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Hollow Knight is an extremely good game that just came out, it's a like 15 hour long (according to the developer) sidescrolling metroid-esque thing where you play as an adorable bug knight who is possibly also a ghost (I'm not sure?) in a gloomy world that implies that the person who made this game probably played dark souls at some point.
I think I'm about halfway through right now and there are several places all over the map which I could go to and feel like I would find something worth finding.
It has the sort of dark souls esque mechanic where if you die you lose all of your money and have to fight your ghost to get it back, although the checkpoints are little benches instead of bonfires. Your map also doesn't update with areas you have explored until you have time to have a nice sit down and let your character draw in where you've been, which is interesting I guess although I'm not sure how amazing of a mechanic that one actually is.
The checkpoints aren't so bad because every time you hit an enemy it fills up your "soul" gauge (it's basically mana) which you can channel for like two seconds to heal yourself, so if you play carefully it's not too difficult to avoid dying while exploring.
Also it has badges like in paper mario, which is a very good system. There's a bestiary that updates as you fight new enemies, which I always appreciate in a game.
Look at this art:


I like it.