Jeeze you're on a role with classic gaming aren't you? Super Metroid is essentially the epitome of the entire Metroid series to date. Even after playing all of the games Super Metroid stands out as being the best experience out of all the rest. It is essentially Metroid but enhanced and put on steroids. The entirety of the game's atmosphere really puts the player into a sense of being really, really alone. I've not felt this with any other Metroid game. The music is prefect and the musical ques are placed in certain spots in order to invoke a sense dread and fear. Like the first time I set foot into Norfair. I did not want to be there! This game, like Super Casltevania IV, is one of the best SNES titles out there and I'd highly recommend it!
I love SM.
SM is my favorite game.
The best to me.
But I also love Zero Mission.
Zero Mission is close to taking SM's spot, so I need to play SM again to see if it holds up.
The only other game aside from SM/ZM that evokes the same feeling for me is Prime 2. It's the closest thing to SM in 3d with a twist of ALTTP thrown in.
As for classic gaming, other than a brief week with GTA V, classics are all I play. From NES, to golden age arcade, to PS2 arcade compilations, to the 32 bit PS1 and Saturn, to Wii VC and PSN PS1 classics and Capcom arcade compilations, tons of games owned, but always a difficult decision what to play.
Hmm how do all of you do it? I've must have tried SM like ten times already but I get so uninterested in it, yet I will pour hours and I mean hours into fusion and Zero mission(this is my favorite in the series) and I would even play other m ( and yes I do actually enjoy this game) over SM. Yet thinking about why I don't enjoy SM over the gba titles is for me, the control. I really don't like Samus's movement in SM and when compared to fusion or ZM it does not feel as fluid and to me having a good moving character is important to me and I do not like the feeling of controlling her. This is not the first time that I have not been to keen on popular games I have the same feelings toward Chrono trigger in the sense that I don't feel it. I'm not trying to be negative but I do have a hard time enjoying this game as much as I should. :-\
On topic, I watched a video review recently that said the original NES Metroid is not a good game, and that Zero Mission was necessary to bring it to the current generation. How do ya'll feel about that? I didn't play much of the original Metroid until around 1998 or so, at which point it had already aged considerably, but I still had a blast mapping out all the areas by hand and figuring out where to go on my own. I think that's a great element of gameplay that's lost once you add a mapping system, even moreso when there are hints on the map as to which rooms hold secrets. On a similar note, I had to turn off the hint system in Prime to really make it feel like a Metroid game.
I know what you mean, Bloodreign. I play a lot of modern-ish games, but I'll always love my oldschool stuff. Right now I'm at a great place. I'm intentionally putting off upgrading to PS4. I'm mostly "caught up" with the modern games I've bought recently, so I've been going back and finishing older games that I always meant to play, and re-playing classics like Super Metroid. It's a great chance to fire up all those great PS2 compilations like the Capcom Classics 1 & 2, Taito Legends 1 & 2, Midway Arcade Classics series, Metal Slug Anthology, Atari Anthology...so much good old stuff.
On topic, I watched a video review recently that said the original NES Metroid is not a good game, and that Zero Mission was necessary to bring it to the current generation. How do ya'll feel about that? I didn't play much of the original Metroid until around 1998 or so, at which point it had already aged considerably, but I still had a blast mapping out all the areas by hand and figuring out where to go on my own. I think that's a great element of gameplay that's lost once you add a mapping system, even moreso when there are hints on the map as to which rooms hold secrets. On a similar note, I had to turn off the hint system in Prime to really make it feel like a Metroid game.
As for classic gaming, other than a brief week with GTA V, classics are all I play. From NES, to golden age arcade, to PS2 arcade compilations, to the 32 bit PS1 and Saturn, to Wii VC and PSN PS1 classics and Capcom arcade compilations, tons of games owned, but always a difficult decision what to play.
You're not the only one Bloodreign then again why is it that you, PFG9000, and I all have the retro badge. I was just playing fire emblem genealogy of the holy war last week.If that's the case, I might argue I'm worthy of the retro badge as well. While there are tons of new games I enjoy, I love the 8 and 16 bit classics I grew up with the most. I think what I like best about the WiiU and 3DS (and the eStore) is the the fact/idea of buying those classics I grew up with, and other NES/SNES titles I may have missed. And when new games represent that retro style, I don't find it tiring at all. Instead, it grabs my attention in the hopes that it brings back the feelings and memories I have of the old NES/SNES days. Is that Retro-loving enough?! :-)
Question for the Prime fans: I remember liking the first one, but I honestly kind of hated Prime 2. I think it had to do with the environments themselves (and the backtracking), and constantly switching ammo. What can I expect from Prime 3? I'm kind of hesitant to jump into it.I've only played through Prime 3 once. I don't remember a ton of backtracking, but I really didn't like the game much overall. It's easily my least favorite of the Prime games...I actually enjoy Hunters more than Prime 3. Some of the environments are a little bland, and some are just not interesting to me. And I thought there was too much dialogue for a Metroid game. For me I'd rate the Primes like this:
Super Metriod is amazing.
Something was in the air at that time.
Scv4 and Super Metriod are both impossibly beautiful masterpieces. It just doesn't get any better than those 2 games. Within there own franchises and beyond.
These games get into your head in a way I can't express in words.
That's the biggest reason no Metriod or Castlevania since has been able to live up to them for me. There's something deeper that these two games offer the player. I'm not sure that I'll ever be able to pin down what it is either.
I love SM.
SM is my favorite game.
The best to me.
But I also love Zero Mission.
Zero Mission is close to taking SM's spot, so I need to play SM again to see if it holds up.