Stumbling through Super Metroid - Part 1

[davidn]

Having now just about reached a point where I'm no longer utterly sick of the sight of Powerdirector, I've decided to open a new semi-grand project in the form of an extended Stumbling Through of Super Metroid.

This was inspired by the game suddenly landing in the hands of a large number of stupid people via its release on the Virtual Console, which led to a load of posts on Twitter by idiots who can't get past the first obstacles. Or so it seemed - to prove or disprove this, I decided to play through the game myself to see if I could do any better. Wish me luck.

In this first episode, I learn the backstory, bumble around finding my feet, and then get eaten by a fishbeast.

http://youtu.be/bYskLMl1jS8
To disclose fully: I have played this game before, but it was in fifteen-minute bursts on a train on the way in and back from work, and consequently I could never remember what I was supposed to be doing or where I had been or where to go next at any time. Just about everything that I see this time around honestly seems new to me.

Comments

[crassadon.livejournal.com]

After reading all these comments, I've pretty much forgotten what I was going to say. .

I was a bit impressed with how well you handled the morph ball bomb guardian. On the console, I would only ever rent this game, so would have to play from the start each time. Sometimes it seemed like I could not even get past that boss at all, and I have always considered it to be the most difficult obstacle in the first three quarters of the game. .. although, looking over the game now, I do think that every other boss except for Kraid is definitely much more challenging than it. It's just because, when you first get the bombs, you only have a single energy tank, and a handful of missiles, that the bomb guardian is an actual challenge.

Also, the music in this game is awesome.



And just for comparison: I failed the wall jump tutorial segment so badly, that I actually bomb jumped to get out of the pit. :P

[davidn]

I've definitely found myself using up all my health pretty much as soon as I get an extra energy tank - that boss came as a surprise, but at least it only took me two tries!