• steeznson@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    This post made me install Vampire Survivors on my phone and it felt like an old flash game I used to play on miniclip during IT classes in school. Some of the assets are completely stolen from OG Castlevania too (I’m sure this has been pointed out before).

    Anyway, like 45 mins passed and I have no idea where the time went. I can see this game being good for public transport, waiting rooms, etc.

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      3 days ago

      I think the fact that you move the character around sorting the battle precludes it from that genre. Auto battles usually have two phases, a shopping or building phase and a battle phase. You prepare for the battle in the former but have no influence on the outcome in the battle phase itself.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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    3 days ago

    Boring after 20 minutes type games?

    Its a passive horde survival game.

    The game play is rotating the stick in a rough circle so you keep moving that you can do without even having to look at the screen while you hoover up tiny pellets that make you stronger to survive more blobs of color on the screen.
    Have any of you ever tried risk of rain or heck even cuphead? You can have rapid gameplay and a point to it. This feels like the modern bathroom book as a game. Fun but just enough to be over when you have finished something more worth your time.

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        3 days ago

        No I didn’t request anyone else to stop having fun I am just pointing out my interpretation of the games and the name I use for them.

        Why does my opinion on it make you think that I am demanding you stop playing unless you care what others think about your own free time?
        I just like it differently and am voicing that. Your take as an attack means you feel a need to defend it preemptively, and over assume I care about you playing it.

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          Have any of you ever tried risk of rain or heck even cuphead? You can have rapid gameplay and a point to it. This feels like the modern bathroom book as a game. Fun but just enough to be over when you have finished something more worth your time

          If you don’t understand how that paragraph sounds judgmental then I don’t know how to help you.

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            2 days ago

            Oh sure. It’s a pointed jab at asking if people have tried games I enjoy while being a little condescending of a genre I find to be best at filling short moments.

            It just doesn’t match that comic cause that’s not demanding people stop enjoying something they like.

            If people can’t separate criticism of a genre as not criticism of them I can’t help them either.

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              It’s a pointed jab at asking if people have tried games I enjoy while being a little condescending of a genre

              So you came into a thread talking about the classification of a genre with admittedly the sole purpose of making condescending jabs at people who enjoy said genre, (and notibly not contributing meaningfully to the actual discussion at hand) but you did NOT tell people to stop having fun.
              You were just telling them they were having fun wrong.

              Glad we cleared that up.

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                2 days ago

                No. Pretty much exactly not that and I see you also suffer the issue.

                None of that is correct. And directly against what I just said.

                And I contributed a name.

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                  1 day ago

                  Then you have expressed yourself poorly.

                  Some of that may come from the fact that you came to a post about “How should we classify X” to complain about how you don’t like X, which isn’t relevant to the classification and no one cares.

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      3 days ago

      This feels like the modern bathroom book as a game. Fun but just enough to be over when you have finished something more worth your time.

      Sometimes that’s just what you need. Vampire survivors is my go to for when I burnt out from work and don’t want to think anymore but need something to do.

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        Oh for sure. I actually discovered vampire survivors after finding its mobile clones and liked them all but for 20 minutes at a time.

        Once I tried to play the OG I just couldn’t help but think of it as a passive game though and it lost my interest for long term play sessions. I think it’s an import point that they are passive.

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          Yeah it’s not something you play all day. I usually pick one or two of the challenges to do and by then I’m either de-stressed enough to do something else or I just go to bed.

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            Nice, yeah I get it. I keep struggling to play my much slower games when it’s that late part of night and have decided to beat all my Roguelikes I have, but I can’t help but admit I’d rather be playing Katamari Damacy.
            Now that’s how I destress. But that’s very passive.

  • GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    I call them circle spawners. The enemies spawn in a rough circle around you and close in. I think you can modify that with other terms depending on the specifics of what the game adds in.

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    3 days ago

    We’ve established a name already in the indie space for these. It’s a “horde survival shooter” damnit.

    Not to be confused with the plain old “horde shooter” like your helldivers 2 and what not

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    4 days ago

    Bullet heaven is likely what will stick. If you don’t like that it’s also the name of a game, consider that metroidvania contains the name of two games.

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      Metroidvania is a stupid name and always has been. I say this with those 2 series being 2 of my favourite and metroidvania being one of my favourite genres.

      Bullet heaven isn’t too bad though.

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        Metroidvania is a stupid name

        It´s a perfect fit for games like Dead Cells though, isn’t it?

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    4 days ago

    I’ve just been calling them exactly that: vampire survivors like. It’s a mouthful, so I’m open to the alternatives.

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    Let’s just stick with survivor, or survivor-like. It works fine for roguelikes and soulslikes. No need to force a genre name.

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            3 days ago

            Action, Adventure, and Action-Adventure are all different genres. I think people will figure it out.

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              Those aren’t words that can easily be confused for each other due to accents or minor variance in pronunciation.

              And besides, we already have a genre name for Vampire Survivor-alikes. They’re bullet heavens.

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                No we don’t, never heard anyone use that term when referring to games that are similar to Vampire Survivors. It’s always survivor-like game. Also, bullet heaven is not even an accurate description of the game, as in lots of these games you don’t throw lots of projectiles around. If you’re going to force a name change, Mob Hell is a way better descriptor.