Super Metroid: Shadow

Super Metroid: Shadow
Release date: Apr 21, 2008	Author: Acheron	Download: Version 1.0 [UH] (1315 downloads)
Genre: Unknown [?] Game:	Difficulty: Unknown [?]	Average runtime: 0:00 Average collection: 29%
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Description

This was a half-assed half-hack I think I was working on about two years ago. I literally knew next to nothing about level design, appropriate challenge, creativity... man. 'lol waturs fun guyz rite? lol flowing water'

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Ratings and Reviews

By Vismund Cygnus on Apr 24, 2015 (

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No completion stats.

Read the description, laugh, then don't play it. Not worth your time.

By Aran;Jaeger on Aug 25, 2017 (

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29% in 0:00

No animals to be saved.

Quick Summary of the meaning of my SM hack ratings:
5 orbs: SM hacks within the 80% to 100% (90% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; SM hacks for outstanding wholesome playing experiences and at most minor inconveniences.
4 orbs: SM hacks within the 60% to 80% (70% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Well done SM hacks with noticeable design problems.
3 orbs: SM hacks within the 40% to 60% (50% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Normal decent average SM hacks.
2 orbs: SM hacks within the 20% to 40% (30% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Overall messy, confusing, or punishing SM hacks with some upsides.
1 orb : SM hacks within the 00% to 20% (10% ± 10%) range of perceived perfection; Ruthlessly unplayable, broken, or barely from the original game changed SM hacks.

Judgement parameters summary:
° Creative ideas and features, polished design, how enjoyable and fun the hack can be, lack of hard to find or cryptic required game elements, the difficulty, and if the hack can be finished without major guides or tools.
° Note that the length of a SM hack will not necessarily contribute to my rating of the SM hack, since instead the averaged out experience over the whole hack will be taken into account to get a relative comparison between SM hacks.
° Besides this, lack of impactful changes from the original SM game also went into the evaluation of SM hacks (otherwise one may consider them among the 3 stars hacks) as follows: Ultimately, for my ratings I consider a situation in which an SM enthusiast that already has, knows about and is familiar with the original game and its prominent mechanics could only choose 1 new SM hack to play and thus would really want to make sure he/she will get a fresh and fantastic experience or journey out of his/her 1 choice.

The goal of all these SM hack ratings is so that rather new players have an overview of the whole spectrum of SM hacks and how to sort them in, in relation to each other, where SM hacks that are rated lower might still be enjoyable for more experienced players.

Finally, sometimes for SM hacks it can be relevant that they may be significantly more enjoyable from a player standpoint at which the player is well practiced and familiarized with Super Metroid's game mechanics in general, and that in particular some of the best SM hacks may not be the outright best first SM hack choices to play otherwise because of this, and for beginner SM hack players this typically steers the best first SM hack choices towards some of the SM hacks that I rated with 4 orbs instead of 5.

Rating for some hacks may be off by 1 Star, but arguably not more, and ratings are not attempted to be provided within the precision of ''half orbs''.

By Syphon on Mar 06, 2020 (

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No completion stats.

Unfinished halfhack with a lot of suitless underwater which was really annoying.

Wasn't fun.

By Sickwood on Feb 22, 2023 (

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No completion stats.

I should have read the reviews first instead of playing hack roulette this morning. Would have saved me an hour of looking for non-existent PBs.

By Kirarin on Mar 11, 2024 (

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No completion stats.

Very ass.

Pretty recolors, not bad tiling unless you pause in the big pink Brinstar room, the water bugs and you can't see stuff. You can reach WS, but the hack is 99% Vanilla by that point. Can get Gravity if you IBJ.

Avoid.

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