When I find that my feelings towards a game are ambiguous, I like to look at its design decisions (whether gameplay, technology, art direction, or narrative) and categorize them into “what worked” and “what didn’t work.” In the case of … Continue reading →| Tangent Vector
Was the Metroid creature inspired by Baraduke? Space Invaders? War Of The Worlds? Or is this another Space Cobra reference?| A Critical Hit!
Metroid Dread: The Sequel Fusion Deserves?. Nineteen years later, Metroid Fusion for the Game Boy Advance finally got a much-deserved sequel! I’m ignoring Other M and Samus Returns right now as the story of Metroid Dread picks up where Fusion left off, and it’s been a very, very long time since we’ve seen Samus in action on a 2(.5?)D space, shooting and bombing her way through the planet ZDR. Spanish game development studio MercurySteam—also responsible for 2017’s Samus Returns and ...| jefklakscodex.com