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G2ThaUNiT on 31 October 2025

Glad Leynos mentioned Bomb Rush Cyberfunk! Can't believe I forgot that lol

I gotta give a shoutout to Bioshock though!!! The best possible spiritual successor to System Shock we could've gotten.

Also BallisticNG. Spiritual successor to WipEout! Even the studios name is a nod to Psygnosis with Neognosis. Love the game and even the ability to create your own custom soundtracks.

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drbunnig on 31 October 2025

Kaze and the Wild Masks reminds me a lot of Rare's Donkey Kong Country trilogy. Great game.



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Leynos on 31 October 2025
JackHandy said:

Shadow Complex did Metroid justice... and then some. What a great game it was.

Not a spiritual successor at all. Just a game in that genre. It in no way tries to succeed Metroid in setting or character. Otherwise we would have to call Wonderboy or Hollow Knight a successor. Why I didn't list something like Sin N Punishment as it's a game in the same genre as Space Harrier, but not a successor. 

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Bite my shiny metal cockpit!

JackHandy on 01 November 2025
Leynos said:
JackHandy said:

Shadow Complex did Metroid justice... and then some. What a great game it was.

Not a spiritual successor at all. Just a game in that genre. It in no way tries to succeed Metroid in setting or character. Otherwise we would have to call Wonderboy or Hollow Knight a successor. Why I didn't list something like Sin N Punishment as it's a game in the same genre as Space Harrier, but not a successor. 

I consider it one. I mean, it was doing Dread before Dread did Dread.