Stumbling through Chasm

[davidn]

I saw a great-looking retro styled game going past on Twitter - it sold me on the idea of a fantasy Super Metroid, just after a successful run through Super Metroid (where by 'successful' I mean that I completed the game and nobody was severely injured). This is Chasm, an independent release coming soon from Discord Studios.

The game turned out to be not really like Super Metroid at all in actual gameplay - it's more of a Diablo side-scrolling dungeon crawl, but the aesthetic of slowly building up and equipping your character is there (it's actually a bit more like Symphony of the Night in this regard, but I haven't seen any ability-gathering yet).

The demo lasts for three floors, but the dungeon is randomly generated each time - it looks like the start of a very promising game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sxbsD2-p7w

Comments

[davidn]

That's right, it's difficult to classify it (or any game like it) without resorting to a long string of platformer/RPG/exploration game... after playing both Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night I'm beginning to understand the genre "Metroidvania" a little more as a platform game that has RPG statistics and equipment-gathering along with Super Metroid's ability-gathering and exploration.

I can't believe I was staring that antidote in the fact - I had to put that note into the video to stem my embarrassment! I did equip the bandana, though - you can see it there when I next go into the equip menu.