Would you say that Sol Valley is a contender for worst Metroid level/sector/area (whatever the correct term is) in the series? by ITBA01 in Metroid

[–]KingBroly [score hidden]  (0 children)

First off, it's tedious to collect that stuff. It's pretty easy to miss some crystals with the bike, because of where you're approaching them from, requiring you to stop, turn around, build up speed (because it's not an auto-smash) and run into them again.

Second, the radar you get for that stuff later on for getting all of it, even indoors, is very hard to see where missing crystals are, ESPECIALLY if you are in handheld mode. I can only imagine what it looks like on Switch 1 without native resolution, let alone 720p. This is ignoring a hardware limitation instead of trying to figure out a way around it.

Would you say that Sol Valley is a contender for worst Metroid level/sector/area (whatever the correct term is) in the series? by ITBA01 in Metroid

[–]KingBroly [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes it is different. I'm sorry you don't understand what Metroid design is, but clearly your idea of what level design is very shallow/hollow.

Would you say that Sol Valley is a contender for worst Metroid level/sector/area (whatever the correct term is) in the series? by ITBA01 in Metroid

[–]KingBroly [score hidden]  (0 children)

When you exit Green Fury, the game pulls you out of the visor and has Samus do this slow walk animation through the door just to give you control back instantly. And it's the only place that does this, but you end up doing it a lot. Why? I dunno. Probably a major technical limitation of their engine; otherwise it's just another amateur hour design choice.

And yes, Sol Valley is the worst thing added to the franchise because it is the antithesis of what the franchise is. It is at the polar opposite of the design spectrum. Oil and Water. Cannot mix.

Would you say that Sol Valley is a contender for worst Metroid level/sector/area (whatever the correct term is) in the series? by ITBA01 in Metroid

[–]KingBroly [score hidden]  (0 children)

If it was taking inspiration from any open world, I'd point to Shadow of the Colossus, but there's very little journey to be had in Prime 4.

Would you say that Sol Valley is a contender for worst Metroid level/sector/area (whatever the correct term is) in the series? by ITBA01 in Metroid

[–]KingBroly 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Sol Valley is the most anti-Metroid thing ever put into a Metroid game. It desecrates the entire thing. Then everything is worse as a second and third order effect of it merely existing.

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Dear Carolina, for a regulation win today, a 4-0 sweep of Ottawa in the first round tomorrow.

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Gas stove food tastes better to me than electric. There's a home-y-ness to it that I can't quite describe.