Certain games redefine their respective genres: for third-person action games, it was Dark Souls that was revolutionary, for first-person shooters, it was Halo. When it comes to indie metroidvanias, Hollow Knight was the title that set the modern gold standard, as evidenced by the sheer number of upcoming indie games like Constance that take more than a few cues from Team Cherry's 2017 hit. One look at Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus may prompt onlookers to paint it as something of a Hollow Knight clone, but that would be a grave injustice to Bo, which is a marvelous game.