Crazyorloco
Member
what a year for games. Especially for Nintendo.
I'm glad I still have my 3DS.
I'm glad I still have my 3DS.
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Metroid: Samus Returns Review Thread
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Niceguydan8
Member
...What? They probably C&D'ed AM2R because MercurySteam's project was already well underway.
There were a couple of youtube videos when Samus Returns was announced about how it missed the mark and didn't deserve to be called a Metroid game despite it just being announced.
That's simply asking for trouble.
No, they're skippable after the first time you see them.
Oh good. Guess it was a mistake by the reviewer.
Nemesis_
Member
Definitely can skip after the first time.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Mercury steam almost certainly were contracted to start work on Samus returns shortly after they shipped their prior game in the first quarter of 2014.
There is no realistic circumstance where they didn't have many months of work done on this before the AM2R release in August last year.
TheDinoman
Member
I think the thing a lot of people forget about in regards to Taxman is that he has his own entire game engine to work with. SEGA didn't take something like Retro Sonic The Hedgehog and made it official, they just had Taxman and his friends make an all new Sonic game using the Retro engine. AM2R on the other hand was made in GameMaker. Considering how SR has an 88 on MC, there wasn't much of a pressing need on Nintendo's part to get DoctorM64 involved, especially when now he's working on Ori.
Waiting is painful.
Hmm, I'm very glad to see such positive reviews for sure, and that MC score is remarkable, but I'm worried that Parish and Brown, both critics I usually agree with in almost everything, are lukewarm on the game point out things I've been worried for since its reveal as negative points.
More methodical gameplay due to melee counter, and thus more repetitive, and the ability to teleport between areas making discovering secrets feel like a chore... I know I'll like this but I want it to be great too, not just good. Hopefully they won't bother me too much once I play it myself, but stuff like that sounds exactly like the kind of things I dislike from MercurySteam games.
More methodical gameplay due to melee counter, and thus more repetitive, and the ability to teleport between areas making discovering secrets feel like a chore... I know I'll like this but I want it to be great too, not just good. Hopefully they won't bother me too much once I play it myself, but stuff like that sounds exactly like the kind of things I dislike from MercurySteam games.
There was some complaining to be sure but most of it seemed to stem from the fact that many wanted the game on the switch,some had doubts that mercury steam could pull it off and the way the Amiibo situation was handled. Maybe a very small portion of fans were not going to buy it because AM2R exist but i do not think those people are fans in the first place.
Of course many would compare it to AM2R its only natural but i doubt it was the thing stopping people from buying the official remake.
hey just wanted to say you make nice reviews. Very professional.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Thank you!
CharminUltra
Member
What a fucking year, and it's not even over yet! Odyssey and others await (plus even more depending what's announced tomorrow.)
Great review! I didn't notice how the platforms are all shown connected to the background. That's a really nice touch.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Hardly care for reviews but an 88?? Holy smokies
Astral Dog
Member
Yeeeah i understand your point, but still, you know exactly what kind of game this is and what its trying to do, so the reviews scores are opinions based on that metric.
Samus Returns is pure 2D Metroid, no story, no linearity nospace station i understand if you don't like the graphics though
SciencePilot
Member
Glad to hear the game turned out just as great as all the previews were saying. I'm really excited to get this game. It sounds just like what I want from a Metroid game.
Father_Brain
Banned
Does this have any performance issues on non-New 3DS hardware?
TheDinoman
Member
Everyone says it runs fine.
Sounds like there's basically no difference between models.
Father_Brain
Banned
Good. I managed to play through and enjoy Mirror of Fate on 3DS, but I don't think I can go back to that level of performance in 2017.
Amazing scores and congratulations to Mercury Steam, sadly though the reviews and footage don't excite me at all for this game besides the music/sound. I've always wanted a sidescrolling polygonal 3DS entry but I can't quite put my finger on why I'm not itching to play this. It feels strange similar to Yooka-Laylee as in it's something i've been wanting badly but when the game is actually made... meh. Maybe Nintendo is very strict when it comes to what reviewers are allowed to show and talk about? Because if this truly is a Metroidvania on par with Super and SotN in terms of atmosphere, twists and quality of level design then that would instantly change my mind but I'm not seeing it atm, like at all
Synless
Member
None of the videos I saw so far have led me to believe it is... they have all been on regular non-60 fps YouTube vids though. Can someone please confirm?
Nope, so half the frame rate of the Game Boy original :/
Double the fps of that castlevania 3ds game these folks made though
Bahaha, aye I remember the performance being bad on the demo. Actually found the combat quite fun though, wouldn't mind trying the PC version sometime
Jonneh3003
Banned
No longer will people wonder why Metroid can't crawl (credit: NintenDaan)
Astral Dog
Member
Were has Nintendo done this
Astral Dog
Member
Wow i was hoping due to how ugly this was compared to their Castlevania game,but maybe its just 3DS
Alex_Mexico
Member
I guess you're right. Reviews for Other M were indeed lower than I expected from a new console Metroid game (and decidedly lower than all three Prime games before it) but yeah the reviews were still too damn high. Puts it into perspective when both IGN reviews of Other M and SR call their respective games "good" and get 8.5 but SR guy said Other M disappointed..
Yeah, Nintendo's usually pretty good about this compared to other devs/publishers.Were has Nintendo done this
Alex_Mexico
Member
Has a 3DS game ever run a 60fps?
Diprosalic
Banned
DecoReturns
Member
Link Between Worlds
wonderful review. Thank you.
Jonneh3003
Banned
You're very welcome!