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Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias (www.nytimes.com)

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Interesting that in the title, stated in absolute terms in the text, and from the designers they interviewed, they cite getting lost as crucial for the genre. Personally, I disagree. Getting lost has tended to be why I didn't care for certain games in this genre, like Axiom Verge, and it soured my otherwise higher opinion of games like Hollow Knight and Symphony of the Night. Still, I think this is a good exploration of the genre and what makes it tick.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

The "metroids" and the "vanias" do definitely feel different, but the cross section in that Venn diagram is pretty obvious, and that's what the genre is named for. I prefer the "metroids" to the "vanias", but even the "vanias" have tons of non-combat upgrades.