So has Metroid Samus Returns been bumped up a bit or is it just still kind of "eh"?

So has it been bumped up a bit or is it just still kind of "eh"?

Schizophrenic Conspiracy Theorist Shirt $21.68

Homeless People Are Sexy Shirt $21.68

Schizophrenic Conspiracy Theorist Shirt $21.68

  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Boring game

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      What is it boring?

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    why are there upscaled textures of this game in Dread files?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I think they wanted simply to port SR on Switch, than decided to make modified reskin of it using plot and mechanics of cancelled Dread

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Probably same engine they've been using since that Castlevania game, and they kept some around when testing shit.

      [...]

      Still 'eh. Main complaint with the game was how parrying was mandatory for quicker kills, but enemies took their sweet fricking time doing a counterable attack. Thank frick Dread made enemies in general far more aggressive.

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >samus returns thread
    Good. I just finished replaying this game and I feel like I'm going crazy. There IS a chozo stalking Samus in this game right? One that appears like twice in the background. I remember seeing it myself, I remember people talking about it but I can't find anything. When I saw Raven Beak in the Dread trailer I was sure that was him but I can't find shit about it.
    Is this a case of false memories?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      There are no Chozos in SR. Only digger machines

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      more likely a case of schizophrenia

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        No it's just meth

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Meds now

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >gays replying to this post that don't know
      Yes, you're right. There is something following you throughout the game.
      https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Red-eyed_Watcher

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >Throughout the game.
        >wiki says it's only found in a single area.
        >Dread outright tells you Raven beak didn't know all the Metroid on Sr388 were dead until after Samus left it.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        While it's good to know I'm not completely bonkers it's still not what I remember. I distinctly remember a bird man warrior with a spear in a half collapsed cave in area 2.

        >AM2R is just better than it
        It really isn't.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >I distinctly remember a bird man warrior with a spear in a half collapsed cave in area 2.

          If you're not already, you'd better get used to the fact that the brain is a terrible record-keeping device and distorts its own impression of past experiences all the time. All the time.

          Or you can continue insisting that you know what you saw and evidence of the thing has been scrubbed from history. Your choice.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's a good game. Better than Fusion.
    Dread pretty much improved on it in every way though.

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I think Dread actually bumped it down

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >bumped up
    ?
    It was always great, and always agreed upon as such.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I think it had a stronger finish than Dread but a way weaker start. It's just so repetitive killing the same mini bosses.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I think the unique bosses were unexpectedly good after all those copy pasted mini-bosses.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Still a bland game with little variety. Dread is much much better and improved on the gameplay and design a ton.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's forever a Dread prototype. Make of that what you will.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Why would it change? The game hasn't been updated; your opinion of it shouldn't have been either

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I want to play it on Citra, is there an HD texture pack or anything like that? Does the bottom screen interfere a lot if I'm using a controller?

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I played and enjoyed it, was better than zero mission. Have only played those two though.

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Its ugly
    Repetitive
    Unoriginal
    Mediocre
    Stunted

    At least dread had slightly better graphics and a new story with new mechanics and QoL. Samus Returns was just a shitty proof of concept to earn Nintendo's goodwill. If it weren't then it would have been a one off on switch instead. I would want it ported to switch using dread's improvements and higher graphic quality at least. That could very well happen. Metroid is FE now after Dread salea exploded.

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It was always a solid, Fusion-tier entry but 30 fps and being a 2017 3DS didn’t help.

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It was always fine. But I also don't think any Metroid dips into meh territory outside of Other M which dove straight into bad.

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Replaying it after Dread it's fricking clunky as shit.
    It's a miracle Dread turned out the way it did considering the foundation is executed so poorly in this game.

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I've always liked it.

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I still like it.

    One thing I think was cool in SR was how you can rest your arm cannon against edges you are hanging from at 45 degrees. It makes the physical movement feel a little more real when you have details like that. This was removed in Dread and now you will annoyingly shoot against the wall you are hanging from.

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Saying Metroid SR is bad is like saying Dark Souls 2 is bad.
    It's not the best metroid in the 2d series but it isn't as bad as most Metroid-like games.
    It's serviceable and most people are just sour to it because AM2R is just better than it and Nintendo DMCA'd it.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      DS 2 is bad though

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        For mainline DS games yes. Still better than the vast majority of souls-likes.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          DS games? This is a 3DS thread stop using moronic acronyms

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Dark Souls dip shit. Keep up.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              I know because I read what you are replying to. But it's a waste of my time when you could just NOT ABBREVIATE to "DS" in a 3DS game thread.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                No. That's just you being a homosexual. You fully understood what was being discussed but you acted the fool regardless.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                You are bringing your dogshit game abbreviations for series I could give a frick about into a 3DS thread about Metroid.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >AM2R is just better than it
      Not really. It's a lot slower and he basically just copy and pasted the maps.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >It's a lot slower
        And?
        >and he basically just copy and pasted the maps
        And they're good maps, yes

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >And
          And when your game doesn't feel satisfying to control then theres a problem.
          >And they're good maps, yes
          No, no they aren't.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >And when your game doesn't feel satisfying to control then theres a problem.
            But it is satisfying to control
            >No, no they aren't.
            Yes, yes they are

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Finished my first playthrough yesterday, game was much better than expected, they nailed perfect how to make the whole game from start to end with a good amount of challenge without feeling impossible to beat. My only complains are how overused feels the counter move is and the whole giant robot fight, frick that one in particular!

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    good game held back by 3DS hardware lmitations

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      in what way

      god you people are full of shit, IN WHAT WAY WAS THE GAME HELD BACK? AT ALL?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >30fps
        >complicated controls on handheld systems

        both would've been fixed if it was on switch

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          30fps despite looking like shit, worth noting. There is a nice effort in the 3D backgrounds but it all goes to shit with how muddy the textures are, Samus herself looks like a bootleg figure whenever the camera zooms in like on recharge stations and some of the metroid parry sequences.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          The controls are fricking great, metroid has always been the most complex controlling sidescroller, back to the SNES days. How many other 16-bit sidescrollers gave you dedicated shoulder buttons for your 45 degree shots?

          Also stop playing it in Citra, the input lag is much lower on a real 3DS.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            why would I play it on Citra if I complained about it being on handheld system?

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    If you emulate SR can you overclock it to 60fps

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's still kinda "eh" but that's a fault of Metroid II's design more than it is M:SR's iteration of it. Dread takes every new thing that it did and manages to make it work, so it's proof that the concepts are fine, it's just hampered by the inherent design issues with the game it's based off of.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      SR is one of the finest modern sidescrollers and Dread refines on it. They're both goooood

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Still kind of eh
    I prefer AM2R but generally just because I'm a huge fan of Zero Mission

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Shut the frick up.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Hey frick you buddy

  25. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's somewhat vindicated now that Dread is out and proved Mercurysteam knew what it was doing. Every pretentious Youtuber who aggrandized Metroid II will still refuse to eat their words and admit it was actually quite good though.

  26. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Still bad, but no longer the worst 2D Metroid

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >no longer
      It never was. Fed forces and Other existed long before it arrived.
      Unless you are trying to sound like a complete shit bird and claim Dread was worse somehow.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That title belonged to AM2R after all.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Yeah, it is pretty bad at living down to a standard set by largely terrible games

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Imagine that, being worse than terrible games

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I know, it's a horrible thing
            But at least we got a genuinely top tier game out of it

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Yep, metroid ZM, Samus Returns, Super, Fusion and Dread

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous
              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                That is the reaction one should have for the fangame equivalent to other M.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Yeah, you mentioned SR and SR2, fan fiction was included by default

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Fangame anon.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >ranking fanmade games with official releases

        please don't be moronic anon

  27. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It was bad when it came out, it's arguably worse now after Dread. Leave it in the bin with Other M and Federation Force where it belongs.

  28. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it just doesn't feel fun to play, maybe it's the godawful 3ds analog.

    also, the over reliance on the counter move

  29. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    why would another game bump up it's quality? I honest to god do not know how any believes anything gets better or worse via some other outside party/game. like holy shit, base a game off of the game, that's it. i dont' give a shit about who made it, i dont' give a shit about if it has dlc, or its got some shitty controversial dilemma surrounding it, i play a game, i tell you how i feel about the game, i dont' compare it to anything else. If i like it, i like it, if i hate it, i hate it, simple as.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *