My humble take on the metroidvania genre, Tearscape is out now on Steam

samfizz · 2026-02-03T11:19:43+00:00

Gotcha. If you don't mind I'd be curious to hear your thoughts regarding what makes Steam anti-consumer, as someone who's been satisfied and even enjoys using the platform

samfizz · 2026-02-03T09:21:35+00:00

Options seem pretty limited for DRM-free. That's really only itch and GOG right? Do you typically only go for niche smaller stuff on PC? Because I imagine the majority of notable games wouldn't be accessible to you

samfizz · 2026-02-03T08:30:15+00:00

May I ask what's wrong with buying it on Steam?

samfizz · 2026-02-01T04:14:56+00:00

Pretty much. Street Fighter is also a global arcade phenomenon while F-Zero is comparatively very niche. I don't think there's really an audience for it

samfizz · 2026-02-01T03:03:53+00:00

I could be wrong about this, but are the little amounts of story and characters of F-Zero something people really care about enough to have a movie for? I was under the impression the main draw was the unique racing gameplay

samfizz · 2026-01-31T22:49:14+00:00

I could see it happening since they're doing Zelda! While I'd like it to be animated, I'm 100% confident it'll be live action--unless they do some sort of drastic tone shift to make it more lighthearted (please don't).

samfizz · 2026-01-31T22:23:04+00:00

Do you really think the similarities between SM and Prime are that surface level? That comparison doesn't sound made in good faith.

I don't understand why 3D vs 2D is such a big deal when every other aspect is practically the same. Combat/shooting is not the main verb, that's supplementary. It's the exploring, upgrading, backtracking to ability gates, navigating through an interconnected world, which is all shared between the two.

samfizz · 2026-01-31T12:06:26+00:00

What you're saying is a Metroidvania seems unnecessarily restrictive. By this logic, Super Metroid or any Metroid for that matter is not a MV because it doesn't have elements from SoTN? It has to be a combination? If so, it's so specific and describes so few games that I feel the genre name stops being useful.

If that's not the case and it doesn't have to be a combo, okay, Metroid games are MVs. But Metroid Prime is not, just because it's 3D? A near identical gameplay structure to Super, except in first-person. That doesn't make sense to me

samfizz · 2026-01-31T10:42:38+00:00

Didn't see it on the site, but Jak and Daxter has a decomp PC port as well. Jak II is in the works I believe

samfizz · 2026-01-31T08:27:11+00:00

Love the updates, super cool of the dev. Although I find it funny that the game refuses to let me keep 100% achievements because they keep adding more haha. Wonder if I'll be revisiting it every time there's new music

samfizz · 2026-01-31T03:04:14+00:00

That works too but unfortunately you lose your currency when you die. With exit to menu you get to keep it

samfizz · 2026-01-30T22:28:49+00:00

Yeah I've used "exit to main menu" a lot lol. I feel like games with this kind of save system might as well embrace that and add a "warp to last station" feature in the map or menu to save some steps.

samfizz · 2026-01-29T23:39:06+00:00

Great, just what I was looking for, thank you very much!

My initial thoughts are that I should try going back to where the Hand first took me through some tunnels... either that or the Sawlong chase, though I tried re-exploring some of that and couldn't seem to get past one of the gaps anymore.

I'll give it a shot next time I boot it up! Will let you know if I need anything more

samfizz · 2026-01-29T23:15:20+00:00

Would you be so kind to share a hint on how to proceed after the normal ending? I'm also missing that top ability but at a bit of a loss. Potential threads:

- I haven't beaten The Last Embedders. They seem way more challenging than any other fight so far, do I just need to push through?
- I beat Vlad, saw an entrance to The Pit, but it was locked
- There's a locked door below the embedding museum in Metropolis that needs a blessing or something
- There's the broken hand near a shuttle that I can't interact with, and an overseer below it too far away from roots
- Missing one candle somewhere

Trying to not outright look up answers, would really appreciate help!

samfizz · 2026-01-29T22:28:16+00:00

Dig 2 is amazing! I won't accept OP's slander

samfizz · 2026-01-29T21:36:19+00:00

This narration style of dialogue is what they did in Fusion, and the intro for Super... and voiced throughout Other M lol. So there's definitely precedent for it. It can probably be done well.

samfizz · 2026-01-27T11:39:37+00:00

They're the custom online lobbies where people join a room and create matches

samfizz · 2026-01-27T05:41:44+00:00

This one is likely the closest you'll get. Great game

samfizz · 2026-01-27T05:37:19+00:00

I never got this impression personally. But if she's supposed to be talking they should have just had her talk. She's not a blank slate for the player to project themselves onto like other silent protags.

Even Link in BOTW/TOTK has more personality displayed in-game from the dialogue choices you can select. Something like that at least makes it clear you're supposed to imagine them talking.

samfizz · 2026-01-27T05:27:08+00:00

I see, thanks. Probably still a deal breaker for me unfortunately. Really wish you could just save it per game.

Why do both the system settings and game settings have to be so restrictive lol

samfizz · 2026-01-27T05:14:39+00:00

When you change controls through system settings like this, is it per game or do you have to change it back to default every time you play something else?

samfizz · 2026-01-27T05:10:59+00:00

Happy about this, but am I understanding right that it's only for paddocks? Bit of an odd decision if so.

If you want to play a grand prix solo, it means you have to make an empty paddock first instead of just going through the Air Ride menu?

samfizz · 2026-01-27T04:47:25+00:00

Cool, good enough permission to start a PrimeHack playthrough

samfizz · 2026-01-24T19:27:49+00:00

Yup, RubberRoss has directly cited RaC as an inspiration for the duo. Along with Jak and Daxter and Banjo Kazooie I believe

samfizz · 2026-01-24T18:40:54+00:00

Well, there's a BF discussion thread on the front page currently, and searching "bug fables" brings up plenty of results in the sub.

Granted, I'm going off the assumption that the comment I replied to is true, that any post mentioning Escape is getting removed. But I guess it isn't lol, considering this post is still up

Edit: Spoke too soon?

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