One game that never made it into the family Super Nintendo library was Super Metroid. What a great game, right? I had some serious expectations prior to playing this. Apparently it's one of the best games in the entire Metroid series. Possibly due to all of this praise, Super Metroid fell short for me. The same happened with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Here's what really mystifies me though (and keep focused, this could get messy): A Link to the Past didn't keep my attention very long for obvious reasons. I mean, I grew up on Ocarina of Time, so I'm partial to 3D Zeldas. As for the Metroid series, I began with the NES original. Super Metroid blew that game out of the water, right...? RIGHT?! Then why do I seem to like the original Metroid better than Super Metroid? I may never learn the answer.
I'm happy to say that I at least found a boss battle to enjoy on Super Metroid, which is more than I can say for Metroid. Also, the atmosphere of Super Metroid is genuinely awesome, thanks to eerie sound effects/music and creepy enemies. Given a choice between Metroid and Super Metroid, however, I would rather play Metroid. Call a doctor if you feel you must.
Donkey Kong Country 2, FTW!
ReplyDeleteThat game comes closest to perfection than any other game I can think of off the top of my head.
I actually played Zero Mission after finishing Fusion and reviewing it and was surprised to find that you can unlock the original Metroid when you're done.
I figured I'd try it but I couldn't really get into it.
To me, Samus didn't jump high enough, or run fast enough, or shoot far enough. I died within five minutes and gave up.
As for Super Metroid... well, you already know how I feel about that one, heh.