renwillis, 25 days ago

@polygon are 3D metroidvanias metroidvanias? Or are they action RPGs?

In the end, it's all pedantic semantics, we got areas you can't access, a map to figure out, and level ups. Heck, that could be a turn-based JRPG!

It's all good. And my partner (a MV fan) is loving Animal Well!

tess, 25 days ago

@renwillis @polygon

3D metroidvanias are dark-soulses, duh 😛

renwillis, 25 days ago

@tess @polygon haha! That's 2DTD or Iso-3DTD! Those games are horrible. My partner loves them.

A recent fave? Deaths' Door. It's on switch, not sure about other platforms, but except for the perspective, yeah! It's pretty much a iso-3D metroidvania!

Heck, maybe even Zelda Link's Awakening is a 2DTD Metroidvania?!?!

tess, 25 days ago

@renwillis @polygon unsighted was I think the last big isometric metroidvania (zeldalike?)

I've always seen metroid + castlevania + zelda + souls as being variations on a single genre, at least up to a point. They all kind of share setting and gameplay elements like a set of overlapping Venn diagrams, with different entries in the various series being in different (but mostly adjacent) regions.

I definitely like soulses better than old school zeldas, but I'm not that picky.

renwillis, 25 days ago

@tess @polygon totally! Heck, even action RPGs! Look at Ys VIII. Big map, barriers to unlock, level up by finding folks (instead of tools/weapons) to access more, etc. Like, in the end, many many games are all variations on each other.

Side note: Also, like... why do 99% of all games have boss fights?

Side side note: Sweet baby jesus Octopath Traveler 2 is like ALL boss fights. Momma, I'm tiredddddd.......