It’s being a couple of weeks since I’ve finished this game and it does not get out of my head.

I’ve always enjoyed Castlevania and games which can be referenced as Metroidvania, but for some reason I’ve never got interested in playing Metroid, maybe because I was a Sega/Sony kid

But some weeks ago I was looking to play something “new” and was not in the mood for the vampire franchise, so I tried my luck and went to play Super Metroid with basically no expectations and suffice to say it blew my mind.

I was really surprised that it had almost everything a Metroidvania has and one generation before SOTN, I didn’t expected this from a 16 bit game and I say this having owned Video Games since Atari 2600

I don’t have much to add but if you are into retrogames and for some dumb reason, like mine, you still haven’t tried Super Metroid, than please give it a chance.

  • CaptnKarisma@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Super Metroid is great, I wandered for 2 hours once just wondering where the hell am I going or even doing. The original Metroid thats tougher as nothing is really clear and certain things are really well hidden, almost too hard. I wouldn’t blame anyone for watching a walkthrough before playing, at a minimum at least look up low key references on how to look for stuff and passage ways

    • Calavera@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      3 years ago

      I mean, the game barely teach you to do wall and space jumps lol.

      I still can’t do a proper wall jump

      • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
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        3 years ago

        “Teach”? Man back in the NES days it was “here’s the game, figure it out…. Sure we included instructions but it’s just what the buttons can do and a lot of pretty pictures and background lore”

        • Calavera@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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          3 years ago

          Yes haha, that’s why I bought a lot of video game magazines back then haha

  • AHorseWithNoNeigh@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorEnglish
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    3 years ago

    This is a game that is always on repeat for me. I typically do a replay of it every so often. Absolutely fantastic game that set the pace for the following games.

  • don@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I still occasionally whistle the Item Acquisition Fanfare when appropriate.

  • magic_lobster_party@kbin.social
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    3 years ago

    Fusion and Dread are also real good stuff if you want more. Although they’re both more story focused and action oriented than Super, they’re still great in their own ways.

    • AHorseWithNoNeigh@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorEnglish
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      3 years ago

      Just so people know, there is a fan remake of Metroid 2 floating out there somewhere that basically takes the story and remasters the game to the level of Super Metroid. Unfortunately, Nintendo found out and DMCA-ed it to death :(.

      • WarmSoda@lemm.eeEnglish
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        3 years ago

        AM2R is a two second search away, and has been getting regular updates and up grades for years.

    • Calavera@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      3 years ago

      I just finished Fusion, really good game too. Encountering SA-X from time to time is so much fun, it looks like an Alien movie

  • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 years ago

    This is one of my all-time favorites that I first played so long ago, so I sometimes wonder “is it nostalgia or is the game just that good?” Posts like this always make me think it’s a big dose of the latter.

    The game just gets so much right, especially a very satisfying last 10 minutes.

  • fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I was so surprised when I played it for the first time in 2019 and it felt like a game that could’ve been released the same year. The controls, graphics and music all hold up so beautifully I’d be confident in saying that this game is truly timeless.