What just flew by my head? Metroid Fusion!

NebraskaDragon · Jan 7, 2003

Anyone else have the urge to toss their GBA across the room during the later parts of Fusion?

BryLmoo · Jan 7, 2003

nod nod

MegaDrive20XX · Jan 7, 2003

Yeah, I'm holding off on this game for awhile, and the only reason I didn't break the damn GBA I was playing is that it isn't mine to break.

MilkManX · Jan 8, 2003

Tell me about it. I am at a boss near the end with the vaccuum(sic) gravity thing. I literally havent gotten that mad in a long time at a game.

Average Joe · Jan 8, 2003

Ditto.

Fusion is a fun game, but it gets rather trying during the later levels. Most definitely one of the more frustrating games I've played in a while, but sometimes that's a good thing, I like a challenge.

RiotoftheBlood · Jan 8, 2003

I thought the difficulty was just about right. The "Root" and "Nightmare" bosses are certainly difficult, but they're not ridiculously hard... once you learn how to fight them.

David Fallows · Jan 8, 2003

I enjoyed this game so damn much I can't wait for the next 2D Metroid. I hope we don't have to wait 10 years or so for the next version of the Gameboy though.

Nightmare was the toughest boss IMO - but he wasn't really that tough, beat him in 3 tries.

Playing Metroid Prime at the moment, everything's been great so far. I didn't think a Metroid game in 3D was possible, but I've been proven wrong.

Long live the 2D charm of Nintendo! I hope the new GBA Zelda (The Triforce Gods) is as faithful to LttP as Fusion is to Super.

NebraskaDragon · Jan 8, 2003

Originally posted by RiotoftheBlood:
I thought the difficulty was just about right. The "Root" and "Nightmare" bosses are certainly difficult, but they're not ridiculously hard... once you learn how to fight them.<hr></blockquote>

That is the part I was speaking of last night. First the escape from X-Samus, then the root, then the Nightmare. The Root and Nightmare werent THAT bad, but the frustration experienced from trying to get away from X-Samus left me with little patience when I made it to the 2 bosses because it took me MANY tries to figure out how to get out! I think the Root and Nightmare took me 3 tries each.

ALso . . . What is up with one hit from an enemy taking off a tank and a half???

[ January 08, 2003: Message edited by: NebraskaDragon ]

NebraskaDragon · Jan 8, 2003

Originally posted by David Fallows:
 I hope the new GBA Zelda (The Triforce Gods) is as faithful to LttP as Fusion is to Super.<hr></blockquote>

Where did you hear about a new Zelda game? I want to know more!

Tacitus · Jan 8, 2003

Originally posted by David Fallows:
I enjoyed this game so damn much I can't wait for the next 2D Metroid. I hope we don't have to wait 10 years or so for the next version of the Gameboy though.

Nightmare was the toughest boss IMO - but he wasn't really that tough, beat him in 3 tries.

Playing Metroid Prime at the moment, everything's been great so far. I didn't think a Metroid game in 3D was possible, but I've been proven wrong.

Long live the 2D charm of Nintendo! I hope the new GBA Zelda (The Triforce Gods) is as faithful to LttP as Fusion is to Super.<hr></blockquote>

I just got Prime last night.. it's cool and everything, but my two biggest gripes:

1) WHY THE FUCK DO I HAVE TO SCAN EVERYTHING? It's quite annoying and I leave the scan on to no miss anything.. which makes me feel like I'm playing the game inside a fishbowl.

2) The lighting is WAY too dark. My TV is bright and some of it is just way too dark to negotiate. I died at the end of the frigate a few times because I couldn't see how to get out.

BTW, the reasons those games are so "faithful" to the originals is that they are just rehashes with the same game/graphics engine. That's my biggest gripe with the GBA... it's all old rehashes of SNES games, for the most part. YEAH,I'll probably get on to play fusion... but for the most part, I really don't feel like playing GBA as most of the SNES games worth playing, I've already played.

My two cents.

NebraskaDragon · Jan 8, 2003

Originally posted by VanillaThunder:


2) The lighting is WAY too dark. My TV is bright and some of it is just way too dark to negotiate. I died at the end of the frigate a few times because I couldn't see how to get out.

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Are you sure your TV is alright? I never had a darkness issue with Prime, except when they had the black rooms the did on purpose later in the game. I did have some glare problems with light coming in my living room wondows though. But that happens whenever I play at noon.

[ January 08, 2003: Message edited by: NebraskaDragon ]

Todd · Jan 8, 2003

Fusion didnt aggrivate me too much except the escape from X-Samus!! That made me put the game down for a few days before going back to it!!

Hinge · Jan 9, 2003

I just beat Fusion last night (95% 4:51, too slow). There's so much stuff that's hidden very, very well.

Anyway I linked it to Prime and now I have original Metroid on Gamecube. You can save in it now too, although it still shows the passwords. Only thing is, they swapped the buttons to be more like Prime - "A" is shoot and "B" is jump. It kind of messes me up a lot, especially after playing Fusion for so long.

NebraskaDragon · Jan 9, 2003

Well I finished the game last night. Despite the occasional frustration, it was a very good game. It was strange in terms of Metroid games, and quite short. But then again it doesnt seem like Super Metroid was all that long either. I was very excited for this game, and was looking forward to it more than Prime, but in the end, I think Prime was the better game (despite some frustration with the controls at times in that one.).

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