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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I... didn't like the original Metroid. The basics are great, but there is no map and you 'save' with Passwords even though it came out after Zelda invented the save battery.
It definitely began a phenomenal series, though. Metroid Fusion is possible the best-designed game I've ever played.
Yeah, the password system is kind of a pain. I guess the map thing doesn't get to me because I remember it so well, but I do remember that Nintendo Power map being a must at one point. Now a days there are a number simple easy to use maps availible online. And I guess the password system is kind of annoying, but it really never bothered me, the Mega Man games were the same way. The two Zelda games with the ability to save were not the norm back then. In fact, I am having a hard time remembering too many other NES games that had the ability to save. My only real complaint about the original Metroid is the fact that you can't duck and shoot, those guys that are just under your line of fire get really annoying. Other than that to me it is nearly a perfect game. It is kind a hard at the very start when you have only 30% energy, but if you just take some time to focus on getting it up to 100%, which only takes a minute or so, it really isn't too bad. Then once you get a second Energy pack with an extra 100% energy it really take a lot to kill you, and it only gets easier from there as you gain more and more energy packs. I haven't played that game for a while, and on Saturday I made it all the way to Mother Brain without dying once, then it took me a few trys to beat her. I was surprised at how easy Kraid and Ridley were, I remembered them being a lot harder. Next Saturday I think I'll crack out The Legend of Zelda and give it a couple of hours of my time.
Anyone else ever use SNES Station for their PS2? I love it! I sold my SNES long ago and regreted it ever since, but I still have a number of my old games for it. The PS2 controller is so similar to the SNES controller, and SNES station does such a great job emulating them, it almost feels just like playing them on a real SNES. A few of the games that pushed the SNES hardware to the limits like Star Fox and Super Mario RPG don't run worth anything on it, but things like Chrono Trigger, A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and Super Mario World as well as the vast majority of other games play pretty much flawlessly on it.
Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
It definitely began a phenomenal series, though. Metroid Fusion is possible the best-designed game I've ever played.
I... didn't like the original Metroid. The basics are great, but there is no map and you 'save' with Passwords even though it came out after Zelda invented the save battery.
It definitely began a phenomenal series, though. Metroid Fusion is possible the best-designed game I've ever played.
Yeah, the password system is kind of a pain. I guess the map thing doesn't get to me because I remember it so well, but I do remember that Nintendo Power map being a must at one point. Now a days there are a number simple easy to use maps availible online. And I guess the password system is kind of annoying, but it really never bothered me, the Mega Man games were the same way. The two Zelda games with the ability to save were not the norm back then. In fact, I am having a hard time remembering too many other NES games that had the ability to save. My only real complaint about the original Metroid is the fact that you can't duck and shoot, those guys that are just under your line of fire get really annoying. Other than that to me it is nearly a perfect game. It is kind a hard at the very start when you have only 30% energy, but if you just take some time to focus on getting it up to 100%, which only takes a minute or so, it really isn't too bad. Then once you get a second Energy pack with an extra 100% energy it really take a lot to kill you, and it only gets easier from there as you gain more and more energy packs. I haven't played that game for a while, and on Saturday I made it all the way to Mother Brain without dying once, then it took me a few trys to beat her. I was surprised at how easy Kraid and Ridley were, I remembered them being a lot harder. Next Saturday I think I'll crack out The Legend of Zelda and give it a couple of hours of my time.
Anyone else ever use SNES Station for their PS2? I love it! I sold my SNES long ago and regreted it ever since, but I still have a number of my old games for it. The PS2 controller is so similar to the SNES controller, and SNES station does such a great job emulating them, it almost feels just like playing them on a real SNES. A few of the games that pushed the SNES hardware to the limits like Star Fox and Super Mario RPG don't run worth anything on it, but things like Chrono Trigger, A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and Super Mario World as well as the vast majority of other games play pretty much flawlessly on it.
Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
It definitely began a phenomenal series, though. Metroid Fusion is possible the best-designed game I've ever played.
Hmm, I got the chance to play Metroid Fusion for a bit, and while I liked the overall feel of how the game played, I didn't like all the text boxes poping up all the time. I am used to Metroid being a fast paced action game with the only narrative being confined to the instruction manual, or as with Super Metroid only at the beginning and end of the game. It feels kind of annoying playing that kind of game and having to stop and read all the time. Samus' sprite didn't quite look right either, usually she is very tall and slinder, in fusion she seemed kind of hunched over and boxy. More brute like.
