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Topic	We need to come up with a name for the "Souls-like" genre.
HeroDelTiempo17 02/05/22 4:12:20 PM #36:	Souls-like is about an aesthetic as much or more than it is design elements, compared to Metroidvanias which tend to get grouped due to how they treat the map and progression. See Hollow Knight and Blasphemous which are considered both Soulslikes and Metroidvanias. It's a fine term, you can't really come up with a better one because it's so nebulous in the first place. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig! <cite>HeroDelTiempo17 posted [p:962392887] in We need to... [t:79885641]...</cite> <quote>Souls-like is about an aesthetic as much or more than it is design elements, compared to Metroidvanias which tend to get grouped due to how they treat the map and progression. See Hollow Knight and Blasphemous which are considered both Soulslikes and Metroidvanias. It's a fine term, you can't really come up with a better one because it's so nebulous in the first place. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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