what's your favorite metroid game and why?

>>716257520 (OP)
Super Metroid, hands down. The atmosphere is unmatched, that eerie isolation hits just right, and the map design is still peak Metroidvania. No hand-holding, no excessive tutorials, just you and Zebes. Plus, that escape sequence at the end? Goosebumps every time. It’s like the perfect blend of action, exploration, and mood.

>>716257701
How do you rate the gameboy advance games? Do they deliver on Super's legacy?

>>716257701
For me it's the physics. People shit on them, and they're justified in doing so, but damn is it satisfying to master them. It feels like ballet once you get the nuances down and can walljump anywhere you damn well please. I need to see if there are any other Metroid clones with low gravity like Super's.

Other M because it's pure sovlfvl KINO

Prime 1 3d, Fusion 2d. Replay Fusion every year.

>>716257520 (OP)
Prime 2 and Super
Zero Mission and Fusion are both fine

>>716258401
The physics in Super Metroid have yet to be matched. They are just so consistently perfect.
Everything else after just feels so stilted by comparison.

>>716257701
This is the only correct answer, and people that jizz over Dread are fake fans.
Dread left me with zero impressions other than the sexo suit.

>>716257520 (OP)
Prime 2 and Dread, mainly for the post game options.

>>716257520 (OP)
Prime 1 and Zero Mission. Prime 2 and Super are close contenders, I just really enjoy most of the series. Other M was a worthwhile shitshow btw. Only play it once though

I never owned a NES, SNES or Gameboy advance, my first Nintendo system was the gamecube (before that I owned exclusively PC, Playstation and PS2). Therefore I only played Metroid Prime on Gamecube when it first came out and much later Samus Returns the 3DS game.

I started playing through the whole series now, since I still have the 3DS game and I can play the rest on Switch.

I played the original two games for a bit just to experience them. The first game has great atmosphere for a NES game. Metroid II doesn't look as nice since it's a gameboy game so it doesn't have the atmosphere, but the gameplay felt instantly smoother.

I'm not going to bother finishing those though, I'll just play the remakes of the first two games and then play Super Metroid, then Fusion, then Dread.

>>716257701
...is this AI? i may just be tweaking

>>716257520 (OP)
I have a hard time choosing between Zero Mission, Prime 2 and Dread. I cant pick only one

Other M Samus Return's are overhated btw

>>716257520 (OP)
AM2R. Because its kino.

Super Metroid is king of the entire genre. OG Metroid is cool, and Dread is decent. None of the other games matter, especially not the joke that is the Prime series.

>>716261135
No one cares retardo.

>>716257701
I love the atmosphere in SM but it's not without flaws. It has lot of issues common to sequels such as power creep that makes missiles useless, removing the satisfaction from finding powerups (and you don't really need lots of power bombs either desu)
Like a lot of SNES games it has too little challenge throughout most of the game. There are lots of enemies that were designed for crippled NES Samus, like the slow floor crawlers, which feel pointless now that she can crouch. You have so much HP that you're rarely threatened. The physics also feels a bit unresponsive compared to later entries.
It's probably the best Metroid game overall but let's not oversell it

>>716261240
OP cares otherwise he wouldn't have asked.

>>716261848
He asked why you liked your favorite, not why you dislike others. Get bent fuck wad.

Dread is near perfect. It just needed an extra area or two and to have another miniboss to spam onstead of the same two chozo robots.
ZM is fun, but too simplistic given its a remake of a nes game.
Returns hasn't made me return to play it again. Metroid 2 is easily the shittiest out of the 5.
Super is overrated. Very overrated.
Fusion is okay. Hard bosses but braindead exploration.
Overall
Dread > ZM > Fusion > Super > Returns
For the Prime series Ive only played Prime Remastered and thought it was okay at best. Way too much backtracking and fetch quests.

Why are Primies so sensitive? They can’t take any criticism of their precious Halo clone.

>>716257701
This. I was hoping Dread would dethrone it but it doesn't even come close.

Zero Mission is pretty good too, but being a remake of a game that already received a remake with Super Metroid doesn't do it any favors and the entire Zero Suit portion just feels like the Samus fanwank (emphasis on 'wank') creeping in. Call me a prude, but if it were up to me we'd never see Samus outside the suit at all. It's the original sin of the series.

>>716261974
Assblasted Primebaby. It's not a real Metroid and never will be.

>Prime 2
Love the atmosphere, the weapons, the suits, the areas you visit, the bosses, the soundtrack, everything.
>Super
No comments needed
>AM2R
Fan game that takes a shit all over samus returns.

>>716257520 (OP)
Zero Mission. Level design isn't as tight as Super but I just love the way Samus controls. Everything is fast and snappy and it feels good, not wasting two buttons on diagonal aiming is great, and holding R for missiles is the only way they ever should have worked.

>>716257520 (OP)
Gonna have to go with Prime. It just hit right for me and I was amazed at how well they were able to capture the feeling and put it into 3D. However, I will openly admit that Super Metroid is probably the peak of the series overall. It's just a perfect game.

>>716260457
Respectable. I only beat them out of historical curiosity. I think if you finish the rest and consider yourself a fan then it's worth it to at least beat Metroid II

Zero Mission

>>716257520 (OP)
Metroid Prime: Hunters, because Quake deathmatch over DS wifi was fucking awesome.

>>716264913
I really hope they include some version of this for MP4.

Are we allowed to post fangames or romhacks?

>>716260548
Samus Returns is definitely overhated. I personally never liked Other M’s gameplay. I tried to play through it a couple times and ignored the story but the gameplay wasn’t doing it for me. I think it had some impressive visuals for a Wii game. Samus Returns would have been received better if not for the AM2R comparisons. It’s basically Dread part 0 and I think Dread is one of the best Metroid games alongside Super, Prime 1, and Zero Mission

>>716257520 (OP)
Prime 1 is atmospheric as hell, I love it. Really like how all the visors, beams, and upgrades work with the UI and exploration/combat are very rewarding. And it's definitely the best for lore, logbooks/scans are a huge component for me.
There might be objectively better games (Super Metroid I think is absolutely sublime, a super-tight 2D experience that's rewarding to master and I flip-flop on these two as my absolute favorite of the genre) but Prime has a nostalgia boost going for it in my case.

Is it just me or are there less Metroid inspired games compared to Castlevania?

>>716265513
It's not you. Symphony of the Night was the template for the "Metroidvania" genre and almost every game is trying to copy it instead of Metroid itself. It's half the reason why you have people that say Metroidvania isn't a real genre. "SotN-likes" is probably more descriptive a name.

>>716265268
Long as they're stated as such and judged separately from the official titles, I see no harm in it. People are posting AM2R, after all.
I personally loved SM Subversion and Rotation. Vitality was also fantastic, even if it was a little heavy handed with the body horror elements.

>>716265416

I've only played Super, Prime 1, and Prime 2. Is Dread worth picking up?

>>716266735
Yeah, so is Zero Mission

>>716257520 (OP)
Prime. Call it nostalgia, but my main reason is probably because it was my first Metroid game. I finished replaying it last month and now I'm playing Echoes.

I think zero mission has grown on me to the point where I prefer it to super
its just better over many replays. I dont do the crazy speed runner stuff in super like reverse boss order.

>>716267825
echoes remaster never ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alwO9OLXjns
It hasn't come out yet.

>>716262127
Is clear a boss on the underwater level got cut from development since you get the gravity suit like nothing

>>716265065
They renewed trademarks multiple times along with Prime 3 this past month. Trademark shit usually doesn't matter but considering the timing, I can hope.

>>716257520 (OP)
My heart says the OG
My brain says Super
My dick says Zero

Metroid 1 for having the best atmosphere and most open map.

Famicom Metroid is better than NES Metroid but both are better than Zero Mission. ZM feels like a soulless Disney Remake.

>>716265768
This.
Calling Metroid games "metroidvanias" is like calling a truck an SUV.

>>716262127
The shit take of all shit takes.
We need to analyze the brains of people like this, it's baffling.

>>716269004
I would be more shocked if prime 2 and 3 didn't find their way on to the switch 2 with a few months of 4. Adding Hunters on top would be the shit, though, even if it's just the multiplayer

Super. It hits the right balance.
The first 3 games had a different feeling.
Prime 1 and 2 are pretty good on that regard too, but I prefer the 2d gameplay.
Almost everything else after feels like a different take on Super with better controls but handholding out of the ass.
Dread made a bunch of questionable decisions but I overall enjoyed it.

>>716257520 (OP)
To this day Super. I really liked Dread's movement, though, very fluid. Hope the spaniards make a better map with more experience.

I wish my fellow Echoes enjoyers a pleasant evening.

>Pop in Metroid Prime
>Realize I totally forgot the route through the game and I can't remember where the Spider Ball is
>Feel sad

For the 2D Games. Still Super. The first two are too dated in design. Fusion and Zero Mission control better but Fusion holds your hand a bit too often and Zero Mission is too easy. Dread and Samus Returns are fantastic. But the music is the worst aspect of them

>>716260547
No, it definitely is. "Just you and Zebes". The correct grammar. The word choice straight out if bland corporate copy. Every poster here should be required to state their distaste for niggers (and/or indians) in order to filter out the AIs, would be way better than a captcha

By the way, prime is the best metroid for white people

I love NEStroid because it never holds your hand. Figure you way around or get fucked. Great chiptune music. Unhindered exploration for the most part, more then any other game in the series. But the respawn mechanic sucks ass and the beams don’t stack

Fusion is horribly linear, the Mac rooms suuuuuuuuck and Adam has been a disaster for the series. But it looks and controls great, and I’d argue that it has the best bosses in the series.

Dread kicks so much fucking ass. Best arsenal in the series, great bosses(but a lot of them are die die die until you figure out the pattern), I enjoyed the emmi encounters a lot. But I don’t like the 360 aiming because diagonals are a lot better. And you can’t get most upgrades until like 80% of the game is over. Even if you get power bombs early, which you can do relatively easily(otherwise I’d be a scrub, right?) you can’t use them for some reason. Loading zones take too long too but ah well

I think hunters was fun. Missed out on multiplayer though :(

Metroid blast was incredibly fun for a minigame

>>716271173
The nav rooms*

>>716257520 (OP)
Fusion because it just feels good to play. I love the boss fights. I love the setting and the clear direction on where to go (I can see this being a negative). Or Prime 1 because of it's amazing biomes and backtracking at the end to get those pieces for whatever (I liked revisiting the previous areas).

>>716257812
>How do you rate the gameboy advance games?
Fusion is up there with Super Metroid. I prefer Fusion to Super but I wouldn't necessarily say it is better. It's more action focused and linear (it still feels like a Metroid game though). Whelp, I think this thread is going to cause me to play through it again.

>>716271043
>He forgot about Thardus

>>716257520 (OP)
I like Prime 2
https://youtu.be/Eo_09MsIVno?si=EQ--QhMcFrCSvUA9

>>716257520 (OP)
probably fusion
I just like it a lot even though it's really linear
love the dread suit tho and this is probably my favorite gravity suit

>>716261135
>Super Metroid is king of the entire genre.
Yes, far better than Hollow Knight

>>716257520 (OP)
I like all of them except for other m (which I haven’t tried), but I’m gonna be a basic bitch and say prime 1 because that was my first and the immersive exploration I got from that as an impressionable preteen can’t be beat.

>>716271438
Wait shit I remember now!

>>716271367
>samus there's been another anomaly... *music sting*
yeah, objectively I understand people's problems with it, but buying into fusion's horror gimmick I mostly enjoyed the nav sections with adam. each one sets up a little horror scenario, there's a disturbing anomaly, you face it, you go tackle the next one. in practice it's probably overlong but I think it's a cool way to segment a portable horror game.
if I played fusion as 20 year old instead of 12 maybe I'd have a less lenient opinion.

>>716272445
It's just a shame that Fusion is so linear. I was waiting for the world to fully open up with alternate paths between the levels, and it never did. Beyond that, I did like the game, it just fell short of Super.
It feels like the only metroids that can trade blows with Super are fan-made, either romhacks like Subversion or full games like AM2R. Prime is very close in feel at least even though it's a different genre

X-Fusion got a new trailer two days ago. Now, the creator's blog page is deleted. Happening status?

>>716275520
It was removed the day he posted the trailer. And then he posted another video the next day. I think it's safe to assume he took it down himself. It wasn't deleted, the page is different from if you type in a subdomain of a nonexistant page.

Do any of the games try to have the combat be more of the challenge in the games, or are all of them mainly about the movement mechanics and exploring for its challenge?

>>716276118
It's more movement. The parry sort of brings more to the combat but that's more reactions than anything

>>716257520 (OP)
Prime 2.
I even think Super is the better game when you look at it objectively, I just like Prime 2 for irrational reasons.

At what point is a game more than the thing you sit down to play on your screen?
Are the daydream fantasies I've had about being a bounty hunter on the edge of the galaxy, alone, on a beautiful frightening planet a part of Metroid Prime 2?
Are the ways Prime 2 has inspired me aesthetically and shaped my taste in art and music a part of the game?
I would never have found Coil and the Industrial Music genre if it weren't for Prime 2. I don't even really know if they're related in any real way, but I head a Coil song one day and I was like "Damn, that sounds a lot like Prime 2 - it has all the kinds of hellish futuristic things I like about the more horrific pieces of Prime 2's music"
So am I still playing Prime 2 when I seek out industrial music to listen to for a walk in the rain?

>>716257520 (OP)
Samus Returns

>>716257701
yeah. every other metroid-like game save for HK is super mid by comparison.
i could happily play nothing but Doom II wads and SM romhacks until the day I die desu. x-fusion soon!

>>716268123
I feel like when it comes to an Echoes remaster, I'd prefer it to just be the original Gamecube game rendered at a higher resolution and with up-rezzed textures, and then adjustments to the effects.
Actually literally just back-porting the better looking Power Beam and charge beam effects from Prime 3 into the game.
I don't know if I'd change anything else. Maybe control options, but that's it.

>>716257520 (OP)
Wonderboy 3.
Because it's the best and came out 5 years before Metroid 3.

>>716257520 (OP)
Super because it's the formula perfected. The music, visuals, structure, gameplay, all of it is top notch.
GB Metroid II is also really up there for me as well. In my top 3 at least.
Never touched the Prime games.

I like Fusion

Super. It's the perfect video game, simple as. Am2r comes in second.

>>716257701
what's the fucking point in using AI for a post like this? you could have written something yourself in like 1 minute

>>716257520 (OP)
Super is and will probably always be my favorite game. It’s genuinely perfection.