Sep 29, 2017
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Finished my first go at Normal mode on AM2R earlier. Missed 1 item somewhere...think it was the room in the Golden Temple that you need a Charge Sphere to unlock. Too late to go back now though, as I’ve nuked the save file and started one last Random+ game.
This time on Hard mode, and holy shit is it aptly named.
The wildlife’s a lot more violent than on Easy and Normal mode, as I learned when the “lay flat on the ground until your close and then jump straight up” enemies showed me when one of them flat-out divebombed me. Also, the Alpha Metroids I’ve seen so far are not only a lot more aggressive, but stingy as hell; neither one dropped any recovery items.
Both were a bit trickier to kill as well, seeing as the Missile/Super Missile/Power Bomb tanks are cheapkates this time around; instead of the usual 5/2/2 per tank, they’re down to 2/1/1.
At least the Energy Tanks still give a full payload. I recall Hard Mode on Zero Mission chopped them down to 50 Energy a piece.
As for the item randomizer? It got very random on me. Where I should have found the Bombs, I found...the Bombs. At first I thought maybe I’d clicked New Game+ instead of Random Game+, but when the Charge Beam and Spider Ball were replaced, respectively, with the Spazer and Space Jump, that theory went poof.
Anyway, saving and quitting for the night before I go up against the Guardian Statue when I try to leave. For the time being I’m thinking “skip the Metroids, get some powerups first.” In particular, getting the Screw Attack and making the sequence break for the Gravity Suit ASAP would be very nice in light of how everything’s apparently out for blood now.
SIDE NOTE: Stuff like this is why I generally don’t play games on Hard Mode, so I won’t be the least bit surprised if I delete this save file prematurely in a fit of anger...which, if that winds up being the case, I highly suspect will be brought on by a Zeta Metroid. Screw Zeta Metroids, they suck. :[
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Not gonna lie, I’m still super salty that Nintendo has largely ignored the Metroid franchise. It doesn’t even get any official recognition on its anniversaries, and when fans make an incredible free remake of one of the classics, they nuke it the moment it finishes development.
If you’re gonna kill anything that so much as breathes near your IP, you might as well fucking do something with it.
Me, playing AM2R: Gee, I wish there was an easier way to take out these Metroids.
Game Mechanics: You have 70 missiles right?
Me: Yeah, so? I can't hit their weak spot. They move too fast.
Game Mechanics: You know the missiles don't have any cooldown, right? This ain't Metroid Prime.
Me: Oh.
Me: Well.
Me: Derp.
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsJU0WwIgK8)
With the amazing work by the AM2R dev. team....and the great artwork by @NoeLeyvArt we dive into AM2R as a homage to classic Metroid; and we are super impressed!!!!!!! Videos to come! Check out the artists TUMBLR! http://siriusrising-devblog.tumblr.com/