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Valgaav posted:Ah, now for the least favourite part of any metroidvania: Trying to remember where all the poo poo you saw earlier actually was. At least the odds are that the path to progress is in the mission log. Of course, if you just follow the log, then you'll miss all of the optional powerups that you get from exploring the map thoroughly.
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I always find the hardest part of moving forward in Super Metroid hacks is figuring out what the author expects you to know how to do. Like the Mockball, or maneuvering effectively underwater for long periods of time without the Gravity Suit, or even Hell Runs. There's a lot of places you CAN get to, but SHOULDN'T. I wish more hacks were up front about what skills you need to get to the end. I was playing a fun hack a few years back and had to give up because I can't Mockball very well, let alone in midair
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:I always find the hardest part of moving forward in Super Metroid hacks is figuring out what the author expects you to know how to do. Like the Mockball, or maneuvering effectively underwater for long periods of time without the Gravity Suit, or even Hell Runs. There's a lot of places you CAN get to, but SHOULDN'T. I wish more hacks were up front about what skills you need to get to the end. I was playing a fun hack a few years back and had to give up because I can't Mockball very well, let alone in midair As someone who considers falling into the Etecoon pit a softlock I agree. Never could do a walljump consistently.
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Jan 22, 2024 04:13
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Making Mockball mandatory should be a warcrime.
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Jan 22, 2024 04:49
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Are the yoku blocks in some obscure room in vanilla SM or are they a custom block?
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Procrastine posted:Are the yoku blocks in some obscure room in vanilla SM or are they a custom block? So far as I'm aware, they're fully custom.
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Kurui Reiten posted:Making Mockball mandatory should be a warcrime. I can Mockball if I slow the game down the Universe isn't mad at me that day I can do a Mockball in midair if I slow the game down, the Universe isn't mad at me that day, and I sacrifice a goat to the gods. I unfortunately no longer live with a goat who steals my beer
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Jan 22, 2024 19:32
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This is more relevant to the recent update that hasn't been posted here yet, but you should go back to older footage and see where that chozo statue that had powerbomb or somesuch revealed when you bombed it.
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Jan 23, 2024 19:33
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 Episode 13: Benthic bewilderment Getting lost in the dark and underwater sounds horrifying, honestly. ---------- Cooked Auto posted:This is more relevant to the recent update that hasn't been posted here yet, but you should go back to older footage and see where that chozo statue that had powerbomb or somesuch revealed when you bombed it. Oh yeah, I remember that one, we'll have to check it out later. It'll be a while before it shows up in a video though, since we did more recording this past weekend and didn't go there at all.
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Jan 23, 2024 19:52
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The thing at the end is actually possible with your current equipment and without highly precise movement, but it's really, really dumb. I absolutely don't blame you for leaving it for later.
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Jan 23, 2024 19:56
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I actually think I figured out the solution while editing videos today but we won't get a chance to test it until our next recording session.
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Epicmissingno posted:The thing at the end is actually possible with your current equipment and without highly precise movement, but it's really, really dumb. I absolutely don't blame you for leaving it for later. I wouldn't call it dumb, I actually like it. It's cheeky. A light troll. It's the developer giving a wink and a grin to the player. My friend was with me when I got it and he said I put on my "you got me, and I love it" face EDIT: Also on a whim I looked up Metroid Mission Rescue on YouTube and found a playlist of 49 videos each about 2 hours long for the hard mode. Holy poo poo Rabbi Raccoon fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Jan 23, 2024 |
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A lot of the earlier SM romhacks fall into the trap of "let's make the game world loving gigantic and mazelike because more 'exploration' = more good". Redesign is probably the most well-known example but MMR is the worst offender. e: With that last puzzle, maybe try turning off your gravity boots? Might cause your falling speed to be higher than usual, like doing a moonfall. Bloody Pom fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Jan 23, 2024 |
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Jan 23, 2024 23:07
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 Episode 14: We have no respect for vital infrastructure That elevator project is going to be set back by MONTHS now, the Space Pirate union is gonna be furious.
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Probably not a major item, but when you were going up to the energy station in the frozen area, one of those guys on the wall was different. All the other ones didn't have eyes and one connected to a wall with a blank map tile behind it did have eyes. I bet you can kill it and go through where it connects, like in the vanilla Lower Norfair escape.
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Huh. I never realized you could shatter that tunnel too. But I don't think I came back that way until I had Screw Attack which would have rendered that shortcut kinda moot anyways
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Congrats, you perfectly embodied the sense of "Okay now where the gently caress do I go?" that made me stop playing metroidvanias.
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The only one I gave up on was Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance. It was pretty early but it felt like EVERYTHING opened up all at once and I couldn't figure out what they wanted me to do. I almost gave up on Circle of the Moon too. I couldn't find the item that negates damage from red water and hauled rear end through the sewers and had to beat the boss with like, 5 HP
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This is about where I got lost in the hack, too. The Hive feels like it really wants to kill you, it's a definite difficulty hump. I don't remember for sure, but I think Power Bombs are a pretty effective "get the gently caress off me" weapon there.
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:The only one I gave up on was Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance. It was pretty early but it felt like EVERYTHING opened up all at once and I couldn't figure out what they wanted me to do. I almost gave up on Circle of the Moon too. I couldn't find the item that negates damage from red water and hauled rear end through the sewers and had to beat the boss with like, 5 HP Generally I do like when the game just lets you explore and find the path for yourself, because it means you usually also get the opportunity to check out various things locked behind the newest gadget and get a lot stronger during said exploration. The issue is that if you checked all the locations you remembered needing the gadget and still didn't find progression, it gets a bit ugly. Super Metroid actually has had that moment for me...twice, my first time playing it and way later on a replay again, I went "gently caress I was lost before right here and now I'm lost again, I can't believe it". It's the part where you need powerbombs to get grapple, iirc. Just a random room but with an extra puzzle that is very easy to go "oh I need something else extra here" on
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Simply Simon posted:Harmony is extremely bad about it, yeah. Circle I thought was fairly simple in its progression but it's helped a lot by generally being tiny. If you're still wondering, Death has the water purification thing and he hangs out in the bottom left corner of the map; you need to be able to push blocks to get in there. Biggest issue is remembering there was one in the entrance hall (which is a tiny midgame area). Yeah I found it eventually. It was kinda fun getting to use the feather thingie for a little longer than you were supposed to, though. And sequence breaking is always fun
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:Yeah I found it eventually. It was kinda fun getting to use the feather thingie for a little longer than you were supposed to, though. And sequence breaking is always fun
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 Episode 15: Chilling in the Fire Temple I really love the use of the dried up enemies in this area, they tell such a story. Something's out there, but we don't know what.
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This game's full of surprises all the way through the credits. I was waiting for you to stumble on those blocks
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Aw dang, those iBuffalo controllers were really good. Mine gave up the ghost last year, I had it for like 10. My new replacement is an iNNEXT and it's fine but something about the iBuffalo was just right.
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For the record, the Fire Temple music is from Super Castlevania IV. Also, regarding those H blocks: in the Super Metroid Phazon hack, you can find Phazon fragments, and if you collect all of them, you unlock the Hyper beam for regular use. I have no clue what this hack has planned, I'm just saying: there's precedent. 
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Also, regarding those H blocks: in the Super Metroid Phazon hack, you can find Phazon fragments, and if you collect all of them, you unlock the Hyper beam for regular use. I have no clue what this hack has planned, I'm just saying: there's precedent. Oh, that's what they did. I think I finished that one but never got all the fragments
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This hack has made minor modifications to 'standard' Super Metroid a few times already (KOing Crocomire with a flying tackle instead of the usual method, Missiles/Super Missiles/Power Bombs sharing the same ammo, the night vision
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Odd posted:Aw dang, those iBuffalo controllers were really good. Mine gave up the ghost last year, I had it for like 10. My new replacement is an iNNEXT and it's fine but something about the iBuffalo was just right. Thankfully it seems to be working again! I don't know what happened during recording, but here's hoping it keeps on trucking for a few more years.
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Could have temporarily failed for a lot of reasons, but if it happens again it might just be a cracked solder joint that needs to be reflowed.
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senrath posted:Could have temporarily failed for a lot of reasons, but if it happens again it might just be a cracked solder joint that needs to be reflowed. Mine was the left direction on the D-pad, it just wore out to nothin. 10 years is a good run though!
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 Episode 16: Majora's Mask music opinions Stone Tower Temple (upside-down) is probably my favorite dungeon theme, though Ikana Castle is also a very strong contender.
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Thank you for always posting your Saturday videos to YT while my kid is napping 
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Man, the day the Space Pirates invest in technology that can't be operated by a gun arm the galaxy is gonna be screwed
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You seem to be extremely allergic to charging. Any reason? I wonder if that wouldn't have helped a lot against the Hive enemies even earlier.
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Simply Simon posted:You seem to be extremely allergic to charging. Any reason? I wonder if that wouldn't have helped a lot against the Hive enemies even earlier. I'm just as happy to not be constantly listening to charging sounds, frankly.
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Honestly, it's probably habit. In the base game it's pretty useless outside of boss battles
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Yeah, charge beam is mostly useful early when you don't have other beams, and during boss fights after running out of Super Missiles. Otherwise firing normally is usually sufficient for most enemies.
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FPzero posted:Yeah, charge beam is mostly useful early when you don't have other beams, and during boss fights after running out of Super Missiles. Otherwise firing normally is usually sufficient for most enemies. If you watch the video again, your beam appears to have a fairly short range for some reason and was stopping just before hitting the enemies you were wondering about.
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Looks like it was hitting the dry remains until that sprite fully disappeared.
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