{"id":944423,"date":"2025-12-31T06:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T06:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851629714"},"modified":"2025-12-31T06:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T06:59:19","slug":"revenge-of-the-savage-planet-is-a-surprising-sequel-to-a-great-metroidvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/revenge-of-the-savage-planet-is-a-surprising-sequel-to-a-great-metroidvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Revenge Of The Savage Planet Is A Surprising Sequel To A Great Metroidvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/revenge-of-the-savage-planet-is-a-surprising-sequel-to-a-great-metroidvania.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/journey-to-the-savage-planet-the-kotaku-review-1841220139\">Journey to the Savage Planet<\/a> is a 2020 first-person Metroidvania that sold pretty well and was absolutely fantastic if you played it, but strangely there\u2019s a really high chance you\u2019ve never heard of it. It\u2019s a fate all too often reserved for bright, colorful, fun-first games that don\u2019t obey the industry\u2019s furrowed\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/return-to-the-savage-planet-preview-sequel-metroidvania-1851629714\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/return-to-the-savage-planet-preview-sequel-metroidvania-1851629714\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journey to the Savage Planet is a 2020 first-person Metroidvania that sold pretty well and was absolutely fantastic if you played it, but strangely there\u2019s a really high chance you\u2019ve never heard of it. It\u2019s a fate all too often reserved for bright, colorful, fun-first games that don\u2019t obey the industry\u2019s furrowed\u2026 Read more&#8230; 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