Hard - Metroid Construction

Hard
Release date: Jul 01, 2004	Author: Ir0n_BeasT	Download: Version 1.0 [UH] (427 downloads) Download: Version 1.0 [H] (425 downloads)
Genre: Challenge [?] Game:	Difficulty: Expert [?]	Average runtime: 1:30 Average collection: 70%
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Ratings and Reviews

By Aran;Jaeger on Dec 09, 2016 (

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100% in 1:42

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 Jul 14, 2019 (

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40% in 1:25

Followed caauyjdp's directions to make the hack work.
It's another boooooring challenge halfhack that changes nothing except the landing site.
Boss HP is multiplied about 4 times its usual amount, Phantoon is an annoying fight that took me ~15 minutes because of that.
Rinkas have the same problem as they do in Deathtroid, they have a hitbox that extends much further than their actual sprite. Tourian is hell because of this, not to mention metroids that tank 4 super hits.
REALLY do not recommend this hack. Boring and annoying.

By caauyjdp on Jul 23, 2019 (

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No completion stats.

Got it working with unheadered rom and ips from headered download link, Hard_[Ir0n_BeasT]_[uh].rar, named Super Metroid Hard by Ir0n_BeasT (Hack).IPS
Ceres timer is shorter, landing site is altered(and not well) and enemies buffed. Drops refill less.
Played up to red tower, with exception of landing site map and rooms seemed unchanged.

By Megabrainz 357 on Apr 29, 2023 (

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No completion stats.

Not much to say here. It’s like Expert Edition but not as good and with a bad landing site. There’s harder enemies/bosses (in terms of health and how much damage they deal) and less drops. Play Expert Edition instead of you’re looking for something like this. It least it works reliably.

By ClaireDiviner on Feb 12, 2024 (

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71% in 1:24

It's literally just vanilla Super Metroid, with tankier enemies, and nerfed drops (Big Health gives 10 instead of 20). The Landing Site is slightly different in appearance only, but that just gives a false sense of something different, until you actually play the game. It's lazy at best.

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