cheesyboatride's Hack Reviews - Metroid Construction

Super Metroid But I Hate You by mysty_wysty [

Spoof], rated by cheesyboatride on May 09, 2025 (

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81% in 5:45

I had so much fun with this hack! Lots of laughs were had, super impressive custom asm work to be found, and lots of challenge - both in execution and exploration. Definitely some parts of this hack had me extremely tilted, but usually it was because I was doing something wrong, or that was the intention of the troll (this is a troll hack after all). This hack reminds me of the SMW "YUMP" series (in a good way).

!!!!Spoilers below!!!!

The only cons:
- I crashed the game in 3 different places, though I think the creator is addressing those issues already
- The damage knockback and water movement in some areas gets taxing after a while, as well as the "exploding" Though I know this is a core tenet of the hack - to annoy. I thought it would be neat to eventually find an item that restores vanilla knock back and spike behavior, but I never found such an item (would be a cool prize in the varia room imo)

There are a few areas that I never found my way into (mist could pass), and never figured out the infinite hall (though was able to confirm that xray clipping out of bounds was not the answer haha). I don't know if I have any more ideas on how to crack those.

Highlights:
- Sudoku was a really fun addition
- I loved all the SMW easter eggs (the block snake was a bit heavy handed though! haha)
- The bosses were top notch
- The humor throughout was very well executed
- The "art of trolling" was very well executed throughout - not just spikes and other cheesy obstacles
- The aesthetics of LN were amazing
- The music choices throughout were very well done (especially maridia)

All in all great job! Can't wait to play the next one!

Super Metroid: Subversion by TestRunner and AmoebaOfDoom [

Exploration], rated by cheesyboatride on Sep 06, 2024 (

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No completion stats.

This is the greatest Super Metroid hack ever made and it's not close. Custom items are great but not gimmicky, the map and level design is fun and interesting, the music is amazing from start to finish. The log entries add so much depth to the game. Seriously, play this hack. More than once.

Super Metroid KERO 2 DEMO by Pyonkichi [

Challenge], rated by cheesyboatride on Sep 06, 2024 (

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No completion stats.

Similar to my feelings on the first one, I enjoyed everything except croc. Croc was the only puzzle I had to look up and the only one I used save states on because of the painful trick before it and no save between. Croc was bad.
Other than that, very fun and creative, great music. Managed to crash the GG room for extra points.

gossamer by neen [

Exploration], rated by cheesyboatride on Mar 04, 2024 (

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73% in 4:33

This was a super fun hack! I loved the room designs and use of layers for different trippy effects. I ended up beating it without finding some key items and bosses but that's because I don't take the hint when I'm not supposed to be somewhere. There are a couple things that I'd say are "polarizing" in this hack, being physics changes and a lot of suitless underwater areas. Overall, the suitless sections didn't require any crazy tricks and were pretty tame, and the physics complemented the hack well. I also would have liked just a few extra save locations. Progression was a bit cryptic, but I think it's supposed to be - it's definitely very non-linear and open. Everyone will probably finish this hack somewhat differently. But overall I had a lot of fun playing and found myself wanting to come back when I was done. I'll definitely be playing again to find the missing items I left behind.

Metroid Depression by Silver Wing [

Exploration], rated by cheesyboatride on Jan 19, 2024 (

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No completion stats.

Extremely broken, visually poor, and boring. I thought for sure this was a spoof hack. Do not recommend.

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