/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.7443056]

So what's the /vr/ consensus on Super Metroid? Did it age well?

[Anonymous No.7443059]

SOULLESS shovelware

[Anonymous No.7443069]

>>7443056
Better than any castlevania

[Anonymous No.7443070]

>>7443056
Tight controls with good jump and run mechanics makes it still one of the best of its kind, even today. OST holds up, and even modern knockoffs often fail to achieve the same visual quality. It's a really good game. Only a matter of time until /vr/ starts to hate it, though.

[Anonymous No.7443071]

>aged
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[Anonymous No.7443085]

It's fine. Not much else to say about it.

[Anonymous No.7443142]

>>7443056
Yeah, it's pretty good. Other than the underwater/swamp-esque section, it's perfection.

[Anonymous No.7443150]

Now that the dust has settled? It really has a retro feel.

[Anonymous No.7443207]

Rife with slowdowns. Barely any action. Terrible sloppy controls and fake physics. Muffled music. Slow pace.
It's nothing to write home about.

[Anonymous No.7443213]

>>7443207
This is one of the best descriptions of this game.

[Anonymous No.7443240]

>>7443207
>Terrible sloppy controls and fake physics.
The controls aren't sloppy, and what the fuck are fake physics? Nigga, literally every game you play has fake physics.

[Anonymous No.7443342]

An explorer's dream. I still remember the hours upon hours I spent wandering that strange world

[Anonymous No.7443421]

Pros
>It's really impressive they were able to convey that much atmosphere in a SNES game.
>The exploration is satisfying/rewarding, and rewards the player for remembering key parts of maps.

Cons
>I think some of the backgrounds have aged poorly.
>I don't think it explains wall jumping or shinespark very well. Although I didn't read the manual.

>>7443240
The grapple's "physics" have aged poorly. It looks and feels unnatural.

[Anonymous No.7443436]

Graphics were not good for a snes even at that time. Level design is still the best for the genre.

[Anonymous No.7443630]

>>7443056
Best game of all time, obviously

[Anonymous No.7443639]

i enjoyed it, i don't think it's GOTYAY

i personally prefer the pace of zero mission or fusion

[Anonymous No.7443771]

Yes, the platforming and environmental interactivity it allowed for still puts it ahead of the imitators that followed.

[Anonymous No.7443776]

>>7443056
It's great but having played the OG metroid and fusions bosses it's a little too easy.

[Anonymous No.7444127]

>>7443421
Shinesparking and walljumping is shown to you in the game through alien animals that you meet in secret areas. You are not able to leave said areas until you do those techniques correctly.

[Anonymous No.7444138]

>>7443207
>Rife with slowdowns
True, as with most 16-bit games
>Barely any action
That's a lie
>Terrible sloppy controls and fake physics
What the fuck are you even talking about?
>Muffled music
We get it, you don't like the snes. Super Metroid's soundtrack is held in high regard anyway so this is clearly not an issue.
>Slow pace
The only Metroid game with a fast pace is probably Zero Mission.

[Anonymous No.7444142]

>>7443421

Fuck, you must be on meth. The game perfectly explains the wall-jumping ability and shinespark ability incredibly well with the alien creatures (and no text). It literally shows the alien doing the move to show you how to do it.

By the way, what backgrounds have aged poorly? Can you provide a photographic example, because the game has some of the best pixel art I have ever seen.

[Anonymous No.7444147]

>>7444138
Mate, you just fell for bait. That retard has never even played the game if he complains about the OST.

[Anonymous No.7444151]

>>7444147
You're most likely right. This is /vr/ after all.

[Anonymous No.7444156]

as a Segatard, it's my favorite Nintendo game

[Anonymous No.7444298]

Kino. My favorite SNES game alongside ALTTP and Yoshi's Island.

[Anonymous No.7444312]

>>7443421
>It looks and feels unnatural.
I mean, you're playing a game about an amazonian woman on a futuristic space suit that allows her to store an arsenal for a small army and roll into a ball.

[Anonymous No.7444317]

>>7443056
It's way too short.
And there is not amount of romhacks to fix that

[Anonymous No.7444320]

>>7443056
Great game but the GBA games were honestly a huge improvement on the controls.
Super is really floaty and mashing select to manage the different subweapons isn't ideal.

[Anonymous No.7444327]

>>7444320
Does Super not save rebinds? I remember seeing a customizable controls in the menu. You could bind item selection to Y or R.

[Anonymous No.7444335]

>>7444327
The entire item selection system itself stinks. You're still mashing to choose between 5 modes regardless of the button. GBA games are way more intuitive and smooth.

[Anonymous No.7444343]

>>7443056
>run off a ledge
>all momentum comes to a dead stop and you slightly move upward before slowly floating down
It's a bit aged in the control department. Map design is top tier though, still hasn't been outdone by anyone.

[Anonymous No.7444345]

>>7444312
Or, it's a videogame. And you're supposed to play it.

[Anonymous No.7444346]

>>7444335
Fair enough. Then again Fusion nor Zero Mission didn't have to juggle 5 items.

[Anonymous No.7444352]

>>7444345
>And you're supposed to play it.
I dont understand what's stopping you. Are you trying to say grappling and shit is too crazy for a video game?

[Anonymous No.7444353]

>>7444352
no

[Anonymous No.7444361]

>>7443056
Although in my opinion, I think smw is less linear than this game. I like the idea of "Sequence Break" that this game offers, unlike most other games I've played in this genre

[Anonymous No.7444632]

>>7443056
Not as good as Metroid, but it's still the second best in its genre

[Anonymous No.7444637]

>>7443207
>fake physics
>>7443213
>This is one of the best descriptions of this game

>fake physics
Ok

[Anonymous No.7444640]

>>7443056
It's still my third favorite game of all time- to this day, if that's any indicator

[Anonymous No.7444641]

32 year old here who only played Super Metroid for the first time 3 years ago...it was fuckin great.

The atmosphere, music and exploration was top notch.

I still prefer Fusion though.

[Anonymous No.7444754]

>>7443213
>>7443207
Are you even trying?

[Anonymous No.7444760]

>>7443421
Wall jumping can be a bit hit or miss sometimes but at least it's better than SOTNs insane commands. I agree the grapple is a bit off too, doesn't feel like it matches the rest of the games physics/control

[Anonymous No.7444785]

>>7443056
One of the best games of all time, last replay was about a month ago.

[Anonymous No.7444810]

>>7443056
One of my favourites of all-time. Superb atmosphere, minimalistic story/presentation and excellent controls. Although, I've only clocked the base game itself a couple times; I spend way more time playing the various quality romhacks, i.e. Eris, Vitality, Hyper Metroid, Ascent and Super Zero Mission, et cetera. I daydream constantly about the hack I want to make one day if I ever stop being lazy.

[Anonymous No.7444821]

>>7443056
it's the best 2d platform engine ever made.

[Anonymous No.7444842]

>>7444127
>>7444142
The first time I got to the wall jumping critters I couldn't figure it out and ended up reverting to an earlier save. I might have even restarted the game completely.

However, I can only blame myself for being a retarded kid and not the game.

[Anonymous No.7444843]

>>7444842
to be fair, the walljump in Super Metroid is kind of hard to figure out because of the button timing.

[Anonymous No.7444871]

>>7444843
the wall jumps are a little tricky but perfectly doable. i replayed Super Metroid many years later and was able to get out of that hole in 5 or 10 minutes

[Anonymous No.7444890]

>>7444871
Once you get the hang of it, it's easy, but it takes a while to figure out.

[Anonymous No.7445225]

>>7443056
its shit

[Anonymous No.7445248]

>>7443056
good but over rated. fusion and zero mission are better.

[Anonymous No.7445985]

>>7443056
Only SNES game that did.

[Anonymous No.7446047]

>>7443056
better than inendo 65

[Anonymous No.7447792]

Just playing through this now for the first time and I'm really loving. It's my first Metroid game, so where should I go from here? Should I play the original or play Zero Mission instead?

[Anonymous No.7447852]

>>7447792
don't bother with the original, returns is worth trying to see if you can handle the jank.

[Anonymous No.7447939]

>>7447792
Metroid 1 will filter you hard. I'd actually say to play Fusion next then Zero Mission then 2 on GB then 1.

[Anonymous No.7448037]

>>7447792
really super is probably not what a newbie should play first, the other stuff will feel either kind of pedestrian or archaic after going through that.

[Anonymous No.7448067]

>>7447792
Honestly play all of them (by all I mean all the 2d) because they're all good. If you have a wii U play zero mission and fusion on it and if you're going to play The original metroid I suggest you use a map here https://nesmaps .com/maps/Metroid/Metroid.html

[Anonymous No.7448071]

>>7447792
Metroid 1 on a CRT is a lot better than Zero Mission, but since almost everyone prefers Zero Mission, probably play that

[Anonymous No.7448084]

All 2d metroids are great for their own reason.

[Anonymous No.7448091]

>>7444147
the ost is very forgettable

[Anonymous No.7448146]

>>7443070
I agree with what you said but I tried it blind and just wasn’t having any fun running around. Dunno why

[Anonymous No.7448173]

>>7445985
Don't kid yourself, the SNES didn't age at all, it was always shit.

[Anonymous No.7448517]

>>7443071
Fpbp

[Anonymous No.7450376]

One of the greatest games ever made. Superb atmosphere and gameplay.

[Anonymous No.7450439]

Games do not age, you do.

[Anonymous No.7451230]

>>7443056

It's my 9th favourite game of all time

[Anonymous No.7451990]

>>7443056
Oh look, is this thread again about games aging well. Good job OP, another pointless thread, just as worthless as your life. Your dad should have just squirted you out into your dumb mother's asshole instead of her smelly cunt you faggot bitch.