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Anonymous No.723788001 [Report] >>723788867
Imagine if Silksong had a Screw Attack upgrade at the end.
Anonymous No.723788867 [Report] >>723789438 >>723789586 >>723790167
>>723788001 (OP)
I hate that the final upgrade doesn't synergize with the rest of hornet's movement at all and is so contextual

they really don't understand what makes metroidvanias good
Anonymous No.723789438 [Report]
>>723788867
This is a really good point, and I agree. Ori 1 had the same problem. Why can't you just have a high jump that activates at the press of a button? It's odd that you have a game that puts so much emphasis on mobility, high agility, and platforming, but the final upgrade is a super jump with """conditions". You need to stop moving and charge it, it needs a ceiling to latch onto, it only goes in a straight line and doesn't work in rooms that aren't set up for it.

Ender Magnolia did it too, now that I think of it. What's the reasoning behind these "stop and charge" super jumps? What's wrong with the traditional Space Jump? Why do people see Space Jump and Screw Attack as mistakes that need to be fixed?
Anonymous No.723789586 [Report] >>723789992
>>723788867
But isn't that the Phazon Beam in Metroid Prime? You don't even know what it does until the last boss.

Granted it also gives you the Phazon Suit but that's a passive upgrade so it's not contributing anything new to what you're able to do, just where you can go.
Anonymous No.723789992 [Report]
>>723789586
Isn't WHAT the Phazon Beam? wdym anon?

The final upgrade in most Metroid games (as in, 2D platformers) is the Screw Attack. Prime and the Phazon Beam is a unique outlier. The Plasma Beam was Prime's Screw Attack equivalent - a super powerful weapon that instantly oneshot most non-boss enemies.
Anonymous No.723790167 [Report] >>723792081
>>723788867
IMO it should let you tap it for a long range upwards attack, like a vertical silk spear with clawline-ish damage, the game lacks skills/tools that fill the abyss shriek's "nuke shit right above you" niche
Anonymous No.723792081 [Report]
>>723790167
I guess nobody wants to talk about Silksong?