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Random Metroid thoughts: Prime 1 was the first Metroid game I played and I loved it. The way that the world connected just felt perfect. Every time a path looped back around to a new part of an old area felt great. I was disappointed that the subsequent Primes progressively abandoned that design. I have never been able to get into the original Metroid or Super Metroid. I didn't have a NES or SNES as a kid and the more archaic design philosophies drag on me without having any nostalgia. I played Fusion when it was new and don't remember much about it. The original Fusion suit still looks cool though. I beat Samus Returns last night. I liked the various QoL improvements over the old 2D games, with the pre and post boss checkpoints being a huge boon to me. I'm eager to see how Dread expands on it. Samus in Dread with the white suit has absolutely bonkers hips and I'm jealous.
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My biggest problem with revisiting Super Metroid is that I always found it slightly too hard and I don't like how the save system exists somewhat at odds with the exploration. Go too deep without a save and end up in a boss fight that you can't beat for one reason or another? Enjoy redoing all of that again and the save point still not necessarily being near the boss if you keep dying. I really liked the preboss checkpoints in Samus Returns because you were positioned right there to try again or could disengage if you needed to get more stuff first. I like exploring and bosses in Metroid games. Anything that makes me fight the trash mobs extra times is a drag. Its been a while since I played Metroid Prime so it might be similar (though maybe they put save stations near to bosses? I can't remember) but I really enjoyed how the movement worked in Prime. The double jump was magical and you get it pretty early. You need a lot more upgrades to where the movement starts feeling good to me in the 2D ones. In Samus Returns it was when I got the screw jump that it really started to feel good just moving around. In Fusion I remember having a hell of a time getting out of the Screw Jump pit because it seemed to assume you already played Super and knew how to use it. I couldn't get the timing right.
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Aug 30, 2021 07:51
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Samus Returns is a little weird in how many items you can only get once you have the baby but by then you will almost certainly have more than enough of everything to beat Ridley.
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Sep 1, 2021 02:23
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ExcessBLarg! posted:I only did one playthrough when the game came out but I only recall like three items that you need the baby to get. There's a bunch more you can obtain through more difficult platforming means that are made easier to get if you wait and do it with the baby instead. I did do some of the hard platforming ones but I still felt like there was 1-2 in each zone where it was hard blocked by the crystals.
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Sep 1, 2021 03:43
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I got a preorder for the Special Edition of Dread from Walmart, which they later lowered the price of to the regular $60 for some reason as a 'price match'. I'm not sure what, if anything, is actually going to arrive on Friday but cool if its a $30 off Special Edition.
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Oct 5, 2021 22:10
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My copy of something that may or may not be the Metroid Dead Special Edition that got 'price matched' to $50 is still in Kentucky with an expected delivery of Tuesday.
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Oct 7, 2021 19:50
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My favorite thing about Prime 1 was the exploration of the world and how you'd continually find yourself in new areas or new parts of old sections. Prime 2 started to break that and 3 completely killed it by having every area be its own planet.
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Feb 10, 2023 06:21
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Samus gets fused with Ridley's DNA for some reason and now she has wings
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Feb 15, 2023 01:33
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They'll finally pick up the cliffhanger from Prime 3 where the ship from the DS game is following her. The guy is in armor and hates the Federation so he can be a Chozo space marine who is also a pirate, Ridley's brother and a Metroid.
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Feb 15, 2023 02:14
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Icon Of Sin posted:Kick off the game with her absolutely unhinged feral scream from Dread, and I’m in I appreciate the title of this video of that scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogRUwVCFBJM
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Feb 15, 2023 06:47
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The thematically 'best' 3D map is the one in Control because its uselessness fits for a building that doesn't respect physical laws. Hyped to pick up my physical copy of Switch Prime tonight.
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Feb 22, 2023 21:46
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Patches are still going to be available. New purchases is what's going away today.
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Mar 27, 2023 20:05
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Samus should have a more sensible hair style for someone who wears a full helmet most of the time.
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Mar 29, 2023 21:04
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Augus posted:it's a magic helmet and also who cares sorry to upset you with the idea of short hair Samus
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Mar 29, 2023 21:22
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I want Prime 4 to have a really good interconnected map like 1 again.
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Apr 11, 2023 04:52
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