LogFAQs > #962435487

A lot of people say Fusion isn't a metroidvania.

I think it's pretty dumb to gatekeep the term based on a vague amount of non-linearity that no one can agree how much of it a game needs before it's "officially" a metroidvania.

A better example is Iconoclasts, which has a metroid-style grid map, upgrades, and 2d platformer gameplay + combat, but is almost entirely linear with a set order you traverse all areas in. Moreso than Fusion which breaks down at the halfway point and has you backtracking through the areas that were previously linear.