The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry to retrieve the deadly Metroid hidden deep within the cave-riddled planet Zebes. Super Metroid features excellent graphics, with a huge variety of enemies and worlds to explore. The side-view action will be familiar to many players, only now there are new weapons and items, including the Grappling Beam, which allows Samus to swing across large chasms, and the X-Ray Scope, which reveals secret passages.
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I really like it and it's probably the best in the series
The super jump from the first two Metroids to Super Metroid is more super than the Super Metroid that saves you at the end of the super final boss. It’s not my favorite Metroid but you can’t deny how SUPER BADASS it is. So many amazing moments like the prologue sequence, the Chozo statue pulling pranks on Metroid, and the scary bosses. I much prefer the controls of the other games in the series but they offer precision for the game and clearly it did something right with how it offers so many skips and glitches for beating the game faster. The game also nails the super world design (except for Maridia which is pooper and not super) and the sound design is INCREDIBLE. The sound effects are so crunchy and the music is perfectly groovy and atmospheric, and ultimate culminate and songs I can listen to on loop for the rest of my life like the Brinstar jungle floor. My overall score for this game would round out more to a 9.5 or so but Backloggd isn’t specific enough for a highly intelligent gamer who enjoys game such as Metroid and PaRappa the Rapper 2. This is certainly more Super than any Super thing in my lfie i can think of besides maybe my cat Ginger who’s super fat.
I probably played this a couple of years after its release. It is crazy to think that it was released in fucking 1994. So, so ahead of its time.
Like, games that were split by levels were kind of the norm. Then came Super Metroid with its open level design and then suddenly a new a subgenre of games was created. Not only that but the vibes of this games are still incredible to this day.
In fact, I'm not sure Super Metroid gets enough credit for certain narratives moments being kind of amazing for the time. The wordless sequences are that happen at the end are still effective.
Also I should mention that this was the earliest memory I have of a game scaring me. Crocomire (the creature you kill by pushing into lava) and the music that it plays during the fight got under my skin.
Anyway, all time classic for a reason
Like, games that were split by levels were kind of the norm. Then came Super Metroid with its open level design and then suddenly a new a subgenre of games was created. Not only that but the vibes of this games are still incredible to this day.
In fact, I'm not sure Super Metroid gets enough credit for certain narratives moments being kind of amazing for the time. The wordless sequences are that happen at the end are still effective.
Also I should mention that this was the earliest memory I have of a game scaring me. Crocomire (the creature you kill by pushing into lava) and the music that it plays during the fight got under my skin.
Anyway, all time classic for a reason
I’m assuming that if you’re playing this game in 2024, you’re probably playing it on some kind of emulator. Do yourself a favor and rebind the controls. I have dash on R2, jump on X, shoot on square, item select on circle, and item cancel on triangle. This is one of the finest games ever made, and I’d hate for someone to be put off by it because of the controls.
It keeps a lot of the charm of what I loved from Zero Mission and AM2R, from the creepy atmosphere with its unsettling tone to the exploration gameplay that I love about the games. However, it being on the SNES is what irks me a lot about it. Something about the movement just feels slightly off, I don’t know how to describe it and the UI just doesn’t feel as navigable compared to the previous metroid games I played. As much as I enjoy traversing through the different terrains, it doesn’t feel like I’m making good amounts of progress compared to the previous ones I played. The overall game is definitely a bigger, more expansive package, but I don’t know if my enjoyment matches that.