Hi, I’m Baphlew!
Prepare to feel lost. Not in a bad way, hopefully, but let your curiousity lead the way. The lore is spread out, and there’s a lot of backtracking obviously since it’s a metroidvania. Don’t forget to use the map either, it can give you hints where you might be able to go next.
That’s an important distinction for sure, thanks for adding that. Roguelites looks so fun and I wish I could enjoy them but after awhile it just feels like a timewaste. But that’s just me of course. I wonder if I would enjoy roguelikes more, not sure if I’ve tried one or not? What are some examples of roguelikes today? I tried searching Steam but for some reason games use both the tags roguelike and roguelite.
Sadly, the whole “rogue” genre if that counts as a mechanic. I don’t enjoy replaying everything over and over again in different ways in a system where its designed one should fail eventually, so you must lose to continue. It sounds great on paper but hell it really sucks. Also, turn based stuff.
I’m afraid that puts too much work on GameFreak so it’s not possible. I wish another dev got rights to make a mainline Pokemon game.
Coincidentally, Metroid Prime 4 announcement trailer is turning 5 on June 13th, although they did scrap everything and started over again. Let’s just hope the games turns out great and the wait is worth it.