Convoluted Level design.

2008-08-19 06:56:14 pm

Metroid 1 was easy to navigate. nothing overlaps so you can draw the entire map on graphing paper.

2008-09-11 04:51:08 pm

I think it's because they didnt develop a new map system to make it easier to look at these unneccesarily complex levels. We were stuck with more or less the same as MP1 and 2.

arkarian

2008-09-11 11:13:15 pm

red chamber dream

Prime's map was fantastic. For some reason the same style didn't really work for Echoes or Corruption, though.

rekameohs

2008-09-12 12:03:08 am

Anywhere, everywhere

Same style worked fine in all three, seeing as, you know, it's the SAME style. Even though the 3d maps are pretty good, nothing beats the 2d ones, since the 3d ones do get pretty disorienting. Gba metroid style is my favorite because you can tell when an item is still unacquired by looking at the map, or if you got it, something super's didn't have. It was nice to see that feature somewhat return in corruption.

arkarian

2008-09-12 12:43:27 am

red chamber dream

Nah, both Echoes's and Corruption's level designs sucked, which made the maps difficult to read.

Mr. Shadow

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2008-09-12 05:47:35 am

OH ****!!!!

Quote from Arkarian:

Nah, both Echoes's and Corruption's level designs sucked, which made the maps difficult to read.

I found prime and echoes's map to be mostly the same.

tjp7154

2008-09-12 06:14:28 am

Bananas GOOD, Kremlings BAD

Even the first Prime's maps confused me at first, because of the possibility of seeing the map at the wrong angle. Once they started stacking rooms on top of each other (like Echoes' underwater Torvus area), it became harder to follow.

DragonRidley

2008-09-12 04:23:47 pm

Same for Phazon Mines. That's given me some trouble.

Mr. Shadow

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2008-09-12 04:28:37 pm

OH ****!!!!

All you had to do was flip it. laugh new

TheGreenManalishi

2008-09-12 06:32:31 pm

Yep. Phazon Mines is the only area of MP1 that confuses me on the map screen.

tjp7154

2008-09-12 08:34:10 pm

Bananas GOOD, Kremlings BAD

Quote from Mr. Shadow:

All you had to do was flip it. laugh new

Heh. Nice one. Actually, I had to flip it a couple of times to finally see it from the right angle...