alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 hours agoWe need to decide on a genre name for Vampire Survivors-like games before a really terrible one sticks - No, Steam, they're not "bullet hell action roguelikes".www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkWe need to decide on a genre name for Vampire Survivors-like games before a really terrible one sticks - No, Steam, they're not "bullet hell action roguelikes".www.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 hours agoWait, for years I’ve heard people refer to them as metroidvania games, in honor of those two games which defined that particular playstyle. Is this something different?
minus-squareredhorsejacket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoYou are thinking of a different vampire game. Vampire Survivors has no elements of metroidvania in its design that I can think of.
Wait, for years I’ve heard people refer to them as metroidvania games, in honor of those two games which defined that particular playstyle.
Is this something different?
You are thinking of a different vampire game. Vampire Survivors has no elements of metroidvania in its design that I can think of.