Meta:Game Structure

Game Structure refers to the way content is presented and unlocked in Mystery Dungeon games.

Fetch Structure

Fetch game structure.

The player is tasked with reaching a certain floor in a dungeon, find an item or character, and then bring it back to the beginning of the dungeon by backtracking.

Revisit Structure

Revisit game structure.

The player is expected to visit locations in a main dungeon multiple times. Along the way to the end of the main dungeon, villages, characters, quests, and entrances to other dungeons may be found, unlocked, and progressed, by revisiting the same locations multiple times.

Linear Structure

Linear game structure.

One story event consistently leads to the next, and content is unlocked as the story progresses

Free Progression

The player is allowed to keep playing side content before progressing the story to unlock more.

Forced Progression

When story events progress, the player needs to complete the current part of the story before being allowed to do anything else in the main game mode.

Branched Structure

Branched game structure.

The game opens multiple branches of stories, quests, and dungeons with their own unlock requirements, such as finding specific items, or completing part of another branch.

Appearances

= Fetch

Torneko 2 PS1 =

Torneko 2 GBA =

Torneko 3 PS2 =

Torneko 3 GBA =

Young Yangus =

Mobile 1 =

Mobile 2 = }} Shiren the Wanderer {{Shiren Games Table

Shiren 1 SFC = Revisit

Shiren 1 DS = Revisit

Shiren 1 SP = Revisit

Surala 1 = Linear

Surala 2 = Linear

Surala 3 = Linear

Surala 4 = Linear

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