Metroidvania Games Were The Original Open-World Games

The original Metroid and Castlevania both turn 40 years old this fall. As the two series most responsible for creating the “metroidvania,” we’re taking this occasion to take a comprehensive view of the popular genre. This is Metroidvania Week. When many people pick up a controller to play a game, they're looking for one thing above all others: escapism. A break from the real world. There's no better way to do that than to immerse yourself in another world. Getting lost in a completely fiction...