Uno dei nostri rampini preferiti di Metroidvania diventa 7-8 ore di nuovi contenuti e un secondo personaggio giocabile in un aggiornamento gratuito abbastanza grande da riempire un intero seguito

Rusted Moss is the excellent grappling hook side-scroller that enamored plenty of Metroidvania enjoyers when it launched last year. While fans might be disappointed to hear that it isn’t receiving a sequel, its upcoming update is big enough to fill a second game and, anche meglio, it’s totally free.

“Rusted Moss will not have a sequel,” its developers wrote in a recent blog post, before adding that the major content update “might as well be one” when it drops on June 20, 2024, alongside a full port on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Serie X|S, e PlayStation 5.

The upcoming update is reportedly adding in two new explorable areas, 7-8 hours of new content, oltre 300 more rooms, a boss rush mode, and a slightly more mysterious Maya mode that will (spoilers!) let you “play the whole game again as Maya after you beat it the first time.”

For those who fear missing out, the second playable character won’t bring any “new dialogue or ending stuff” because speedrun mode rules apply here. But it’s still worth checking out for “some nifty new ways to play,” che pone la domanda: What could possibly be niftier than a grapple/rifle twin-stick combo? I’m excited to find out.

Anyone looking to sling their way into the game now is in luck. Rusted Moss is currently going cheap on Steam with a 40% discount available until June 1.

Metroidvanias have swamped most of my playtime this year, with banger after banger releasing seemingly out of nowhere. Ubisoft‘s Prince of Persia: La corona perduta, the psychedelic gardening hybrid Ultros, gli unexpectedly personal Tales of Kenzera: LARGO, Arceus venduto Animal Well have all been major 2024 highlights thus far – and Rusted Moss 1.5 should only keep up that incredible winning streak. La società ha un track record decente negli ultimi anni quando si tratta di versioni in tutto il mondo - e la localizzazione del suddetto Famicom Detective è stata una bella sorpresa - ma per un anno che passi senza una parola non offre molte speranze!

While we wait, why not check out the best Metroidvania games to sink into?