Blizzcon being cancelled disappoints me. I wanted to see what Blizzard would fuck up this year.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES EVER IS CLASHING WITH MY LITERAL FAVORITE GAME EVER
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I just use âexploration based platformerâ w/ whatever gimmick is attached.
Cause yeah, Metroidvania rolls off the tongue and people strong armed it into gaming lexicon but for several reasons RSG mentioned and other reasons itâs an unfair and often very inaccurate description of a game.
I like âcombat oriented strategy gameâ for souls like titles too. Itâs how I usually describe Blasphemous to people
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I think I have less of a problem with âSouls Likeâ because despite it being derivitive of other things, itâs kinda carved out itâs own little definition and doesnât do the title itâs based off any injustice.
Though, it is just as overused as Metroidvania. And often incorrectly too.
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Really? You got some pre-SoTN, none Metroid adventute games to recommend?
Iâd love to dig more into games I may have missed.
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This. On PS4 I can count on one hand the number of truly unplayable matches Iâve had, and except for one from south America, theyâve all been from the US.
And speaking of Metroidvanias, that Last Faith game looks UH-mazing!
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Yeah the biggest problem with Metroidvania is that it is basically a term that may have been incorrectly used in itâs creation and is constantly being incorrectly used currently due to folks in the media or promoting a title not knowing or understanding since it hits such a broad set of rules they can get folk into the game that might not have been interested if it was just a platformer like one game or the other.
Because if you look at things, the exploration based platformers didnât start getting love until after the term was made and popularized.
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Simonâs Quest is technically a metroidvania 
Words like âmetroidvaniaâ ârougue-likeâ âsouls-likeâ etc are all marketing terms anyway. It doesnât matter if they get used correctly or not if you buy the game because you think itâll be just like q game you already like.
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Simonâs Quest isnât as much a Metroidvania as it is just a travesty.
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NO FUCKING WAY I CAN KILL PEOPLE AS PYRAMID HEAD
WHAT THE FUCK
WHAT THE FUUUUUUUCK
I need to sit down
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Thatâs more on how bad translations were at the time. If you play rom hacks with the proper dialogue itâs actually a solid title.
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Why does Martian have an avatar of some white boy ?
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Itâs Mob from Mob Psycho 101
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And we got Heather as a playable survivor. Jesus christ, what a pleasant surprise. I was just about getting a little tired of this game and they pull this crazy shit. Iâm fully back in.
If I canât get a good Silent Hill game after 4, then goddammit this is the next best thing.
Have fun guys
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Wait⌠Youâre saying you havenât watchedâŚ?
the hair on his skin begins to stand
I donât think fixing the shitty dialog saves it. The game is just an annoying chore to play. Even without NPCâs outright telling you wrong information, the backtracking, the terrible enemies and the game coming to a FULL STOP every time the sun went down all made for a true headache of a game.
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Itâs not though. If the translation had been better I donât think anyone would have had any issues with it. Once you donât have to worry about that, itâs actually a pretty good game.