Strong 4, leaning on 5. If it wasn’t for the poor balance early on and how ANNOYING those power bomb door enemies are, the lack of music and… well, actually, that’s about it. It all wraps up damn nicely, especially if you do the stuff after the credits. And while the linearity up until that point can be off-putting… once the station truly opens up, it’s amazing. The nostalgia values are through the roof, and it actually feels like Metroid in 3D, rather than a FPS in a Metroid-y setting. All of the abilities and enemies work just like they always have before. The story… ehh… the bits around the final battle were a bit weak, but it was damn amazing other than that.
Yeah. All of our fears are either nonexistant or less damaging than we expected, basically. And you definitely always feel alone.
Also, fucking hard mode, man. No upgrades. Ever. Eeeesh.
They don’t exist. Instead of an item percentage it shows how many times you died.
Also, you can skip cutscenes after all, at least on subsequent plays. Never thought to try the first time because they’re actually damn good. >_> But that’s good news for speedrunners and such, eh?
I have the game now, the “art book” that I got as part of the gamestop promotion is underwhelming, for one they didn’t even have the decency to actually bind the damn thing, instead providing some art cards in an admittedly nifty cardboard (I think) sheath. Its not even art, instead it is just some rendered portraits and in game screens, as well as some of the posters…on 3x5" cards.
Oh…what? the game? oh yeah…that. its pretty fun thus far.
Spoilers (sorta):
So the part where there’s the elevator shaft, and the chameleon pops up after you break the first brace. Well, I got ahead of myself, didn’t think about the repercussions, and decided it would be a good idea to break the second brace, thus releasing the elevator. Good news: I killed the chameleon. Bad news: I died too.
So yeah, it’s pretty much awesome so far. The controls feel great to me. Very smooth, very polished. I’ve only had one “oopsies” with the controls so far, and looking back on it, it was more operator error than the actual controls giving me a bad time.
Don’t feel bad Swan, I did the same exact thing, also the part where you get the grapple beam is frickin retarded, you’re expected to look AWAY from the action and instead at a grapple hook right above you, then Adam authorizes it’s use, now I’m supposed to figure this out from something OTHER than trial and error?
Edit: Done. Why does it not present you with a number upon completion? I feel violated, anywhoo the return to search for upgrades mode is going to keep me busy for a while thats for damn sure.
@Syntax: You’ll find it. It’s a pretty fun fight, IMO. I might even consider it the funnest one of the game if it wasn’t for that badass Ridley fight.
Also, I am one missile expansion away from getting 100% completion now. Anyone know how to unlock that one orange door that leads to the missile expansion in the hangar? It’s off of the beaten path, and you probably won’t know where it is unless you’re item hunting. I can’t figure it out, and the internet is absolutely no help at all, considering the game just came out yesterday.
EDIT: Nevermind, figured it out. Apparently, there’s a small grate in the same room with the bathroom in the main sector that spews water vapor when you get close. Using a bomb on it will give you access to the expansion.
This station is designed for Federation bioweapons. Nightmare was explicitly called a Federation bioweapon in Fusion. The Federation shows up at the station and extracts Ridley, why couldn’t they extract Nightmare as well? Note that they’re the only two bosses that leave corpses there. And both corpses disappear after the Feds show up.
The Nightmare was a good boss but I say the best one was Ridley, MB lame was just lame. I hated that swimming lava creature.
And those Post credit Bug that u have to use Power Bomb to make them come out of their shells are a pain if you wait to long when they are about to go into their shells and regenerate health.
Metroid Other M does have a lot of fun points, but it would be cool if they added a new suit to the game, and wait the Gravity Suit only glows purple. They should have brought the Spazer Beam into the game, but they didn’t.
