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Metroidbrainia: An in-depth exploration of knowledge-gated games (thinkygames.com)

submitted 1 year ago by simple@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world

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[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's already a term for progress gated by knowledge: mystery. All of these games are about discovering facts that lead you further along.

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

With mystery games (at least some of the time) the player character needs to learn the details too.

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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

You can have mysteries where progress and knowledge aren't tied to each other. For example in Professor Layton games, there is an overarching "mystery", but it's a linear game you progress by solving effectively random (and mostly disconnected) puzzles.

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