Which game do you believe is the better game, and why?
Super Metroid or Castlevania: Symphony of the Night?
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Super Metroid
5 vote(s)50.0% -
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
5 vote(s)50.0%
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Never played Super Metroid, but Castlevania was awesome. Just such a great game, and I wish I had beaten it. I got to the point where the castle flipped and stopped playing. IDK why
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For me, it's Super Metroid. It's the greatest 2D action adventure game ever made.
Don't get me wrong, I love C:SOTN and believe it is one of the all-time greats. But at the end of the day, it is a gussied-up clone of SM. -
Super Metroid didn't invent (or even perfect) semi-linear exploration. I really hesitate to ascribe SotN's quality to Super Metroid.
That said, I think Super Metroid is the better game, simply because it offers more. If SotN's inverted castle had instead been a totally-new area (with more than 3 music tracks...) then SotN would probably be the better game. -
You're right, Metroid invented it.
But you're wrong as well, Super Metroid perfected it, LONG before C:SOTN.Dol-Fan Dupree likes this. -
Not even Metroid. It can be argued that the original Dragon Quest invented semi-linearity. The original Metroid is more of a non-linear game with a couple of checkpoints.
Even Super Metroid has its flaws. Truth be told, Metroid Zero Mission is quite possibly a better game. -
Playing Syphony of th Night all I could think of was Super Metroid.
I honestly do not think it is a fair comparison. Like asking which one is better Dark Sun or Baulder's Gate? -
You'll never know which I voted for ;)
Edit: Nerds -
Metroid Fusion was better than Zero Mission, but still not better than SM.
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Fusion was worse than both Zero Mission and Super Metroid.
ZM > SM >>>>>>>>> watching paint dry > Fusion -
Nope. This is the pecking order of Metroid games:
SM > Fusion > Metroid > Prime 1-3 > ZM > Return of Samus >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hunters -
gtfo.