I'm gonna take a lot of heat for this, and trust me when I say I already have in my work Slack, but Metroidvanias don't do anything for me. I'm a big Castlevania fan, but primarily before they became Metroidvanias. I also don't consider this a knock on the subgenre; it's really just all of the backtracking to previously explored locations that loses my interest.
Anywho, I finally found one that I genuinely want to play, and not just to impress my co-workers. Although, anyone who knows me won't be surprised by the Metroidvania that finally made me care about Metroidvanias - Kong: Survivor Instinct, an official Monsterverse entry that takes place directly after the events of the excellent 2021 movie Godzilla vs. Kong.
