
Classic NES Series: Metroid Review
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.
**N.B.: This review discusses METROID's technical quality in comparison to other Nintendo Entertainment System games** *******N.B.: This review of METROID contains extremely minor SPOILERS but SPOILERS nonetheless****... Read Full Review
8 of 8 users found the following review helpfulGood- Metroid is one of the few games that starts off hard and gets easier as u progress because of the upgrades- upgrades are very interesting. Freezing enemies and using them as platforms is fun.Bad- how am I supposed ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulI can't believe that there are people out there who would give this great game such mediocre reviews. To me, this is one the best CHALLENGING games that I have ever played! :shock: Never has it been so important for vide... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulWhen I was a kid, Metroid was pretty highly thought of but I could never get into it. It's slow paced, the controls are difficult and it is really, really hard to figure out just what in the hell you are supposed to be d... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulMetroid is one of my favorite Nintendo franchises! The action, the dark and mysterious alien atmosphere, the massive amounts of upgrades hidden throughout the worlds. All the latest games in the franchise have helped evo... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThis game and the series goes down as the best series to have ever been made and will probably always be that way, screw final finasty, resident evil those games are trailor trash compared to this series. Some of th... Read Full Review
2 of 4 users found the following review helpfulBoy, did Metroid start as a great series or what? Metroid, first introduced in 1986, is one of the greatest Nintendo shooters of all time! As a child I grew up with Nintendo so Metroid was one of the games I would play. ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulYou cant complain about the graphics they are not bad. The main point is the difficulty and well kind of too hard too the point that you have to play this over and over nad frankly I rather play mario. Game is way ... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpfulIn less than a year Nintendo had soon become a household name in the video game industry. The success of Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, and many others helped to make the NES a smash success. Ninten... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulUnless you collect game boy advance games there's really no point in getting this one, becuase it's in zero mission and if you have a game boy advance link for the gamecube, metroid fusion, and metroid prime, the origina... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThe first game in the popular Metroid series is both important, innovative and fun. It is also VERY flawed. Being the original game, Metroid did use innovative concepts used in countless other games today. A deep, atmosp... Read Full Review
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