[rogerclark]

After playing it for 2 minutes there are clearly two kinds of obstacles that could only be surmounted by some kind of enhancement. And there's a Metroid-style grid map you can bring up.

There's nothing useful about this kind of negative comment.

[daneel_w]

No negative intention. It's just an observation.

[janmarsal]

If the maker wants to advertise his little game as a metroidvania and the first impression is that it seems like a simple platformer then the metroidvanianess isn't obvious enough and there's room for improvement. If you've made the game yourself you can become blind to little things like this and it's very useful that someone points it out.

"Negative comment" my ass. It literally starts with the words "great work". That's a clearly a supportive comment.

[shadowfoxx]

I wouldn't say it was a negative comment but I also wouldn't say the comment's assessment was correct. "Nothing Metroidvania about it" is plainly false. "Typical run and jump platformer"... wouldn't agree there, either. This is closer to Metroid or Castlevania than say, Donkey Kong or Super Mario.

Even the atmosphere. It had - dark themes, 'creepy, dungeon' music, Skeletons, Spike traps, Spiders, and the Map screen we've seen since SOTN.

Lastly, you can start a comment however you like that doesn't make the comment that way. I could say, "Great work! For a worthless pile of garbage like yourself" and I don't think anyone could argue that because I started off my saying, 'Great work' that the comment was positive, maybe that it was supportive! (But again, I don't think the comment was negative, no matter how much I disagree with it)