metroid fusion Archives - Samantha Lienhard

Despite praising the “Metroidvania” genre, it actually took me until this year to finish a Metroid game.

I actually started Metroid Fusion years ago, but I never got far. This May, I decided it was time to change that.

As a newcomer to the series, I wasn’t entirely sure what story details I was supposed to already know, but fortunately this isn’t a particularly story-driven game. I did enjoy the little conversations and updates after each section, and it left me curious about the Metroid universe.

Gameplay-wise, I enjoyed the exploration and backtracking whenever I got a new upgrade, although on the other hand, every boss fight made me want to pull out my hair.

Still, I kept at it this time and managed to get through every boss fight and continue on to the end.

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…and was locked out of backtracking for the rest of the upgrades, which I didn’t expect to happen so soon after getting the screw attack.

I understand I’ll be able to backtrack now if I reload my save, but I probably won’t. Getting all the upgrades isn’t worth fighting those final bosses again. *shudder*

I’m happy I finally played a Metroid game, and I’m looking forward to trying other games in the series. I already have the Metroid Prime Trilogy, so maybe I’ll try those next. Which would you recommend?