Contendo's Hack Reviews - Metroid Construction

Summer Mission SHORT by Ing-ing [ MZM

Exploration], rated by Contendo on May 06, 2019 (

)

No completion stats.

Pro:
Good graphics
Interesting new Ideas

The bug fixes (He's updating really fast)

Cons:
Difficulty (Some paths are very hard to find)
Randomness

Metroid Fusion Zero by Meilove [

Spoof], rated by Contendo on Oct 12, 2019 (

)

No completion stats.

Can agree with Glitch

Deep Freeze by Cpt.Glitch [ MZM

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Oct 12, 2019 (

)

No completion stats.

First good Zero Mission hack that got released. You got gud.

Metroid: Spooky Mission by Magconst [ MZM

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Oct 12, 2019 (

)

No completion stats.

Spooky Mission 1 is a good game.
The Areas are great and the music is gud. For one of the first ZM hacks this is pretty well done.

Edit 2021:
Well the hack is getting old... its still one of the best hacks, but it also has many points to
improve on

Samus' Turkey Journey by Sapphron [ MZM

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Dec 01, 2019 (

)

90% in 0:06

Could have been worse but also could have been better.

I know that this is his first hacking experience but some things could have been improved even without special hacking knowledge. For example the tiling, even though the hack has custom tilese they are not really good. There should also have been some hints for breakable blocks and secret passages because thats really not a hard thing to do and it's just frustrating to search for some stupid invisible walls.

The save station is bugged because theres solid clipdata infront of it.

Overall not the worst hack, also pretty playable but also not great.

Wish you luck on your next hack!

Metroid: Return to Zebes by alexman25 [ MZM

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Dec 25, 2019 (

)

No completion stats.

Updated Review for 2.5.4

I will give this hack 3 orbs for the fun I had and 1 orb extra for the immense effort put into it. This is honestly one of the largest and most impressive Zero Mission hacks I have seen. For that alone it is worth a playthrough.
This hack shines with its amount of innovation, unique puzzles and huge world. Unfortunately, a lot of the innovations and ideas just dont work for me. Here are some points that I really didnt enjoy.

- Overlapping world, there is a reason why we rarely see this in main titles
- Uninspired hallways, a lot. Some rooms look beautiful while the majority consist of mediocre to badly designed hallways.
- The sequence, never was I ever more confused where to go before which is partly because of the…
- sequence breaks, which are way to easy to perform most of the time.
- The physics
- Rewards. Sometimes you do a big puzzle just to get a missile tank, other times you just find an energy tank on the ground.
- 'Dead' ends. Sometimes you walk down a long path just for it to be gated off at the end with some item you dont have yet, requiring you to just walk back
- Tourian 2

In general, I think I preferred the older version over this, almost, remake.
Since I dont want to end this so negatively, here are some things I really enjoyed.

- Speed Booster
- Bosses
- Events like Wrecked Ship and Mothership
- certain rooms look amazing
- Freedom. While seemingly contradictary with what I said earlier, I did appreciate the freedom the world gave me.
- Palettes and tilesets
- Charge Missiles attracting items

Recommend

One Room ZM Hack by interdpth [ MZM

Unknown], rated by Contendo on Dec 27, 2019 (

)

1% in 0:01

Cool

One Room ZM hack (ing-ing) by ing-ing [ MZM

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Dec 28, 2019 (

)

90% in 0:11

Pretty challenging, short and sweet hack.
Would recommend to everyone that has some time to spare.

But one should keep in mind that because its one room a death resets E V E R Y T H I N G.
(which is the only reason for only 4 orbs)

Samus Goes To The Fridge To Get A Glass Of Milk by kkzero [

Spoof], rated by Contendo on Mar 05, 2020 (

)

% in 0:01

I has the milk

Metroid: Combat by Multi-Man [ MZM

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Mar 05, 2020 (

)

165% in 0:25

Really interesting idea for a hack.

If you want a challenge, this is the hack for you!
Also the replayability is pretty high because of the different modes and the hidden item :p

I liked how some bosses were simple enemys but with a twist!

The only negative thing I can think about is the tiling which is a bit wonky at some points.

Recommended!

Super Metroid Clocktoberfest by Aran;Jaeger, moehr [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Mar 05, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

Did not finish... could not finish

No Idea what this hack is... probably the worst hack Ive played so far...
Do I even need to talk about the palletes?
Music is good
Level design awful

Do not recommend!

ZM: Samus Returns by alexman25 [ MZM

Spoof], rated by Contendo on Mar 07, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

If you want to play a slightly harder Zero Mission this is the hack for you. Tourian is challenging because Metroids take like 10 missiles but otherwise its pretty much the same.

Did not finish. Do not recommend.

Edit:
Why did I even rate 3 orbs... this is trash

ConCons first hack by Conner [ MZM

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Mar 12, 2020 (

)

2% in 0:00

What was 13 y/o con con thinking

Metroid SR387 by OneOf99 and NathanTech [ MZM

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Mar 21, 2020 (

)

100% in 1:21

Really good hack for the time it came out.
The music is good and the graphics pretty awesome.
Phazon mines is obviously the best area in all regards.
The researche center is just annoying to traverse through...
Back then when I played this hack for the Contest I really didnt like the size of the areas and rooms... and I still dont like them.
The areas are way to big for the content they hold. There are so many unececcary rooms that are a pain in the ass to get through and then the items are just open in the rooms. I hope everyone gets what I mean. It would have been way better if the open items would have put in the really long, hard to go through, rooms.

Finished
Recommend if you have about 2-3 hours to spare

Metroid: Takeover by Spedimus [ MZM

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Mar 23, 2020 (

)

69% in 2:47

Its alright.
The thing that makes it good is the size.
The tiling is horrible ngl but there are a lot of cool Ideas in the hack.
Finished.
Rcommend if you have a lot of time to spare.

Metroid + Saving by snarfblam [

Improvement], rated by Contendo on Mar 29, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

Yea it does what it says... its not that big of a difference though... still NEStroid

Mintroid by Golden Warrior [ MZM

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Jun 18, 2020 (

)

100% in 0:00

Very good short hack.

The amount of possible routes is really nice.
The size of the map being 10x10 makes item search nice and fluent. No need for random bombing.
First I thought Ridley would be a tough fight witht the equipment I got but It seems like he got nerfed quite a bit. So the difficulty should be doable for Vanilla players and easy for Advanced players.
Hard mode is actually hard

If you have about 30 to 60 minutes to spare definetly try this.

Finished.
Recommend.

AMNR - Nes Mission by The Brothers Crafters [ MZM

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Jul 04, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

Honestly, for a first hack this is pretty good...

There are some small things that should be changed, like the spacing of the Platforms in some Brinstar towers but other than that its pretty faithful to the original but still changes enough to make it original.
Its a little bit sad, that the mothership is not changed though.

The Mother Brain fight is horrible though.

Did finish.
Do recommend.

Metroid: Recovery Mission by alexman25 [ MZM

Spoof], rated by Contendo on Jul 06, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

great

Stargazer by Ing-ing [ MZM

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Jul 13, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

worse than I remembered....

would have almost been a 4 orb with a bit less stupid

Metroid Mission II by Sapphron [ MZM

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Jul 19, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

Play!

Finished
Recommend

DOOMtroid by Jefe962 [ MZM

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Jul 23, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

Cant really add much to what the others already said.

Some boring level desing.
Double Jump is fun.

Recommend.

Super Metroid Nature by Jefe962 [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Jul 27, 2020 (

)

100% in 4:44

Bad Half-Hack

SMChallenge by SMILEuser96 [

Speedrun/Race], rated by Contendo on Jul 27, 2020 (

)

113% in 0:14

I dont really see the point of the hack but the final boss is gud

Metroid Auto by anonymous [

Spoof], rated by Contendo on Jul 27, 2020 (

)

69% in 12:34

great hack

Metroid Prime 2: Unlimited Beams Authorized by Dybbles, z_pucK [ MP2

Improvement], rated by Contendo on Jul 27, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

Does what it says

Metroid Prime: Google Translate Edition by kkzero [ MP1

Spoof], rated by Contendo on Jul 27, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

You agree with that

Metroid Prime 2: Google Translate Edition by kkzero [ MP2

Spoof], rated by Contendo on Jul 27, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

Metroid Prime 2 Bugulu Electric Master. Google has turned the game into the best game of all time! I was black and the hero is not clear and he likes and likes the first game? Eventually, Vanilla's return to the game changed from a whole new experience!

Metroid Prime 3: Google Translate Edition by kkzero [ MP3

Spoof], rated by Contendo on Jul 27, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

This is probably the most corrupt Metro Prime 3 scam we've ever seen! Change the game a bit and have even more fun! This may be nice because it's the only Metro Prime 3 scam, but I personally don't think so!

(Translated trhough many languages)

V I T A L I T Y by Digital_Mantra [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Oct 18, 2020 (

)

66% in 6:04

pretty cool, can recommend

Super Metroid - GBA Edition by The Brothers Crafters [ MZM

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Dec 15, 2020 (

)

No completion stats.

Its a decent remake. The newer versions made it better.
I dont like the attemp to prevent you from sequence breaking in certain places though.

Metroid Fusion C.L.E.A.N. Station by Mar99troid [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Jan 12, 2021 (

)

No completion stats.

Has some nice ideas.
Everything else kinda sucks though.

AN.T.I [ANother Terrible Idea] by TriAsUnit [

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Jan 12, 2021 (

)

No completion stats.

Nothing too special.
Looks pretty polished though.

B2-TW by Grime [

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Jan 27, 2021 (

)

No completion stats.

Super Unique and good, if not the best, SM challenge hack.

Finished.
Recommended.

Another ZM by XY riny [ MZM

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Feb 02, 2021 (

)

54% in 3:27

I never had such a bad time with a hack...

its a really big half hack, with a completely changed world layout but at the same time
super player unfriendly.

finished.
do not recommend.

SM Weekend III by dewhi100 [

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Mar 13, 2021 (

)

No completion stats.

Short and sweet.

One of the better SM hacks I have played :D

Metroid: Oil Spill by Spedimus [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Mar 16, 2021 (

)

No completion stats.

(can't remember my stats)

This is such a good hack. By far the best Fusion hack. The only reason Im giving 4 / 5 orbs is that it doesnt feel that polished, which for me is one of the most important categories.
That is probably because fusion is pretty hard to hack and it hopefully gets better soon.

Other than that it felt very refreshing to play an actual fusion hack.
Highly Recommend!!

Samus Goes to the Fridge to Get a Glass of Milk 3D by kkzero [ MP1

Spoof], rated by Contendo on Jun 18, 2021 (

)

8% in 0:10

What a great hack. Cant wait for Samus goes to the fridge to get a glass of milk part 4

Zero Fall (Alpha) by Passarbye [ MZM

Incomplete], rated by Contendo on Aug 04, 2021 (

)

No completion stats.

Very nice demo. I think this is discontinued, however.

The colors and tilesets are very pleasing and work well with Zero Mission.
The music choice is questionable but bonus points for using them in an original way.
What feels really weird, are the physics changes. Samus walking cycle is just way too fast for the slower walking speed but the slower speed allowed for a more chill exploration.
I would have liked to see more enemies though, some rooms felt very empty.

If you have the time to play this small demo I can recommend it,
otherwise its not really worth the effort of playing.

Super Metroid: Ascent by Benox50 [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Aug 19, 2021 (

)

68% in 7:23

I hate to think that I rated this 4 orbs once

Tallon IV Tours: Phendrana Frolics by dewhi100 [

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Sep 06, 2021 (

)

No completion stats.

c o o l
hack with epic ASM.
Casual ASM jank however and some poorly hinted secrets make it only a 4 orb hack.

Metroid: J.R.P. by Cpt. Glitch [ MZM

Challenge], rated by Contendo on Dec 24, 2021 (

)

69% in 4:20

This is the best hack I have played yet.
I can only recommend it to everyone looking for an awesome experience! This is
the most advanced hack yet, so many innovations and definitely a refreshing take on
the normal ZM formula!

Super Duper Metroid by Metaquarius, Daltone [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Jan 06, 2022 (

)

No completion stats.

(Dont remember my stats, might do another playthrough at some point.)

This hack has so much good stuff in it and I really want to like this hack.
My problem is that the hack just feels like a lot of good ideas were just stitched together resulting in me just wandering around in the world without any real goal. It is hard to find a proper path of progression at points. For exploration this hack is fantastic but at a cost of any direction.
Given, many items can be skipped and, as far as I know, the hack can be beaten without ever grabbing morph. But that also leads me to my next problem, the item placement feels like a randomizer, funny enough there is a randomizer built in. Sometimes I explored parts of an area expecting to get a specific item, just to get another useless missile tank or a completely different item, which unlocks progression somewhere on the other side of the map.

Well even with all my negative points this hack was still able to amaze me at times, which allows me to still rate 4 orbs.

Super Metroid Weekend IV by dewhi100 [

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Jan 17, 2022 (

)

104% in 0:33

Playable now, cute little world.

Recommend

SM - Cryogenesis by Onnyks [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Jan 18, 2022 (

)

84% in 3:53

Amazign

Suber Meptroid (DEMO) by Exister [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Feb 14, 2022 (

)

25% in 0:00

Obviously not finished but promising so far

Super Metroid CRE by Tundain [

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on Feb 19, 2022 (

)

100% in 1:07

This was very fun and creative. Enemy resprites look good and the creative use of CRE tiles is great as well!

Junkoid by P. Yoshi, Mindflower [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Apr 13, 2022 (

)

% in 1:55

This is peak level NEStroid. On par with Rogue Dawn.
The only problems I would have with this hack would be problems existent in NEStroid as well.
Graphics look beautiful and as such is the music.

Good Job
Finished
Highly Recommend

Small Spoiler:
I guess not having maps in any other area than the start is a bit weird but
you normally dont even have a map in NEStroid so I think its fine.

Metroid 2: Metroid Purge by Liam Najor [

Quick Play], rated by Contendo on May 01, 2022 (

)

100% in 0:13

For the first M2 hack this is nice.
A lot of repeating screens make this pretty boring and some the of Zeta fights are really annoying.
A lot of graphical bugs happen because the wrong sprite graphics are loaded. Especially with the Save Station text.
Overall its good to see Metroid 2 Hacks.
Finished.
Recommend.

Metroid Laboratory Mission by Arthsoldier [ MZM

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Jul 02, 2022 (

)

No completion stats.

First version is a mess (1 / 5)

Second version shows potential... stops right after that.

Metroid II EJRTQ Colorization 1.3 by Quantam [

Improvement], rated by Contendo on Sep 15, 2022 (

)

No completion stats.

I have beaten Metroid 2 several times in my free time at school with this color patch.
The colors look very good. I think some background tiles are too dark making the space jumping timer too hard. Its also very samey (as is Metroid 2) but thats due to the decision of only using one global palette. Different colors for different areas would have been neat.

distressCall by moehr [

Exploration], rated by Contendo on Jun 10, 2023 (

)

No completion stats.

Being the creator of the tool used to create this and being in touch with the hack creator this is a very biased review. If I were to play this without any involvement, I would probably rate this a 3.5 - 4 orbs. This just screams: "I am a moehr hack.", which means that it has everything I love about a moehr hack and everything I hate about a moehr hack.

The graphics look beautiful and are very cluttered at the same time.
The world is very unique but is also very close to M2 at points.
I think the progression is just very obscure (like I don't think I ever knew where to actually go) but this also allows for crazy exploration.
The map and several other QOL improvements are things I don't want to miss EVER again.

I can't properly explain how crazy it is to have this hack. This sets the bar so high for everything else. A lot of high rated SM or ZM hacks don't even have the amount of custom things put into them that this hack has.

M2 hacking has finally set off and it's only getting better from here on.
Bravo, Moehr!

Neon City by uNsane [ MZM

Unknown], rated by Contendo on Sep 26, 2023 (

)

% in 0:30

I played until Ridley, where I was greeted by typical ridley enemies, with no way of refilling my health and the zero suit pistol which does absolutely no damage. Everything I could say has already been said above.

Urinary Samus by MarioFan2468 [

Spoof], rated by Contendo on May 05, 2024 (

)

No completion stats.

This was surprisingly fun. I really like a lot of this.
There is a surprising amount of custom code in here and its worth to play just to see what is possible with the M2 engine.
Gameplay is pretty barebones and sometimes boring but its short enough to not be a real downside.

Unfortunanetly the game crashed and softlocked a couple of times which required me to restart. Other than that this is a nice small hack.

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