Metroid Fanclub

[NidoKingdra]

Well, it's just there if anybody feels like submitting anything. Nice times on the prime series by the way. I've only finished the first one so far, heheh. And my time was like 12 hours or somethin. I don't remember.

Anyways. Yeah, it looks like you got the picture working. Pretty cool. How did you get the original image, do you have some sort of capture device on your tv?

 

[TheAppleFreak]

Anyways. Yeah, it looks like you got the picture working. Pretty cool. How did you get the original image, do you have some sort of capture device on your tv?

No, I went on YouTube and loaded up the Other M introduction video in 720p HD, then took a partial screenshot so I wouldn't have to worry about the progress bar on the bottom. It came out to 1280x719 pixels at pretty good quality; after that, I loaded it in Photoshop and iPhoto and abused the hell out of filters and visual effects.

 

[TheAppleFreak]

SECOND POST: Well, I was digging through some images on my computer today and found a scan of Samus at Daiban that I had taken from the Gamestop preorder bonus. Thought I'd upload it, since it looks nice. Once again, I boosted the colors, did a little editing, and tried to remove some of the graniness from the original scan, but I'm not sure how good a job I did. I like it, but you guys might not.

Spoiler:

Direct Link

Resolution: 1900x1270, because I just like those unstandard resolutions.

 

[RASENCERO]

Tnx for the bigger one^^
It looks Awesome and fits perfectly as my wallpaper.

The second isn't really focused, its a bit blurry, but nonetheless not all that bad, actually.

 

[TheAppleFreak]

So I was on another forum, where there are also Metroid fans, and one guy who I'm on good terms with told me about this. There are two things there of note: the first is an epic metal remix of the Tallon IV Overworld theme from Prime 1, and the second is a 6000x1690 image of Samus's ship on the overworld taken from the Phazon-infected caves.

I've cropped the image to fit on most monitors without stretching (3004x1690 resolution; it scales down to exactly 1920x1080 resolution, which is HD). It's below:

Spoiler:

Direct Link

 

[sirboulevard]

So I was on another forum, where there are also Metroid fans, and one guy who I'm on good terms with told me about this. There are two things there of note: the first is an epic metal remix of the Tallon IV Overworld theme from Prime 1, and the second is a 6000x1690 image of Samus's ship on the overworld taken from the Phazon-infected caves.

I've cropped the image to fit on most monitors without stretching (3004x1690 resolution; it scales down to exactly 1920x1080 resolution, which is HD).

Metroid Metal and their entourage of epicness is kinda old news. Especially since this came out last month. You should hear their Varia Suite and Expansion Pack albums.

 

[RASENCERO]

I bought Other M last Wednesday. Yay! XD And I just finished it! :P (Including Phantoon)
I must say, I quite liked it. It was way too short though. And a bit too easy...
It was very story driven, but it worked well. One thing that did annoy me was that to use missiles and such I had to switch the wiimote position and couldn't move/dodge while doing so. (also, the whole not using stuff until given approval was bullcrap). What I missed were the morphball upgrades like in Metroid prime. I really missed my boosterball...

Rating:
8,5/10
It was really pretty! :P

 

[DoctorFred]

Can i join? Yeah, i'm a little late, but I love Metroid. I've played every game (the only exception is metroid 2, which i never finished, it just seemed to boring to me. -__-). As for Other M, yeah i have that too. It was a great game.

 

[NidoKingdra]

There is no such thing as late. We are open to anyone and everyone. Always. ^^

Metroid Metal is like, legendary. So yeah, I knew. Love that stuff. The picture is pretty cool though, and it's the first I've seen it.

 

[RASENCERO]

Welcome!^^

I somehow edited my previous post instead of making a new one. XD
Metroid Other M:
Time:
07:56

Ridley = Little Birdie XD XD XD
lol...

In theather mode there is a more then 2 hour movie. It was quite interesting to watch, but it skipped the sectors in a blink of an eye. It could have been it bit longer in these area's...
Actually, using my time, the time spend on playing the game -movie(cutscenes/cinematics) it's barely 5,5 hours. That is very, very short.....
The next one better be longer.

What do you think of the gameplay/play time, compared to other Metroid games?
I mean, It's is not like the Prime series.

 

[NidoKingdra]

I rather prefer M-oM game engine over Prime's. It came a lot closer to the real deal. However, the game is fairly short, but still fun to speedrun, since you can skip cutscenes once you beat it. The problem is the flawed timer, it doesn't give you a final time.

Tossed my time in there as well, figured I ought to. Although it's estimated to about 11 minutes for the final sequence, which is probably fair enough. I wonder what the time would have looked like without cutscenes...heheh.

When it comes down to it, I believe that a game with 7-9 hours of gameplay is nice, and the ability to cut it down to under 5 hours (has been done) makes it even better.

 

[DoctorFred]

Okay, i'm going to post my opinion on other M. Things i liked and didn't like.

Disliked

Spoiler:

Authorization system.

Basically, it was a horrible idea. The fact that Samus refused to use anything until adam authorized it was ridiculous. It's unbelievable how Adam didn't give us the Varia feature when we needed it, i had to go through about half an hour of getting damaged by lava, and finally adam authorizes it. maybe I can understand him not allowing the Power Bomb's use, but i still think he should have let us use it. hank you, its about time! Adam is by far the worst metroid character, imo. He also shot Samus in the back for no apparent reason towards the end of the game, and nearly killed her. You could've just shot the metroid, genius. What was the point of almost killing Samus?

The dissinclusion of the Chozo.

Alright, i read another guy's review on a metroid forum, which inspired me to write about this. The Chozo is the whole reason Samus is alive, yet she didn't mention them once. Not even once. All she talked about was Adam. If she's going to call anyone a father figure, it's Gray Voice, or even Old Bird.

The extremely long cutscenes.

Next to Adam, this is what i hate the most. Most of them were pretty good, but some were very pointless. I hate most of them because they are like 10 minutes long. Especially the one after beating Queen metroid when it explains about MB. Ugh, it was a horrible thing. The only good one was the Ridley one, although i think samus overreacted a bit when she saw ridley, she nearly fainted And for once, didn't listen to Adam, yay!.

Liked:

New enemies, and boss fights.

Overall, new boss fights were amazing. The ridley one was very fun. Especially on hard mode. Queen metroid was fun too. Nightmare was fun. But Phantoon was easily the most fun (if you haven't noticed all of these bosses are from earlier games, so i think nostalgia is overtaking me). The fact that he shot Eyeballs from his mouth was epic. I also loved doing the lethal strike on him.


Side-scrolling.

Pretty self-explanitory. When MP1 came out, it made me think Metroid as an FPS was going to Rock, and it did. Then when i played MP2, i realized i was wrong. I mean, it was a great game, it really was. But the first-person element was getting kind of boring, even a bit clumsy. Then came MP3. I do think, though, that with the Wii remote, the game actaully became more FPS-worthy, still not as good as our old-school Side-scrolling Metroids. The fact that they did this with Other M is a huge Plus in my eyes.



*Currently trying to think of more things i liked about Other M.*

 

[NidoKingdra]

I find the ridley scene to be terrible, and completely off character. Samus was portrayed way too differently. I'mma get down to the nitty gritty.

Other M's engine, like I said, was great, however, here are some of the things that would have made it better.

REAL IBJ. I mean, I can bombjump to no end on metroid games, besides the prime series. Other M, I found, I could also, except that there is an invisible barrier to stop you from going too high. BIG FAIL.

Sequence breaking is killed off completely. This fails hard.

Space jump is a pain, and doesn't really take you up at all.

 

[DoctorFred]

I find the ridley scene to be terrible, and completely off character. Samus was portrayed way too differently.

Your absolutely right, In the original Metroid/Zero Mission, Ridley visibly discinegrated and subsequently exploded in the lava, yet he comes back in Super Metroid, and samus isn't even surprised. In Other M, she's scared to death. She doesn't even react when Adam constantly screams in her ear, "SAMUS, DO YOU COPY? SAMUS, USE YOUR PLASMA BEAM" WHAT'S YOUR STATUS????!!! but the cutscene itself is still pretty entertaining, imo.

Spoiler:

Samus stumbles backwards, cowed. Then she turns into a whimpering little girl and gets mauled by Ridley until a big strong man steps in to save her — which is not hyperbole, but a literal description of what happens onscreen.)

I was really annoyed at this, too.

Sequence breaking is killed off completely. This fails hard.

Yeah, i just wanted to clarify that... Other than that, i have not much to say. I guess i'll just wathc this club die now. :P

 

[NidoKingdra]

Feh, die? It'll kick as long as I still breath, such is my nonstop dedication to the series.

But anyways, that comic is pretty much the only description necessary. Samus is a wimp in MoM. A non sequence breaking wimp. However, the power suit does look pretty spiffy.

On a totally unrelated note. [read as/insert shameless plug]
My hack is progressing well enough, considering the total overhaul I'm aiming for. Just a few bugs I'm sifting out. Or will be, when I get the only computer good at that back up and working.
/mumbles about crappy dying hard drives

 

[RASENCERO]

You may incinerate, disintegrate, do head-shots, mutate or even corrupt us, but we shall never die! NEVER!
For in the end we shall be cloned!

I decided to get 100% on M: OM, and, well, it was rather easy...
If I got stuck, I ended up using speedbooster.

I got the feeling that, besides seeker missile and the helmet viewpoint, the Prime series where pretty much ignored. You wouldn't know it existed after playing M: OM.

Here's a new topic:
If we were to design a new weapon/upgrade/etc. for Samus in the next game, what would it be?
Or course it has to fit into the metroid world.

Merry Christmas!

 

[NidoKingdra]

Beat to Merry Chrismas, cuz I didn't wanna double post. But nonetheless...MERRY CHRISTMAS METROID FANS!!!

As for an upgrade that we have made...err, would want to make. ;) I won't give anything away just now, but I have plans for that.

 

[DoctorFred]

Here are some i thought up.

Cargo Suit - An optional upgrade. It allows samus to take less damage from enemies, but hinders samus' movement (e.g. Samus moves slower and jumps slightly lower)

Siphon claw - Works exactly like the Shock Coil, except it has limited ammo (correct me if i'm wrong, but if i remember correctly, the Shock Coil in MPH had unlimited ammo). And was made by the Chozo specifically for Samus. Cannot be used if samus' health is full.

If i had to choose one it would definitly be the Siphon Claw. I mean, the Shock Coil was awesome and really had great potential in my opinion, and should have been used for other metroid games...

Oh yeah, Merry merry Christmas, guys.

 

[Fabi_ash]

Can I join this club?
I played every Metroid except the original and Zero Mission and I'm going to complete Other M on Hard mode and Metroid II.

 

[NidoKingdra]

Certainly. I would recommend you play zero mission, as it is probably one of the best. ^^