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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:14:09
i love this game i put 11 hours to this game last last only little 5 minute brakes for food and bathroom thats why i didn't post anything on here yesterday
the game is as near perfect as a metroid game can be its very story driven and fills the gap in metroid story
i find the controls very satisfying and flawless i love using the speed booster and super jump is so awesome looking in the game and its cool that you can aim where to jump in this game so its just not straight up like old games
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:55:40

aspro said:
What's lacking about the music?

 Anything that resembles interesting music.  There are a ton of classic Metroid tunes that you remember, there is nothing like that so far.

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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:20:38

aspro said:
What's lacking about the music?

 Kenji Yamamoto

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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:34:25

Iga_Bobovic said:

 Kenji Yamamoto

 Hurry up and get the game (yes I know your country doesn't have it yet, don't let that stop you). I want to see what you think.

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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:37:38

Dvader said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

 Kenji Yamamoto

 Hurry up and get the game (yes I know your country doesn't have it yet, don't let that stop you). I want to see what you think.

 Who you talking to? Me or Kenji?

Will first finish  Boy and his Blob. Almost done with that and then I am wide open to buy new games. Maybe it will be Other M if I can hobo it, maybe it will be other games. 

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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:55:10

Iga_Bobovic said:

 Who you talking to? Me or Kenji?

Will first finish  Boy and his Blob. Almost done with that and then I am wide open to buy new games. Maybe it will be Other M if I can hobo it, maybe it will be other games. 

 Of course I am talking to Kenji, he's my boy.

Nyaa

Do you normally get Metroid games at launch or is it this game that doesn't interest you much.

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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:12:38

Dvader said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

 Who you talking to? Me or Kenji?

Will first finish  Boy and his Blob. Almost done with that and then I am wide open to buy new games. Maybe it will be Other M if I can hobo it, maybe it will be other games. 

 Of course I am talking to Kenji, he's my boy.

Nyaa

Do you normally get Metroid games at launch or is it this game that doesn't interest you much.

 I did not get Metroid Prime 3 at lunch I mean launch. Neither did I get Galaxy and NSMBWii at launch.

About Other M it depends, on hobo pricing and time. 

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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:50:06
Played a bit more, beat the second boss, in terms of action its good stuff. They introduce enemies at a constant pace and usually you need a different strategy to defeat them. There was this cool moment involving an elevator, I want more of that. As I ran through the environments I saw some areas blocked off by power bombs and the speed dash, that kind of feels like Metroid. I think the main problem is that the game takes you exactly where it wants you to go. In other Metroid games you find a hidden power up and sometimes that leads to a route that goes off the map (the green areas) and now you are exploring this undocumented area. None of that here so far, the branches are simply a room with an item or something like that. But if the action keeps being interesting as it is now I won't mind.

A few things I didn't mention last night, the camera angles are incredible. The camera is constantly moving to the best positions to capture the action, its all controled automatically and works extremely well. The missile recharge thing is ok, I perfer having enemies drop the health and missiles just cause it gives you incentive to fight and seeing that ammo you need at the right moment is a rush. Now you basically choose when to refill but in the heat of battle its not a good idea to stand still so at least that limits its use. 
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:15:45
Played a bit more and I am liking it more each time. This time I fought this new mini boss type creature that is huge. You have to climb up stuff just to hit the weak spot. I am totally comfortable with missiles, just in case you don't know you can dodge in first person just flick the wiimote as something is about to hit you.  The action is fun as hell and so far they keep things interesting. I went through an area that was basically a small puzzle involving water, nicely done and I hope for more of that.  I am seeing more and more items just out of reach, seems Metroid like finally. But I am still moving down one set path, hopefully that changes.

I just reached a section that turned this fun action game into a slow paced fake horror game. I don't get the RE4 like sections, why slow everything down and for no reason, you can't do anything in this mode.  Can't wait to be done with that section to get back to the action.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:42:05
I'm totally stuck in Section 1 right now.

Got the First Beam Upgrade.

Found some spots that use the Grapple.

Just don't know where to go!

I haven't had much time to concentrate on the game today...

Maybe tomorrow or Friday!
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:45:07

phantom_leo said:
I'm totally stuck in Section 1 right now.

Got the First Beam Upgrade.

Found some spots that use the Grapple.

Just don't know where to go!

I haven't had much time to concentrate on the game today...

Maybe tomorrow or Friday!

 Oh... I thought you went on some marathon gaming session. I wanted to have your opinions on the rest of the game. You are worthless to me now. Nyaa

I guess I am ahead of you. I think you are at the part where you were in a morph ball tunnel and you found a different path that lead you to that outside chamber on top of a cliff with some grapple points.  If so you had to keep going down the normal morph ball route. That will take you to where you need to go.

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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:02:30
Here's how not to play the game. I suppose I can see where the criticism comes from if some people play like that... But that's their own damn fault.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:02:56
The only extended time I get with ANY of my games is with my portables when I travel.

Consoles, I get an hour or two TOPS on any given day except MAYBE, SOMETIMES on the weekends!
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:11:09

Agnates said:
Here's how not to play the game. I suppose I can see where the criticism comes from if some people play like that... But that's their own damn fault.

 Seems that person has no clue you can instant charge a blast after a dodge.

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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:18:09
Wait til you get to the part he climbs up the duct jumping (not wall jump, the other, hanging from ledges)... Or where he fights the enemies that turn into a ball... Gawd... Or the very first platforms at 19 mins in... My God.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:27:50

Agnates said:
Wait til you get to the part he climbs up the duct jumping (not wall jump, the other, hanging from ledges)... Or where he fights the enemies that turn into a ball... Gawd... Or the very first platforms at 19 mins in... My God.

 I just randomly picked a spot, yeah it seemed pretty bad.

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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:29:43
Do watch at least the platforms at 19 mins, it's hilarious. Can't believe some people play like that, no wonder there's control complaints on the internet, but they totally don't reflect the game (got it this morning and been playing nonstop for hours and loving it btw, got the speed boost and shinespark just earlier and got to use them a bit).
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:40:00

Agnates said:
Do watch at least the platforms at 19 mins, it's hilarious.

LOL

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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:25:29
Quick update as I need to get to bed. I played for three hours and made good progress in the game. I got two new beams and the speed boast. Each new beam adds a little something to the action, enemies react differently with one in particular.  The speed boast is nice to have, there are few shinespark moments, nothing complicated yet but its nice to have it, that feels distinctly Metroid. Other than that it still feels like a different action game but a good one.

It is cool moment after cool moment. Each major room has something unique going on whether its a new enemy or a major action setpiece. It could be a platforming segment or even a simple puzzle. Its always something, the game keeps you on your toes as any good action game should. I fought a few boss battles and they were all pretty good, though so far they seem to all follow the same pattern on how to defeat them.  No doubt this is a quality game, I am enjoying the hell out of it so far.

Yeah I wish it was more like other Metroid games but I gotta hand it to them for trying something different.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:32:36
You're approaching an awesome boss that just kicked my ass then. Maybe you'll reach it at the end of your next session.
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