kunonabi
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Hopefully they're actual sequence breaks and not just planned alternate paths. Its mercury steam so it shouldnt really be a stretch to see legit breaks.
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Metroid: Samus Returns Review Thread
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Hopefully they're actual sequence breaks and not just planned alternate paths. Its mercury steam so it shouldnt really be a stretch to see legit breaks.
davidwhangchoi
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Is this a good game? It looks like an axiom verge or another metrovania clone.
Does anyone know which game started metrovania genre? It's probably a city game bc of the history of where they came from.... metro + vania = urban environment trapped in a maze like castle. I know there's 1st person clones too but they're prime fake.
I'd rather play a game that is not a fusion of genres and my mission is zero tolerance towards clones. I want to play the original series remade that's more like a sequel.
Does anyone know which game started metrovania genre? It's probably a city game bc of the history of where they came from.... metro + vania = urban environment trapped in a maze like castle. I know there's 1st person clones too but they're prime fake.
I'd rather play a game that is not a fusion of genres and my mission is zero tolerance towards clones. I want to play the original series remade that's more like a sequel.
The_Darkest_Red
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I believe the origin is Shadow Complex which is a 2D adaptation of Metro 2033.
2024: super metroid remake for the 30th anniversary.
Castlevania means "Castle Forest." They stole the idea from Sonic 4's Sylvania Castle Zone.
QisTopTier
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Thoroughly impressive -- a Mercury Steam game now has the same MC score as Ori
I have to say, I completely underestimated them.
it should have been obvious they had the talent with lords of shadow they just needed better direction. Which LoS2 most certainly didnt get
StarStabbedMoon
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I recall there were some complaints about Zero Mission regarding sequence breaks since there were alternate paths very intentionally placed in that allowed you to play the game out of order. This was new to the series, since every other Metroid requires glitches or tricks to do this.
Sequence breaks have to "break" something about the intended flow of play. Anything intentionally included by the dev would be an alternate path.
Castlevania means "Castle Forest." They stole the idea from Sonic 4's Sylvania Castle Zone.
This is probably it.
Astral Dog
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Neff
Member
Holy god this game's music is incredible.
I've been impressed with them since Lords of Shadow, which I think to this day is sadly underrated. They faltered with their subsequent Castlevania projects (although they had their moments), but Samus Returns represents them at their best, in addition to the guiding hand and ludicrously high standards of Nintendo. It really is a solid match.
I've been impressed with them since Lords of Shadow, which I think to this day is sadly underrated. They faltered with their subsequent Castlevania projects (although they had their moments), but Samus Returns represents them at their best, in addition to the guiding hand and ludicrously high standards of Nintendo. It really is a solid match.
CharminUltra
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So many memories playing Metroidvania 1. I fondly remember being blown away by Samus Belmont slaying Mother Bracula for the first time.
World SkiFree
Member
Great to hear all of this positive buzz. Hoping to get this and Hey! Pikmin in the coming months.
In contrast to the current "Why not Switch?" sentiment, I am relatively new to the 3DS realm and loving this high season of gaming goodness.
I am hoping Nintendo has some more 3DS goodness to announce this week.
Edit: Oh wait, possible announcements in the very near future ... Didn't realize Direct was arriving so soon.
In contrast to the current "Why not Switch?" sentiment, I am relatively new to the 3DS realm and loving this high season of gaming goodness.
I am hoping Nintendo has some more 3DS goodness to announce this week.
Edit: Oh wait, possible announcements in the very near future ... Didn't realize Direct was arriving so soon.
DecoReturns
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Those Betroids sure were annoying. Dropped the game to play Legend of Belda instead.
hikarutilmitt
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ffffffffffff
Dammit. I think I'm gonna have to skip this. It's a shame they don't make demos for this kind of game, usually, because it would help make my decision. if it's nub only control I'm out pretty hard.
Actually that was a mistranslation. It was supposed to be Mother Blacula, a callback to the original vampire. It was originally meant to be an unlicensed prequel to the classic film, but went its own way when Orion threatened to sue.
Klappdrachen
Member
This was made from the ground up with the 3DS and its control stick in mind. I'm sure movement itself will be fine.
Tell me about it. My Circle Pad sticks and I have to constantly pull it upward to get it to glide smoothly again. I'm hoping some WD-40 will save my ass because Metroid may be my favorite series but I'm not buying a whole new 3DS to play this damn game.
kunonabi
Member
Nintendo has apparently decided dpads are obsolete so might as well get used it now. Im sure SR will be fine though.
Eh, it's ok, not great.
Going into morphball mode always felt bad with a stick to me, double tapping down on a dpad just feels more natural than doing that motion with the slidepad.
17/20 from Jeuxvideo.com (French)
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/711270/metroid-samus-returns-un-des-meilleurs-jeux-d-action-aventure-2d-de-ses-dernieres-annees.htm
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/711270/metroid-samus-returns-un-des-meilleurs-jeux-d-action-aventure-2d-de-ses-dernieres-annees.htm
Klappdrachen
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Now that you mentioned it, going into Morph Ball mode does sound awkward. Is the D-Pad used for something else?
It's used for selecting your aeon abilities.
You can also quickly tap the touch screen to go into morph ball mode instantly. Considering your thumb is mere centimeters away from buttons to touch screen, it should work out fine in that regard.
hikarutilmitt
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Don't you dare actually use WD-40! Use some vaseline (I'm not kidding) or a silicon lubricant.
The game is designed for 360-degree aiming, d-pad wouldn't work for that.
That's what I was afraid of when I saw the 360 aiming. That or they'd do something even more horrific and use the touchscreen.
Either way, I just can't. I'd be fine with not having 360 aiming if it means I can use the dpad. I'd make it work. Like, if you can use the dpad to move normally but then when you hold L and do 360 aiming with the nub, that would be fine.
drangleic tourism
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Astral Dog
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i always felt MercurySteam had the potential to be better than Ninja Theory talented fellas if only they had better managment
So you'll never going to play then.
Good luck with that.
hikarutilmitt
Member
What is R mapped to by default? Not customizing the controls already sounds bad on top of a bad time.
R lets you shoot missiles while pressed.
FloweryMarston
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i think i will ahve to wait one week or two before playing the game. PANIC
Neff
Member
It's the best thing to happen to 2D Metroid since Shinesparking.
The controls are uniformly excellent. Responsive and satisfying.
Some souls full of dark thoughts often think about that. If you can't find peace, I suggest listening to a symphony in the night or ammiring the nature and its story, like in a cave or a wood.
Anyway, you might appreciate the third one, it's a super game.
Sparrowhawk
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Can't wait to finally play this. I haven't touched my 3DS in at least a year, but it's still somehow at like 75% battery, wtf.
D.Lo
Member
Koji Igarashi invented it, he has said so in many interviews. I know it's confusing because he later removed all the original Metroid games from the timeline along with all the Castlevania games he could get away with, meaning that he now invented Metroid And Castlevania as well. Zero Mission was a complete ripoff of his GBA Masterpiece Harmony of Dissonance.
Jugendstil
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Got my shipping notice from Best Buy today, so I should have my copy tomorrow! This the third preorder Best Buy has shipped early for me this year, I feel really lucky.
Super Meteoroid Prime was the first one
