my umbrella goes directly to Bankai
heh never though i would post in this topic someday but here's the day finally.
time: 6:50 - 80%
very fast for being my first time. i had never finished a Metroid game under 10 hours on my very first playthrough. even MZM took me longer but i don't remember anymore.
finding secret passages in this game is quite challenging since they're more camouflaged. also, the fact that the power bomb doesn't reveal stuff made me waste some time.
the music in several areas had me remembering some favorite tunes i had heard earlier, especially the underwater and lava musics (the ones that preceded the tunes in hydrodynamo station and magmoor caverns)
bosses: the boss where i died the most was Kraid (lol). i guess that not knowing the controls made it harder. over time i kinda got used to them and later bosses didn't give me troubles like i thought.
i finally saw Spore Spawn and he indeed rsembles the MZM thingy a bit.
Crocomire was funny. his hand reminded me of Mecha ridley and i proceeded to dodge it accordingly. then, i fired lots of charge shots and made him take a lava bath.
Phantoon gave me some trouble but i survived with 27 health left. i later realized why people turned off the ice beam in the speedruns.
against Draygon, i died the first time but that was because i wanted him to grab me to do the grapple kill. on the second time, he grabbed me properly and i fried him like in the vids. it ended up easier than i thought.
the Gold Torizo almost got me by surprise but charged plasma shots were enough to put him down.
Ridley kinda disappointd me because i thought he was harder. maybe he died fast because i unloaded all my super missiles on him (i had like 40) but still, reseve tanks saved my ass there.
Mother Brain was close to killing me but that was because of that attack i didn't know about where it shoots some yellow balls beam and hits very hard. i had barely the 300 hp necessary to survive the hyper beam. the hyper beam phase was easier than i thought. just stand, aim and shoot
the escape sequence was quite chaotic. that's how i wanted it to be in other metroid games. i even saved the animals but had very few time remaining (like 30 sec)
all in all, it was an enjoyable experience. i can now see at least partially why people like this game a lot. i'm still not fond of the item switch methods but luckily you don't need to swap weapons too quickly anywhere.
one interesting detail is that this is the first Metroid game from the old era that i beat. i kinda wish i had got the game when i had the chance back in 1996... i truly missed out back then.
edit: lol i forgot this one: i found out on my own that the grapple beam can kill enemies. i'm glad i didn't know that beforehand because it was very fun when i randomly used it near an enemy and it died :p
time: 6:50 - 80%
very fast for being my first time. i had never finished a Metroid game under 10 hours on my very first playthrough. even MZM took me longer but i don't remember anymore.
finding secret passages in this game is quite challenging since they're more camouflaged. also, the fact that the power bomb doesn't reveal stuff made me waste some time.
the music in several areas had me remembering some favorite tunes i had heard earlier, especially the underwater and lava musics (the ones that preceded the tunes in hydrodynamo station and magmoor caverns)
bosses: the boss where i died the most was Kraid (lol). i guess that not knowing the controls made it harder. over time i kinda got used to them and later bosses didn't give me troubles like i thought.
i finally saw Spore Spawn and he indeed rsembles the MZM thingy a bit.
Crocomire was funny. his hand reminded me of Mecha ridley and i proceeded to dodge it accordingly. then, i fired lots of charge shots and made him take a lava bath.
Phantoon gave me some trouble but i survived with 27 health left. i later realized why people turned off the ice beam in the speedruns.
against Draygon, i died the first time but that was because i wanted him to grab me to do the grapple kill. on the second time, he grabbed me properly and i fried him like in the vids. it ended up easier than i thought.
the Gold Torizo almost got me by surprise but charged plasma shots were enough to put him down.
Ridley kinda disappointd me because i thought he was harder. maybe he died fast because i unloaded all my super missiles on him (i had like 40) but still, reseve tanks saved my ass there.
Mother Brain was close to killing me but that was because of that attack i didn't know about where it shoots some yellow balls beam and hits very hard. i had barely the 300 hp necessary to survive the hyper beam. the hyper beam phase was easier than i thought. just stand, aim and shoot
the escape sequence was quite chaotic. that's how i wanted it to be in other metroid games. i even saved the animals but had very few time remaining (like 30 sec)
all in all, it was an enjoyable experience. i can now see at least partially why people like this game a lot. i'm still not fond of the item switch methods but luckily you don't need to swap weapons too quickly anywhere.
one interesting detail is that this is the first Metroid game from the old era that i beat. i kinda wish i had got the game when i had the chance back in 1996... i truly missed out back then.
edit: lol i forgot this one: i found out on my own that the grapple beam can kill enemies. i'm glad i didn't know that beforehand because it was very fun when i randomly used it near an enemy and it died :p
