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We need to decide on a genre name for Vampire Survivors-like games before a really terrible one sticks (www.pcgamer.com)

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[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 157 points 4 months ago

Bullet Heaven

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 27 points 4 months ago

This is the one I always hear these days.

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I heard it from the Castle Superbeast podcast.

[-] Prox@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Yup, this is the one.

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[-] TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world 75 points 4 months ago

Garliclike

[-] multiplemigs@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago

lol saw this on a Steam Review and it is my favorite.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 65 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's an autoshooter isn't it?
Vampire Survivors would be a rogue-like autoshooter.

Like Backpack Battles is an autobattler.

Edit:
As raised in the comments, actually a rogue-lite as VS has meta-progression.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 20 points 4 months ago

I've also heard Autoshooter. Seems as good of a genre name as any.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 13 points 4 months ago

I don't know why people keep calling it rogue like. Rogue-likes have a lot more randomness than an easily manipulated item drop system. I don't know that a random map is a necessity but it certainly needs something along those lines.

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[-] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 49 points 4 months ago

Bullet heaven is likely what will stick. If you don't like that it's also the name of a game, consider that metroidvania contains the name of two games.

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Metroidvania is a stupid name and always has been. I say this with those 2 series being 2 of my favourite and metroidvania being one of my favourite genres.

Bullet heaven isn't too bad though.

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[-] lokiprime@lemm.ee 47 points 4 months ago

I thought it was already considered a reverse bullet-hell. But I do like Bullet heaven as well.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I've heard from at least one smaller channels that it's a bullet heaven. That's at least what they call this style of game.

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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 38 points 4 months ago

They're already called reverse bullet hell?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I didn't know that, but it fits. That or bullet heaven.

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[-] Bruhh@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

Other comments said it but I think bullet heaven is perfect

[-] JTskulk@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

I've heard "reverse bullet hell", it's decent.

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 8 points 4 months ago

I only heard bullet heaven

[-] Azzu@lemm.ee 20 points 4 months ago

MOBA - massive onslaught bullet arena

[-] VivianRixia@piefed.social 14 points 4 months ago

FPS- Frantic Progression Survivor

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

RPG - Running, Progressively Gaining

[-] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Let's just stick with survivor, or survivor-like. It works fine for roguelikes and soulslikes. No need to force a genre name.

[-] knightly@pawb.social 8 points 4 months ago

Survival games are already a thing, though.

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[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Survive Em Up

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Too late it's Vamvor.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago

Vampvore

roots in voreaphilia

Vampier

Survivor

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Sucky N Fucky

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[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

Digital crack

Dragon chaser

Freebase gaming

Addiction "simulator"

[-] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

Swarm shooter, reverse bullet hell, or enemy hell

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[-] Portosian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

passive swarm shooter

[-] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

I always thought of it as a Hord game

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 4 months ago

Boring after 20 minutes type games?

Its a passive horde survival game.

The game play is rotating the stick in a rough circle so you keep moving that you can do without even having to look at the screen while you hoover up tiny pellets that make you stronger to survive more blobs of color on the screen.
Have any of you ever tried risk of rain or heck even cuphead? You can have rapid gameplay and a point to it. This feels like the modern bathroom book as a game. Fun but just enough to be over when you have finished something more worth your time.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 8 points 4 months ago

This feels like the modern bathroom book as a game. Fun but just enough to be over when you have finished something more worth your time.

Sometimes that's just what you need. Vampire survivors is my go to for when I burnt out from work and don't want to think anymore but need something to do.

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[-] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

Twi-like

[-] MooseyMoose@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Survive-em-up?

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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Pew Pew Woosh.
Epilepsy-vania
GPU Fryer.
S3: Survive and Shoot the Swarm.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago

Walking Death Simulator

[-] mad_kamikaze_man@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago

Attack-Evader

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

The genre is ASS games. Can't go wrong with that.

[-] Maven@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago

I've always heard Arena Survival

[-] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I thought it was a survivor-like?

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