Topic: Metroid: Samus Returns

@Spoony_Tech thanks. I'll try again tomorrow lol. I'm obviously missing something. I can't go back very far, and I can't go forward. Somewhere in the area I'm stuck is something I'm not seeing.

@Meowpheel You are not allowed to comment on that of which you have not played. You can't parade around here like some kinda Metroid expert. Next you will be telling him to do the Metroid crawl!

Wait you mean this Metroid can't crawl?!

Next you'll tell me Metroid can't use the backward running beam technique to open treasure chests in this one 😤

@Meowpheel Treasure Chests?? Is that another expert move I don't know about? Tell me more. 😜

It's where you find money for upgrades and ammo for Metroid's gun.

@Old_Goat_Ninja
Shoot the floor. I know exactly where you're stuck because I got stuck there too. Shoot the floor. I can't tell you exactly where but it's on the left side. Doesn't seem readily apparent but you can actually shoot the floor and fall below, and from there you'll go on to get your bombs. Use the aeon if you have to, to show blocks that can be shot away

Scan Pulse is your best friend in this game, usually when you're stuck it's because of some hidden block you're not finding.

Got it thursday, finished it today. Very good, still not sure whether I prefer it over AM2R. I'll propably go into more detail later.

@JaxonH thanks. Finally got it. For some reason that confused me yesterday. Looked to me like a floor that can slide out of the way instead of shoot. Once I used aeon I found it.

@Meowpheel can't crawl yet lol... soon I expect.

@JaxonH Amazingly I still haven't received my legacy edition from GAME.

I have never been more lost in a Metroid game as I have in Area 3. This place is so freaking huge and mazelike that I've been wandering around for hours and the only upgrade I've found is the Grapple Beam.

Not exactly a bad thing mind you as it goes to show just how much bigger and packed with content this game is, but I do wish I'd find some more upgrades soon (and no, don't tell me where they are, I want to find them myself).

@DoctorOverbuild

And you're waiting on that to play? Hopefully it comes soon.

I can't wait to see that steelcase and art book. I thought for sure I had missed my chance to import that. Pulled it in the clutch...

Hey look, Metroid can crawl!

I KNEW it!

@JaxonH So you ordered the special edition from GAME yesterday?

@Grumblevolcano
Ya... talk about lucking out. I had actually contemplated paying some obnoxious sum on eBay... but I really only do that in extreme circumstances for things that I really really really want and missed (which is rare for me to miss something because usually our LINE group is absolutely on it when it comes to pre-orders of rare items, got EU SNES Classic, 2 separate NA preorders for SNES Classic, JP Super Famicom although I passed on that one, the deep red joycons from Japan, etc).

But ya I got the Metroid Limited Edition version from NA, the Metroid New 3DS XL, the amiibo... I really wanted that EU special edition considering I have the preorder art book for Metroid Other M, as well as the steelcase and art book for Metroid Prime Trilogy. Would be a gaping hole in the Metroid collection...

Did you order the special edition too?

You just gotta admire all the little tricks the devs put in to stop certain actions. Slippery walls that block both wall-jumping and Spider Ball. Gusts of wind that blow your bombs off-course. And literally every single beam is required to open certain doors, even the Charge, Spazer and Plasma beams.

Surprised by how weak the Ice Beam is, probably even weaker than the NES iteration. Still handy versus Metroids and I guess the low damage helps keep your makeshift platforms from dying.

@JaxonH Just wait 'till you take that soundtrack CD out of the box. It has a surprise!

You know, it's a funny story how I managed to get the physical steelcase cover for Prime Trilogy... I pretty much just stumbled upon the single remaining copy at a Gamestop during a trip. Wasn't even trying to search for it all, it was just there for 60 bucks.

Well, frozen enemies shatter easily. Just don't try to kill them with only the ice beam.

@meleebrawler

That's awesome! Me, I had a coupon for buy 2 get 1 free used games at GameStop, and what I did was I searched for stores that had stock and then I called them up and asked them to ship to my local store.

I ended up getting Metroid Prime Trilogy steelcase edition, Xenoblade Chronicles and Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn for $100 total.

Yeah, that was one thing I didn't like about some of the older 2D Metroid games, some of the powerups just didn't feel useful in the game other than "LOL power boost" (the Spazer and Plasma Beams most notably), you didn't use them to access new areas or interact with the environment or anything. This game has really made every one of Samus' abilities feel useful in some way. Even the Aeion abilities are useful regardless of your skill level, I was expecting them to be helper abilities for newer players that might have trouble, but there's scenarios in this game where even Metroid veterans will want to make use of them. They've really designed this game in a way that encourages you to make the most of what you have.