|
Have to respect the restraint of playing this game over the course of weeks. I couldn't put it down and got through it in a weekend
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2021 05:23
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 5, 2024 07:31 |
|
|
I almost didn't. I'm going to replay the game in hard mode as soon as I'm done with the LP.
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2021 07:51
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2021 01:00
|
|
|
So funny story, I didn't actually get to Hanubia until after I disposed of the purple EMMI you're about to face, meaning I never ran into this reroute you hit on my first playthrough. It's really interesting to see how minor route alterations can change the flow of the game so much.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2021 04:01
|
|
|
So with Golzuna the way to quickly get to other side is just to slide under it.
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2021 10:21
|
|
|
I claimed that I was good at Metroid, not that I was smart at Metroid
|
|
#
?
Dec 3, 2021 17:33
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2021 18:07
|
|
|
I am seriously impressed you somehow survived that and got it on the first try.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2021 20:16
|
|
|
You are really making me feel bad at this game. Just getting to the brain room for this EMMI took me like five tries, I think.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2021 21:01
|
|
|
Today in tiny little things I noticed: Samus goes two stairs at once when walking down the steps from the elevator.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2021 21:25
|
|
|
I noticed that when I recorded the 100% run earlier this week. It's the little touches that really give the game emotion. Another thing is, take a look at the full thumbnail:  Based on my guess, if Samus's reaction to that mook was really to do what a Metroid would do and suck its energy dry, I think that the finger positions are intentional - her index and middle fingers are lit up and their posture with her thumb looks like a Metroid's mandibles. Personality is an easy thing to forget in development and miss in casual play, but it really goes a long way when it's noticed.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2021 23:11
|
|
|
This sucks I have a longtime friend who hasn't played this yet and I want to hear his reaction to *gestures at everything, but pointing hard and constantly at that*
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2021 23:35
|
|
|
Man that was a nail biting EMMI encounter! So many brushes with death
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2021 03:44
|
|
|
WHY BONER NOW posted:Man that was a nail biting EMMI encounter! So many brushes with death That too, plus the fact that it wasn't like all the other EMMI fights where you could camp in one spot in the room you get dumped on and probably have a pretty good spot to kill it. This one demanded an obstacle course first.
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2021 03:48
|
|
|
Maple you panic flailed your way through that emmi fight, but... won somehow, how many counters did you get in a row on it? like 5?
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2021 03:48
|
|
|
I assure you that each and every flail was calculated and precise
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2021 04:11
|
|
|
It was actually "only" 3, but getting jammed in that one room and managing to flash shift out counts as an honorary fourth counter
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2021 04:12
|
|
|
Considering there are those red wall pulse things which block the way, would you say that Samus is shooting down the walls of heartache?
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2021 07:47
|
|
|
On that EMMI, it almost feels to me like its counters are a little more generous to account for the absolutely cramped location you have to fight it in. Is that just me?
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2021 11:25
|
|
|
Lynneth posted:On that EMMI, it almost feels to me like its counters are a little more generous to account for the absolutely cramped location you have to fight it in. Is that just me? Not having played it myself, and only watching Maple Leaf go through it, I'm going to say that the timing might be more generous here. That's not a dig at Leaf; going from 0 counters to 3 in a row in a panic situation is very impressive either way.
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2021 16:16
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Dec 8, 2021 21:46
|
|
|
So revenbeak has been on a ship in orbit this whole time. If it weren't for the x infected guard just outside the lift up I'd say he had a chance at not being x infected before Samus even got here.
|
|
#
?
Dec 8, 2021 23:34
|
|
|
I love the bait and switch the game pulls on your expectations with the final EMMI. After all this time and so many movement and power upgrades, you might have probably gotten the routine of the EMMI chases down, and since we got some narrative beats creeping in, pull the rug out from under the player and instead use this final bot as a way to clinch the narrative turn from just a moment ago, using the up to now indestructible opponent to do so.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 02:59
|
|
|
It ended up being extra bait-and-switch for me, because I apparently misunderstood a couple lines from the ZP review, and thought the last EMMI was going to get killed by Ravenbeak. 
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 03:22
|
|
|
I love this part! This game knows how to slowly build up a feeling of impending Dread (pun intended), but up to now that feeling has been product of the environment and the dangers therein. Now, Samus herself is a source of dread: she's fully in control of her Metroid powers, and even seems to enjoy using them. At this point, I stopped being afraid for Samus and started being afraid of Samus. Can't wait for the final battle.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 15:10
|
|
|
MachuPikacchu posted:I love this part! This game knows how to slowly build up a feeling of impending Dread (pun intended), but up to now that feeling has been product of the environment and the dangers therein. Now, Samus herself is a source of dread: she's fully in control of her Metroid powers, and even seems to enjoy using them. At this point, I stopped being afraid for Samus and started being afraid of Samus. Yeah the game really does hammer in the dread. After I beat the game I was thinking the exact same thing. Dread - Interacting with EMMI Dread - How I've gone through half the planet without finding the morph ball Dread - The Chozo robots Dread - The Chozo X (why do I need to do the 2 melee counters to kill them? I asked myself at the time) Then there was a moment in the game where Samus got enough upgrades where even fighting 2 Chozo robots wasn't a problem (I also think the much larger arenas they appeared in made things much easier too) Then around the time where you got the gravity suit the Chozo X stopped being a problem. And then yeah, once I realized what Samus's hand burning red meant it sincerely brought about new dread. Then draining the Chozo X made me realize "hey she didn't just charge shot its face off. Man that was brutal wasn't it? How the Hell is this worse than blowing its face off!? Oh god it's HEALING her?
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 23:46
|
|
|
And then you get that little comment by Adam. I wasn't quite expecting that, which makes me wonder who we've really been following the entire time. Or why we came here in the first place.
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2021 13:08
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Dec 11, 2021 17:37
|
|
|
Saying that you did an lp of a game and you not only enjoyed it but wanted to immediately play it again is some hefty praise.
|
|
#
?
Dec 12, 2021 14:12
|
|
|
The 48:20 missile+ expansion? Yeah that's the alternate solution. That's the way I tried doing it but just could never get the timing down. The intended way is to speed boost from below, sliding and wall jumping to maintain speed all the way up. It's tough too but drat satisfying to pull off.
|
|
#
?
Dec 12, 2021 17:13
|
|
|
I do wish that the game mentioned somewhere that you can do wall jumps while shinesparking because it's so loving cool and good, but you would never ever think to try that if you're so used to shinesparking in the older games.
|
|
#
?
Dec 12, 2021 21:26
|
|
|
Also shine sparking down. But yeah explaining just how much you can do at full speed would be nice to get a clear explanation for. There were a couple times when playing shortly after getting the speedbooster that I thought I kept speed after jumping up to a higher level, but since I usually wanted to stop on that ledge I would crouch or do something else that would cancel it, so it'd just feel it happen but didn't really parse it.
|
|
#
?
Dec 12, 2021 21:40
|
|
|
 It's a drat good Metroid game.
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2021 20:52
|
|
|
Raven Beak probably rigged the whole planet as plan B for dealing with the X. Gotta be thorough. But yeah, it exploded because Samus was there.
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2021 21:57
|
|
|
I think the idea is that the part of the planet you’re in for the entire game has this huge geothermal system powering and heating the various facilities around the planet. So, when Raven Beak’s fortress crashed back into the planet, it landed in the right area to cause enough damage to create a chain reaction that would have taken out the entire planet, or something like that.
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2021 22:06
|
|
|
No, Raven beak rigged the planet to blow, also Samus's ship can blow up planets anyway, this was mentioned earlier. Also I hate that ending for raven beak, it is a total cop out. If you were going to have him survive the ship going down. Samus should have stood up and then got hit by an ice missile, having him become OOH An X ate him and now its some gross, Raven Beak/Kraid/Experiment X-57 Hybrid coming to eat you is... a let down to me, because in the end, Samus doesn't kill Raven Beak, an X eats him Just have raven beak be shooting ice missiles at samus as she charges the hyper beam and fries him, would be much more satisfying to me, Also you mentioned why does the Raven Beak X eating you end the game when you a metroid, well because then Samus fuses with Raven Beak's DNA which is in the X and since Metroid DNA is hostile to Mawkin, persumably it does something not good to Samus, possibly the reverse of what happens with Quiet Beak X
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2021 22:22
|
|
|
I like that the game shows you Raven Beak's attacks (and how to avoid them) in the opening cutscene. The whole ending sequence was awesome, but I too died at Raven Beak X because I kept holding the two shoulder buttons thinking I had to do the Omega Beam.
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2021 22:24
|
|
|
That was a fun ride. Thanks for showing it off. My bet is that the last ADAM we saw was fake, but all others were real. This is something I wanted to share here for a few weeks, but obviously there's some spoilers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-4xVa6TN-o
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2021 22:43
|
|
|
CzarChasm posted:My bet is that the last ADAM we saw was fake, but all others were real. ADAM never called her Lady after losing communications and meeting Deadbeak Dad. Once gameplay started it was never the real one.
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2021 22:50
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 5, 2024 07:31 |
|
|
ADAM was 100% Raven Beak from the moment we got back up in Artaria, guiding Samus up and through each challenge to the surface. As for Raven Beak himself, he really does have the energy of the most arrogant bastard in the galaxy with how he talks down Samus' achievements as a result of his DNA, referring to her as his daughter only to big up himself. And as the fight shows, his arrogance isn't entirely unfounded either, as god drat this fight is loving awesome. Rekka combos like Fei Long, ludicrously powerful beams and Aeion powers that Samus herself used in Samus Returns, only on a much grander scale with Beam Burst and Lightning Armor. Even with each hit Samus gets on him, he simply calmly adjusts to his next strategy and readies himself again. An excellent final boss for a Metroid game. Also, the planet exploded because Raven Beak's ship set off a chain reaction all the way to the core, is what I thought.
|
|
#
?
Dec 14, 2021 23:47
|
|