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Da Dood: 2015-11-03 09:15:52 am

Da Dood: 2015-11-03 09:15:23 am

2015-11-03 09:15:11 am

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Quote from tomatobob:

I was playing Prime the other day for the first time in years and I could still do the breaks I usually do. Still terrible at jumping the Great Tree Hall bars!

Sort of worried about that, and of course Artifact of Wild. At least the bars you can just keep trying over and over. Having to do the boss if I fail the Suntower will be a pain, haha.

Wish I was good at Metroid Quarantine A Spider-less. Literally the only room that makes me grab Spider Ball.

Da Dood

2015-11-03 07:21:18 pm

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Metroid Prime is done in 2:20. Not bad for a rusty playthrough!

Thank you muscle memory for getting all the tricks first try. My hand was shaking at early Artifact of Wild, but I did it. I only truly failed this trick (multiple times) in one playthrough, and I'm almost convinced I was simply not pressing the right buttons then (when climbing the shaft, I think I went from top-left to top on the control stick when you morph back, but it is much better to go from top-left to top-right IMO). But it is scary.

Items skipped: Thermal Visor, Super Missile, Gravity Suit, Grapple Beam (plus Flamethrower and Wavebuster). Metroid Prime exo form punished my Super Missile skip (constantly turning yellow), while the second form punished my Thermal skip (phased into Thermal camouflage several times). Effin' boss knew I did it. That whole fight is sooo good, though. Most boss fights in this game are really good. I had to be super alert vs. Thardus 'cause I had no Thermal to see the weak rocks.

If only I didn't suck at Metroid Quarantine A Spider-less, it is literally the only room that makes me grab Spider Ball in my runs. I've done it Spider-less a few times but it's always a pain for me.

Echoes tomorrow. Be nice to me, out of bounds stuff!

Metroid Prime is done in 2:20. Not bad for a rusty playthrough!

Thank you muscle memory for getting all the tricks first try. My hand was shaking at early Artifact of Wild, but I did it. I only truly failed this trick (multiple times) in one playthrough, and I'm almost convinced I was simply not pressing the right buttons then (when climbing the shaft, I think I went from top-left to top on the control stick when you morph back, but it is much better to go from top-left to top-right IMO). But it is scary.

Items skipped: Thermal Visor, Super Missile, Gravity Suit, Grapple Beam (plus Flamethrower and Wavebuster). Metroid Prime exo form punished my Super Missile skip (constantly turning yellow), while the second form punished my Thermal skip (phased into Thermal camouflage several times). Effin' boss knew I did it. That whole fight is sooo good, though. Most boss fights in this game are really good. I had to be super alert vs. Thardus 'cause I had no Thermal to see the weak rocks.

If only I didn't suck at Metroid Quarantine A Spider-less, it is literally the only room that makes me grab Spider Ball in my runs. I've done it Spider-less a few times but it's always a pain for me.

Echoes tomorrow. Be nice to me, out of bounds stuff!

Da Dood

2015-11-04 05:26:07 pm

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And Prime 2 is done! 3 hours.

This game is approximately 14 billion times better with sequence breaks. You skip so much tedious crap, it's amazing. The game spends the first 30% or so introducing new concepts and giving you your Prime 1 stuff back... cutting all that fat just makes the whole thing flow much more naturally IMO.

Items skipped: Agon Keys, Dark Suit, Dark Visor, Sanctuary Keys (plus Darkburst, Sunburst and Sonic Boom). I can skip Gravity Boost too, but the backtracking is just too much without it...

Died to Quadraxis a couple of times. Sucks because the hard part (for me anyway) is actually getting to that fight without the Dark Visor. All that OoB crawling and then I get destroyed by the floating head. Ugh. It's a really fun and tense fight without the Dark Suit, though.

GC break to play the other 3D Metroid games on the Wii. \o/ Corruption should take a few days. I usually take my time with it.

ryu

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ryu: 2015-11-05 03:04:21 am

2015-11-05 03:04:12 am

I still haven't played a non-traditional run in Echoes. Really should do that eventually.

Da Dood

2015-11-05 06:33:21 am

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You really should!

Corruption begins. Just arrived at Bryyo after the prologue sequence.

This game is sweet IMO. It gets a lot of criticism for being super linear and cinematic, which I guess are fair complaints, but I don't mind. It is the conclusion to the trilogy after all, so it's okay if this is a bit more directed and climax-y in comparison to the previous two. If anything MP3 is very polished and full of cool details everywhere.

My only two complaints about Corruption are the Aurora Unit holding your hand too much (no reason you shouldn't be able to turn that off) and Missiles being almost completely useless. I wonder if Ice Missiles are hard to skip. As far as sequence breaking goes, I only know the Hazard Shield skip and 3 Energy Cells. Apparently Spider Ball skip is a thing too... man, I am really not up to date.

I love actually aiming at stuff here... maybe the impact wouldn't be this big if I was playing the Trilogy version, but coming from the GC controls (which I still prefer, for the record), the motion stuff feels fresh. Enemies shouldn't snap out of lock-on with such ease, but hey, that's what OP charged gatling Hypermode's for.

Bryyo + Mogenar tonight.

You really should!

Corruption begins. Just arrived at Bryyo after the prologue sequence.

This game is sweet IMO. It gets a lot of criticism for being super linear and cinematic, which I guess are fair complaints, but I don't mind. It is the conclusion to the trilogy after all, so it's okay if this is a bit more directed and climax-y in comparison to the previous two. If anything MP3 is very polished and full of cool details everywhere.

My only two complaints about Corruption are the Aurora Unit holding your hand too much (no reason you shouldn't be able to turn that off) and Missiles being almost completely useless. I wonder if Ice Missiles are hard to skip. As far as sequence breaking goes, I only know the Hazard Shield skip and 3 Energy Cells. Apparently Spider Ball skip is a thing too... man, I am really not up to date.

I love actually aiming at stuff here... maybe the impact wouldn't be this big if I was playing the Trilogy version, but coming from the GC controls (which I still prefer, for the record), the motion stuff feels fresh. Enemies shouldn't snap out of lock-on with such ease, but hey, that's what OP charged gatling Hypermode's for.

Bryyo + Mogenar tonight.

ryu

2015-11-06 02:31:02 pm

I agree on the controls. The game was really enjoyable when it was new. Only in hindsight it's become more of a meh experience for me.

arkarian

2015-11-06 02:53:59 pm

red chamber dream

same here. i've only played through it once, but my opinion has dropped over time. maybe i should play it again to confirm that, though ...

Opium

2015-11-06 02:58:32 pm

corruption is a great game

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:03:42 pm

red chamber dream

that's what i seem to have thought when i played it, but i can only remember shitty parts

Toozin

2015-11-06 03:03:57 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I think it's a fine game as long as you temper your expectations to expect Fusion 3D instead of a sequel to Prime/Super 3D.

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:04:10 pm

red chamber dream

like, all of that sky town place or whatever

as well as all the corridor shooting and military story nonsense

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:05:20 pm

red chamber dream

basically if samus interacts with anyone, the quality of the game drops immediately in my mind

Toozin

2015-11-06 03:05:51 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I love Sky Town. It has a lot of repeating narrow corridors, but the music and atmosphere do it for me. I love the retro future vibe.

Opium

2015-11-06 03:06:43 pm

I like sky town too. It's gorgeous.

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:06:49 pm

red chamber dream

it was just a more boring sanc fortress

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:07:04 pm

red chamber dream

but retro can't design good areas, so that's no surprise

Toozin

2015-11-06 03:08:06 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

Sanctuary Fortress is my favorite area in Echoes. :p

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:08:29 pm

red chamber dream

me too

that's why skytown was such a disappointment

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:08:42 pm

red chamber dream

if you're going to make basically the same level again, at least make it better

not more bland, backtracky and boring

Opium

2015-11-06 03:09:41 pm

hmm I never thought of skytown and sanct fortress as being similar. Still don't.

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:10:05 pm

red chamber dream

they're both open level designs hanging out in the air, that's why

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:10:22 pm

red chamber dream

the only ones in the 3d series afaik

Toozin

2015-11-06 03:10:44 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

They're conceptually similar but aesthetically very different.

arkarian

2015-11-06 03:10:49 pm

red chamber dream

i remember when i first got there i was like seriously??? this is just like sanc fortress

ryu

2015-11-06 03:12:50 pm

Quote from arkarian:

same here. i've only played through it once, but my opinion has dropped over time. maybe i should play it again to confirm that, though ...

My opinion began to nosedive when I replayed the game years later. It wasn't so much fun anymore. The bad portions really drag it down imo