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Unread 12-17-2011, 01:00 AM   #1
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Default Recommend something akin to Metroid or Castlevania

I'm looking for some games. I believe the proper designation is Semi-Open-Ended Action Adventure Platformer (RPG?). Yeah, I'm just going to refer to what is needed as Metroid'ish, or post-Symphony of the Night Castlevania...ish.

Any recommendations of similar games? Older or Newer, it doesn't matter. Just need something for a friend (a maybe a few for myself ).

Accessible systems include: PC, PSP, GameCube, Gameboy DS, Gameboy Advanced, PlayStation 1 & 2, N64, and SNES.
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Unread 12-17-2011, 01:03 AM   #2
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There's a real fun game in this genre called "I Wanna Be The Guy". It's free for the PC, you should give it a try.
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Unread 12-17-2011, 01:04 AM   #3
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I'm looking for some games. I believe the proper designation is Semi-Open-Ended Action Adventure Platformer (RPG?). Yeah, I'm just going to refer to what is needed as Metroid'ish, or post-Symphony of the Night Castlevania...ish.

Any recommendations of similar games? Older or Newer, it doesn't matter. Just need something for a friend (a maybe a few for myself ).

Accessible systems include: PC, PSP, GameCube, Gameboy DS, Gameboy Advanced, PlayStation 1 & 2, N64, and SNES.
Cave Story is the best game in this genre, in my honest opinion.

Escape from Puppy Death Factory is a fun, browser-based one.

There's another good one that Donomni recommended me a while back that would be worth checking out.
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Unread 12-17-2011, 01:17 AM   #4
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Seconding Cave Story and I'll also add that the music is pretty kickass.

Also, I Wanna Be the Guy is cool and all, but it's only just this side of impossible. The only thing that the difficulty setting changes is the frequency of save points.
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Cave Story. You can download the free version for PC or get the 2.5D remake for the 3DS that got released recently. The free version is pure SNES-style glory, haven't tried the remake yet. Either way, you have no excuse to not play it in some capacity.
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Cave Story

Just pay above the minimum.
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As one who's crazy about metroidvania - that's the genre you're looking for - games...

Look for:
-Bunny Must Die (PC, indie, Japanese but has an English translation ), is kind of hard, but not crazily so.
-Shaman King and The Nightmare Before Christmas ( both for GBA ) are exactly like the GBA Castlevania games.
-Monster Tale ( DS ) is pretty good, too.
-Iconoclasts ( PC, indie ), which is still being made, is shaping up to be really good.

Also, I'm sure someone out there must've made a Terraria dungeon that works exactly like a metroidvania game.
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Unread 12-17-2011, 09:27 AM   #8
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Demon's Crest for SNES is somewhat like that. It's from a time when Metroidvania wasn't really a word people actually used.

EDIT: Of course Cave Story. There's a free version. It's the full game. Not sure in which ways the paid version is different. http://www.cavestory.org/index.php
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You might enjoy AnUntitledStory, free on PC. It's similar (get upgrades and unlock new areas) but VERY open-ended. It's got cute storybook visuals that hide a keen difficulty curve.
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Unread 12-17-2011, 11:00 AM   #10
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Demon's Crest for SNES is somewhat like that. It's from a time when Metroidvania wasn't really a word people actually used.

EDIT: Of course Cave Story. There's a free version. It's the full game. Not sure in which ways the paid version is different. http://www.cavestory.org/index.php
Paid version has remixed music on the Cave Story+ version. New music, but still great gameplay that I'm doing a playthrough on Youtube for.
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