Most of them are pretty unforgiving but I very much like that since the checkpoints are done in such a way that you start again the screen before and can get straight back into the fight to nail down the mechanics. By the time of second playthrough I was basically just bounding past everything with barely any use of Phantom Cloak (with exception of Purple EMMI, where heavy use is non-optional).īosses were (for the most part) superb, the Storm Missile boss being the only exception for me since I didn't appreciate it being so overly restrictive on the attack window. On the first play through there was a slight bit of apprehension going into those areas but honestly it ended up as just dying (or on the odd occasion get the counter) until you understand where everything in the EMMI maps are and then zooming through. I like the fact they tried something different with the EMMIs but I personally don't feel they added too much to the overall game and having them as the main selling point seems a bit of a gamble in retrospect. Just finished hard mode in under 4 hours this morning and I'll work on the 100% next. That said, I'm not a Metroid vania fan, I'm a Metroid fan. Having said all this, I reckon my opinion is fairly unpopular, since I never liked the 3D Metroids and Ori bored me out of my mind. This one is probably the worst in the line, albeit still being good. I loved all 2D Metroids with Super being the best.
The boring grey EMMI-zones break all typical Metroid atmosphere and immersion, with lame pursuit-style gameplay and cheap one-shot mechanics it's just not any fun. Let me say in advance that I am enjoying the game quite a bit, but it's nowhere near as good as Super Metroid the areas so far are bland and washed-out, it's extremely linear, it looks relatively worse and last but definitely not least, EMMI sucks donkey balls. (Yes, Prime isn't directly mentioned but the events of the Prime trilogy don't really tie into this story, since it was about Phazon - besides Samus Returns already confirmed the Prime trilogy is canon.)This is one of those games that will have the community split in two, I predict. And when talking about the Metroids and X, it only references Zero Mission, Samus Returns, Super, and Fusion. The best pretty much finishes kicking Other M out of the timeline (after Samus Returns started it, by showing Ridley in his Omega armor from Prime 3, and subtly implying a different origin for the frozen Ridley in Fusion). (Yes, Prime isn't directly mentioned but the events of the Prime trilogy don't really tie into this story, since it was about Phazon - besides Samus Returns already confirmed the Prime trilogy is canon.) Not to hate on Super Metroid.what it accomplished given the limitations of the hardware it was on was remarkable, and it's definitely one of the best games of all time. This game definitely tops Super Metroid in every way. and it changes back into a normal Metroid zone. The tension in those areas is more like a cross between Metal Gear and Survival Horror, it's almost a genre shift.
zones are nerve wracking, but that's in a different way. The only thing that brings it down (only VERY slightly) is how nerve wracking some of the Shinespark puzzles are. It's definitely up to modern Metroidvania standards.while the environments and music aren't as pretty as the Ori games, in mechanics and size it's definitely on par with Ori and the Will of the Wisps.Īs of right now this game is about a 9.5/10 for me. While overall it doesn't QUITE top Prime/Prime 2 for me (my favorite Metroid games), it's the best 2D Metroid. I've had it since Friday.I'm not done with the game yet, but I'm through the bulk of it and have all of the powerups, so I'm at the "go find all the stuff before finding the last area" phase of the game now. It's selling really well, even (surprisingly) in Japan, where Metroid historically hasn't done so well.
This game needs its own thread at this point.looks like it's going to be huge.
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