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[K' Dash]

Super Metroid is a fucking masterpiece, devs these days should be fucking lucky to create something 10% as engaging and Amazing as this game.

 

[REDRZA MWS]

I came in I'm here to BLAST you lmao!! Super Metroid is a MASTERPIECE that will always stand the test of time!

 

[proandrad]

Super Metroid should get a remake in the dread engine.

 

[FoxMcChief]

You attention whore seeking asshole.

jk

You would have gotten responses no matter what if talking about Super Metroid. Us old guys will always jump in a thread to think about this game again.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Super Metroid should get a remake in the dread engine.

 

[existensmaximum]

Still the best 2d Metroid by a country mile, Dread was such a disappointment.

Yeah, Dread was absolute shit. Super Metroid is still easily one of the best games ever made. It has truly aged like a fine wine.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

You attention whore seeking asshole.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Legendary game.

 

[RoboFu]

Wwwwwhhhhhhaaaaattt!?

It's still the best game ever made

 

[amigastar]

Jeez, people really didn't read OPs post.

 

[Kilau]

I'm glad I didn't.

I keep reading your new name as piles, kinda fits.

Quit changing ur fookin name!

 

[Pimpbaa]

Great game. Last 2D Metroid game I actually liked was Zero Mission.

 

[Plies]

I keep reading your new name as piles, kinda fits.

Quit changing ur fookin name!

The 16-bit era is mostly a huge pile, I would agree.

 

[amigastar]

The 16-bit era is mostly a huge pile, I would agree.

 

[Kilau]

The 16-bit era is mostly a huge pile, I would agree.

Listen friendo, you already have two tags, you can stop fishing.

 

[Barakov]

PSYCH BITCH! It aged fucking phenomenally! I haven't had this much fun gaming in some time!

To elaborate on the stupid thread title, I've played through Super Metroid several...yet somehow never beat it. And the last time was an eternity ago. Having been on another Metroid binge of Zero Mission, Prime 1 and AM2R, I was determined to finally beat Super Metroid. Thankfully, my old former-pothead brain had forgotten everything. Every single thing. It was incredible. Thanks to geriatric amnesia and drug abuse, I was able to experience this absolute masterclass of a game completely fresh. God is indeed real.

I know this game has been discussed to death but seriously, experiencing the actual ending for the first time is still exciting, fresh and amazing in 2025. I had the pleasure of playing this with really good shaders in Retroarch and it looked gorgeous. I forgot how cool these rooms look when the emulated screen curvature makes the backgrounds kind of "roll" over it. The game just feels passionate, clever as hell and fine-tuned to perfection. Also...what a sequel, damn.

I mean, fuck, 10/10 on every front. Gameplay, level design, sound design and music (!!). The only thing that I have to criticize about it are some aspects of the controls. They're a definite learning curve and can feel finicky, specifically the space jump/screw attack can be frustrating imo. I remapped Select to L2 and Pause to R2 which eliminated the pain of switching at least. That being said, I get it. They were ahead of their time and really crammed every detail into this game that it still feels shockingly modern to me. How cool and satisfying is the X-Ray visor!?

Nintendo at this time were unbelievable and this game deserves every ounce of praise in my book. It made me thoroughly happy.

You got me, so I'll give it up.

 

[tomato shrub]

Still the best 2d Metroid by a country mile, Dread was such a disappointment.

Yea, Dread feels overhyped by people who were new to the series and the fanboys who always praise the latest product as the best thing ever. I can replay Super Metroid the umpteenth time and feel like there's new secrets I discover, whereas Dread didn't have a single optional secret that was exciting even on the first playthrough. Then add the lack of good music whereas Super still has insanely sick atmosphere.

 

[Porcile]

Its actually a cut-off version of this image.
Also, the Japanese box art of the game is so superior to the NA version that it's not even funny. For those that don't know, look it up.

That isn't the Japanese box art though?

 

[Team Skoda]

Still the best 2d Metroid by a country mile, Dread was such a disappointment.

100%. Dread was horribly mid when compared to prior entries. It was good, just not great.

Nintendo is incapable of making games like they did back then.

 

[Icymanipulator]

OP almost got me

 

[Dr Bass]

Yup, still a timeless masterpiece.

 

[DragoonKain]

I played it for the first time since the 90s earlier this year in my SNES Classic and absolutely loved it. Such a great game.

 

[cartman414]

It's no SoTN, but sure, it's still a great game.

SotN can't hold a candle. Its progression is too backtracky in comparison. The Sorrow games were better IMO.

Super Metroid has so many nifty shortcuts you gain access to with each item.

 

[lughnasadh123]

SotN can't hold a candle. Its progression is too backtracky in comparison. The Sorrow games were better IMO.

Super Metroid has so many nifty shortcuts you gain access to with each item.

I get why people would like SM more, it's a great game, I just love how SotN did it. The levels, weapons variety, rpg elements, soundtrack.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

That isn't the Japanese box art though?

 

[Hashassin]

You son of a gun. I rolled up my sleeves coming into this topic, ready to kick some butt.

Well done. Super metroid is super.

 

[DreamcastSkies]

I don't necessarily think it's a better game but I like Fusion more than Super. Something about Fusion feels "snappy"-er and more enjoyable to replay for me.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

So many of these rooms are long corridors with no variation - I'm looking at you, Norfair.

The hell? There ain't two rooms in the whole game that vaguely resemble each other. Even flat corridors look unique in SM.
Plus, compare that to all those in-between corridors in Prime 1, which all look and play the same, and the difference is even more striking.

 

[Porcile]

Okay yeah, I got confused by the wording of your post.

 

[AngelMuffin]

 

[AngelMuffin]

Just finished Dread and I'm praying Mercury Steam has been working on a sequel or another stand-alone title in the series. Would be great to have a Prime game one year then a 2.5D title the next

 

[Hashassin]

Yea, Dread feels overhyped by people who were new to the series and the fanboys who always praise the latest product as the best thing ever. I can replay Super Metroid the umpteenth time and feel like there's new secrets I discover, whereas Dread didn't have a single optional secret that was exciting even on the first playthrough. Then add the lack of good music whereas Super still has insanely sick atmosphere.

I absolutely love the save room's soft beep boop computing background noise. Even more so because it's usually heard before or after a boss. Like a calm before the storm, and a calm after the storm, it's so immensely soothing.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Super Metroid should get a remake in the dread engine.

Rather they make a HD remake with everything faithfully redrawn in much higher res and animated smoother.

 

[Walliwallipaloo]

Honestly, of all the Nintendo franchises I'm gonna miss, I'm gonna miss Metroid the most.

There are many games like it (obviously, given the fact that it made a genre), but there's just nothing else like the real deal. Super Metroid is an absolute masterclass of game design, artistic achievement, and atmosphere. There's a reason Samus is such a beloved character. It really did feel like one girl against the world - a lonely, strange, and hostile world.

And Dread was okay. It was fine-ish.