Would you buy a Switch for a Metroid game by FromSoftware ?

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SegataSanshiro said:

sc94597 said:

I have been thinking about this, and I think the answer is yes. The parallels are obvious. But I don't want it to be solely From Software. I think they can work on the level design, atmosphere and lore with the Super Metroid guys screening decisions, much like how Aonuma and Miyamoto would screen decisions in Breath of the Wild's development. 

Compare maps of Dark Souls and a Metroid game. They both have the same level design and exploration patterns. 

 

By this logic Darius and Starfox are the same because you shoot things in space.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence

Level and exploration design are much more specific than "because you shoot things in space." In fact, if I were to focus on themes and what you can do, then Dark Souls and Metroid Prime wouldn't be similar at all. Instead I chose to focus on the actual design of the games. Both games have corrider-focused level design where each hub is connected to all other hubs in a spider-like pattern. Both games tell their lore through the world and gameplay, rather than through cinematic cutscenes. Both games have a boss at the end of each hub area. Both games take a balance of linearity and non-linearty. Both games have a strong emphasis on exploration. Both games are part of the Metrovania subgenre of the Action-Adventure genre. So on and so forth.