got rid of my 3DS and am not looking back
maybe if they port it
There really is no reason to.play the Gameboy version. It aged very badly.
Either play AM2R or wait for the upcoming 3ds version. It's not that far out.
Pre-Super Metroid Metroid isn't really worth trying to play today. The first game for historical value, sure, but Zero Mission is a better game, and there's no reason to slog through Metroid 2 unless you played it as a kid and have rose glasses in place already, because otherwise it's just primitive and annoying. AM2R and Samus Returns are very needed things.
I don't want to be contrarian, but isn't this the game that's being remade as Metroid 2: Samus Returns, for the 3ds, anyway?
Why not just wait for that one with small QoL updates?
Again, I'm not trying to be rude or anything ��
It's going to be included in the limited edition of Metroid Samus Returns, looking forward to playing it.
I tried it and didn't like getting lost
I don't want to be contrarian, but isn't this the game that's being remade as Metroid 2: Samus Returns, for the 3ds, anyway?
Why not just wait for that one with small QoL updates?
Again, I'm not trying to be rude or anything 😩
In all honesty, I'd rather just wait for Samus Returns, which honestly looks like the most fun-to-play 2D Metroid by a good country mile. My most wanted game this year, alongside Mario Odyssey.
I tried it and didn't like getting lost
The lack of ingame map and the fact that many of the areas look extremely similar if not identical makes it extremely easy to get hopelessly lost without external resources.Lost? It's the most linear Metroid game, even when taking Fusion and Other M into account.
I recommend that people play the game, even if it's FOR historical value. The worst that could happen is that you played an old game you didn't like and got a perspective for the state of the series in 1986/1991.
And I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of Zero Mission/Samus Returns being outright replacements for the originals, as so much has changed that they might as well be considered different games entirely.
I'm replaying Metroid 2. It's as I remember from 25 years ago - pretty solid but not exactly Metroid. I suppose it's not all that far off from what Metroid was when it was only the original game and this was the first-ever sequel in what would eventually become a franchise IP. But it's pretty far afield from what the series would become. I think they did a great job with the structure of the game - you can get lost but never bewildered. I have taken to using an online map at times but I'm not using it as a guide. One thing I really like about the structure is they way they evoked a sense of huge temples or buildings inside of underground caverns. You can really see it when you look at a map.
Yes I really dislike Zero Mission as a remake. And since super Metroid already revisited so many of the areas from Metroid 1 anyway, it just ends up feeling like a shittier version of SM instead.
It's especially tense because taking a step forward could cause the metroid to evolve to a form that you aren't ready to fight yet.Plus, the way Metroids remained stationary until you were close enough was always eerie - you'd run into a room and it would just be there. I remember freezing up, gritting my teeth and preparing for battle each time.
Especially if it's your only option. Fan game or no, that shit is great.Id say go with AM2R
Metroid 2 is cool because it's actually about metroids, it's actually about bounty hunting, and it adds a lot to the setting without a single word. No boring scan logs or bad cutscenes anywhere to be found.
Nice work, OP. I'm with you. I'm replaying it now on my SGB and CRT. I'm in the fourth major area and I've defeated about 16 or 17 of the 39 Metroids. Here's what I posted earlier today in the Samus Returns thread:
It's not a terrible game. It's just kind of one-dimensional. It's retro ... it's a GB game from 1991. The music and atmosphere they created with that hardware is really something else, though.
I recommend keeping a map handy and using it when you need to. The game isn't all that complex, though. Just make sure you explore every wall and ceiling as you go and you'll be fine.
I have the game on 3DS VC, but have played very little of it. After the announcement of M:SR, I want to give it another shot.
My least favorite Metroid!
The music... ahhh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZsfpMBRmE&index=3&list=PLF2101F8A7650A7A9