A New Mission

A New Mission
Release date: Nov 17, 2011	Author: snipereighteen	Download: Version 1.0 [UH] (450 downloads)
Genre: Quick Play [?] Game:	Difficulty: Vanilla [?]	Average runtime: 0:28 Average collection: 13%
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Description

A full hack on the short side that takes you through icy caverns and new rooms.

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Ratings and Reviews

By Sapphron on Mar 18, 2020 (

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13% in 0:28

Excellent hack!
Has some really nice repalettes, and good level design. Some quirky stuff to be found, I liked it. However, there are quite a few permastucks at points and if you don't have 2 or so e-tanks by the hellrun, good luck.
Finished.
Recommend.

By Syphon on Mar 19, 2020 (

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13% in 0:30

It's alright.
Lacks polish. Some permastucks here and there and the escape was kind of a mess at the end.
Palettes look good though.

By Aran;Jaeger on Mar 19, 2020 (

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13% in 0:22

No animals to be saved.

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° 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.
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° 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.

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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.

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By OmegaMalkior on Aug 31, 2021 (

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11% in 0:26

In reality a 3.5 star hack but site doesn't let me rate it that. Not really 4 stars since it is really a weird hack. I got speed booster by clipping so many times and the perma stucks doing so didn't help much either. Apart from that it was pretty ok overall

By Sickwood on Mar 08, 2023 (

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13% in 0:25

This was kind of fun actually, but way too short. The beginning progression is a little deceiving, but eventually you find a very linear path with the necessary items laid out along the way. Interesting boss fight towards the end that can be totally cheesed. My only complaint is the near infinite permastucks that can occur from a combination of curiosity and bad slopes, reset several times at the beginning. Overall, not really recommended, but I'll try anything and had fun for 30 minutes. Had a little Revolution EX vibe to it.

By Kremit44 on Nov 20, 2024 (

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13% in 0:37

Nice aesthetics and some interesting use of mechanics but it's held back by some obtuse progression and moments of jank. Figuring out where to go after morph is a pain and some odd tile decisions make, an admittedly easy, clip necessary. One item is difficult to reach because it seems blocked while it isn't and figuring out where to enter the ceiling is a matter of luck. The escape is broken and you need to remember what you did to acquire the first missile to figure out what to do since the screen does not scroll. I like the shinespark puzzles, Ridley (although a save would have been nice) and the theming but too many broken and obtuse decisions really hold this back from being a strong mini hack. Thanks for the hack, in the very least I think it shows the author had lots of potential.

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