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Re:The Ur-Quan Masters by Andrew_nenakhov on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:21PM (#30088423)
Factorio - minecraft on steroids

Binding of Isaak - action shooter

others I haven't seen. But I'm talking of different thing. What is absent in modern game are the attempts of synthesis of different genres, which were frequent in 80s or 90s, and gave us such gems as Dune 1 and Star Control 2.

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Re:The Ur-Quan Masters by X6S1x6Okd1st on Friday January 28, 2022 @03:17AM (#30112010)
Binding of isaac is arguably an action RPG mixed with rougelike, both were developed genres before it was made, it was a synthesis of both. It helped launch the rougelite genre/achetype.
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