Super Metroid: Panic Mode - Metroid Construction

Super Metroid: Panic Mode
Release date: Feb 29, 2016	Author: personitis	Download: Version 1.2, Unheadered (1277 downloads)
Genre: Spoof [?] Game:	Difficulty: Veteran [?]	Average runtime: 1:31 Average collection: 83%
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Description

The same old Super Metroid you know and love, but with a gimmick: Samus' suit has malfunctioned! Can you remove the Space Pirates from planet Zebes before the Chozo suit claims your life?

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Ratings and Reviews

By Vismund Cygnus on Oct 03, 2016 (

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No completion stats.

By Aran;Jaeger on Dec 08, 2016 (

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100% in 1:27

Animals saved.
I chose Fastest Mode.

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 16, 2019 (

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66% in 1:35

I chose Fastest Mode.
Early game is extremely stressful, running on only one tank (but I grabbed blue brin e-tank with a dboost so I had 2)but the rest of the game isn't that bad. When getting suits, the damage per second seems to increase slightly, upping the difficulty physically and mentally. I got all e-tanks and reserves to be safe, but you don't need nearly all of them to make it through just fine.
Something I really didn't like was that in the escape, the standing gray pirates weren't vulnerable to hyper beam, which was a really odd and unwelcome change...probably just an overlooked side-effect.
This was a really fun hack, I totally recommend it if you've speedran the game before. Very unique spin on vanilla that barely feels boring (except for the LONG farm sessions and e-tanks only refilling 100 instead of back to max)
Animals saved of course :D

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