Say no more: this beautiful Metroidvania looks like a clever mix of Hollow Knight, Zelda, and one of 2013's best games

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The folks at Mythwalk Studios are speaking my language. The studio's upcoming Metroidvania, Dewborne Dawn, is pitched on Kickstarter as a 2D search-action adventure inspired by Hollow Knight, Sekiro, the Legend of Zelda, and perhaps most importantly, Dust: An Elysian Tail, one of the best games of 2013. It looks and sounds fantastic, and with an RPG-like companion system thrown in too, it officially has my attention. 

You play as Dew, a cute little blue creature wielding a sword with the power to quell the curse infecting the world of Ephemore. Dust: An Elysian Tail's influence is clear in the way Dew moves and how they, as well as the rest of the largely bestial cast, look and behave. The platforming sections and boss fights in the trailer are giving off some big Hollow Knight vibes, too, but with a more involved combo system rife with juggles and parries. 

The game's other points of reference seem to manifest in more specific ways. I'm assuming the Sekiro nod relates to Dewborne Dawn's combat system, which features traditional health bars as well as stamina bars that you can whittle down to perform one-hit critical attacks. This being "a love letter to the adventures we grew up with," Zelda's influence may be the most formative, and I'm not just talking about the hookshot. 

"The heart of any good Metroidvania is finding your own path forward, instead of the game itself directing the roads you take," the devs say, channeling the wanderlust at the heart of Zelda. "It's finding that one cave behind a breakable wall, leading to a powerful upgrade. It's looking at the undiscovered parts of your map and theorizing what could possibly be located there. It's finding that one subtle doorway that opens up to a massive new