Super Metroid: XHPC

Super Metroid: XHPC
Release date: Sep 27, 2014	Author: crimsonsunbird	Download: Version 1.0 [UH] (1052 downloads)
Genre: Unknown [?] Game:	Difficulty: Unknown [?]	Average runtime: 2:49 Average collection: 91%
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Description

This is my new hack, it I try to do something different, in time to get the items and paths;
This hack also tends to explore much to acquire missiles and almost all items are changed to place the order of the chiefs also changes Kraid > Phantom > Ridley > Draygon.
It is not necessary to use save states.
Some items (missiles, power bombs) are well hidden to hinder the completion of the game 100%.
Necessary: MockBall, Bomb Jump, Wall Jump, Heat Run, Spike Jumping.

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Ratings and Reviews

By Vismund Cygnus on Apr 21, 2015 (

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No completion stats.

It's what you'd expect from someone that made approximately 8 hacks in a single year.

By Aran;Jaeger on Dec 08, 2016 (

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107% in 2:38

Animals 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 Sapphron on Aug 03, 2019 (

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74% in 3:01

All of crimsonsunbird's hacks are total 1-star garbage.
This one is no exception.
It features:
Unhinted crumble grapple blocks needed for progress!
Rearranged items!
Bad tiling!
60 damage spikes (some invisible ones)!
Stupid progression!
The worst Ridley room I've ever seen in any hack, ever!
A big maze before Draygon!
Gray doors that actually aren't real!
Items that require OOB to get to!
Major items that are not hinted at, at all!
Tourian doors that warp you to different areas of the entire map!
Items in Tourian!
Seriously, I had to look up how to get Gravity Suit and Speed Booster. Speed is in a spot you'd never find w/o Spazer...or in general ever. After Ridley I was in a rush to complete the game as quickly as I could so I didn't have to suffer for much longer.
I do NOT recommend this or any other of crimsonsunbird's hacks.

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