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Tombwater, a horror-western metroidvania, is out now on PC (assets.ign.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by chrisbrummel to c/metroidvanias

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Reviews are surprisingly good. I didn't find one below an 8.5

A Souls-Like Western full of Eldritch horrors. Explore the accursed Wild West town of Tombwater and lay bare the darkness that lies beneath. Survive blood-spilling combat in this gruesome 2D action-RPG that may just drive you to madness.

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[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I might be out of the loop, but isn't this a Zelda type of game not a metroid type of game?

[–] chrisbrummel 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The devs label it as a metroidvania, and a lot of reviews mention it as a Zelda-like, but people who’ve played it say it straddles an already thin line between the genres.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What qualities is that? Back tracking?

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

As far as I'm aware the defining quality of a Metroidvania is backtracking and unlocking new branches/offshoots/areas of previous zones as you unlock new movement abilities. Which is why Control almost qualifies as a Metroidvania. No idea about this game though.

[–] chrisbrummel 2 points 15 hours ago

I’d add that some people delineate between the two with the idea that Zelda-likes have dungeons and metroidvanias don’t.