Metroidvania like 3D games

[Gamerforlife]

Funny we're talking about Arkham in the other thread, this is actually what I DON'T want to happen... I loved that Metroid-esque vibe the first game had. But I have faith in them, so hopefully this new one is good.

My thoughts exactly, I don't think they'll do anything we've seen before whether it's sandbox or not. I would prefer a Metroid-like approach if given the choice but a Batman game in a sandbox world would actually make a certain amount of sense. Batman monitors and patrols every part of Gotham at all times. Nothing happens in that city without his notice

If we got a Batman sandbox game, I would want everything to occur at night and I would want the game to properly portray how gritty, crime infested and nightmarish of a city Gotham is. What I DON'T want is a bunch of run of the mill, uninspired, half-assed missions that we've seen in tons of other sandbox games already

[Anapan]

Here's an old topic that kind of covers a lot of this stuff:
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 15&t=11595

I completely forgot about that post! Thanks for linking! I wish I had more free time right now or I'd totally take my own advice and play some of those great games. I did eventually play through almost all of the mainstream games and a hand-full of the others I mentioned. This thread makes me realize that it's about time I booted up Metroid Prime. I hear it's really good.