mosul's Hack Reviews - Metroid Construction

Eris by Digital_Mantra [

Exploration], rated by mosul on Jan 22, 2023 (

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94% in 5:12

Highly recommended, might write a full review when I feel like it.

V I T A L I T Y by Digital_Mantra [

Exploration], rated by mosul on Jan 01, 2023 (

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No completion stats.

A truly exceptional hack. Don't rush this experience.

Super Metroid: Subversion by TestRunner and AmoebaOfDoom [

Exploration], rated by mosul on Jan 01, 2023 (

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80% in 6:50

Hack of the year 2022.

Metroid: Scrolls 6 by Conner, OneOf99, CaptGlitch, JRP [ MZM

Exploration], rated by mosul on Jan 28, 2023 (

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86% in 1:44

A great hack, but too easy and simple for my tastes. The level design is pretty good but has some room for improvement.

Recommended for those who like Zero Mission.

Super Zero Mission by SBniconico [

Exploration], rated by mosul on Jan 26, 2023 (

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59% in 6:31

So Little Garden by MetroidMst [

Exploration], rated by mosul on Jan 23, 2023 (

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54% in 0:53

Problems holding this hack back from being 5 stars:
- Wall-jumping is removed.
- Bomb-jumping is removed.
- Rinka spam
- Probably the worst lag I've seen in any hack
- The bosses consist of spamming missiles and hoping you have enough ammo and energy to survive. Not fun or engaging.
- Too much grapple usage. I actually like grapple, and this hack had too much even for me.
- The map is misleading. Blank map tiles and filled-in ones look the same; only room borders are visible. This makes it very hard to read.
- There are too many large rooms. This probably comes down to personal preference.
- If you die and reload your save, there is a map bug and the game freezes if you pause the game.
- The hack is mostly too easy, except for some random difficulty spikes.

I recommend this hack overall. It's a pretty fun and short hack with some rough spots.

T O U R O F I T A L Y by RT-55J [

Exploration], rated by mosul on Sep 07, 2024 (

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94% in 1:20

This hack is pretty good. However, I felt that the exploration was tedious and occasionally confounding. I expected each area to be completable on its own, rather than having to travel back and forth between the areas. I was surprised to find that the area I chose to enter first contained no currently obtainable progression items (as far as I could tell). I found myself sequence breaking just to make progress. There were many places to mockball, and underwater wall jumping was strangely made easier than usual.

I have no idea what the purpose of hi-jump boots was, as they were the last major item I found, and I'd had no trouble reaching any items up to that point. The new item is cool, but it nearly obsoletes wall jumping (wall jumping is fun). I don't know why super missiles and power bombs were in the hack. I could see power bombs leading to confusion if someone found them early on. It took me too long to realize that varia suit provides immunity to spikes.

I definitely didn't like how almost every secret was a hidden morph tunnel. That got repetitive very fast.

The enemies in the tourian-like area at the end were annoying. I was surprised to see no other reviewers complain about them.

The credits mention secret rooms, but I don't think I found any unfortunately.

Overall, I'd certainly recommend this hack to players of all skill levels. It's obviously competently designed and even impressive considering the time frame in which it was produced.

Wibrarne by Taco [

Challenge], rated by mosul on Jan 16, 2023 (

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4% in 0:13

The creator added fast retry and removed fanfares but couldn't be bothered to remove the intro. The boss is also terrible and almost impossible without tools. Some challenges were creative but they were mostly repetitive.

Not recommended unless you really like challenge hacks and you're out of things to play.

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