metroid series aside, metroidvania has to be the sloppiest fucking genre ever. im sick of it. nothing but a sea of mediocre 6/10-7/10 products (igavania shit included). you can count on one hand the number of genuinely great games in it, and that's exactly three. environmental station alpha, la-mulana, and hollow knight.
people are excited for a reason. HK rivals SM when it comes to world design and Silksong will most likely surpass them both.