>>718654007
>Make up your own setting
>Instead of stringing players into a linear sequence, leave them the whole world to explore
>Make it interconnected and give them traversal abilities to make going through it multiple times fun
No wonder why a lot do it.
But I'm always weary starting a metroidvaina because yu knever know the level of quality and thought put into the world (oftentimes it's shit worldbuilfding and narrative)