Metroid: Other M -- Impressions!

[YamI]

@LesserChozo Hard Mode is much harder, if you don't dodge moves that much. Ridley's attacks kil you in one hit, only 3 don't. Oh, and you don't get any Expansions. No missiles or Energy tanks.

I've gotten to the freight elevator on hard mode. The damn whatchamacallit before you reach the top keeps killing me; I hate that thing in Normal mode. However, having played through it again on normal mode, I think I've discovered a good strategy for it. I'll get back to it eventually.

Anyway, what I meant by "no difference" is that you don't get any kind of bonus for finishing the game on hard mode. In fact, you get less game; since there is no item collection, there is no epilogue, which just proves my point that the whole epilogue is unnecessary. Though, for the story, I guess it provides some closure with Adam, but I don't think his helmet has anything to do with the AI in Fusion.

Yeah, I know. The game ends at Queen Metorid on Hard Mode. The fucking Rinkas before it are fucking one hit kill, and you need to use Seeker Missiles to open three doors.

This means no Hard mode Phantoon.

[RoyboyX]

Phantoon on Hard would be impossible.

[YamI]

Phantoon on Hard would be impossible.

No it wouldn't. I could do it, over time. Phantoon is much to easy on Normal. Ridley had one hit kill moves. I still beat him. Nightmare had high gravity. I got hit by the lazers. I still beat him, both times.

My point is, nothing is impossible if you know how to execute it properly.

[RoyboyX]

Do you think you can dodge swiping tentacles, Rage Hand attacks, black holes and every single blue flame, with 10 Missiles and 100 Energy? Ridley can be done but imo Phantoon would be impossible.

[YamI]

I could do it, yes. Like I said, it would indeed take practice and time, but can be done.

[Toxsyl]

Phantoon is easy as fuck.

[RoyboyX]

Not for n00bish losers like me who always need to use walkthroughs. I can beat him, but I know I'd take forever to beat him on Hard.

[YamI]

Phantoon is easy as fuck.

This. This is exactly what I was saying.

Not for n00bish losers like me who always need to use walkthroughs. I can beat him, but I know I'd take forever to beat him on Hard.

Well then...Only one thing left to say....

Learn to Dodge.

[Toxsyl]

I spam dodge making Samus look like she is tweeking.

[YamI]

I spam dodge making Samus look like she is tweeking.

You don't know how much I laughed at that. If mean necessary, I think I do too.

[RoyboyX]

I can't dodge every single one of them. I'm a n00bish loser.

[LesserChozo]

My only issue with the Sense Moves is that I keep dodging when I don't want to, and sometimes Samus dodges for no apparent reason; unless that's just a result of lag. Also, I'm still kinda used to jumping out of the way, which usually, though not always, supercedes the dodge trigger.

[Toxsyl]

After beating the game in under 6 hours 100% I'd consider myself pro, but I never beat hard mode since hard mode feels like less of a game, and makes me feel like Team Ninja is secretly giving me the finger for buying the game aside from making Samus a boring character.

[Emperor Ing]

Yeah, I didn't really feel the need to complete my run through of hard-mode.

part of the joy of exploring in metroid is finding powerups.

To take that away, as well as put in an idiotic health and combat-speed cap... I just didn't see anything in it for me.

[YamI]

Yeah, I didn't really feel the need to complete my run through of hard-mode.

part of the joy of exploring in metroid is finding powerups.

To take that away, as well as put in an idiotic health and combat-speed cap... I just didn't see anything in it for me.

but they took the items away so it'd be a challenge. Most, if not all Hard modes/Hypermodes/Veteran modes are Easy, because you had power ups, I agree with this, but the challenge was just outstanding.