Yep, There's A Metroidvania Inspired By 'A Christmas Carol' And It's Out In November

This is so stupid that, if there is a physical release, this will be a day one buy.

Janky looking gameplay mixed with poor use of one of my all time favorite pieces of literature. Seems absolutely awful, and a waste of everyone's time, money, and resources.

Sounds extremely goofy and outlandish
I'm in.

Didn't read the title correctly and thought it was out right now . That would've been a goofy thing to do, November is definitely more appropriate haha

Oh look another one.

I'm always up for more Christmas media where Carol of the Bells actually feels appropriate. If it does well enough, maybe they'll follow it up with The Nutcracker or Steadfast Tin Soldier.

This was the moment. The moment I'd finally seen everything.

You obtained….

TINY TIM’S CRUTCH

It's a Bone Mama.
Don't let it lay an egg!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt-L6BfpYrc

Metroidvanias are one of those genres that can produce really really good games or a big stinkfest. There almost is no in-between. (And I know some people hate that term and it just makes me want to use it even more.) mwahahaha

@nessisonett You need the +2 crutch to platinum.

@RevrsblSedgewick Came here to post the same video. You beat me to the ITYSL reference.

@TheBoilerman You don't internet much, do you? j/k

I like it. I must have it. Physical version please.

If the gameplay is tight I'll buy this because it is so weird.

i don’t know why but this gives me a few little Noah vibes. Maybe it’s how the spirits work?

@nessisonett Lol I imagine a double handed macelike weapon that inflicts a Weaken debuff on any enemies that get hit with it!

Not sure why so many negative comments. The gameplay looks shockingly promising, although clearly the premise is a bizarre one.

Art style and animation remind me of Forgotton Anne - not a bad thing.

They could turn anything into a Metroidvania these days. While the gameplay felt decent the animated backgrounds seem to look a tad blurry. Not sure if it was suppose to be like that but I guess since Scrooge is traveling through time with them ghosts that may be it.

My reaction is, but why? Even Scrooge from Duck Tales wasn't THIS crazy.

It looks good but why not create an original story with original characters for your game instead of using public domain works whose original incantations aren't thematically similar to the style that you're going for

Christmas-themed games are rare nowadays, so colour me interested

If video game genres had an investment market, this would be the signal to short Metroidvanias

I played the demo for it on my Steam Deck, it was a lot of fun. It was rather challenging as far as Metroidvania’s go that aren't aping the whole Souls-like designs.

The gameplay was smooth, visually it looked great, and while I'm not generally one to notice framerate drops unless they're pretty big, I don't recall experiencing anything like that. In fact, I dont recall even running into any bugs, although I could have just been lucky.

I'm looking forward to this since so many of the upcoming Metroidvania releases I've been watching are a long ways off, or still unknown. Too many if them have also been re ealed over time to be trying to incorporate the souls mechanics. Too many games in general are doing so.

I just watched a video by a YouTube creator I subscribe to, who focuses on indie game news, where the video talked solely about 22 upcoming Souls-like indie games. A good portion of them where metroidvanias too. That's far too many, in my opinion, espexially considering we've had about a half dozen Souls-like games more along the lines of a AA or AAA game released in the past year or two. As usually, everyone is following trends like crazy.

Far too many games are striving to be a Souls-like, Roguelike/Light, or Live Service game. It's akin to how every game supposedly needed a PvP multi-player mode tacked on during the Xbox 360 generation, or how so many games over the past decade are going for the open-world design, because it's popular.

Funny enough, an article I read the other day claims I sidereal information revealed that Microsoft wants the next Gears of War game to be open-world world because in their words..."it's what's popular these days." 🤦‍♂️

@Poodlestargenerica

I played the demo on Steam Deck, it's actually pretty smooth. Some of the animations do look rather stiff at times though. Overall, it played better than a lot of the Metroidvania games I've tried recently or demos of upcoming ones.

I hope the entire is at least as good as the demo was.

@somnambulance

Why not, someone made a Mortal Kombat style fighter with religious figures like Jesus. 😄🤦‍♂️

@John_Deacon

So I take it you may also feel the upcoming Metroidvania Prince of Persia game is overpriced at $50 US?

I sure think it is, especially since Assassin's Creed Mirage is also priced at $50 for the standard edition.

I particularly like how in the demo, Ebenezer could spend a small sum of coins and summon Tiny Tim. Who then appears on screen, and proceeds to beat enemies to a pulp with his crutch.

/s

@John_Deacon

For that price it should be. I'm still not sold on it, and it's the first PoP game I'm aware of where you don't play as the Prince himself.

I'm cautiously optimistic, but then again it's an Ubisoft game, so waiting a few months to 6 months after release and it's highly likely to be on sale for nearly 50% off like most Ubisoft games.

Wow, I can't believe I missed the release! Combining a classic like 'A Christmas Carol' with Metroidvania is something I never knew I needed. As a fan of both the novel and gaming, I'm kicking myself for not catching wind of this earlier. Recently did a school essay on the ghosts in 'A Christmas Carol' for school, and this https://gradesfixer.com/q/what-are-the-four-ghosts-in-a-christmas-carol/ helped a bunch with analysis. Gonna check out the game ASAP. The cobblestone streets of London, ghostly weapons, and solving puzzles – sounds like a blast!