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Metroidvanias and Good Game Design

MoarPowah's Kaushik discusses why Metroidvania style games are a prime example of excellent game design, and what other games can learn from them.

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kungfuian4040d ago

A few more greats not mentioned-

Blaster master (nes and overdrive on wii)
Outland
Guacamelle
Shadow planet
Metroid 0 mission

Kevlar0094040d ago

They left out MegaMan ZX and it's sequel as well

At least I liked it anyway

kungfuian4040d ago

the upcoming axium verge looks amazing too

also the snes aliens 3 game is sorta meetroidvania/mission based and was good based on my rose colored nostalgia glasses

Kevlar0094040d ago

This article reminds me

New 2D Metroid Please

XXXL4040d ago

Would love an HD remake of symphony of the night or a sequel would be even better!

Venoxn4g4040d ago

there are some good metroidvanias people should try

Aliens (DS)
Monsters Tale (DS)
Shantae series
I even liked new 3DS Castlevania :)

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The Highly Rare Castlevania: The Arcade Preserved; Becomes Playable On PC

Konami's highly rare Castlevania: The Arcade has finally been preserved, and everyone can soon get to play it for free.

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Games That Should Be Adapted to TV

The Last of Us, Castlevania, and Arcane are actually good. What else could be good?

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Rimeskeem445d ago

I think the games would need to have a strong narrative or lots of lore to explore to make a good show. I don't understand why Overwatch doesn't make one, Blizzards cinematics are already amazing, why not just make some shows with their stuff?

porkChop445d ago

For me:
- Sleeping Dogs (I know Donnie Yen's making a film)
- Killzone (from the Helghast perspective)
- Mass Effect
- BioShock (showing the rise and fall of Rapture)
- Hitman
- L.A. Noire

Flawlessmic445d ago

Killzone, mass effect, bioshock and legacy of kain would all be insane as TV shows with the right budget!

Would love that so much!

Add MGS to that list :)

MIDGETonSTILTS17445d ago

I would prefer a Killzone game from the Earth perspective, just because I think the slow realization that the protagonists are actually antagonists is great… idk if it would have the same impact vice versa.

porkChop445d ago

Maybe, idk. I feel like since the Helghast look evil but are actually the victims it could make for unique and compelling TV.

PaleMoonDeath445d ago

Legacy of Kain.. no debate about it.

TheKingKratos445d ago

That would be a dream if done right

Star51445d ago

Mafia series
Hitman
Mass Effect (if done similar to Star Trek)
Red Dead Redemption
Detroit Becoming Human
Max Payne
Yakuza

Soy445d ago

Hitman would be great - like a reverse Law & Order, kill them at the end instead of arrest.

hotnickles445d ago (Edited 445d ago )

Condemned criminal origins
F.E.A.R

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Now is the Perfect Time for Castlevania to Make a Comeback

Castlevania is one of the most important franchises in gaming history and yet it's been largely abandoned, despite being so very ripe for new games.

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The3faces506d ago

I'd love a Castlevania Lords of Shadow remake.

CorndogBurglar506d ago

Lords of Shadow was such an unexpected and awesome game when it came out. I would love something similar to that.

staticall506d ago

IMO, first Lords of Shadow was cool, but exploration was very limited (due to camera angles and invisible walls). Graphics was great, combat system was varied. Plot was kinda ok and final battle was meh. If they would improve exploration, i would gladly buy a this remake.

But Lords of Shadow 2 was... Slooooow and not fun. Feel like they went with style over substance.

Smellsforfree506d ago

Fuck off with the 3d generic action adventure crap. Give me more classic 2d Castlevania or GTFO.

TheEnigma313506d ago

nah it's Konami remember? They don't have a good team in place for it. Play Bloodstain; amazing game.

INMATEofARKHAM505d ago

So true. Still shocked they are allowing a Castlevania based/inspired expansion for Dead Cells.

Einhander1971506d ago

Typical Konami, unfortunately there back catalogue means nothing to them. But we can live in hope.

FalcorMononoke506d ago

Yeah but the fact that Itagaki left sort of shoots this idea in the foot. I thoroughly enjoyed the new Bloodstained games on the Switch. Not the 2.5D one but the 8 bit versions.