>second half of the game is just the first half but in reverse

>>382168275
backtracking is awful and lazy design

Name three games that do this.

Hard mode: No Link to the Past

>>382168534
I think the first halo did that

>>382168534
for one, Styx: Master of Shadows; though the order your replay the reversed levels is different

>>382168534
The floor,is jelly

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>>382168275
Fuck DMC4

>>382168534
DMC4.

>second half of the game is you going to old areas in the game before entering the final part/dungeon

>>382168534
Silent Hill 4
Halo Combat Evolved for the most part
>>382168617
>>382168656
What these guys said.

>>382168534
Symphony of the Night.

>>382168534
Symphony of the Night kinda

>>382168690
Metroid Prime 1 and 2's key hunting bullshit

>>382168690
Dark souls 1 kind of does this

>>382168275
Styx did this but i actually kind of liked it there.

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>second half of the game is just the first half but upside-down

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>>382168656
>>382168678
>tfw the combat was so good that 4 is still my favorite anyways

Still wish they didn't rush it so hard and remove literally half the intended story. Hint:
it was going to reveal Nero as Vergil's son.

>>382168534
Devil may cry 4.

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>>382168605
I think it wasn't exactly in reverse, although you visit the previous locations after the flood infection. I think it's cool.

>second half of the game is just a continuation of the first part with some breaks in between, basically doesn't change at all until the final part

>second half of the game is just replaying previous levels until you've found a bunch of arbitrary collectibles to let you progress to the end

>this applies to literally 90 percent of main stream manga released in the last 5 years and ties into Kingdom Hearts and Madoka
>tell /a/
>they don't believe you

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>>382168275
>2nd "half" of the game is shorter and less exciting as the first half

Looking at you, Xenogears.

>>382168934
People will remember DMC 4 cause it was fun, but forget DMC 2 did this as well taking up a whole extra disc just to do it.

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>>382168275

>second half of the game is just the first half

>second half is just the first half but upside down

>>382169195
Didn't mean to reply sorry

>second half of the game is you getting stonewalled by forced objectives you need to complete in order to advance to the final part of the game, your freedom to progress however you want to is gone due to reasons

>Second half of the game is repeating the first half of the game in an infinite amount of parallel universes over and over and over

>>382169198
>2nd half of the game is the first half but repeated to 8 times

I felt scammed for getting Bravely Default.

>>382169358
>>382169063
Which fucking games pulls this shit?

>>382169574
I think all the Metroid Prime games did this.

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>Second half of bassline is first half of bassline but in reverse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA

>>382168275
but the first castlevania is good

>Second half of the game
>Plot kicks in, shit starting to get real

>>382168534
Metal gear solid V

>>382169574
Assassin's Creed 2

>>382168275
>second half of the game is just the first half.
>no gimmicks or anything, it's literally just the first half again.

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>>382168534
>>382168275
Wario land 4

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>the game has three halves

>>382168617
Wait, really? I've been playing through Styx lately and I just got into the second section of sewers. The level after I sneak into the Governors apartment.

I replay all the levels?

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>Game is played in 3 quarters

>>382170130
the first castlevania didn't do this

>>382170428
That's more like "the second half of every level is the level in reverse". And even then, that only applies to a handful of levels because a lot of them force you to take newly opened paths or completely change the level into something different.

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>>382168275
>second half of the game is just the first half inside out

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>three bosses followed by master sword followed by triforce pieces and another three bosses before ganon

>>382168534
Diddy Kong Racing? Or was that not required part of the single player?

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>>382168275
>second half of the game is just fixing the mistakes you and your team made in the first half
you know what game i'm talking about

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>>382168275
>The second half of the game is the first half but harder
>The third half of the game is the first half but harder