Shadow1980 said:
Super Metroid is one of my Top 5 favorite games ever. I don't know what it was about it, but it quickly clicked with me. The controls were great (wall jumping was tricky, though), I liked the somewhat open-ended exploration, the huge bosses were rad, and the general look, sound, and atmosphere of the game was great. It's one of those games that just easy for me to pick up and play. I can get it done in maybe two sessions at most.
And it was the first Metroid game I played, actually. I didn't play the original until many years later on Virtual Console. Playing the original made me really appreciate a lot of the QoL improvements made in Super Metroid, especially the map. I have an awful sense of direction, and I had a hard time navigating the original without consulting an online map. I've played a few other Metroidvanias, and I'm glad maps were present. Both Ori games took me a good while to beat, and I imagine it would have taken me even longer if I didn't have access to a map.
But I'm gonna be honest. I haven't owned a Metroid game since Super Metroid came out. I missed out on getting a GBA, so I never got to play Fusion and Zero Mission, though I do hope to eventually get that new Analogue handheld and track down those games (and other handheld titles I missed out on back in the day). I played a bit of Prime both at a friend's house and at a demo kiosk at Walmart and I had a hard time with the tank-y controls, especially since I had spent the past year-plus having gotten accustomed to Halo's controls. I was still kinda interesting in getting it, but money was tight back then and I had to be really picky with what games I bought (it doesn't help that I was spending most of what little discretionary income I had on anime DVDs at the time). I wanted to get the Prime Trilogy for the Wii just to see if it played better with Wiimote aiming, but missed out on it because it was pretty scarce. Here's hoping we get a Prime Trilogy HD at some point, complete with the option for modern FPS controls.
But I did manage to order a copy of Metroid Dread yesterday (and I ponied up the extra $30 for the special edition just because it looked cool). It should get here some time this coming week. |
