The Cereth Invasion

The Cereth Invasion
Release date: Jul 23, 2024	Author: OmegaDragnet9	Download: Version 1.1, Unheadered (299 downloads) Download: Version 1.0, Unheadered (49 downloads) (430 downloads of previous versions)
Genre: Quick Play [?] Game:	Difficulty: Unknown [?]	Average runtime: 0:47 Average collection: 89%
Read Me: [None]	Forum Thread: Widescreen Patch (for Version 1.1) Forum Thread: Release Thread	Rating:

Description

Set after the events of Metroid Dread. Many years after her campaigns on Zebeth, Samus is assisting scientists on the Ceres B Station when Chairman Keaton informs her of a distress call from the Cereth Station.

When she arrives, the Adam AI on her ship is strangely silent, (likely from the chewed wires from the Little Birdie specimen she found on Ceres B.)

All is not well on Cereth, as it is infiltrated by surviving Zebesian forces and infested by the specimens that have gotten loose.

Try to clear the infestation without blowing stuff up this time.

Version 1.1

Ceres B is a brief, but playable area.

Map has legend for new icons.

Ammo system balanced now.

Gameplay:

I tried to take the feedback I received from the various folks who played and streamed the contest version and correct glaring design issues.

That being said, though there is a little bit of linearity baked into the hack, it is in many ways a "choose your adventure" game with routing.

Hellruns are not mandatory. If you find the difficulty is extreme you should probably return to previous areas to see if you missed anything.

Physics are overhauled, generated by a combination of site resources as well as custom tweaks. Special thanks to the Subversion Repo as well as the Project Base Engine and the Axeil Edition code.

Thanks to everybody that streamed or provided feedback.

Thanks to these streamers:

Agent_Klunk
Ambureon
MetroidMST
Oi27
RT-55J
TheGreatPikminZX789

(Contact me if I missed a stream of yours please.)

Playtesters:

felixwright
MetroidMST
Ob
Oi27
RT-55J
starlightintheriver
somerando cauuy
roebloz

04-01-2025

Updated to link to the Widescreen Patch 0.3.10 for Version 1.1. Let's show ocesse our appreciation for the Widescreen Patch!

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Ratings and Reviews

By Zhs2 on Jul 25, 2024 (

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89% in 0:43

Short, sweet, and perfect. Its biggest failing perhaps is that it is way too short and way too easy, granting you three major items at a time with a minimum search radius after beating each boss. The easiest item to miss is plasma, and you don't really need it when most bosses have low enough health that you can blast them to bits in three seconds. As a casual but stylish experience though, this one is a winner. Easy 5 orbs from me if it was fleshed out into something longer and more balanced.

By Voltekka on Jul 29, 2024 (

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89% in 0:46

By justanothermetroid on Aug 01, 2024 (

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97% in 0:45

Pretty easygoing and fun hack. I like the music and the progression is fun, but it is a little quick at times where you will get so many powers all at once like after beating Spore Spawn. I do not know how close I was to 100%, I took a look and could not find any more pickups since the hack cuts Grapple Beam and X-Ray Scope. Not like you need them though, you will find plenty of items at a good clip if you put in the effort.

The only bug I had was being able to walk back to my ship which triggered the ending of the game. I only found this after beating the game for the first time so I do not know what allowed this glitch to happen. I do find the plot sort of interesting though, I am definitely on board for the next hack.

By Cosmic on Aug 03, 2024 (

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78% in 0:45

Fun short and sweet hack, runs like butter, looks and sounds great. Some minor issues but not what you wouldn't see in other hacks, fixing them would simply further polish.
Finished.
Replayed.
Recommended.

By thedopefish on Aug 11, 2024 (

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81% in 0:28

Solid, straightforward hack. Particularly liked the way spore spawn was handled.

By Kremit44 on Aug 18, 2024 (

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94% in 0:40

Excellent graphics, music, design, and just about everything else. The only thing holding it back from a 5 is length and scope. Short and no ground breaking features means for me it's not exceptional but just great. Nothing wrong with that of course. It's a short hack but an exceptional quick play, strongly recommended. Thanks for the great hack.

By Zincoshine on Sep 29, 2024 (

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94% in 1:19

WOW. This community has really changed since 2022. Back in 2022 the thanksgiving quick hack was the only decent quickhack available for super metroid. Now you have things like this that would go viral on steam and sell for a lot of money. Excellent custom biomes, custom music, custom everything. Even a custom escape sequence that changes a biome instead of ending the game. Fun from start to finish. It really feels like an entirely separate game. The only faults are that you drop into a pit of spikes in the Ridley battle room and that some minibiomes become completely superfluous if you do things in a different order than intended. There is no super metroid quickhack that even comes close to this level of quality... but then again, there are a lot of quickplay hacks released since 2022 so who knows, maybe there is something among that bunch that is even better. OmegaDragnet9, you have outdone yourself, I'm excited to see you make a normal sized hack of this quality!

By KPF on Feb 04, 2025 (

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86% in 1:14

This hack is really fun to play.
This what Metroid is supposed to be.
I would like to see MORE from you.

By Sapphron on Mar 22, 2025 (

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100% in 0:38

Super cute. Really enjoyable! Story was funny, music choices were great. Level design felt like it was done with a lot of care and was fun to move around the planet. Only complaint is about the items, stuff was just handed to you for no particular reason. It felt like it could be a boss rush in that respect, and you could definitely play it as one. Overall, very solid contest entry and I’m really looking forward to what OmegaDragnet puts out in the future.
Also max ammo not being a very nice number bothers me >_>

By Tundain on Apr 22, 2025 (

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86% in 0:36

A very nice little hack, enjoyable from start to finish.
Initially the physics where a bit wonky, but they were very easy to get used to.
The custom names were nice, I chuckled when I saw some which looked like there was a lack of inspiration (like "the elbow room"), that was funny.

Gameplay wise it's definitely very easy, I don't know why the difficulty is marked as "unknown", probably an oversight. Items are so easy to find they felt like they're just some candy littered around.
Despite being very simple, the tiling still looked nice.
One awkward thing for me was how the dialogue were a bunch of message box spam, that felt a bit janky (especially at the end).

All in all, a real treat we've got here!

PS: that was the most calming an relaxing escape sequence I've ever experienced.

By Exister on May 15, 2025 (

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No completion stats.

This is a really tight hack, it's like borderline quickplay? Definitely beatable in one sitting. The tiling, map design, and progression are all really good, with awesome music to boot. The level design is usually good but ocasionally falters. On the whole it's solid, though at one point missing a crucial crumble block made the whole playthrough 20 minutes longer. Beyond that, there's really nothing more I feel the need to say, this is just a really well designed one area hack that's pleasent on the ears and eyes. Definitely reccomend!

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