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2017-09-18 01:34:22 pm

Amateur Speedrunner, Roleplayer

I found them all to be fairly helpful. i wish the energy reserve tank refilled more though >:(

2017-09-19 03:30:49 pm

Got my copy today. Played a little into Area 1 and so far it's great.

Some obvious mechanics there to prevent sequence breaks / exploration and IBJ isn't too useful with the spiderball so early in the game. Gotta see how the game evolves in that regard. It's not a huge issue so far though

arkarian

2017-09-19 03:44:41 pm

red chamber dream

you might be surprised how often ibj is useful ;)

zeldacia3

2017-09-19 03:46:20 pm

Amateur Speedrunner, Roleplayer

has anyone else been able to ibj by just mashing the button

Cantonbags04

2017-09-19 03:51:29 pm

Samus Lauren

IBJ has been pretty easy in this game, but yeah the spiderball is gotten PRETTY early so its rendered a bit useless. There is about 4 bombs you put down before theres a delay though so you can't necessarily button mash and have it work every time.

zeldacia3

2017-09-19 03:58:48 pm

Amateur Speedrunner, Roleplayer

It's worked for me

arkarian

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arkarian: 2017-09-19 04:08:38 pm

2017-09-19 04:08:25 pm

red chamber dream

the timing is so easy to get right, mashing wouldn't be much easier.

i've used ibj to reach several places "early", where spiderball doesn't work because of goop on the walls

since getting high jump though, i don't think i've found any uses for ibj yet

Serris

2017-09-19 04:12:11 pm

You can IBJ to a bunch of places ... and find doors you can't open

zeldacia3

2017-09-19 04:19:13 pm

Amateur Speedrunner, Roleplayer

Did anyone else find the Zetas easier than the Gammas?

Cantonbags04

2017-09-19 04:29:45 pm

Samus Lauren

I definitely did, but that could be because it was easier for me to get the counter prompt with zetas than with the gammas. Samus' counter for the zeta Metroid was hella badass, I loved it.

Serris

2017-09-19 06:10:14 pm

Once I figured out that you can totally shut down Gammas with charged Ice Beams, definitely not. Still find the Zeta's bouncy green balls awkward, the grapple takes so long that you have little control over whether you get hit

arkarian

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arkarian: 2017-09-19 06:20:06 pm

2017-09-19 06:19:54 pm

red chamber dream

i always forget the ice beam even exists. haven't used it on any metroids yet, and i haven't used any counters on them either. i'll have to try those

but i've only fought one gamma so far

Cantonbags04

2017-09-19 06:46:43 pm

Samus Lauren

Ark you're missing out, the counters are the best part of ANY good Metroid fight. The ones for zeta and omega metroids are the shit. The only boss I legit couldn't get the counter for was the final boss, tho I think I know where it is and when it happens.

Cantonbags04

2017-09-19 06:47:27 pm

Samus Lauren

It also cuts fight time by a good 50-70%, so it's definitely worth it.

arkarian

2017-09-19 07:21:07 pm

red chamber dream

i'll have to try it!

Cantonbags04

2017-09-19 07:33:09 pm

Samus Lauren

If anything I was just so impressed by the animations they did with Samus and the metroids in this game. So fluid and a lot of little details! And the cinematics weren't too long to too overbearing. Just right.

arkarian

2017-09-19 07:35:55 pm

red chamber dream

yeah and no dialogue! <3333

Cantonbags04

2017-09-19 07:39:13 pm

Samus Lauren

Thank God for silent Samus.

Cantonbags04

2017-09-19 07:41:07 pm

Samus Lauren

To be fair, Fusion was FINE as was Metroid Prime 3 when it came to dialogue, but I would argue Samus had mostly internal dialogue for Fusion and Prime 3 was mostly others talking bcSamus' actions speak louder than words. She ain't got time for that bullshit she has places to be and space pirates to kill.

Serris

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Serris: 2017-09-19 07:45:33 pm

2017-09-19 07:41:22 pm

If there were some voice clips during the

Ridley fight of Samus shouting WATCH OUT BABY

the review scores for this game would probably be half what they are

Cantonbags04

2017-09-19 07:42:50 pm

Samus Lauren

Serris please I'm having flashbacks for a game I didn't even fucking play.

Also, spoilers, technically. ;)

Serris

2017-09-19 07:44:42 pm

Oh right

Turtle

2017-09-19 08:09:29 pm

I like turtles.

I just started after work today. I'm up to Area 2, just got to the big atrium, still haven't seen any 'troids apart from Alphas but that'll change shortly if it follows the original. I'm really liking the gameplay so far, and the visuals are all solid.

I'd say the only real gripe I have as of yet is that there's been little or no effort put into the music/sound design: recycled tunes/riffs from Prime, the somewhat cringey rendition of the Tunnel Theme, and/or just plain no music at all in favor of "atmospheric" soundscapes. Hoping that changes.

Cantonbags04

2017-09-19 08:20:27 pm

Samus Lauren

There are some stellar tracks later and excellent remakes including lower brinstar and norfair.

arkarian

2017-09-19 08:21:33 pm

red chamber dream

i definitely wish there were some new music too, but i have to admit i like most of what's in there. prime is great and i kinda love all the references, even though it's lazy