The phrase
"metroidvania style" refers to a video game genre that combines elements from the games "Metroid" and "Castlevania." It typically features an open world, non-linear gameplay, exploration, and the ability to unlock new areas or abilities as the player progresses.
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Mirror of Fate's core gameplay makes a great return to the traditional non-linear,
Metroidvania style of progression with certain parts of earlier levels being closed off until you acquire certain items later on in the game.
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Metroidvania style platformer with a sense of humour, this has you playing as a Mexican luchador tasked with rescuing El Presidente's daughter.
Chasm is a 2D Fantasy Action RPG Platformer hybrid
with Metroidvania styled gameplay and procedurally generated dungeons, all wrapped in amazing pixel art.
Whether you're a fan of
metroidvania style adventures or just like a bit of old - school sci - fi action, Axiom Verge is definitely worth checking out.
Planetoid Pioneers is an interstellar, physics - driven game filled with
Metroidvania style gameplay, combat, exploration, user - generated content and more!
Modeled after Valkyrie Profile, Indivisible combined 2D
metroidvania style exploration with real time battles that share fighting game combo mechanics.
Originally released in 2013, Guacamelee became a large success for DrinkBox Studios and was ported to multiple system, so if you
like Metroidvania style games will brawler mechanics, check it out before the sequel releases soon... ish.
If you're looking for a casual platformer with some classic
Metroidvania style elements and plenty of varied enemies to blast away at for a bit of afternoon fun, then there is no reason not to jump into Mystik Belle.
A beautiful world with a mysterious and melancholic story and aesthetic design, winding dungeons packed with secrets and surprises around every corner, and a clever use of
Metroidvania style progression and backtracking made Severed feel larger and more expansive than adventure titles that had gone before it on iOS.
What makes this game interesting is that as part of your journey, The Messenger will evolve into a 16
bit Metroidvania style game.
There is truly a good dose of RPG elements in the game, whilst it still maintains its
very Metroidvania style and gameplay mechanics.
This type of
metroidvania style design leaves the player feeling fulfilled as they reach new areas thanks to their new piece of equipment.
Headlander is an attempt to
bring metroidvania style shooters back to the forefront, using 1970's inspired sci - fi as a backdrop.
In
true metroidvania style, there are loads of hidden passages filled with power ups, unfortunately the map marks every single one of them down for you, so there's no real feeling of discovery.
With a well -
developed metroidvania style, alongside a great amount of content, fun combat, beautiful aesthetics, singular design, moral choices involved in gameplay and unforgettables boss fights, it carves its own path to become one of the best indies of 2017 Read full review
Finally, we put MercurySteam to the test and analysed their
first Metroidvania styled effort with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, to see if they're really up to the task.
The game boasts 15 to 20 hours of gameplay and has lots of secrets to hopefully
keep Metroidvania style fans happy.
At times I found myself backtracking through the space
station Metroidvania style to a puzzle that had me baffled hours earlier only to complete it first time at the second attempt.
In your
average Metroidvania style game, if the map says that there's a room below, most likely a hole in the floor is a safe way down.
I couldn't wait to play a modern take on the Strider gameplay, and was doubly hyped when Capcom announced that the game would have a
non-linear metroidvania style, with upgrades that allow you to access new abilities and explore new locations as you progress — there's something of a drought of those types of games lately — with Castlevania focusing on the Lords of Shadow series, and Metroid being somewhat quiet since the fairly unloved Other M released in 2010.
If you
enjoy Metroidvania style games or action platformer hybrids, then you should definitely give this game a look and play the demo that is available.
The Fall mixes some
light metroidvania style sidescrolling and platforming action with the point and click mechanics of classic adventure games like the aforementioned I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.
Hollow Knight is an
incredible Metroidvania style adventure, one in which you, the eponymous Hollow Knight, need to map out a huge underground system of caverns and clear out room after room of enemies.
If only the weak attempts at
Metroidvania style progress wasn't held back by so much involuntary backtracking and no real incentive to ever want to explore fresh areas with any new tools one picks up.
Add a pinch of H.P. Lovecraft fantasy, a dash of
Metroidvania style exploration and a whole heap of frenetic action platforming and you'll get Sundered.
Even for those of us who aren't gifted
at metroidvania style games, A Robot Named Fight never shuts you completely out, and as a roguelike intends, never keeps you down for long.
Taking cues from similar
metroidvania style games, it boasts gorgeous pixelated environments and exploration - style gameplay.
Viktor is
a Metroidvania style game where you play as Viktor, the brother of the ruler of a land that is under attack by Mephistopholes, the ruler of a neighbouring land.
There is so much to like about this game, the art style, the story, the combat, the platforming, the references,
the metroidvania style and the backtracking.
There is so much to like about this game, the art style, the story, the combat, the platforming, the references,
the metroidvania style and
The entire map for Samus Returns is massive, providing a lengthy gameplay experience that harkens to what we now know as
the Metroidvania style, where returning to every corner of the map with new upgrades can unveil hidden areas.
A Metroidvania style platformer that was highly lauded on other platforms, Axiom Verge is headed to the Nintendo Switch with an art book, a double - sided poster, and a «making of» documentary by 2 Player Productions in its physical version.
Like a veritable toy box, Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found is a roguelike,
Metroidvania style, action - platformer with some tower defense and RPG elements thrown in for good measure.
While not as free roaming as
a Metroidvania style game, there's plenty of spaces to explore and crannies to discover.
I always heard good things about it, with its complex combat and
Metroidvania style.
This Metroidvania style game had some of the most beautiful hand drawn art we've seen, along with challenging and unique gameplay mechanics.