Comments on: You Got Metroid in My Castlevania http://www.duelinganalogs.com/article/you-got-metroid-in-my-castlevania/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-got-metroid-in-my-castlevania Gaming Web Comic Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:25:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Taron Millet http://www.duelinganalogs.com/article/you-got-metroid-in-my-castlevania/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Taron Millet Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:00:29 +0000 http://www.duelinganalogs.com/?p=1229#comment-1900 Oh wait, never mind, it is on that list. Awesome! Don't know what the heck Brawl is doing on there though - Subspace Emissary was a beat-em-up and broken into distinct stages. It didn't have the key elements of freely exploring a world that you can get to more and more places in by gaining new abilities. Oh wait, never mind, it is on that list. Awesome!

Don’t know what the heck Brawl is doing on there though – Subspace Emissary was a beat-em-up and broken into distinct stages. It didn’t have the key elements of freely exploring a world that you can get to more and more places in by gaining new abilities.

]]> By: Taron Millet http://www.duelinganalogs.com/article/you-got-metroid-in-my-castlevania/comment-page-1/#comment-1899 Taron Millet Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:56:21 +0000 http://www.duelinganalogs.com/?p=1229#comment-1899 Metroidvania's are definitely my favorite genre. So much so, that I actually worked as the main gameplay programmer for one. Its not on that list, but it is definitely a Metroidvania and was names such directly by several reviews. The game was Spider-Man: Web of Shadows DS version. Its not the best entry in the genre, but it averaged close to an 8 in review scores which is pretty good for a licensed game, and I think it did much better than it would have if it wasn't a Metroidvania because the reviewers really seemed to appreciate that aspect. It doesn't use sprites though, its "2.5D". I really wish (hope?) that Metroid Dread becomes a reality, as I still prefer the side-scrolling versions more than the full 3D games, sprites or otherwise. Never got into Prime much, was may more into the GBA games that came out around the same time. Metroidvania’s are definitely my favorite genre. So much so, that I actually worked as the main gameplay programmer for one. Its not on that list, but it is definitely a Metroidvania and was names such directly by several reviews. The game was Spider-Man: Web of Shadows DS version. Its not the best entry in the genre, but it averaged close to an 8 in review scores which is pretty good for a licensed game, and I think it did much better than it would have if it wasn’t a Metroidvania because the reviewers really seemed to appreciate that aspect.

It doesn’t use sprites though, its “2.5D”.

I really wish (hope?) that Metroid Dread becomes a reality, as I still prefer the side-scrolling versions more than the full 3D games, sprites or otherwise. Never got into Prime much, was may more into the GBA games that came out around the same time.

]]> By: Steve Napierski http://www.duelinganalogs.com/article/you-got-metroid-in-my-castlevania/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 Steve Napierski Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:45:40 +0000 http://www.duelinganalogs.com/?p=1229#comment-1898 <strong>@Bob</strong> The top image is an artist rendering of <em>Super Metroid</em> in HD. It was done by someone at "alchemistdefined.wiredotaku.com" I removed the credit from the image because that site is no longer active and I didn't want to promote a link farm. @Bob The top image is an artist rendering of Super Metroid in HD. It was done by someone at “alchemistdefined.wiredotaku.com” I removed the credit from the image because that site is no longer active and I didn’t want to promote a link farm.

]]> By: Marth http://www.duelinganalogs.com/article/you-got-metroid-in-my-castlevania/comment-page-1/#comment-1896 Marth Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:58:14 +0000 http://www.duelinganalogs.com/?p=1229#comment-1896 No 2D games on consoles anymore is what pisses me off about the video game industry 2D > 3D. Get your crappy 3D out of my sidescrollers! No 2D games on consoles anymore is what pisses me off about the video game industry

2D > 3D. Get your crappy 3D out of my sidescrollers!

]]> By: Bob http://www.duelinganalogs.com/article/you-got-metroid-in-my-castlevania/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 Bob Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:35:30 +0000 http://www.duelinganalogs.com/?p=1229#comment-1894 What game is the top screen shot from? What game is the top screen shot from?

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