@Scp-3125
To be fair, he’s not wrong that Samus is the toughest and most bad-ass bounty hunter ever :D
@Red-Supernova
Honestly, they’re not as bad as you think in either regard. All the speedrunning tactics are completely optional, like Samus has a bunch of more advanced moves like wall-jumps, but they’re all optional. The only real difference is you can get optional upgrades earlier with the more advanced moves. As far as exploration goes, you generally have an idea of where to go and all the obtuse stuff is, again, all optional upgrades that you actually don’t need to complete the game. It’s very rare when you just hit a stall and are like “where the hell do I go?!” because even when you’re completely lost you’ll soon find your way just by wandering around :D
That said, try Metroid Fusion on Gameboy Advance. It’s actually really linear, like the most linear of them all by far, like it’s the only Metroid game (that counts :P) where you outright have a commanding officer telling you where you need to go. Even Zero Mission, the remake of the NES one on Game Boy, is pretty linear, like you CAN sequence break and do stuff out of order but the game pretty clearly tells you where you need to go next. Also too, when you play Metroid Fusion you’ll understand why all Metroid fans hate the one Metroid game that doesn’t count XD
@Red-Supernova
Well, it’s totally fine if you can’t do speedrun tech or find everything on your first few playthroughs, it’s better to just try and beat the games the first two or three playthroughs, and if you need a guide to do that, that’s totally fine. Plus the original Metroid is pretty obtuse, with mobility being limited and a lot of places looking the same. I’d definitely recommend trying Fusion and Zero mission.
As for fighting games, yeah, Smash Bros. is pretty much the only one I can play competently too. I love watching and learning about more technical ones like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, etc., but whenever I play them, my best strategy is button mashing and hoping for the best, which doesn’t work more often than not.
@Background Pony #3DBC
I’ve played the original and Super Metroid and while I played them for a bit and this is the stupidest reason why its hard for me to get into them, I feel stigmatized by the completion requirements for those games locked behind speedrunning. I’m trying to complete as much games as I can in my lifetime compared to games that I’ve only beaten. And since Metroid games are about running around in a maze with you opening new paths as you explore, it makes me feel like Metroid games are guide games for me in that matter.
I need to play some of the technical competitive fighting game series sometime to see if I can find a flow in them. Mainly the ones that have been acknowledged in Super Smash Bros.
@Background Pony #3DBC
Yeah, that one was pretty misguided. You just can’t suddenly change characters that much and expect it to go over well with fans :/
@Admiral Stone
I am too. I’m glad the 2D games have come back in a big way, and Dread doesn’t have to compete with AM2R which, sad to say, was a far superior remake than the official one XD
@Background Pony #F53F
I’ve never been able to do a true stealth run of that part, and believe me I’ve tried XD
@Peternators
Oh he does love it, and he knows it, it’s just he’s at that age where he’s self-conscious and so he makes excuses XD
@Red-Supernova @Background Pony #3DBC
They’re definitely a devotion. I’d recommend getting into the newer 2D Castlevania games or the Shantae series, because they’re like a more simplified version of Metroid. Easier gameplay and it’s less obtuse where you need to go, but the same type of gameplay :D
@Red-Supernova
They’re pretty fun if you’re into them, but it’s fine if you’re not. They’re not everyone’s cup of tea.
I know how you feel though, as I feel the same way about a bunch of technical competitive fighting games.
Understandable. Ripley from the original Alien was a major badass, and I would say the same can certainly be said of Samus in the Metroid series one 2010 entry not withstanding.
@Peternators
The power suit was designed by the Chozo specifically to be worn by Samus, so, while it doesn’t look feminine, it is a woman’s suit of armor.
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