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[itisnotlogical]

Who knows? Maybe an original Terminator just for the game.

I'd kinda like a Lego-branded Minecraft clone that had the granularity of building with actual Lego bricks and a freeform vehicle creation system, sort of like Gmod but Lego-ized. They could even include some of the cooler settings in a way similar to Minecraft's biomes.

[Squill]

No, I was talking about a game where the sole focus was on exploration, basically. I used the examples of the the kinds of worlds presented in those types of games, but it would not be an rpg. I'm not doing the best job of communicating, I think.

This was my idea:

I would like to have an open world exploration game where the focus was just on exploration, nothing else. No violence, no quests, possibly no people. I guess a bit like the game Proteus, but with more interaction with the environment. Or like one of the elder scrolls games with the enemies and people removed, and the wildlife made non-aggressive. A world where you could find and explore caves and ruins, or just wander around forests or along coasts if you wanted.

I once had an idea similar to that, basically a Caves of Qud-esque sort of long after the apocalypse setting. The gameplay would be basically metroidvania without enemies, you just explore and find secrets and scavenge the remnants of an ancient world.

[Sergarr]

What's "metroidvania"? I know "metroid" and "castlevania", but not that?

[Urist McScoopbeard]

What's "metroidvania"? I know "metroid" and "castlevania", but not that?

it's literally that, a genre of sidescrolling RPG games.

[scrdest]

What's "metroidvania"? I know "metroid" and "castlevania", but not that?

You know how Rougelike is a game that's like the game Rogue? Same kind of thing.

[Glloyd]

I thought a Rougelike was a game that was like red... I guess my whole life is a lie now.

[Niveras]

What's "metroidvania"? I know "metroid" and "castlevania", but not that?

it's literally that, a genre of sidescrolling RPG games.

And more specifically, they usually involve backtracking after picking up upgrades that allow you to explore new areas (at least on the metroid side, I didn't play much castlevania to know if that aspect was well represented).

[Sirus]

What's "metroidvania"? I know "metroid" and "castlevania", but not that?

it's literally that, a genre of sidescrolling RPG games.

And more specifically, they usually involve backtracking after picking up upgrades that allow you to explore new areas (at least on the metroid side, I didn't play much castlevania to know if that aspect was well represented).

It was, at least in some of the later Castlevanias I played.

[Niveras]

I think the last Castlevania I played was the first on the SNES, so I'm well out of date in that series. (other than knowing that infamous quote: "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!")

[Mech#4]

I never really liked them, pity since the boss fights look really neat but I don't really like platformers that blindside you with monsters flying in from offscreen.

Also, a lot of sprite work apparently went into... "Symphony of the Night" I think? Like lots of animations for small things and minor possibilities.

[Parsely]

What's "metroidvania"? I know "metroid" and "castlevania", but not that?

And more specifically, they usually involve backtracking after picking up upgrades that allow you to explore new areas (at least on the metroid side, I didn't play much castlevania to know if that aspect was well represented).

It was, at least in some of the later Castlevanias I played.

Only the later Castlevania games had upgrades and backtracking and stuff ŕ la Metroid.

[Draxis]

Those ones were actually what the term "metroidvania" was originally used for, the Castlevania games in the style of Super Metroid.  It wasn't until later that it meant all games like that.

[Niveras]

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[SealyStar]

I wish there were more 3D games in the Metroidvania style. We need a term for those. Metroidvania Prime?

[Parsely]

I wish there were more 3D games in the Metroidvania style. We need a term for those. Metroidvania Prime?

It doesn't matter if it's 3D. Any game where you explore to get items that let you reach new areas to explore is a metroidvania.

I wish there was a Prime 3! Those games were fun! D: *digs up gamecube*