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Post by mattomatic on Apr 17, 2008 16:05:39 GMT -5
I'm sure you all know the Castlevania games, ones like Portrait of Ruin  Also there's a game called Shaman King: Master of Spirits and they released a second one as well  Shaman King pretty much has almost the exact same type of gameplay as the GBA/DS Castlevania games. I really like these games and was wondering if anyone had any games they knew that were similar to them, obscure or well known, it doesn't really matter. Thanks |
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Post by savagepencil on Apr 17, 2008 16:07:41 GMT -5
Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap is kinda close?
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Post by Warchief Onyx on Apr 17, 2008 16:10:58 GMT -5
Metroid.  |
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Post by Neo Rasa on Apr 17, 2008 16:12:00 GMT -5
NES Rambo.  |
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Post by Jaeger on Apr 17, 2008 17:01:20 GMT -5
Just about all the CS' post Rondo of Blood.
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Post by TheGunheart on Apr 17, 2008 17:07:53 GMT -5
Cave Story and La Mulana.
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Post by necromaniac on Apr 17, 2008 17:46:08 GMT -5
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King.
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Post by ReyVGM on Apr 17, 2008 22:05:01 GMT -5
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Post by shelverton on Apr 18, 2008 5:59:42 GMT -5
Shaman King: Master of Spirits 1 & 2 are the same games as Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits 1 & 2, right? I actually had no idea they played like Metroid/Castlevania. Maybe I'm gonna get the first one and see if I like it. Are they harder than the DS/GBA Castlevanias? Is it longer? etc
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Seems like Master of Spirits isn't at all the same game as Legacy of the Spirits... uuh, well anyway. Master of Spirits is the game I will be picking up.
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Post by chaoticgood on Apr 18, 2008 12:32:37 GMT -5
Why isn't Vampire Killer there? Wouldn't it be pretty crucial historically in this presentation? |
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Post by MRSKELETON on Apr 18, 2008 19:28:18 GMT -5
A bit older, but Faxanadu is really nice.
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Post by megatronbison on Apr 18, 2008 19:31:14 GMT -5
Why isn't Vampire Killer there? Wouldn't it be pretty crucial historically in this presentation? It's unfinished, think he has said so a few times, he did mean to try to compile all the comparible games but got sidetracked. |
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Post by Shellshock on Apr 18, 2008 19:34:53 GMT -5
Blaster Master NES, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror for GBA.
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Post by wyrdwad on Apr 18, 2008 22:29:06 GMT -5
I've recommended this to Metroidvania fans in the past, but I feel obligated to do it again every time this topic comes up, merely because it's such a perfect fit:
Xanadu Next. Falcom's slightly less well-known PC masterpiece.
The only thing about it that's NOT Metroidvania is the perspective, since the game is 3D instead of 2D. But IMHO, it's the single most well-made 3D Metroidvania game EVER. The atmosphere, the music, the crazy secrets, the amazing way the world map fits together... it's sheer brilliance!
It qualifies slightly less, but Ys: The Oath In Felghana is also kind of a Metroidvania game. In many ways, it's a better game than Xanadu Next - but it's also slightly less Metroidvania, in that it's very specifically split into individual areas that have no real connection with one another. One of the key ingredients for a successful Metroidvania game is having one single contiguous game world that interconnects each of its areas in clever ways - something OiF arguably has, but it's not really the focus, nor is it quite as pronounced or interconnected as the game world of Xanadu Next.
Going back a ways, one NES game that rarely gets mentioned is Solstice, but I would argue that Solstice fits the bill - and may, in fact, be one of the *FIRST EVER* 3D Metroidvania titles... and to this day, it is my favorite NES game of all time.
-Tom
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Post by Shellshock on Apr 19, 2008 19:43:40 GMT -5
Going back a ways, one NES game that rarely gets mentioned is Solstice, but I would argue that Solstice fits the bill - and may, in fact, be one of the *FIRST EVER* 3D Metroidvania titles... and to this day, it is my favorite NES game of all time. -Tom NES Solstice is based on an even older home-computer title whose name I can't recall. MSX's "Batman" is also either based or a direct clone of this game too. |
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