Yea and? They weren't metroidvanias, they were just action platformers. SOTN was a genre shift for the series.
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Yea and? They weren't metroidvanias, they were just action platformers. SOTN was a genre shift for the series.
Including the 2 best Sims games. I don't know why there were never any RPG Sims on home consoles/PC. The GBA ones were excellent (Bustin' Out and Urbz, I mean; never liked Sims 2).
I wasn't disagreeing with you. You made a statement that you didn't know what Castlevania games were like pre-SOTN, I was just letting you know.
This term is so much more descriptive than "metroidvania", which no one can seem to agree upon a definition for anyway.
"Roguelike" is another term that gets slapped onto basically any game with procedurally-generated content or (...not even necessarily "and"!) permadeath. (Even if it's not really permadeath because you can carry forward aspects of your old character in the guise of upgrades.)
Darkroronoa
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Bought
15 games waiting in the backlog from summer sale plus 20 more into the oblivion backlog,what harm can do 1 more game that hasnt already been done?
phantomspiker
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Damn.
Zeno Clash 2 going for 60% off already, pretty sure it was 50% off during the summer sale.
Both games are first person brawlers with a unique story and artstyle. Great games.
Zeno Clash 2 going for 60% off already, pretty sure it was 50% off during the summer sale.
Both games are first person brawlers with a unique story and artstyle. Great games.
InvaderZimmer
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I just heard weeping from my backlog from a game that may never be installed.
For those who enjoyed Zeno Clash 1 and are thinking about picking up the second on sale, I say go for it. It starts slower than the first, and the open-ish world tones down the pacing compared to the original, but by around the middle point things pick right up. And the scenery and characters in the sequel trump the original on all fronts. The area around the Pink Tower is one of the prettiest I've ever seen in a video game.
Beast Legacy
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People are doing the same thing with the term roguelike if the game involves any kind of randomization.
Edit: Err, just saw the post by honorless. So yeah, roguelikes.
My man.
So Bethesda games will probably be the weekend deal with Quakecon starting on the first.
Time for everyone to pick up Morrowind.
Have they patched in an FOV slider yet?
Time for everyone to pick up Morrowind.
Have they patched in an FOV slider yet?
Yeah because Zeno Clash 2 is pretty mediocre. Zeno Clash 1 was decent at best. That whole series receives way too much praise for what it is.
Stallion Free
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Damn that Zeno Clash 2 two-pack is looking mighty tempting.
Super Symphony of the Night Zero Mission doesn't roll off the tongue.
Nabs
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Cannon Brawl (Early Access) is up for $8.99 or $13.49 for a 2-pack http://store.steampowered.com/app/230860/
I'll probably wait until it's officially released, but it's looking good.
I'll probably wait until it's officially released, but it's looking good.
amishpriest99
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Nice to see Recettear for $5. Bought.
Worms? Gunbound? What am I looking at here...Cannon Brawl is up for $9.99 (Early Access) http://store.steampowered.com/app/230860/
I'll probably wait until it's officially released, but it's looking good.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
New Enhanced Steam feature! On the badge page, the names of the cards themselves will now be links to the marketplace for those cards. This will make it much easier to complete a badge without having to go back and forth between the badge progress page and the marketplace.
Wasn't the term "Metroidvania" originally used specifically to describe Castlevania games that had a layout like Metroid, as in Symphony of the Night and the GBA/DS games? I remember hearing that it wasn't originally a term for the genre.
Also, Rise of the Triad is preloading and I am excited.
Also, Rise of the Triad is preloading and I am excited.
They added FOV options in a patch.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Damn! I wanted to get Fortune Summoners and/or Recettear on Steam so bad and now they're both $5.00 each and I'm fucking broke. FML!
New Enhanced Steam feature! On the badge page, the names of the cards themselves will now be links to the marketplace for those cards. This will make it much easier to complete a badge without having to go back and forth between the badge progress page and the marketplace.
Is there a reason sometimes my Enhanced Steam doesn't load up and I am forced to refresh or "clear cache" - this is a common occurrence and is getting annoying. I won't see any of the "green" games I own and "blue" wishlist and no markings, like I don't have it even installed, and after 1-3 refreshes or clear caches it works.
Nabs
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Yessss. Can you add this to the inventory page as well?
Nymphae
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It annoys me because it uses all of Metroid's title but only the last half of Castlevania. I don't really have a problem with the term, but that's always bugged me a tad for some reason. I guess Castletroid just doesn't roll off the tongue as well
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I've seen this happen before and it usually has to do with Chrome profile corruption. For most people, following these steps helps.
It's already there when you click on the card in your inventory (below the "Sell" link) but it isn't 100% reliable yet like this new feature is. Oh I should clarify - this is so far not been implemented in Firefox.
I agree. I bought the first Zeno Clash because of the praise it got but the only thing I liked in the game was the weirdness, the game was boring and the gameplay was mediocre. From what I heard about Zeno Clash II, it's not a good game either.
phantomspiker
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That would be awesome, I've always wanted to play that game.
It's not a very good game though, sadly.
Well, at least Metroid is a really cool space robot that shoots fireballs from its arm. Castlevania is just a lame dude with a whip. Seriously now, who whips a wall and eats the chicken they find there?It annoys me because it uses all of Metroid's title but only the last half of Castlevania. I don't really have a problem with the term, but that's always bugged me a tad for some reason. I guess Castletroid just doesn't roll off the tongue as well
It's not very expensive to start with if it doesn't go on sale. £5.99!
Seems to be pretty common in this thread.
WTF the new Humble bundle is crazy!
https://www.humblebundle.com/
Pay what you want:
Saints Row: The Third
Saints Row 2
Risen 2: Dark Waters
Sacred 2 Gold
Mora than 7.55:
Dead Island GOTY
Game boxlock icon SR3 Full Package (SR3 DLC!)
$25 or more (37% off!):
Dead Island Riptide
https://www.humblebundle.com/
Pay what you want:
Saints Row: The Third
Saints Row 2
Risen 2: Dark Waters
Sacred 2 Gold
Mora than 7.55:
Dead Island GOTY
Game boxlock icon SR3 Full Package (SR3 DLC!)
$25 or more (37% off!):
Dead Island Riptide
YianGaruga
Banned
Humble Deep SIlver Bundle
wat
wat
Nabs
Member
lol
Just a heads up - that game crashes like mad on Win7 in a very early part of the game. it isn't 100% - it is possible to power through it (I think by jumping over a little bit of world geometry) - but it is severely annoying.
I made it almost all the way through the game without much technical trouble after that bit.
Holy shit. Makes me sad I already own it all. Except riptide and I don't need to own that.
Motorbreath
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Wow...crazy... oh well, more games for my backlog!
Rickenslacker
Banned
Neither Metroid nor classic Castlevanias fall under the guise of Metroidvania. It stems from the "Igavanias" fashioned after SOTN. I take it to mean having a single connected location, with areas blocked off either by an item or skill requirement or having a large bump in enemy difficulty, with an RPG-like character progression that includes leveling up and equipment.
I don't really have a problem with that term or the pedantry over roguelikes; it gets the point across. Neither are the best descriptors at present, but we stuck on to Doom, Diablo and Dota clone for a long while; so until something better comes along it's all we got.
I don't really have a problem with that term or the pedantry over roguelikes; it gets the point across. Neither are the best descriptors at present, but we stuck on to Doom, Diablo and Dota clone for a long while; so until something better comes along it's all we got.
New Enhanced Steam feature! On the badge page, the names of the cards themselves will now be links to the marketplace for those cards. This will make it much easier to complete a badge without having to go back and forth between the badge progress page and the marketplace.
That is a very nice feature. I think somewhere on the marketplace there should be a place to see how many cards are still needed for your next badge and to max out your badge. I've bought several copies of cards thinking I needed more than I did to max it out.
the only good game in there is saints row 3 and if you don't already own it you are a bad person.
Nah, it adds all the DLC, i did this last xmas
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