Metroid Samus Returns - The Start of a New Era (Retrospective)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2021
- This series of videos were heavily inspired by The Geek Critique's 2D Metroid Critique series. Please check out his channel if you haven't already! / @geekcritique
Metroid: Samus Returns was Nintendo's attempt to bring back a long-dormant franchise after years of pessimism and silence. Not only would it gauge interest for the future of the series, but it would also introduce concepts to modernize it for a new generation in gaming. With Metroid Dread on the horizon, it's clear that this experiment was a success! Let's see what exactly Samus Returns brought to the table, and why those changes worked out!
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The story with the Baby is supposed to be so heartwarming, but after this game Samus sticks it into a small tube and just hands it over to scientists to have it experimented upon. Vile.
I'm hoping this comes back in prime 4 or something
That’s why we need a Super Metroid remake.
@@babaG819it won't. The prime series from my understanding takes place between Metroid 1 and 2 and considering what happened in Super, the larva is dead
I disagree. It's a biologically engineered specimen capable of mass destruction. It's not a cute puppers. It's a life draining organism.
Holy shit dude, your channel needs more eyes on it. These Metroid analysis are great, and I can't wait to see your full thoughts on Dread
Yeah wtf I just watched three videos in a row and didn't notice the sub count. Hopefully the fact that I'm seeing it means it'll blow up like it deserves to. Just subbed.
This was a really nice little series of videos on the series for sure, and it's always nice seeing people really study up on what makes each and every one of them tick in their own specific ways.
Good stuff!
Samus Returns is my favorite game of all time. Not only is it so much fun and satisfying to progress through, but the story is wonderful! I was entirely overwhelmed with joy by the ending! The bond between Samus and The Baby Metroid is everything! Thanks for making this video!!
Since you mentioned progress, How would you compare the progression of this game to metroid Dread. The progression was actually my least favorite part of dread so I'm curious about this game.
@@gameplayboy5686 well both games have eight areas, but Samus Returns is much more linear and features far less backtracking unless you’re going for 100%. Personally I don’t mind backtracking as I feel like it’s just part of the Metroid experience but that’s just me.
Have you played AM2R? If so, how would you say it holds up against the original, and the official Nintendo remake?
The speed booster not being in this game has nothing to do with hardware limitations and everything to do with the map design. There's no way it could be implemented well without completely restructuring the layout. It would be like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. So they just didn't bother trying to make it fit
I used to beam burst the gamma metroids during the grab sequence, that usually gets the job done before they can change rooms.
This video series deserves more likes and views. Well done and enjoyed the journey
For me,Phase Drift is way better than the """""iconic fast run"""""" . You move faster than evertything else while keeping the control of the situation. That really gives me a feel of power, not having to react instantly to shit happenin too fast to comfortably react.
I really like this retrospective series. You should do one for the prime games too.
Wow, just wow! I clicked on this video and thoroughly enjoyed it, only to look down and notice that you only have 49 subs! I would never expect such a high quality video from such a small channel, and while this isn't the first video I've seen in this format (and about this game) I was quite impressed! Glad to be your 50th sub!
That metroid minigame for the WiiU was what got me interested in the series lmao.
Great review. I got into 2-D Metroid in 2017 when I built a raspberry Pi emulation system. I’m playing Dread on the switch now, so Samus Returns is the only one I haven’t played.
I'm 2 years late but...
TGC at home, with less big words and more comfy vibe to it and also you happen to cover a few things TCG didn't mention
I like it, I must subcribe at once
A geek critique fan perhaps? I’m joking you put your own spin on this retrospective and i enjoyed it a lot.
I was wondering if anyone would notice :P
Josh makes great content and I was trying not to be TOO derivative, but he's so thorough in his analysis that sometimes it's hard to find anything new to talk about lol
@@basedsamtv Thats fair LOL. This is your first foray into game analysis, and it can't hurt to take inspiration from people who are so good at these things. I'm looking forward to what comes next from you!
It's kind of hilarious how at the end of this game, Samus was able to accomplish what the Space Pirates and Federation tried and failed to do numerous times without even meaning to do so: taming a Metroid.
The Space Pirates and Federation foolishly lacked the most important factor of all: motherly love.
You just have to kill its momma and pretend to be momma.
You earned my sub as a fellow Metroid and Samus Waifū fan.
I bought this on release day along with the limited edition Samus New Nintendo 3DS XL. And while I enjoyed the game, I'm so thankful I bought the console too!!
That's a great looking system! The 3DS has a lot of great system variants, I wish the Switch had more, especially for some Metroid rep.
Hands be hurting playing this
I liked it.
@@robertkenny1201 loved the game, but my hands didn’t lol
A big list of all the problems with Other M and my biggest (gameplay) complaint isn't on there: that enemies don't drop health or missiles. Granted, that's a gameplay complaint, not a story complaint, so it doesn't matter as much as stuff like Samus' characterization and issues like that, but it's still annoying.
Oh wow I can't believe I didn't put that on there, yep this is also a big reason.
I bought a physical copy to support the game and borrowed a 3ds to play it on. I played it once on there. After that I went straight to emulation and never went back. Proper controller, big screen, increased resolution and frames. Only down side having to let go of the controller to grab the mouse to switch beams. That is pretty annoying but I prefer it over trying to play on the 3ds. Even The Return of Samus, Fusion, and Zero Mission I had to have the Gameboy expansion on my GameCube to replay those as well. Sit back and chill, proper play. It drives me crazy they haven't rereleased it on the switch with a button to swap beams and a resolution increase. They really don't have to do much at all.
18:30 Well they could've also added the mic to the controls and have you blowing at your 3DS for some functions. lol
Speaking of controllers. That's probably the reason why you drop it more than once to play Switch even if the game was good. Playing on the 3DS I always found so uncomfortable to the hands. It was the main limiter of me playing long sessions as opposed consoles, or even the PSP that although also small I didn't have issues with how to pick the device.
The Amiibo thing was such a bullshit thing to do. Not only were they hard to find. But where I live the only way to get them was online and with shipping and what not were more expenisve than the game itself. Plus having the 3DS not the new, means I needed to buy the reader.
18:33 dunkey
MSR & Zelda LBW are the best 3DS games.
Yeah. I feel like you watch the review of this game from TGC and decided to follow the same beats.
I wish they'd port MSR for Switch.
Great work! Not really a review, but more like a retrospective (too many spoilers for a review), you got a sub from me.
You should do a video on am2r I’m sure you won’t get dmcad
I'd like to at some point!
c:!
I wouldn't blame the devs for the Amiibo thing. There's at least a 90% chance that Nintendo strong-armed them into doing it. Amiibos were a plague upon games during this era.
yes I agree this is most likely true, should've made that more clear!
i no have 3ds ☹️
I've basically accepted that I'll never be able to play Fusion mode legitimately. Last time I looked online for the Baby Metroid amiibo it was 80 dollars. I'm canadian but most prices online are listed in american dollars meaning that 80 dollars is likely even higher. I'm not paying that much for a piece of plastic.
Kind of a little rant here but I've always disliked the concept of amiibo. It's basically physical dlc. At least with digital dlc anyone can get it but with amiibo many people are locked out of content *that is already on the cartridge!* That would be like buying a house but a few rooms in the house are locked with padlocks and you need to pay more money to unlock those rooms. I'll look into those etsy cards sometime.
I'm on the fence about Ridley being in this game. Not only does he ruin the original ending atmosphere but it contradicts the lore. Super Metroid happens not long after Metroid 2. How is he not only back in Super but having his mechanical upgrades gone? It clashes with his appearance in Super.
The fight itself is awesome though. Pretty hard I remember it taking quite a few tries to beat him. His 3 themes here are bitchin. Probably the best remix of his theme ever. Easily my favourite.
I really wished we had a 2d metroid 2 remake during the gba or original ds years. Am2r is the closest we'll ever get to a gba/og ds art style 2d metroid 2 remake.
Yeah well I'm satisfied with Samus Returns.
This game has a weird looking art style not helped by the low res. This should have been on Switch. It did come out the same year as it. The fan made remake has a far more pleasing aestectic.
100% agree dude. They should have just went with sprites on 3DS honestly
@@Mc80sEntertainmentMy my don't we hate change.
Al Gore Ithm.
Ah yes... the revamped genocide simulator...
I'd rather Prime⁴ be delayed over being prematurely released like all AAA not Nintendo.
I enjoyed Samus Returns just much as any other game I played on the 3DS, it may not be as good as AM2R which I've never played because I'm not interested in fanmade games, so I cant judge, but I fail to see how Samus Returns is in any shape or form a bad game or fails to do the Metroid franchise justice.
Do AM2R, very good fan remake and honestly much better than Nintendo’s own remake
I’d LOVE to see that
Oh please AM2R is so overrated.
I never played this game, but just recently finished dread and I have to say they are the same two games. The enemies are the same, the gimmics are the same, my overall feeling while watching this video is that I can just skip this game entirely as I've seen everything it can offer in dread alread.
I got sent absolutely insane with how tanky enemies were until you parried them, awful addition. Dread does it so much better
Nintendo did it better.
I don’t like this game!
Well I do.
If you think this is better than am2r I will know exactly why gaming communities gatekeep
Why is this game being reviewed (AGAIN) FOUR YEARS after it's release ???
a reboot of "Return of Samus" (Metroid 2), are you bored and can't think of anything else to review ???
I'm not trying to be ugly or rude, I'm just real confused why you are reviewing a 4 year old game on a system than Nintendo stopped supporting back in February 2021, when there are plenty of new games from this past 60 days alone including Metroid 5 (Dread), I don't think this is an unwarranted question
People make video essays and reviews on old games all the time. Who cares?
Are you ok? I'm asking this in an honest way. You need to have so much bad stuff going in your life to get tilted by something as small as this that I _honestly_ wonder if you're alright.
Holy autism, Batman
@@froddobaggins please don't
Side scrolling Metroid games are the best. 1. Zero mission. 2. Fusion. 3. Super. 4. Original Samus returns. 5. Original Metroid. 6. Prime one. 7. Prime two. 8. Dread... 🤮 9. Other M. 🤮🚽💩. I never played the others.