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Super Metroid |OT| Prequel to Other M
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These low-scoring reviews literally makes me sick. 10/10, A+, would have sex with it, sounds about right.
1st post nails it.
Why sully the grandeur that is Super Metroid by forming such an unholy connection in the threads title? Better to forget forever and wipe it from out minds.
With that out of my system. Ya, day 1, hour 1.
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Banned
Can't tell if serious
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
nordique
Member
I remember when EGM made it their "Best/Greatest game of all time" and people (including myself) at the time were like, "what? what the heck is a metroid?"
Then I played it.
And I understood. 10/10 is probably too low of a score for this game lol.
Eh, I can see having trouble picking the right number for trying to fully re-review a decade+ old game, I always thought the 1up/Jeremy Parish approach was better. It's the Edge review that's more surreal, coming from 1994 and saying there would never be another SNES game that would leave you astonished at what you saw, before we saw the likes of DKC and FFVI/CT. Granted, this is a UK publication, but by citing Goemon 2 of all games the door is kicked open for imports.
Robin64
Member
My face when I discovered you call walljump in the game ->(I only have the cartridge, no manual.)
The amazing part about this is that you are taught in the game through a very specific scenario. It's masterfully done. No stupid modern message breaking the immersion here, no sir.
Deadly serious. No score is high enough for this masterpiece.
Hot Coldman
Banned
OP should be shot for the thread title
Yep, it's a wonderful way of teaching the player. I was like "Are they doing that because.... No, probably not... but there's no other way, so maybe if I try it like this... shiiiiit
"The Shinespark reveal was similarly amazing.
No, it's not.
It's as close to perfection as possible. I dare say it IS perfection.
It's not simply "good".
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It was pretty brilliant. Games don't need to beat you over the head with tutorials and dumb shit like that. I was 6 when I played through the game for the first time, and I figured it out fine. And it was so satisfying, becuase you feel like you figured out some amazing trick. So I'm inclined to believe that good design can be just as effective for teaching one how to play.
Fuckin' Super Metroid, man.
Goldenroad
Member
Gamespot gave it an 8.5?! Makes that TP 8.8 seem a little blown outta proportion, right?
Robin64
Member
Ah, but it's a double meaning here. It's not just Super Metroid because it's following the trend, that's only one reason.
Megatron
Member
If you have it on the Wii already it will only be $1.50 to get the WiiU version if you miss this sale. Otherwise no, if you don't have a WiiU by June 15 you can't buy this for $.30.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Well, Nintendo did make the guy wait 13 years for a re-release, so I think that warrants a more negative evaluation.
Jaded Alyx
Member
I feel the thread title should mention 30 cents/pence in it somewhere...
Acerac
Banned
Shame Super Mario Brothers started a generation early on that naming convention.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
I recently played through this for the first time.
Since everybody else has taken the time to describe the game's successes more thoroughly, let me just tell y'all that the first time I returned to the Wrecked Ship exterior from Maridia was a defining moment. I'd gotten the Space Jump just in time to explore the tops of Crateria in search of all its profound secrets. Entering hidden caves to find expansions and hazardous corridors, I began to understand how Samus must have felt exploring this planet in her youth. Even though the music triumphed over all, there was this melancholy underlining it, as if the sheer totality of the last Metroid kidnapped, taken straight to a resuscitating Zebes, meant for a collision between Samus and Ridley, the Chozo and the Space Pirates.
This game tells a simple story smartly, and it does that by simply having some of the best game mechanics, play environments, and aesthetic features to create a self-explanatory atmosphere. It's rare to find Nintendo games as challenging and replayable, too: only the Mario and F-Zero games come close enough for me. The immensity of Super Metroid explains why I love Metroid Prime, since they're essentially one and the same. Above all, there's little more enjoyable than taking the piss out of Lower Norfair, which I consider the crowning moment of the game. Magma hot enough to crisp the Gravity Suit, spaces both claustrophobic and hopelessly humongous, and the return of old enemies all sinks in like butter on an English biscuit.
Shit's gravy, guys.
Since everybody else has taken the time to describe the game's successes more thoroughly, let me just tell y'all that the first time I returned to the Wrecked Ship exterior from Maridia was a defining moment. I'd gotten the Space Jump just in time to explore the tops of Crateria in search of all its profound secrets. Entering hidden caves to find expansions and hazardous corridors, I began to understand how Samus must have felt exploring this planet in her youth. Even though the music triumphed over all, there was this melancholy underlining it, as if the sheer totality of the last Metroid kidnapped, taken straight to a resuscitating Zebes, meant for a collision between Samus and Ridley, the Chozo and the Space Pirates.
This game tells a simple story smartly, and it does that by simply having some of the best game mechanics, play environments, and aesthetic features to create a self-explanatory atmosphere. It's rare to find Nintendo games as challenging and replayable, too: only the Mario and F-Zero games come close enough for me. The immensity of Super Metroid explains why I love Metroid Prime, since they're essentially one and the same. Above all, there's little more enjoyable than taking the piss out of Lower Norfair, which I consider the crowning moment of the game. Magma hot enough to crisp the Gravity Suit, spaces both claustrophobic and hopelessly humongous, and the return of old enemies all sinks in like butter on an English biscuit.
Shit's gravy, guys.
EGM gave it a 9
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I hope the mods allow this scan it is nearly 20 years old
The Xtortionist
Member
Best 2D game ever made for only 30 cents. GIVE IT TO ME
I still feel that was a bit low for TP. Even though it didnt quite live up to the hype, it is still one of the best designed games of this gen, with amazing level-design, fantastic bosses, and a fantastic visual style. Thirdbest 3D-Zelda imo, its just the fact that its standing on the shoulders of giants that make it seem lesser than it really is. IMO.
Robin64
Member
100% truth.
Samurai_Heart
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Goldenroad
Member
I loved TP too...but it's not better than Super Metroid.
Ah, but it's a double meaning here. It's not just Super Metroid because it's following the trend, that's only one reason.
What do you know???? DID YOU GET AN EARLY COPY? :O
Ofcourse not, and that was not my point. The score of Super Metoid is just criminal, as I wrote earlier, that game breaks every conceivable scoring method there is.
