Honestly, what would you rate this game? (MII)

2004-03-27 07:31:40 pm

Quote from Saber in Blue:

Well, I think Larva are the coolest just in the "coolness" factor, but the you-don't-have-to-freeze-them thing is really a strength is you think about it. Fighting in Metroid is about staying alive long enough to kill the other guy first, so with Larva, the fact that they are vulnerable to ice is a huge weakness. It doesn't matter that they take five missiles after that or that they are invulnerable to missiles while not frozen. You see, Larva really only take one battle-hit to kill; when they get frozen by a single Ice Beam shot, they cannot attack or move. The battle is really over at that point, and the five missiles are really just a formality. With practice a person can easily go through all nine of them in II without trying. The invulnerability to Ice in the later forms means that they take 5, 10, 20, and 30 battle-hits to take down, and they remain dangerous during that time.

What you say applies to when samus fights them, but I was talking about larvas being cool in general. Think about it. How many people have ice weapons? Since the answer is none, metroids are pretty much invulnerable in their larval state. On the other hand, if the army of today was to fight some of the higher stage metroids, they would kill them easily. And larvas look waaaaay cooler. I win, now and forever.

[quote="Saber in Blue"]Well, I think Larva are the coolest just in the "coolness" factor, but the you-don't-have-to-freeze-them thing is really a strength is you think about it.  Fighting in Metroid is about staying alive long enough to kill the other guy first, so with Larva, the fact that they are vulnerable to ice is a huge weakness.  It doesn't matter that they take five missiles after that or that they are invulnerable to missiles while not frozen.  You see, Larva really only take one battle-hit to kill; when they get frozen by a single Ice Beam shot, they cannot attack or move.  The battle is really over at that point, and the five missiles are really just a formality.  With practice a person can easily go through all nine of them in II without trying.  The invulnerability to Ice in the later forms means that they take 5, 10, 20, and 30 battle-hits to take down, and they remain dangerous during that time.[/quote]
What you say applies to when samus fights them, but I was talking about larvas being cool in general.  Think about it.  How many people have ice weapons?  Since the answer is none, metroids are pretty much invulnerable in their larval state.  On the other hand, if the army of today was to fight some of the higher stage metroids, they would kill them easily.  And larvas look waaaaay cooler.  I win, now and forever.

SABERinBLUE

2004-03-27 08:46:18 pm

Cook of the Sea

Okay, Robo. And simply because your avvy depicts such a cool-looking Metroid Larva, yes, you win. :D

Wassup Dawgs

2004-03-27 11:10:40 pm

I gave it a 10. This was the first metroid game I played and I was hooked.

SABERinBLUE

2004-03-28 04:02:20 pm

Cook of the Sea

My favorite thing about it is the control. Original Gameboy action games have notoriously bad control, and this game is a welcome exception.

Yoshi348

2004-04-04 12:32:24 am

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Ready and willing.

Subtract one from the "Never played it" column and add it to 9.

This game's just full of neat little things... it's probably the most unique mostly because of the spider ball. At first I was overwhelmed when I thought of trying to 100% this sucker, but know I've realized that all the powerups are only in the chozo ruins (don't tell me if I'm wrong! :)). The game seems to give me suprises here and there... my first gamma was the one in the sand blocks... I'm like, "Hey, it's stuck in the sand, okay, dig it out... Whoops, it just got big... gah! not enough room...!" I got through him okay. Then a bit later I run out of missles on the other gamma, and I go all OVER the place looking for pickups... I was about to get frustrated when I managed to go back to a place I had gone the first time I came, but had gotten raped by the Alpha inside. I took it down (I had 10, not enough to comfortably defeat a gamma) and proceeded to my delight as I found 4 missles expansions, an E-tank, the Hi-Jump, and the Wave Beam! Then, I started getting all confident cause I had figured out that all the items were in the ruins, and found a drop in place with ANOTHER big item... and then it was Arachnus, and I'm like, hey, I know this guy... and then I find out that I have no idea how to damage him. ;^_^ (Don't tell me!) This game likes playing with my head, in a good way.

Subtract one from the "Never played it" column and add it to 9.

This game's just full of neat little things... it's probably the most unique mostly because of the spider ball. At first I was overwhelmed when I thought of trying to 100% this sucker, but know I've realized that all the powerups are only in the chozo ruins (don't tell me if I'm wrong! :)). The game seems to give me suprises here and there... my first gamma was the one in the sand blocks... I'm like, "Hey, it's stuck in the sand, okay, dig it out... Whoops, it just got big... gah! not enough room...!" I got through him okay. Then a bit later I run out of missles on the other gamma, and I go all OVER the place looking for pickups... I was about to get frustrated when I managed to go back to a place I had gone the first time I came, but had gotten raped by the Alpha inside. I took it down (I had 10, not enough to comfortably defeat a gamma) and proceeded to my delight as I found [b]4[/b] missles expansions, an E-tank, the Hi-Jump, and the Wave Beam! Then, I started getting all confident cause I had figured out that all the items were in the ruins, and found a drop in place with ANOTHER big item... and then it was Arachnus, and I'm like, hey, I know this guy... and then I find out that I have no idea how to damage him. ;^_^ (Don't tell me!) This game likes playing with my head, in a good way.

Omega Pirate

2004-04-06 08:11:11 am

I'd defintiely give this a 9 or 10. It really is awesomely atmospheric, despite the spartan graphics and reused textures...there should be a law that dictates that Metroid fans play this game through at least once. It really saddens me to see how much this beauty gets overlooked... :(

Boost Ball

2004-04-27 11:18:38 am

Unfortunatly ive only played a bit of metroid II on a stupid emulator. fun original metroid experiance and i love the setting and story.

i gave it a nine and im gona buy this game soon on ebay.

Chet Rippo

2004-04-27 04:45:49 pm

This game is great, but I can't get too far. I get lost a lot.

Wassup Dawgs

2004-04-27 10:10:04 pm

This reminds me, I borrowed that game from a friend a long time ago. He may still have it. I should try to buy it from him. :D

Kridly

2004-04-30 02:12:16 pm

I have to give it a six. I've only beat it once, and I don't want to beat it again. It was fun, but it's my least favorite metroid game. The thing's I hated the most were that killing the same kind of metroids over and over again got kind of repetitive IMO, and the fact that I could never tell where I was, due to the lack of a map, and everything looking the same. It's a good game, but my least favorite metroid game.

GreenMamba

2004-04-30 02:26:15 pm

What luck, there's french fry stuck in my beard.

Though this may be my personal least favorite Metroid game, it's not bad in the least. The concept is awesome (hunting Metroids), but it was pulled off poorly. Not because of Yokoi's incompetence (probably because he had none), but because of the limits of the Game Boy. I'd say it definately deserves a remake to show all of which it could of been (but that's a whole other topic).

I'll tell you one thing, though--this is definately a game that gets better the further you get into it.

SABERinBLUE

2004-05-08 11:21:46 am

Cook of the Sea

Well, speaking of the limits of the Gameboy, it's really cool how this game puched them to the limit but not past the limit, sabes? There are an obscene amount of handhled games that either try to duplicate what a console system did, or try to have better graphics than is realistic, and then have to sacrifice another element of gameplay (ALWAYS control to start with) to make the game even function. The result is entirely too many crappy games. Metroid II scoped out the limits of the system, and then fit into them like a glove, yielding a great game.

=Prime Killer=

2004-05-08 07:25:57 pm

I haven't played it yet,but I WILL get my hands on it sometime in the future..

I will get Metroid II.

HMRising

2004-05-30 06:55:35 pm

A solid eight. It, overall, was fun but very frustrating at times.

I personally never got used to the different Metroid types, though.

Fram At Dizzycomics.com

2004-05-31 12:12:31 pm

That game pissed me off because the map was so confusing.

Toozin

2004-05-31 12:26:58 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Why, it's simple as pie!

Provided that pie is some sort of geometric impossibility, like with a 720 degree circomfrance or something.

Fram At Dizzycomics.com

2004-05-31 12:55:34 pm

Quote from Kridly:

I have to give it a six. I've only beat it once, and I don't want to beat it again. It was fun, but it's my least favorite metroid game. The thing's I hated the most were that killing the same kind of metroids over and over again got kind of repetitive IMO, and the fact that I could never tell where I was, due to the lack of a map, and everything looking the same. It's a good game, but my least favorite metroid game.

I agree on everything you said there. I did not beat it, due to lack of map, and everything did look the same, but I did like the Spider Ball, before I thought that Prime had the first Spider Ball.

Syl

2004-05-31 04:44:04 pm

Quote from Toozin:

Why, it's simple as pie!

Provided that pie is some sort of geometric impossibility, like with a 720 degree circomfrance or something.

first: that link doen't work, gamefaqs looks at direct linking as BAD BAD!

Secondly, maybe it was because it was my first metroid game, but i honestly don't think the map is that bad... considering its all basicly a few rooms with one direction that your trying to travel, I found super metroids to be FAR more confusing the first time though, simply because of everywhere you could possibly go without any real indication... In metroid 2 you are always trying to go down once you clear an area.

Toozin

2004-05-31 06:21:03 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Quote from Syl:

Quote from Toozin:

Why, it's simple as pie!

Provided that pie is some sort of geometric impossibility, like with a 720 degree circomfrance or something.

first: that link doen't work, gamefaqs looks at direct linking as BAD BAD!

Secondly, maybe it was because it was my first metroid game, but i honestly don't think the map is that bad... considering its all basicly a few rooms with one direction that your trying to travel, I found super metroids to be FAR more confusing the first time though, simply because of everywhere you could possibly go without any real indication... In metroid 2 you are always trying to go down once you clear an area.

Link works fine for me.

And it was a joke in refrence to the fact that several coridors don't line up in the grand scheme of things. Lighten up.

Syl

2004-05-31 07:40:16 pm

strange, i get sent to this page:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/nolink.html

Toozin

2004-05-31 07:48:13 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Hmmm...

Well I meant to point it to here:

Code:

http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gameboy/file/metroid_ii_world.gif

wildjaX

2004-08-20 03:07:05 pm

Never played it....

Superion

2004-08-30 09:53:39 pm

I would give it a 5-6. I don't really like the game but it isn't all that bad. I rather every other one though.

Phazon Siphon

2004-08-31 03:31:04 pm

8.

It lost two points for the awful soundtrack and the relativity of all walls which leads to confusion.

Eruditious

2004-09-02 12:48:29 am

I would give it a 7... a good game, but not the best.