Vomitoreum’s set of abilities aren’t groundbreaking, but honestly at this point a First-Person Metroidvania that goes back to some of the basic options isn’t a bad thing at all. Vomitoreum is a good game, but if the FPS Metroidvania genre continues to grow it’s probably doomed to become a forgettable piece of history as time goes on. As far as being an actually good game though it didn’t really do a whole lot to impress me. If all you have been waiting for is another action-based FPS Metroidvania to play, Vomitoreum actually delivers, albeit in a small dose. Your progression is gated by abilities you have to acquire, and you sometimes have to backtrack to previous areas in order to discover new areas. With that history I sort of went into Vomitoreum expecting a similar problem, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that it nailed the primary Metroidvania tropes quite nicely.

Recently though, there has been a small boom “FPS Metroidvania” announcements and even a few releases, so there’s hope that a modern Metroid Prime could happen (outside of Metroid Prime 4 of course.) A few months ago I got to look at the self proclaimed FPS Metroidvania Paradox Vector, and unfortunately had to report that it didn’t really understand what I believe many are looking for when they hear the sub-genre name “Metroidvania”.

Ever since the release of Metroid Prime there has been a poor beleaguered fanbase that really hasn’t had much luck in the form of similar releases since then.

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