Metroid Prime II: Echos is almost too hard to be fun.
I’m not joking.
Remember those ice beasts that shoot freezing ice at you and you can only kill them by exploding their ice-crusted asses and then shooting them until they pop in a neat gory explosion? (heh heh. i liked killing those guys.)
Now picture one of those fuckers as a psycho aggressive lizard, with sharp-ass horns that take out about 25hp a hit, and they shoot not feezing ice, but electricity that follows you the fuck around and comes at you the second you move out of close-combat-with-sharp-ass-horns range. The thing is still only vulnerable after you explode the plating on its ass, but the amount of vulnerable surface area seems to have been halved compared to its ice-beast cousins.
Now picture it with about 4 times the amount of defense and/or hp as the ice versions, and imagine that it can also swim, and will proceed to chase after you as soon as it sees you, no matter how long you hang out in another room hoping it will stop scraping at other side of the door hoping you’ll come back.
Now imagine that these fuckers always come in pairs.
I’ve died more times (3 times) fighting these lizard things than I have in any of the bloody boss fights (1 time so far).
I hate them. Deeply. I need a weapon-upgrade or something.
drdougfir | 26-Jul-05 at 1:52 am | Permalink
i feel for you. really, i do.
annnnd… i dont have to do anything until 1pm. its 11am now.
drdougfir | 26-Jul-05 at 1:52 am | Permalink
im at work now btw
starladear6 | 26-Jul-05 at 2:38 am | Permalink
that’s a *hint hint* if I ever saw one. :)
drdougfir | 26-Jul-05 at 3:35 am | Permalink
wink wink nudge nudge say no more?
i enjoy your icon by the way
winnebagos | 26-Jul-05 at 8:23 am | Permalink
“I need a weapon-upgrade or something.”
Correct. Metroid has these subtle ways of letting you know you’re not yet prepared. Like, making you die a lot.
kazujin | 26-Jul-05 at 10:28 am | Permalink
That metroid icon absolutely rules.
starladear6 | 26-Jul-05 at 10:33 am | Permalink
I stole it from somewhere without permission. i’m looking to modify it… i need a witty and fun quote.
cepcion | 26-Jul-05 at 10:45 am | Permalink
Does Samus ever speak in-game? I only remember the opening and closing scrolls….
starladear6 | 26-Jul-05 at 8:34 pm | Permalink
she sometimes calls out when you shoot a super missile. like “iiyyah!” but it also could be the sound of the missile leaving the gun too…
maiki_desu | 27-Jul-05 at 10:00 pm | Permalink
aww….. now I REALLY want to play…
if only it came out on ps2… i think my roommate is getting one soon.
starladear6 | 29-Jul-05 at 4:13 pm | Permalink
you should just get a gamecube. :) or just come over.