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"We're not just making Dark Souls over and over again": For this indie team, making a Smash Bros-infused Metroidvania alongside an open-world roguelike just makes sense
News Possessor(s) is another distinct example of what makes a Heart Machine game
"Most of the games that are Metroidvanias are just Metroid games": The director of this Smash Bros-infused Metroidvania hates the word because "it's a silly term and Japan did it better"
News Possessor(s) from Heart Machine is full-on search action
Ex-Bethesda dev turned indie says "good things often happen by accident," like that time Skyrim players convinced themselves the RPG's foxes were leading them to treasure
News "Players don't realize how many happy and sometimes unhappy accidents" happen in games
Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it "irrational" and "just not fun"
news Some people online called Atlus's battle planners "sadists or the devil himself"
At a ridiculously detailed showcase of the open-world engine behind the RPG Crimson Desert, I asked a ridiculously detailed question about water and all hell broke loose
News How wet is water, exactly?
The world's "largest PC strategy game" has a novel idea – what if it was OK for people to leave?
News Teamfight Tactics game director Peter Whalen makes a strong argument
"I'm lookin' at you, Korok Seeds": Former Diablo and Ghost of Tsushima dev outlines what makes a good collectible, and dunks Zelda: Breath of the Wild's worst grind into C tier
News Yahaha!
Metaphor: ReFantazio wanted to fix the JRPG grinding problem, but Atlus went too far at one point and accidentally broke the whole combat system
news "We made it clear within the team that action only exists to smoothly get the player into the heart of the game, which is the turn-based battles."
