The Metroidvania genre has given us great games like Hollow Knight, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and more. Here are the 10 best to play right now.
Axiom Verge fans have been waiting patiently for the long-awaited sequel, and that patience will soon pay off.
Axiom Verge 2 hits Switch and the Epic Games Store “soon,” which means it’s time to learn more! Game Informer‘s Joe Juba went hands-on for around 3 hours, and his impressions revealed tons of juicy new details. Perhaps most interesting, Juba gave us a deeper look at the previously-tested hacking mechanic.
Axiom Verge 2 and hacking
If you played the original game, you know one of its most iconic features is the Address Disruptor, commonly called the glitch gun. Players could use it to glitch enemies, causing them to behave in all kinds of strange ways. However, each enemy had one set “glitched” behavior. Hacking in
Axiom Verge: How ancient Sumer inspired an alien world
Axiom Verge 2. I’m a sucker for Metroidvania-style games, and
Axiom Verge is easily one of the best around. The combat, story, music, and level design all compelled me to explore every inch of the ruined Sudran world. But it was something else that really cemented it as one of my all-time favorite games. See, I’m a history nerd. I especially love learning about the rise of urban civilization. My love of Metroidvanias is rivaled only by my fascination with the history and mythology of Sumer and the wider Mesopotamian world. As it turns out, developer Tom Happ shares that interest.