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Could this be the most overrated video game in existance?
I am currently composing a list of the Top 200 Computer & Video Games of All Time. I started years ago but am only just now nearing completion. I've only included games from the 16 bit era and later, as I generally don't like the look of the earlier ones. I've included Super Metroid in my Chart because supposedly it is one of the greatest video games ever.
I have watched a few gameplay videos and I don't see the appeal of it. It just looks like a fairly boring and quite ugly Turrican II rip off. Turrican II on the Amiga did everything Super Metroid did years earlier and better. Turrican II looks nicer. Turrican II sounds superior, and I will certainly be ranking Turrican II higher. One of the bosses of Super Metroid even appears to be ripped off from Jim Power in Mutant Planet on the Amiga! Does this game do anything original?
At the moment I am going through games in my list that i've potentially uderrated/overrated. I've given Turrican II 93%, and Super Metroid a 92% rating (average review scores are ~95%), although I am thinking of raising that to 93% as well. However, looking at videos of this game it looks like it would be hard pressed to scrape 70%.
Does anyone else think this game is utter tosh?
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| I am afraid it is not. The game just feels super overrated to me. I guess I will just skip over this game for now and come back to it later... |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:30 pm Post subject: Comparisons |
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| XenonII wrote: | | I am afraid it is not. The game just feels super overrated to me. I guess I will just skip over this game for now and come back to it later... |
There are did-hard fans of either game, and the
reason seems to boil down to one thing--atmosphere.
I happen to like Turrican better, but you'd have to somehow figure a
way to poll how many total people like either? That would be a chore.
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| Super metroid on snes without question one the best games ever made I completed it 100% took a while though lol. |
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| XenonII wrote: | | I am afraid it is not. The game just feels super overrated to me. I guess I will just skip over this game for now and come back to it later... |
A game that you haven't even played "just feels super overrated" because it's a "rip off" of a game heavily inspired by its prequel? Give me a break. The only things that the Turrican and Metroid series have in common are things that Metroid did first. (Not saying that Turrican is a Metroid rip-off, only that the few aspects that they share originated in Metroid.) On top of that, they're structured completely differently and play almost nothing like each other.
If Flashback didn't exist, Super Metroid would be the best platform game of all time. I say this as someone who loves Turrican II but has also actually played Super Metroid.
...I still can't get over the fact that you didn't even bother to play the game before starting this moronic thread about it.
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Usually when I see a highly rated game in action that i've never played before I can see why it's considered a good game. Super Metroid however just let me feeling cold. It looked OK, but nothing special in terms of gameplay or graphics. I will probably resolve this issue by adding a later game in the series to my Top 200 Games Chart. Some of the later games have still scored very good marks, and expanded on the gameplay of SM, and don't look like they were on Noah's Ark.
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| XenonII wrote: | | Usually when I see a highly rated game in action that i've never played before I can see why it's a good game Super Metroid however just let me feeling cold. I will probably resolve this issue by adding a later game in the series to my Top 200 Games Chart instead. Some of the later games have still scored very good marks, but don't look like they were on Noah's Ark. |
How the heck has this list taken years to compile if your sole criteria for putting a game on it are "looks good in a YouTube video" and "got good reviews"? And how are Super Metroid's graphics "bad" enough to cost it a place on the list when Turrican II gets to stay and looks ten times worse with its ST-sourced color palette, lack of transparency, scaling, or rotation, and comparatively pitiful parallax? Turrican II doesn't even look good by the Amiga's standards (see Lionheart, Kid Chaos, etc.), much less when compared to something like Super Metroid.
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*** 2010 ALL-TIME ALL-FORMAT TOP 200 COMPUTER & VIDEO GAMES CHART IS NOW UPDATED! ***
Because I haven't been doing it full time. I've only been doing it when I feel compelled to do so. Coming up with the right score for a game and then ranking that game in order with others that have received the same score is not always easy.
Only about a quarter of the games I own. Another quarter i've played before but in the distant past and am mainly going off of nostalgia, and then the remaining half i've only got reviews and trailers to go by. I am also only including the best game in a series, as I don't see the point in having like 10 Zelda games in the Chart. So determining the best game of a series has sometimes been traumatic. (Exceptions to this rule have been made in the case of subseries or spinoffs within a series, where games within a series are of different genres, or where an older game is 2D and a newer one 3D, etc).
There was also a lot more great games than I imagined, quite a few that I had never even heard of before and I wanted this Chart to be as accurate as possible. I am also doing one Chart each year (after the first one it will be much more manageable as it will just be a case of adding new entries mostly each year). I am currently working on the 2010 Chart, that's how far behind I have got. 
Anyway, just out of interest here is the current standing of the 2010 All-Time All-Format Top 200 Computer & Video Games Chart (and don't forget this is a work in progress, & there is still many more games to add to this list!) 
Games starred are ones that I am thinking of altering the scores BTW, and i've also listed each format that the game is available for in order, with the best version first and the worst last. So it is a MAMMOTH project! 
Once the following Chart is completed, I then have 2011's to do, & then after that I am embarking on compiling the All Amiga Formats All Time Top 200 Computer & Video Games Chart! 
2010 ALL-TIME ALL-FORMAT TOP 200 COMPUTER & VIDEO GAMES CHART
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1. Grand Theft Auto IV (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 3/Xbox 360) 97%
2. Mass Effect 2 (Microsoft Windows/XBox 360) 96%
3. Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 96%
4. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PlayStation 3) 96%
5. Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) 96%
6. Fallout 3 (Xbox 360/Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 3) 96%
7. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Wii) 96%
8. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PlayStation 3) 96%
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (GameCube/Nintendo 64/Virtual Console) 95%
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Windows/Wii/Nintendo DS) 95%
11. Killzone 2 (PlayStation 3) 95%
12. Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS/PlayStation/Super NES) 95%
13. Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation/PlayStation Network/Microsoft Windows) 95%
14. Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 95%
15. Resistance 2 (PlayStation 3) 95%
16. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo Wii) 95%
17. Halo: Reach (Xbox 360) 95%
18. God of War III (PlayStation 3) 95%
19. Resident Evil 5 (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 95%
20. Grim Fandango (Microsoft Windows) 94%
21. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Mobile) 94%
22. SimCity 4 (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X) 94%
23. Civilization V (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X) 94%
24. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Microsoft Windows/iOS) 94%
25. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES/Virtual Console/Game Boy Advance) 94%
26. inFAMOUS (PlayStation 3) 94%
27. Shadow of the Colossus (PlayStation 2) 94%
28. Bioshock 2 (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 94%
29. Bayonetta (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 94%
30. Super Street Fighter IV (Arcade/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 94%
31. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (PlayStation 3) 94%
32. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 3/Xbox 360) 94%
33. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (PlayStation 3) 94%
34. Dragon Age: Origins (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 94%
35. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (Xbox 360/Microsoft Windows/PS3/PSP/Mobile) 94%
36. Nuclear Strike (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation/PlayStation Network/Nintendo 64) 94%
37. Slam Tilt (Microsoft Windows/Amiga 1200) 94%
38. Spyro: Year of the Dragon (PlayStation/PlayStation Network) 94%
39. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox 360/Microsoft Windows/iOS) 94%
40. Demon's Souls (PlayStation 3) 94%
41. Alan Wake (Xbox 360) 94%
42. Crysis (Microsoft Windows) 94%
43. Raiden IV (Arcade/Xbox 360) 94%
44. Xenon 2 Megablast (Amiga/CDTV/Atari ST/Mega Drive/DOS/Game Boy/Master System) 94%
45. Fable II (Xbox 360) 93%
46. BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Arcade) 93%
47. LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3) 93%
48. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (Xbox Live Arcade/PlayStation Network) 93%
49. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Super Nintendo/Virtual Console) 93%
50. Soulcalibur IV (PlayStation 3/Xbox 360) 93%
51. Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PlayStation 3) 93%
52. Eternal Sonata (PlayStation 3/Xbox 360) 93%
53. Doom 3 (Xbox/Microsoft Windows/Linux/Mac OS X) 93%
54. Prince of Persia (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 93%
55. The Sims 3 (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X/Xbox 360/PS3/Nintendo DS/Wii) 93%
56. The House of the Dead 4 (Arcade) 93%
57. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Wii) 93%
58. FIFA 11 (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PS3/Wii/PS2/Apple iOS/Nintendo DS) 93%
59. Darksiders (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 3/Xbox 360) 93%
60. Dead Space (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 93%
61. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X/Xbox 360) 93%
62. Unreal Tournament III (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 3/Xbox 360) 93%
63. Brütal Legend (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 93%
64. Company of Heroes (Microsoft Windows) 93%
65. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PlayStation/PlayStation Network) 93%
66. Devil May Cry 4 (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 93%
67. Shadow Complex (Xbox Live Arcade) 93%
68. NBA 2K11 (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Wii/Windows/PlayStation 2/PS Portable) 93%
69. Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360) 93%
70. Tombi! (PlayStation) 93%
71. The Chaos Engine (Amiga/Atari ST) 93%
72. Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360) 93%
73. R-Type Delta (PlayStation/PlayStation Network) 93%
74. World in Conflict (Microsoft Windows) 93%
75. Ōkami (Nintendo Wii/PlayStation 2) 93%
76. Pinball Illusions (PlayStation/Sega Saturn/Windows/Amiga CD32/Amiga 1200) 93%
77. GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo Wii) 93%
78. Turrican II: The Final Fight (Amiga/CDTV/Atari ST/DOS/C64/Amstrad CPC/Spectrum) 93%
79. Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion (Arcade/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/PS Portable) 93%
80. Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (Amiga/DOS/Atari ST/Amiga CD32/Sega Mega Drive/C64) 93%
81. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo Wii) 92%
82. Lemmings 2: The Tribes (Amiga/Sega Mega Drive/DOS/Atari ST/Game Boy) 92%
83. Gran Turismo 5 (PlayStation 3) 92%
84. Vanquish (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 92%
85. Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (PlayStation Portable/PlayStation 2) 92%
86. Joe Danger (PlayStation Network) 92%
87. Quake 4 (Microsoft Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/Xbox 360) 92%
88. Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360) 92%
89. Virtua Fighter 5 (Arcade/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 92%
90. Need for Speed: Shift (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 92%
91. Resistance: Retribution (PlayStation Portable) 92%
92. Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype (PlayStation Network) 92%
93. Race Driver: GRID (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Nintendo DS) 92%
94. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Microsoft Windows/Xbox/PlayStation 2) 92%
95. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 92%
96. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 92%
97. Lamborghini American Challenge (Amiga CD32/SNES/PC-DOS/Atari ST/C64/Game Boy) 92%
98. Parasol Stars (Amiga/PC Engine/Atari ST/NES/Game Boy) 92%
99. Black (PlayStation 2/Xbox) 92%
100. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Nintendo Wii/PlayStation) 92%
101. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo Wii) 92%
102. Left 4 Dead 2 (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/Mac OS X) 92%
103. Warblade (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X/iPhone) 92%*
104. Bionic Commando Rearmed (Microsoft Windows/Xbox Live Arcade/PlayStation Network) 92%
105. WipEout HD (PlayStation 3/PlayStation Network) 92%
106. Super Metroid (Super Nintendo/Virtual Console) 92%*
107. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 3/Xbox 360) 92%
108. Perfect Dark (Xbox Live Arcade/Nintendo 64) 92%
109. American McGee's Alice (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X) 92%
110. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Xbox 360/PS3/Windows/PSP) 92%
111. Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Sega Mega Drive/Virtual Console/Xbox Live Arcade) 92%
112. Beyond Good & Evil (Xbox/GameCube/PlayStation 2/Microsoft Windows) 92%
113. Cannon Fodder (CD32/Amiga/DOS/Atari ST/Jaguar/SNES/Mega Drive/Game Boy Color) 92%
114. Sonic Wings Special (PlayStation/Sega Saturn) 92%
115. Mortal Kombat Trilogy (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation/Sega Saturn/Nintendo 64) 92%
116. The New Zealand Story (Arcade/Virtual Console/Mega Drive/Amiga/Atari ST/NES) 92%
117. Exile (Amiga 500/Amiga CD32/Amiga 1200/Atari ST/C64/BBC Micro/Acorn Electron) 91%
118. Theme Park (Microsoft Windows/Amiga 1200/Amiga 500/Amiga CD32/Nintendo DS) 91%
119. Harlequin (Amiga/Atari ST) 91%
120. Apidya (Amiga) 91%
121. Just Cause 2 (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 91%
122. SWIV (Amiga/Acorn Archimedes/Atari ST/Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum/Amstrad CPC) 91%
123. Pang (Amiga/Arcade/iPhone/PlayStation/SNES/Atari ST/Amstrad CPC/Commodore 64) 91%
124. Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X/Xbox 360/PS3/NDS/PSP/Wii) 91%
125. The Longest Journey (Microsoft Windows) 91%*
126. Command & Conquer 3: Red Alert (PC) 91%*
127. Folklore (PlayStation 3) 91%
128. Putty Squad (Amiga 1200/SNES) 91%
129. Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Complete Edition (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 91%
130. Prototype (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 91%
131. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PlayStation 3) 91%
132. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Windows/Xbox Live Arcade/PS Network/iOS) 91%
133. Far Cry 2 (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 91%
134. Super Space Invaders '91 (Arcade) 91%
135. Wizkid: The Story of Wizball II (Amiga/Atari ST/DOS) 91%
136. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (Nintendo Wii) 91%
137. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (PC/Amiga) 90%
138. Uridium 2 (Amiga) 90%
139. Gods (Amiga/Atari ST) 90%
140. Split/Second: Velocity (Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/iOS/PlayStation Portable) 90%
141. Mega Lo Mania (Amiga/Atarj ST) 90%
142. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (Nintendo Wii) 90%
143. Terra Cresta (Arcade/NES/Commodore 64/ZX Spectrum) 90%
144. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo Wii) 90%
145. ModNation Racers (PlayStation 3/PlayStation Portable) 90%
146. Ruff 'n' Tumble (Amiga) 90%
147. F1 2010 (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 3/Xbox 360) 90%
148. Shatter (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation Network) 90%
149. Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 90%
150. Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods (Amiga/Atari ST) 90%
151. Super Stardust HD (PlayStation Network) 90%
152. Blur (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 90%
153. Ico (PlayStation 2) 90%
154. Zeewolf 2: Wild Justice (Amiga) 90%
155. Banshee (Amiga CD32/Amiga 1200) 90%
156. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (Amiga) 90%
157. Hunter (Amiga/Atari ST) 90%
158. The Second Samurai (Amiga/Sega Mega Drive) 90%
159. Monopoly Tycoon (Microsoft Windows) 90%
160. Snow Bros (Arcade/Amiga) 90%*
161. Liquid Kids (Arcade/Amiga) 90%
162. Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo Wii) 89%
163. PixelJunk Shooter (PlayStation Network) 89%
164. Pure (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 89%
165. Heavy Rain (PlayStation 3) 89%
166. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (Arcade/Dreamcast/PSN/XBLA/PS2/Xbox) 89%
167. Shadow Fighter (Amiga CD32/Amiga 1200/Amiga 500) 89%
168. Chase H.Q. 2 (Arcade) 89%
169. Condemned: Criminal Origins (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360) 89%
170. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (PlayStation Portable) 89%*
171. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo Wii) 89%
172. Warhawk (PlayStation 3) 89%
173. Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko (PlayStation/Windows/Nintendo 64/Game Boy Color) 89%
174. Everybody's Golf: World Tour (PlayStation 3) 89%
175. The Simpsons (Arcade/MS-DOS/Commodore 64) 89%*
176. Strider 2 (Arcade/PlayStation) 89%*
177. Troddlers (Amiga/MS-DOS/SNES) 89%
178. Flashback (Amiga) 89%
179. James Pond 2: Codename Robocod (Amiga/Atari ST) 89%
180. Fire & Ice (Amiga CD32/Amiga/MS-DOS/Atari ST/Sega Master System) 88%
181. Final Fight (Arcade/Mega CD/Amiga/SNES) 88%
182. Rodland (Amiga/Arcade) 88%
183. Gem'X (Amiga) 88%
184. Lionheart (Amiga) 88%
185. Borderlands (Microsoft Windows/Mac OS X/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 88%
186. Star Fox 64 (Nintendo 64) 88%
187. Mafia II (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 88%
188. Stunt Car Racer (Amiga/Atari ST/MS-DOS/Commodore 64/Amstrad CPC/ZX Spectrum) 88%
189. Disposable Hero (Amiga CD32/Amiga 500) 88%
190. Victory Road (Arcade) 88%*
191. Volfied (PSX/Arcade/Wii/Amiga/MS-DOS/FM Towns/C64/Mega Drive/TurboGrafx-16) 88%*
192. 'Splosion Man (Xbox Live Arcade) 88%
193. Aliens (Arcade) 88%*
194. Jim Power in Mutant Planet (Amiga) 87%
195. Mercs (Arcade) 87%*
196. Toki (Amiga/Arcade) 87%
197. U.N. Squadrom (SNES/Arcade/Amiga) 87%*
198. Super Twintris (Amiga) 87%*
199. Mirror's Edge (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/iOS) 87%*
200. Fight Night Round 4 (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3) 87%*
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| XenonII wrote: | | Because I haven't been doing it full time. I've only been doing it when I feel compelled to do so. Coming up with the right score for a game and then ranking that game in order with others that have received the same score is not always easy. |
I can imagine. How on Earth do you come up with those percentage grades? And what could possibly make them the "right" ones when you're applying them to games that you haven't even played?
Also, your list doesn't include Earthbound. That's just depressing.
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I dont rate GTA IV - even if some mag did give it 97%. That's just my view - of course - based on my experiences with the game. I played San Andreas many more times/hours than IV and had much more fun with it. Just to give an example. Some games look great but play rather average, some average scoring games play really great  |
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| Super Metroid is brilliant but you are coming at it from the wrong angle. It's a slow burning game that get's better and better as you play it. While the Turrican series are action games, Metroid is all about exploration and finding items that gradually open the playing area up to give you access to more and more of the game a bit at a time. Unless you actually sit down and give it a full play through you will never appreciate how good it is (it's the same with all Metroid games). |
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| Acid wrote: | | Super Metroid is brilliant but you are coming at it from the wrong angle. It's a slow burning game that get's better and better as you play it. While the Turrican series are action games, Metroid is all about exploration and finding items that gradually open the playing area up to give you access to more and more of the game a bit at a time. Unless you actually sit down and give it a full play through you will never appreciate how good it is (it's the same with all Metroid games). |
You don't even need to play it all the way through. You can see the genius of how it works as soon as you get the bomb, which is practically at the beginning of the game.
The problem isn't that he's "coming at it from the wrong angle". He literally isn't coming at it from any angle at all.
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Problem with games ratings is the dastardly subjectivity.
A sticky wicket to be sure.
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Super Metroid is one of the greatest 16-bit games ever made and it was tremendously innovatime for its time,ditching the usual "level" scheme for a more open-ended world which can be freely explored.
Graphicwise it's on a league of its own: the use of colour,the enemy design, the varied environments...and the soundtrack is excellent: comparisons with Turrican 2 are inappropriate since while Chris Huelsbeck provides a fast,thumping coin-op style soundtrack Super Metroid music goes for a more ominous,subdued approach.
And all of this is supported by an extremely refined gameplay and a flawless control method.Seriously,this one truly deserves of being called one of the all time greats.And let's face it,the Metroid larva is very cute for a lifeforce sucking parasite!
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