exploration like games (Zelda, Metroid, Castlevania, ect)

Hey guys, I had asked this questin in an indie games thread on SW. I am wondering what games, retail or indie, are on PC that have this style? I absolutely love the open world exploration feel of the games like the ones I posted in the title. I just bought Darksiders and have played a tid bit, and I DL'd the demo of Aquaria as reccomended in the other thread about indie games. I would LOVE to see a darker themed game (not to say there is no sun lit forests or anything lol) with a gothic feel...something like where you play as the Dark Wanderer from Diablo :P. Haha he is awesome.

My favorite XBOX Indie title is probably Astroman. It's definitely in the Metroidvania category, although the focus is more on platforming than combat. It's only 3 bucks and it's a blast to play.

Make sure you also check out Cave Story. You can get it free but the best version is the $12 port for Wiiware. It looks pretty sweet in HD, although its graphics are probably meant to mimic the Sega Genesis era.

'Hero's Arms' on Kongregate.com is a sweet homage to Zelda that features some pretty killer boss fights, very impressive stuff for a home made game.

Don't know wwy, but Beyond Good & Evil reminded me Zelda a lot. It's also a great game that was ahead of it's time.

Just got into mood to replay it again...lol *searching for the discs*

1. How did you lump Zelda, Metroid, and Castlevania into the same category...?

2. Why is this on the PC Games forum since we seem to be discussing Wiiware and other console-ish games?

3. Try Castlevania Symphony of the Night if you haven't yet, it's like 10 bucks on XBLA, and is, hands-down the best Side-scrolling RPG ever made.

GL.

1. How did you lump Zelda, Metroid, and Castlevania into the same category...?

2. Why is this on the PC Games forum since we seem to be discussing Wiiware and other console-ish games?

3. Try Castlevania Symphony of the Night if you haven't yet, it's like 10 bucks on XBLA, and is, hands-down the best Side-scrolling RPG ever made.

GL.

snared04

I like the castlelvanias on DS better than SotN.

1. How did you lump Zelda, Metroid, and Castlevania into the same category...?

2. Why is this on the PC Games forum since we seem to be discussing Wiiware and other console-ish games?

3. Try Castlevania Symphony of the Night if you haven't yet, it's like 10 bucks on XBLA, and is, hands-down the best Side-scrolling RPG ever made.

GL.

snared04

Exploration based games with a big world and items needed to progress. They all have that feel :P. I was giving examples of non PC games but I was mainly looking for PC games (seeing as to how we are on the PC forums), but many people gave me non PC games :P.

Morrowind, Oblivion and soon, Skyrim.

American McGee's Alice is a good one all be it rather twisted (and somewhat expensive). Its sequel is coming out in mid June.

Well, I was merely pointing out that

A. There is no "exploration" genre.

B. While they loosely share that aspect, those games would never be categorized together.

SOTN is waaaayyyy better than the DS ones. It has the biggest, best Inventory system, and by far the biggest explorable area of the series, along with awesome mechanices, plenty of hidden items, etc etc etc.

I would call AM Alice pretty straightforward by comparison imo, though I'll definitley hit up the sequel.

If you're just generally interested in games where you get to explore a bunch of things, then Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Oblivion will definitely keep you busy for a long, long, long time.

Gl.

Risen, Gothic 4 and Two Worlds 2

cave story fits the bill, and its free.

oh, portal series and amnesia: dark descent cant be missed.

1. How did you lump Zelda, Metroid, and Castlevania into the same category...?

2. Why is this on the PC Games forum since we seem to be discussing Wiiware and other console-ish games?

3. Try Castlevania Symphony of the Night if you haven't yet, it's like 10 bucks on XBLA, and is, hands-down the best Side-scrolling RPG ever made.

GL.

snared04

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1. How did you lump Zelda, Metroid, and Castlevania into the same category...?

2. Why is this on the PC Games forum since we seem to be discussing Wiiware and other console-ish games?

3. Try Castlevania Symphony of the Night if you haven't yet, it's like 10 bucks on XBLA, and is, hands-down the best Side-scrolling RPG ever made.

GL.

Advid-Gamer

1. I gave him suggestions.

2. Forums are seperated into topics for reasons.

3. Stop trolling.

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[QUOTE="snared04"]

1. How did you lump Zelda, Metroid, and Castlevania into the same category...?

2. Why is this on the PC Games forum since we seem to be discussing Wiiware and other console-ish games?

3. Try Castlevania Symphony of the Night if you haven't yet, it's like 10 bucks on XBLA, and is, hands-down the best Side-scrolling RPG ever made.

GL.

snared04

1. I gave him suggestions.

2. Forums are seperated into topics for reasons.

3. Stop trolling.

Read the highlighted and take your own advice

cave story fits the bill, and its free.

TerrorRizzing

I'd never heard of that game until you posted this. I downloaded it. What a little gem of a game. I love it. It reminds me of the good old NES days.

master of magic from microprose, lords of magic from sierra, defender of the crown in amiga, and last ninja in commodore 64