Stumbling through Super Metroid - Part 3

[davidn]

Er, Part 2 is here and I sort of forgot to link it.

Thanks to everyone who volunteered information after watching my first night of Super Metroid, in which I think I made a surprising amount of progress for someone who didn't know all the controls (rather like Marble Madness before it, as much as marbles can "run"). Here's the second session of the journey, confusingly titled Part 3, which I hadn't realized would be so short - I aim for about twenty-minute episodes, but exploration-based games compress down amazingly when you edit them down to just the interesting or relevant bits (particularly with me at the controls).

This part involves... getting lost, mostly, and also a fair amount of screaming.

http://youtu.be/rShe2u67mPU

Comments

[davidn]

I'm surprised that I found that passage as well, actually - the only reason I even tried that wall was because there seemed to be a room abutting it on the map that had no other way in. I had no idea if I was in a secret area or if this was the right way to go for ages on that route - it (and its continuation in the next video) displays a worrying Hexen II-like tendency to hide things behind completely indistinguishable walls and have you just shoot everywhere until one eventually opens.

As to hinting as to where those are, I would say don't be tempted to tell me, particularly if they're not necessary for progress (and that spoilers don't get marked in the comment email notifications - that's handy, Livejournal) - if I get really stuck (as I suspect I am now after doing a third recording) I can always cut out the uninteresting standing around and ask for a clue. Thank you for considering my colour vision, though :)

[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I was wondering if it was the map or just pure luck :D I remember being too dumb to notice the map's hint when I was a kid, my brother had to tell me the supermissileable tiles were there.... (I don't know how he found them!)