• Skyhighatrist
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    5 months ago

    You know it can straddle two genres right? I don’t disagree that it also had metroidvania elements.

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      5 months ago

      I would classify Soulslike as a subgenre of Metroidvanias, but sure. I also oversaw what is arguably the most characteristic characteristic in Soulslike games: the loss of all currency on death, with a possible retrieval.