SeekerMetroid: Samus Returns
After a decade-long hiatus, ‘Metroid’ is back in 2D
-- As reviewed by The Verge
Product details
- This action-packed, side-scrolling shooter has been completely remade with engaging and immersive 3D visuals and a rich, atmospheric color palette
- Classic Metroid II - Return of Samus gameplay is joined by a wealth of new content, including a set of brand new abilities that utilizes a mysterious energy resource called “Aeion,”
- A powerful Melee counterattack, and 360-degree Free aim mode.
- There are plenty of secrets to Find-and if you uncover enough of them, you may even start to unravel the mystery of planet SR388's past.
- RP: Rating pending
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Expert reviews and ratings
By The Verge on September 12, 2017
After a decade-long hiatus, ‘Metroid’ is back in 2D
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By TrustedReviews on October 27, 2017
Other weapons such as the ice cannon and ball bombs, the latter of which is deployed while Samus is curled up in her signature sphere, can be used to explode enemies and reveal secret passages. Samus Returns not only encourages experimentation, but requires it if you don’t want to find yourself hitting a wall within minutes.
80
By IGN on September 12, 2017
While it’s been marketed as a remake of Metroid II: The Return of Samus for Game Boy, Metroid: Samus Returns is more of a much-needed reboot of the 2D Metroid games we know and love. It’s a safe, modern take on Super Metroid, one of the greatest games of all time. Aside from some repetitive boss fights and hand-cramping controls, it’s nearly everything I could ask for as a fan of old-school Metroids.
85
By TechAdvisor on September 12, 2017
While difficult at the outset, like many handheld Metroid games before it, Samus Returns is an outstanding and completely engrossing game. It manages to energise an old story while completely reinventing it as a modern yet classic feeling side scroller, though some might feel it doesn’t break any radical new ground (and they’d be right).
This will no doubt placate fans who have been hankering after a new 2D Metroid adventure. Once you too get your hands on it, expect many frustratingly gleeful hours spent on SR388.
Samus is back. Let’s hope the sequel doesn’t take as long to be made as this one did.
80