Metroid

Provides an excellent source of platforming at a very moderate price tag. There can’t be enough good said about this title as it serves as a remake of one of the early titles that changed the face of gaming forever.

A perfect primer for the rest of the Metroid series. [Dec 2004, p.148]

Frankly speaking, it's one of the best titles from the NES years. However, the game has been ported so many times that it hardly stands on its own as a stand-alone experience.

The only reason to spend 20 bills on this one is if you have no interest in zipping through the awesome GBA remake, "Metroid: Zero Mission," or simply want to complete the Classic NES collection. It's not worth the purchase otherwise.

It's easy to see how certain aspects of Metroid's design made it a classic, but 18 years later, the overall package just doesn't measure up to today's action adventure standards.

For $10 more, you can get the exact same thing in the form of a free bonus [in "Metroid: Zero Mission"] with a top-notch remake of the game that brings its graphics, level design and story up to contemporary standards along with a cool bonus section that serves as a valuable prelude to the subsequent games. Now which one would you rather have? Think hard, now.

You would be better off spending a few extra bucks and getting the "Zero Mission" game if you don't already have it. Otherwise I would be very hesitant to spend the twenty bucks on this old clunker.

All the reviews on here are complaining about how this is already on zero **** what if it already on zero mission. This is a fantastic game and needed a release as a stand alone game. The story this game started is amazing and fans of the series or the game.

I'm using this page to give my original Metroid review since Metacritic doesn't have that game. I played the game on the Nintendo Switch. I did use cheats a map and got help as I've with other classic NES titles that I played but I think I can say that this was the title where I felt like I could beat without getting help if I had put enough effort. The game is designed beautifully, my favourite thing about it was the fact that you can actually see why this game was special and how it played its huge part creating the metroid-vania genre. You need to get the necessary upgrades to reach certain places and it makes you go through almost all of the map while leaving areas to explore where you can go to get better armour and items but you don't have to. And towards the end of the game you walk around and get lost so much that you get really familiar with the map. And you learn how to use the different type of beams, how to find the secrets, you basically solve the game's logic but that happens gradually and I think it's what the developers want. Each area has a different type of art and it looks beautiful. The platforming is very impressive, especially considering combat is also a huge part of the game. It tells a nice small story that has potential to grow, it has an OST that puts you right in the mood, I love it. And I really liked being in that 8-bit world. I enjoy it's combat and it's forgiveness because you can earn hearts back after losing and even though I didn't use it it does have a password system that let's you continue with your items from the location you left off at. The boss battles were way too hard at some points, especially the final boss felt impossible, but with enough tries, save states and rewinds I was able to beat it. Which leads to the very exciting finish. Even though I knew I would be able to make it easily without the timer ran off it just made everything exciting and with the amazing soundtrack and to top it off with them revealing that Samus is a girl. Perfection. I really love this genre and it was great coming back to play the pillar (9/10)

gioco storico che ha fatto la storia modificando il mondo dei videogiochi anvhe se la saga ha avuto molta sfortuna. è la mia saga di videogiochi preferita

I don't believe this game age well at all. At the point that today i don't even consider it a good game. No map, unfair difficulty. But at least this is the first game of one of my favorite franchises and it has most of those things that i love about it

This game was fun. For the NES era, it had great exploration and a creepy atmosphere that I liked. It was really difficult, easy to get lost without a map, and the controls themselves feel a little stiff. Not the greatest game ever, but still a decent start to the series.