05-25-2013, 06:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-25-2013, 06:45 PM by PrettyNier.)
metroid is not sequestered into isolated dungeons with a singular item that solves its every puzzle, including the bossfight. metroid does not largely forget its (much tighter) breadth of items upon the completion of said "dungeon". every ability in metroid serves multiple functions, some explicit, some not, and these purposes are actually utilized in a gameplay sense rather than simply acting as a "key" transporting you through a door. the items are also distributed organically, with some areas possessing none and others possessing multiple. further, the "locks" that these "keys" would be for serve not as locks but as obstacles to be tackled - viscerally and personally - in many different ways.
it is the sequestration and the short-term memory that game possesses, along with the lack of ingenuity in its design, that serves as the fault.
to climb up the large drop from upper brinstar into lower brinstar does not demand the ice beam; you can make your back up with the ice beam, or with the wall-jump (an organic abilty to be utilized however one wishes), or if you're skilled enough, you can shine-spark back up. it is not required that you get the varia suit, you can successfully infiltrate norfair and survive without it, and acquiring the gravity suit later on comes packed in with the functions of the varia suit. you can skip the grappling beam entirely because the other abilities at your disposal are good enough (with skill) to conquer any obstacle the grappling beam would simplify.
the abilities in metroid are rarely keys, nor are they even tools; they are an extension of the relationship between you and the world around you.
it is the sequestration and the short-term memory that game possesses, along with the lack of ingenuity in its design, that serves as the fault.
to climb up the large drop from upper brinstar into lower brinstar does not demand the ice beam; you can make your back up with the ice beam, or with the wall-jump (an organic abilty to be utilized however one wishes), or if you're skilled enough, you can shine-spark back up. it is not required that you get the varia suit, you can successfully infiltrate norfair and survive without it, and acquiring the gravity suit later on comes packed in with the functions of the varia suit. you can skip the grappling beam entirely because the other abilities at your disposal are good enough (with skill) to conquer any obstacle the grappling beam would simplify.
the abilities in metroid are rarely keys, nor are they even tools; they are an extension of the relationship between you and the world around you.