colour scheme looks more blue than brown, at least. I'm hoping the gameplay is better because I didn't really like the look of Blasphemous in terms of colours and gameplay. So I'll look forward to this one instead.
Looks amazing, hope it will be worth it
@PickledKong64 that's fair. Definitely deviates from the Metroid formula. I can't wait for a sequel though, if that ever happens anyway, I need to see Samus vs the Galactic Federation.
@DriftFDs of yeah. If it's TRUE about the 2d Metroid leaks I will buy it day 1.
@PickledKong64 Same here. Normally I wouldn't credit those leaks at all, but leakers have kinda been on a roll recently, so there's definitely a possibility. It'll be exciting to get a new Metroid release at all since there hasn't been one since I got into the series, and if it's a 2D Metroid game, it'll be even more exciting with the fact that there hasn't been an original 2D one for 18 years.
It looks delicious! Another very strong looking Metroidvania!
@SeerCoot ..I dunno ,it’s too early to tell ..”Blasphemous“was /is awesome ..
@Samwise7 ..Yes ..”Blasphemous”is awesome ..
@Lando_ @DreamStar in other words you're both homophobic a$$hats and can't stand games featuring people who represent between 10-20% of any given population. Get over yourselves.
@Otoemetry ..No ,I am not “homophobic “..I am just morally Conversative ...It really makes me laugh liberals like yourself have no problem calling folks who do not share your Liberal ideology all sorts of outlandish names and descriptives ,yet Liberals are the 1st to call Conservatives “intolerant “..It sounds like you all are the intolerant ones ..Your ignorant statement justs goes to show the hypocrisy of Liberalism ..lol
@DreamStar "morally conservative" is just right-wing code for homophobia. My sexuality is not a case of a lack of morals and you do not get to decide what is and isn't "moral". You disgust me. Preaching to people as if you speak with any authority, you're utterly pathetic and should be shamed for your opinions.
@Otoemetry ..Likewise folks like you disgust me ,not because of your “sexuality “..Because of your mistaken notion that everyone in society has to be accepting of your Liberal ideology,which folks like you do not have the “authority “to shove down the throat of folks like me who do not fellow your Liberal agenda ...Like the old saying goes it takes 2 fools to argue ,I will comment no further ..lol
@DreamStar you're the only fool here, it's clear that your views and opinions are from a dying age where people were forced to adhere to a set of norms that do not exist in human nature. The problem with your "ideology" is that it so often involves kerbing the rights and restricting the freedoms of LGBT+ people to exist as you do, let me guess I bet you opposed gay marriage and adoption because it would be "shoving our agenda down your throat", hmm? Well for someone so opposed to my "liberal agenda" you sure do like talking about shoving things down people's throats. Might wanna check up on some of those hidden desires there mate 💁🏼♂️💅🏻😘
@Dirty0814 what exactly is political about having queer/lgbt characters in a game or a game that is focused on such representation when there are a billion other games focused on straight or non-trans characters? Is queer people existing political or controversial or does it offend you somehow? As if characters in other games never talk about things that allude to their identity or romantic interests?
@Axelay71 Why do reference Slain and Valfaris when they are not metroidvanias?
@minnow17 Dirty, Dreamstar, Minnow and Optoet-whoever, quit posting off topic. This ain't the place for that bs.
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