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Recommend something akin to Metroid or Castlevania
I'm looking for some games. I believe the proper designation is Semi-Open-Ended Action Adventure Platformer (RPG?). Yeah, I'm just going to refer to what is needed as Metroid'ish, or post-Symphony of the Night Castlevania...ish.
Any recommendations of similar games? Older or Newer, it doesn't matter. Just need something for a friend (a maybe a few for myself  ).Accessible systems include: PC, PSP, GameCube, Gameboy DS, Gameboy Advanced, PlayStation 1 & 2, N64, and SNES. |
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12-17-2011, 01:03 AM
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There's a real fun game in this genre called "I Wanna Be The Guy". It's free for the PC, you should give it a try.
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12-17-2011, 01:04 AM
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Escape from Puppy Death Factory is a fun, browser-based one. There's another good one that Donomni recommended me a while back that would be worth checking out.
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12-17-2011, 01:17 AM
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Seconding Cave Story and I'll also add that the music is pretty kickass.
Also, I Wanna Be the Guy is cool and all, but it's only just this side of impossible. The only thing that the difficulty setting changes is the frequency of save points.
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12-17-2011, 01:43 AM
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Cave Story. You can download the free version for PC or get the 2.5D remake for the 3DS that got released recently. The free version is pure SNES-style glory, haven't tried the remake yet. Either way, you have no excuse to not play it in some capacity.
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12-17-2011, 02:00 AM
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12-17-2011, 09:23 AM
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As one who's crazy about metroidvania - that's the genre you're looking for - games...
Look for: -Bunny Must Die (PC, indie, Japanese but has an English translation ), is kind of hard, but not crazily so. -Shaman King and The Nightmare Before Christmas ( both for GBA ) are exactly like the GBA Castlevania games. -Monster Tale ( DS ) is pretty good, too. -Iconoclasts ( PC, indie ), which is still being made, is shaping up to be really good. Also, I'm sure someone out there must've made a Terraria dungeon that works exactly like a metroidvania game. |
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12-17-2011, 09:27 AM
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Demon's Crest for SNES is somewhat like that. It's from a time when Metroidvania wasn't really a word people actually used.
EDIT: Of course Cave Story. There's a free version. It's the full game. Not sure in which ways the paid version is different. http://www.cavestory.org/index.php
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12-17-2011, 09:42 AM
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You might enjoy AnUntitledStory, free on PC. It's similar (get upgrades and unlock new areas) but VERY open-ended. It's got cute storybook visuals that hide a keen difficulty curve.
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12-17-2011, 11:00 AM
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