Honestly even that is for beginner teams, frankly. If there’s good shared understanding, clear work, and good interaction regularly within the team (ie you’re actually working together towards a goal), just hurry up and tell everyone what you need, and get out. Fight the sludge.

Hollow Knight. Didn’t click for me. Don’t think I really like Metroidvania games generally, it just often plays out as lazy game design to me.