It’s high time I caught up with this fangame, it seems most people love it (except for Nintendo’s lawyers).
The big story around this fan-created remake of the Game Boy title Metroid 2 was its takedown mere hours after release. It’s not worth going into; suffice to say that I resent the stifling of community creativity in the name of corporate interests. Thankfully the game was finished and released, is still available, and has since had a number of further patches by the wider community to fix issues and add some planned and new features; plus its chief creator Milton “DoctorM64″ Guasti was hired to work on the Ori sequel (itself a Metroid-like), so it seems like a more or less happy ending. Oh and by the way, Mercury Steam’s Samus Returns is a pretty good game, although the two projects have quite different goals.
MSR goes further to reimagine and reinvent M2, breaking new ground with its mechanics. AM2R meanwhile is a model fan game, remixing the source in a familiar style and loading it with fan service along the way. What we have is very akin to Zero Mission, both in style and substance. In other words, perfectly in my sweet spot. It plays as smooth and looks even better with a larger screen size to show off the detailed pixel art (even larger with the post-launch 1.5 patch that added widescreen support!), adds a bunch of abilities missing from the original, a fantastic map, new bosses drawn from Fusion, and all-original areas and events.
And… well, I really liked it! What else can I say? It’s a Zero Mission for M2 but a bit more modern and advanced with a ton of conveniences and lots of toggles in the options menu. I loved the attempts to shake up the Metroid encounters, the surprises like exploring the GF ship filled with Alien references, the written logbook entries. Above all I just love the passion on display here, it’s faithful but with fun twists and just so well done. The state of the game is a testament to the fan community in general and Guasti in particular. Please keep creating!
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