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You are the one responding to a post made almost a year ago, just to act like a immature child who refuses  to admit they're wrong. You're the one that needs to grow up.  Pro Tip: Swearing doesn't make you a grown up. 

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Metroidvania

Despite the openness of the game, progression is usually linear, with the more difficult areas separated by natural barriers such as high shelves, sealed or locked doors, or other obstacles that can only be bypassed by finding specific items or weapons. Among gamers, Sequence Breaking is a common stunt used to access these areas before the player is "supposed" to.

Buddy it just sounds like you don't know what a Metroidvania is. MetroidVanias don't have to be nonlinear or  open world