Literally finished playing Super Metroid for the first time today too (Playing all the Numbered games before Dread) and I never got spoiled on the ending either. Glad I didn't!
Everytime, my favorite moment is their reaction to the emotional roller coaster of getting saved by baby metroid, to its sacrifice, to the super mode. I was hoping Max would throw a “get away you BITCH” in there 🤣
I finished this game for the first time in the summer and didn’t know how it ended as well. One of my favorite endings to a game now. I also managed to get through FF7 without knowing any of clouds backstory spoilers which made disc 2/3 amazing!
@@lambiepie6436 It's always Aerith that gets talked about, but that scene was the real icing on the cake. Cloud's reasoning most likely resonates with everyone looking to be the best in their respective forms.
18:33 - Finally found the path forward 21:00 - Gravity Suit acquired 31:18 - Entrance to Maridia 32:38 - Quicksand sucks 36:55 - First single-wall climb 44:02 - Finally, no more quicksand 46:18 - KABOOM 53:50 - Shinespark secret get 1:01:20 - Screw the Grapple Beam 1:10:28 - an ode to Save Points 1:13:55 - Botwoon battle 1:21:28 - First grapple wall discovered 1:28:30 - Grapple walljump discovered 1:31:09 - Break time 1:36:45 - Shake time 1:49:30 - TOTALLY didn't miss this Save Point the first time ;) 2:02:45 - Draygon defeated (no exploit) 2:07:07 - Draygon electrocuted 2:18:20 - Spring Ball acquired 2:21:48 - Maridia map room 2:36:41 - Finally found the turtle room 2:55:24 - Spent over 10 minutes trying to get these Missile upgrades 3:04:12 - Plasma Beam acquired 3:15:25 - Returned to ship 3:17:59 - All roads lead to Brinstar 3:21:12 - Indiana Jones references 3:28:16 - Dachora nest discovered 3:33:15 - Trolling E-tank that has appeared in EVERY version of Zebes 3:34:15 - Etecoon nest discovered 3:46:06 - Entrance to Tourian discovered 3:57:35 - Arrival in Ridley's Lair 4:01:05 - Golden Torizo statue battle 4:09:30 - the last Save Point in Norfair 4:11:18 - Elite Space Pirates room 4:17:24 - Final Ridley battle 4:34:00 - Ridley defeated 4:39:39 - Unfortunately, X-Ray visor doesn't reveal the exit here 4:55:46 - Entrance to Tourian discovered 4:57:50 - Death by Metroids 5:00:33 - Point of no return 5:02:50 - Final save point 5:04:13 - Mother Brain discovered 5:07:56 - Hyper Beam acquired 5:13:03 - Mission accomplished
It's probably been said a thousand times by now, but the way you get the new suit and you're immediately thrown into water so you can tell what it does without needing any text whatsoever is some fantastic level design.
@@OriginalMasters They overexplain things a bit too much, sure. They should have left the text windows as optional tutorials in the menu, but oh well. At least you still have to figure out all the speed booster properties on your own.
@@OriginalMasters I think a lot of the mechanics in Dread are too complex to expect people to just figure them out. Imagine how long it'd take many people to figure out you have to hold down the right arrow button for scan pulse or hold R for a bit to charge storm missiles and power bombs, especially when holding R is already how you use cross bombs. You have SO many more abilities in Dread compared to Super, trying to explain them without tutorials just wouldn't work. Also, you can always just NOT read the tutorials if game accessibility is so offensive to you, y'know. Personally, I'd rather not pointlessly gatekeep new players when Metroid really NEEDS to sell as much as possible to become relevant again so we don't have to wait another 19 years for Metroid 6.
@@nolanstrife7350 It's more like charge screw attack, can kill some enemies by having your beam charged and spinning into them. Acts just like screw attack but without the destroying blocks and can only be done once per enemy before you have to charge your beam again and spin into an enemy. It also makes you invincible to most attacks besides running into the bosses just like screw attack, for instance if you use Super Missiles on Phantoon, he goes into a "rage" state where he just spams fire balls at you, you can charge your beam and just spin through all the fires invincible like.
@@KhronosTrigger I've noticed the art of charge jumping is lost on newer players. People barely use Nail Arts in Hollow Knight while I'm constantly whopping people across the map. But for some reason partitioning ones thumb so the mid knuckle jumps and the tip charges is a bit much for some. I've tried teaching it in rl and people don't even bother.
That Draygon section was pure joy to watch. - "Hardest boss battle so far, holy shit" - You can electrocute it?! - *I can fly?!* - Reloading just to try out the sick secret quick kill That's how you know a game has grabbed you by the scruff of the neck.
Easily. Max wasting a lot a time in the beginning, reaching the ship with 5s left and morphing into a ball instead of entering the ship! Almost a very frustrating game over!
Yep two of them on the SNES I can recall, of course Super Metroid's, but also the one in Star Fox (which itself was absolutely inspired by the escape scene in Return of the Jedi away from the explosion of the Death Star II).
And now, Max sees the truth of why there is an _entire game genre_ named after Metroid and Castlevania. This game has its flaws (which game doesn't), but it did so many things right and ahead of its time that it set the standard for many, many games afterward that yearned to follow in its footsteps. Haters can cast shade on it all they wish, but it cannot be denied that Super Metroid stands tall for many good reasons as a gem of the game industry.
I am *astounded* at how amazing a tool the X Ray scope is for exactly this genre and how few games have implemented something like it since this game. I have bombed so many blocks when I could have just scanned it.
I firmly believe Super Metroid stands strong to this day. It doesn't need the " *AT THE TIME* this was good" excuse. No, they came up with a formula so perfect it still can go toe to toe with modern 2D games 27 year later. It's insane
I would argue that Super Metroid is still best of its kind to this day, and there's a damn good reason the genre is named "Metroidvania." The genius level design and sequence breaks all throughout the game are insane. It actually rewards you for trying little tricks to get to places you aren't normally supposed to reach and bypass getting certain upgrades. I still haven't seen another Metroidvania have level design come close to this degree of inter-connectivity and raw atmosphere.
The only negative aspect of Super Metroid are the performance issues. Slow downs, drops of frames, it takes forever to transition between areas, the sound could be clearer, etc.. but with some small hacks, you can make it run like butter, so the only weakness is erased
@@neloverg3774 wow....OG Castlevania? Man, being brutally honest by today standarts that game looks terrible, and, to be honest, it plays terrible too, the controls (specially when jumping) are incredibly stiff. Plus it's a game with arcaic design and systems things like timer, score, lives, passwords etc. Those are all things game designers got rid off as gaming design evolved. I could maybe defend Super Castlevania 4 or Rondo Of Blood, but the same way I can't say original Metroid holds up I can't say original Castlevania does
@@RRRRRRRRR33 but honestly, that’s the biggest gap between I think my generation of gamers(I’m 28) and yours if your younger who have grown up with newer games-the stuff your talking about doesn’t matter…..like at all. I know it’s nice to have those for sure but at the end of the day it’s the gameplay and overall experience together that should define this games legacy. I think you even bringing that up as “weakness” for this game just isn’t fair because it was released in 1994…where none of those things mattered to the audience who grew up with at the time compared to audiences who play games today. For example the slower transitions you talk about, that was Purposely crafted into the game based on the actual hardware limitations they had at the time. As for frame drops, while I don’t honestly know what FPS super Metroid normally runs at on the SNES, again it ran unbelievably well for the hardware that existed in 1994. Your opinion is always valid but I think you should take that into consideration before you call that a weakness for the game.
3:41:39 "Always gotta scan these places." he says, while looking _directly_ at the hidden passage underneath the statue, then walks away without exploring it. What a troll. I can only imagine how much chat was rioting after a power move like that.
I got to watch his blind playthrough live and it was such a joy. Metroid is one of my all time favorite franchises, with the Prime series being also one of my favorite FPSs, I would love to see Max play through those as well.
I feel like playing straight to Fusion would help him jump as close to Dread without going to side games. While the Prime games do have their own side story, it’s good side line games in terms of story. Not saying he shouldn’t do the Prime games, just from super Metroid to Fusion then to Dread should be the first set to go through for story.
@@TheDarkkilla12 Well to be fair, the only reason he even played through Super Metroid is because Dread captivated him. Metroid Prime 4 is still in development so if it also captivates him, then perhaps he will play through at least the first Prime, I just hope he doesn't play through it using a GameCube controller because as much as enjoy Prime & Echos, the controls suck. However with that being said, the Wii controls also make the game far too easy. For example, I beat the 2nd version of Prime 2 only taking two hits and not losing a single energy tank, his first form took two energy tanks off me. Then again I suppose I'm also a veteran so that gives me an edge but even so, it's still much easier when you aren't fighting the controls and can aim freely while still controlling your movement. With GC controls you have to Hold L and stand still, much like Resident Evil where when you aim your gun you're stuck in place and unable to move.
@@TheDarkLink7 I'll admit, it was tough not to backseat, not because I want to see him finish it, but because a lot of times he was really overanalyzing the situation and other times he was being really dumb and making things so much harder on himself. The Shinepark stuff can be difficult to figure out so I give him a pass there, but a lot of times with the grappling hook, he was being extremely impatient and that's why he kept falling. Like for instance the entrance to the Wrecked Ship, that was painful to watch. Granted it was frustrating, but it was also incredibly hilarious at the same time because of the comments Max made, so that made up for it. While I don't think the grappling hook is designed very well in this game, a lot of the failure comes from human error and extreme lack of patience, not faulty design. If he does play the Prime games he'll probably love how simplified the grappling hook is now, because it isn't NEARLY as frustrating. I hope in MP4 you start with it, because in 1 & 2 all your upgrades are just taken away, one by a blast, the other by Dark Samus and the Ing, however in three you start the game with all your main upgrades and actually keep them all except for the grapple hook and Missiles. I've never quite understood why that is, well Grapple hook anyways, missiles I completely understand why they never give them to you, but it would be nice to have one of Samus's main items right from the get go for once.
@@GameHopperME I've had a few friends give up solely because of the control scheme or that it's an "outdated SNES game" and it's so maddening. It's something you acclimate to, and the game is designed around it. Of course, having played the game for years, I don't even notice or feel the clunk anymore. So I suppose new players could get frustrated it doesn't feel "buttery smooth". But it still drives me insane.
Max, I hardly EVER watch full let’s plays, but watching you feel your way around this game has been a WONDERFULLY magical experience. I’m legit jealous AND ecstatic for you being able to play through this masterpiece for the first time. Thank you for the vicarious revisit. Time for my yearly replay of this game.
Seriously. This took way way back. Even got frustrated at him a few times only to suddenly remember all the times I had gotten lost and fucking mistakes I had made. It was an amazing experience watching this.
Max, you have a true talent for stopping your search inches before discovering something then coming back later only to do the same thing but from the other side. Next time you play a Metroid game I want you to move 2 steps to the left before starting your searches.
I dont understand how he remained friends with Simmons for so many years. I mean, not only a gamer, he is also a freaking Alien fan, and he never played this game...WTF.
It's so incredible when a game effectively uses it's level/world design to teach you about it's mechanics. Super Metroid is burned in my brain so I had kind of forgotten how good this game can be at giving you exactly enough information and not too much to make it easy.
A game designer somewhere said that, when you solve a difficult section or puzzle, if you're mad at yourself for not "getting it" sooner, then _it was a good puzzle._ (Whereas if you're mad at the game itself, this probably implies a flaw in the level/puzzle design.)
Chat was lighting him up for that too. He at least went back for the Energy Tank though, never went back to the 3:41:40 location cause the mods turned on Sub or Emote mode I think.
this has been quite a journey, I've been playing this game for so long that I don't even remember what was the intended route anymore. Seen Max being amazed by everything in the game is such a fresh breeze that I haven't felt in decades because every video here in youtube is either a review or speedrun and it's really difficult to find this kind of stuff so I really appreciate it. I'm also amazed about how short Max's attention actually is, this video could have been way shorter if he just remember what he did or saw minutes ago xD but me containing myself not to yell at the screen was part of the experience, I've never thought that I would see someone going through the forgotten highway twice or just backtrack lower norfair while standing below the entrance to mickey mouse room or simply miss the items in the billy mays room xD I'm so used to this game that stuff like that really spiced things up and I love it. now, if we could only get a reaction of max watching a 100% run just for him to notice how much did he miss, that would be great... unless he wants to play it again to see if he can get more items XD
@@RockEsper a blind playthrough? sure, the game does hold your hand most of the time but it's so subtle that you don't even notice it, but like I said, it's quite rare to find good and entertaining first playthrough because most of the content out there is either a review or a speedrun
This is my favorite video you’ve ever put out. I can’t BELIEVE you’ve never played this before but I’m really glad you hadn’t. More Metroid please, all of them!
I love how even though he didn't say anything, I'm pretty sure the broken pipe a few rooms back gave him a subtle hint he didn't even know was a hint at the time
Watching him struggle with platforming and grapple beam and figuring out he's overthinking stuff is so fucking funny, in a really good entertaining way. XD
Oh my fucking god I've been yelling and screaming at the screen, he has scanned the floor, sees the boost icons, knows it has to do with boosting, then proceeds to figure out what to do by trying to bang his head against a wall by trying to get the boost activated in a room where it clearly is impossible to do, yet still stubbornly tries, then the snail ping pong launches my sides to orbit. I hate this and love this at the same time.
@@GenyaArikado I've only played a bit of a few hacks, and I only think I played I think it was Ascension maybe all the way through. Ascension was a hell of a ride, felt like a fresh new Metroid experience.
I was most impressed by that too. I hope he does the exact same thing to get the Ice Spreader Beam Combo in Prime, otherwise it's INCREDIBLY easy to miss and completely unnecessary. I remember when I first figured that out, I think I just randomly hit the button and it blew my mind.
@@increase9896 it’s anybody’s guess, we can believe what we want. It’s very easy to see the answer in the chat and just not say anything. Or maybe it was legit. Who can truly say?
Even though I beat this game almost 30 years ago (Super was my first, too), I just watched this play through just to see a Max’s reaction to the most frustrating parts of it. He did not disappoint.
@@rickyricardo4331 Those grapple sections and troll moments later on in the game are gems, I loved watching those, blind playthroughs are truly invaluable.
Watching someone play through Super Metroid completely blind is such a rare but exquisite joy. I absolutely LOVE seeing people work through the map/puzzles/etc., and given how prominent this speedrun is at GDQ, to find a pure, sweet, unblemished soul such as yours to play through this game with no prior knowledge is incredible. Despite the silent freak-outs at my computer at certain rooms/items that will remain undiscovered, I enjoyed these two VODs IMMENSELY. Thank you so much for experiencing Super Metroid (my all-time favorite game EVER), and I hope you play more Metroid games in the future. ^_^
It still boggles my mind how Max can get wall-jumping down perfectly so fast, yet struggle so much with the grappling hook. I had the exact opposite experience: wall-jumping was a massive pain, while grappling felt pretty natural. I'm curious how other people's experiences have been.
When I played it on release (I would've been about 14?), I struggled mightily with wall jumps while the hook was pretty easy. Nowadays I'm so used to wall jumping and space jumping that I barely ever grapple.
For some reason this game always intimidated me as a kid. I think it was the layout and having to remember to come back and forth to find things. It was a tough game for me and I never got into it. I decided to load it up and play it along side you as you were playing it for the first time. I think I beat your time by like 30 minutes lol, maybe, but it feels amazing to beat this game and one shot all the bosses in one go. I totally missed the Spring Ball upgrade and went straight into the Fire Boss area. I saw you get it on the vid and was like, "damn! I missed something!" - lol, thanks for the help and fun times man. The feelings are mutual regarding the game, this is incredible. Highly recommend you check out the ones on Game Cube. Shine On!
So glad Max wasn't spoiled in this playthrough, even I forgot about the section after Ridley. Awesome watch, the last boss section in twitch was all emotes only and I loved how the chat reacted to that. Shame Max won't be playing Fusion but at least he'll play Dread.
@@berrytimee he said he wouldn’t have time to play fusion before Dread came out, but he’s open to playing the other titles later, like fusion and zero mission
This is the sickest blind playthrough of this game. So glad to have this to watch before Dread tomorrow!!! P.S. Max, would love to hear more of your thoughts on the ending or other surprising/favorite moments
I tried to tell you on stream, too. The grapple beam can be used to collect drops from enemies. It's not useless after getting space jump, it can be used to both kill the enemies from the spawners in lower norfair and collect their drops without risking a drop into the lava making it take longer.
The funny part is how, in all the confusion, he got disoriented in that one room and needed a full minute trying to find the right path(s) when _he had it the first time._
I'm so glad that you played this! This is easily one of my favorite games of all time and I play it at least 3 times a year. I'm happy that you gave this a chance and went into it blindly. It was truly mesmerizing to experience this with you. Thank you for playing!
i liked it when you would use the scanner and it would reveal things to you but you would still not see them. it wasn't just that E-tank. you looked right at a hidden path one time and then turned around and walked away. haha good playthrough, man.
Your part 1 had me replay this as I hadn’t picked it up since I was a kid and boy had time atrophied the skills,wall jumping was PISSING ME OFF lol,Metroid dread is awesome too,I’m glad you enjoyed the game Max
This why this game is my number 1 game of all time and for a lot other people as well . all games take ideas from this peace of art . the best part is to see a new comer trying it for the first time with every time you surprised with something latterly you made me smile and made me say yeah yeah that is the power of this masterpiece.
my favorite game of all time, i remember when i first completed 100% when i was 11, i just cried so much with happiness, i used to play with my uncle that passed away years ago, i still remember him everytime, good memories.
i NEVER finished it at 100% ,only at 99% and i searched the whole game with the scan for the last 1 % und i still dont know where it is, 25 years later
Max finally playing a Metroid game and finally understanding why it's so good makes me so fucking happy, like, literally, if there was one person on this planet i would want to play a metroid game, and fucking starting loving the games it'd be max. Playthrough was fucking dope as hell, Max, crushed that playthrough dude, glad you enjoyed it!
God I loved this playthrough so much, thx for streaming/uploading it! Just beat the game myself last year and totally agree, still felt like one of the best games ever made, what a masterpiece!
Wish you would do a video reacting to one of the speedruns! Now that you've played the game yourself, I'm sure some of the stuff in it would completely blow your mind!
Now maybe people will understand why I say The Mandolorian is literally this game. Space Bounty Hunter (Samus/Mando) save alien baby (Metroid/Grogu), Both work for some sort of space federation, baby gets kidnapped, bounty hunter has to rescue baby, baby saves bounty hunter at the end. Without question, contender for the best game ever made. Love Metroid series and need more.
I just watched this, and SAME. Exact same. So much laughter. As Conan O'Brien once said: "you're a guy who's BEEN in a car accident, and then when you drive by one on the road, it's like 'HAHAHAHHAAAA!!!! *I* was in one of those once; it was TERRIBLE!!!!"
Shine on Max! I love this game and I love your channel this is truly a treat for me. you're the best and one of my absolute fav youtubers!!! You gotta play fusion Max Metroid Fusion is the best imo.
I like most Castlevania games but I can't think of one that feels like it was made for whatever system it is on like SM feels like it was made for the SNES. Maybe I worded it poorly but that's what I meant.
This actually inspired me to give this game a try, since it's free with that SNES thing on the Switch. I've watched playthroughs of some of the Metroid games, but I've touched one, personally. Not looking forward to what happens to the baby at the end...
It´s a great game. I do believe there are great games on the Nintendo Switch Online, like Zelda A Link to the Past, Yoshi´s Island or Donkey Kong Country games. As they´re "free", might wanna give it a try as well, they´re really good.
If you didn't watch to the end of Max's playthrough (from about 5:00:00 onwards i.e. when Max entered the final area) then by all means go see it for yourself because you only get ONE raw, blind reaction to what exactly happens during the endgame.
One of my favorite games of all time. It's so cool seeing someone like max who grew up playing a lot of what I did and seeing his reaction to this. It's crazy he never played it but I'm glad we are at a place where it is possible to witness and share moments. Beautiful
"No wonder people are so pissed that there hasn't been a good Metroid game in a while! No wonder!" Max, don't ever play "Other M". Keep that innocence and cherish it. For the love of all things sacred, cherish it!
To be fair, Other M had good gameplay. What sucked was the storytelling and forced locking of key abilities until you were told you could use them... even when you were facing a life or death situation like BURNING TO DEATH IN A ROOM because hey, turning off the Varia Suit is always a good idea. :D
@@DoktorWieg that, and being forced to look around a room at something important when it could've been part of a cutscene... took me what felt like a half hour to find a dark bloodstain that blended with the floor and didn't seem too out-of-place
I was wondering what he meant by good Metroid. I was thinking of Federation Force, but I thought that didn't really count because it was a spinoff. Then I saw this comment and got reminded of Other M. It genuinely left my memory.
How Max feels at the end, when he's gushing over Super Metroid, is how so many others feel when they finally sit down and play Super Metroid. From those of us (like me) who were there since Metroid 1, to those who got in during the early 2000s with Zero, Fusion and the Prime games, to the people who got into the series because of Dread... Welcome to the fandom, Max. Can't wait for you to play Zero Mission, Fusion, Samus Returns/AM2R and the Prime trilogy.
It's entertaining how often he used the X-Ray visor to scan around the room and somehow did NOT find the one section that would reveal a vital clue (or solution) to the puzzle.
Pretty much wanted to rip through the spacetime continuum and yell at him "LOOK AT YOUR FUCKING FEET" many times. For an apparent gamer, he seems to lack the most basic attention to detail. Then again I've only seen part one and this video from him. I mean the dude saw a room was blue in Maridia, walked in, and said "I've been here" lol
@@PrimusxPilus I think he just doesn't have the luxury of time. So he doesn't seem to pause to experiment like I would have. I forced myself to understand wall jumping for like an hour, only to discover it's super easy and can do it like it's nothing now. But it took time for me to unlearn all the weird shit keeping me from doing it. Same with diagonal Shinesparks. I had been trying so hard using the DPad It never occured to me to use the shoulder buttons.
I love (and by love I mean HATE WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BODY 😂) how you do and accomplish all the out-of-your-way-obscure-unintended-making-your-life-harder-unnecessarily-and-sequence-breaky stuff, but utterly fail to see the most obvious, easy and intended way to defeat most enemies, while failing to scan the obvious places and not paying attention to the scans you DO actually do 😂😂. Sure, the most important thing is that you had fun and yeah, you didn't miss any super life altering things, but oh God, this poor game... so many undiscovered and unexplored hidden rooms and areas 😂🙈 Thanks for the vids. It was -frustrating- fun! 😂
It's cool to see someone's first play though of this game! I feel everything Max felt when I first played this game! This game is truly a masterpiece. I've been playing Super Metroid + LTTP Combo Randomizers recently and they've breathed so much more life into games I loved; it's crazy how open ended Super Metroid really is and the different paths you can take
This is painful, just like part 1. Max overthinking everything and unable to see things that Nintendo has blatantly pointed out. I'm confident that Max would have never beat this game without chat.
My mum and dad got me my first snes when i was 9 years old and it came with super mario all stars and THIS MASTERPIECE. It was the first game to give me a migraine! My dad took a week off work to play this and completed the damn thing before i did! Then he helped me get through it. I was literally shaking with the adrenaline of fighting mother brain for the first time! Never had a feeling like it in gaming since. Fast foreward, I'm In my mid 30s, I bought a SNES mini and I'm so damn stuck that i'm actually thinking of re starting it and playing through with a youtube playthrough for guidance! lol One of the best games ever
This was super fun to watch for the most part but man I’d be lying if I said him spending 90 minutes on the world’s easiest booster puzzle didn’t make me want to yell at the screen lol
One of the things I like about the Ridley fight here is that he straight up DPS races you. He's a giant space dragon, and he's gonna beat your ass, and no chick in a tin can with a pea shooter is going to stop him. You gotta brawl him, dodge as much as you can, but he is no gimmick boss here
It fits perfectly with his story and character. Ridley and Samus want one thing and one thing only in regards to one another, to see the other dead. So when they fight it's fierce, violent and very personal. Samus ain't gonna' go go karting with Ridley, she's going to shove an explosive so far up his ass it stops at his throat.
It isn't designed all that well, but if we're all being honest here a lot of the frustrations players face comes down to human error and extreme lack of patience, not faulty design. Majority of the time when Max kept falling is because he was trying to rush through it and the game punished him accordingly.
@@Paur I don't either, though I do recall a few sections that pissed me off or I found frustrating. I don't recall being a fan of that trek to get to Draygon.
As a long time Super Metroid Fan this playthrough was so satisfying to watch. It is the coolest thing to see someone else play Super for the first time and just *getting* the game and falling in love with it. It is a masterpiece.
Wow the fact that max never got the end spoiled and legit experienced it for the first time is truly heartwarming
I played it for the first time like 3 years ago and also didn’t have anything spoiled. It was so hype and unexpected
Literally finished playing Super Metroid for the first time today too (Playing all the Numbered games before Dread) and I never got spoiled on the ending either. Glad I didn't!
Everytime, my favorite moment is their reaction to the emotional roller coaster of getting saved by baby metroid, to its sacrifice, to the super mode. I was hoping Max would throw a “get away you BITCH” in there 🤣
I finished this game for the first time in the summer and didn’t know how it ended as well. One of my favorite endings to a game now. I also managed to get through FF7 without knowing any of clouds backstory spoilers which made disc 2/3 amazing!
@@lambiepie6436 It's always Aerith that gets talked about, but that scene was the real icing on the cake. Cloud's reasoning most likely resonates with everyone looking to be the best in their respective forms.
18:33 - Finally found the path forward
21:00 - Gravity Suit acquired
31:18 - Entrance to Maridia
32:38 - Quicksand sucks
36:55 - First single-wall climb
44:02 - Finally, no more quicksand
46:18 - KABOOM
53:50 - Shinespark secret get
1:01:20 - Screw the Grapple Beam
1:10:28 - an ode to Save Points
1:13:55 - Botwoon battle
1:21:28 - First grapple wall discovered
1:28:30 - Grapple walljump discovered
1:31:09 - Break time
1:36:45 - Shake time
1:49:30 - TOTALLY didn't miss this Save Point the first time ;)
2:02:45 - Draygon defeated (no exploit)
2:07:07 - Draygon electrocuted
2:18:20 - Spring Ball acquired
2:21:48 - Maridia map room
2:36:41 - Finally found the turtle room
2:55:24 - Spent over 10 minutes trying to get these Missile upgrades
3:04:12 - Plasma Beam acquired
3:15:25 - Returned to ship
3:17:59 - All roads lead to Brinstar
3:21:12 - Indiana Jones references
3:28:16 - Dachora nest discovered
3:33:15 - Trolling E-tank that has appeared in EVERY version of Zebes
3:34:15 - Etecoon nest discovered
3:46:06 - Entrance to Tourian discovered
3:57:35 - Arrival in Ridley's Lair
4:01:05 - Golden Torizo statue battle
4:09:30 - the last Save Point in Norfair
4:11:18 - Elite Space Pirates room
4:17:24 - Final Ridley battle
4:34:00 - Ridley defeated
4:39:39 - Unfortunately, X-Ray visor doesn't reveal the exit here
4:55:46 - Entrance to Tourian discovered
4:57:50 - Death by Metroids
5:00:33 - Point of no return
5:02:50 - Final save point
5:04:13 - Mother Brain discovered
5:07:56 - Hyper Beam acquired
5:13:03 - Mission accomplished
Thanks for this!
God's work is done this day.
Thank you sir
what a chad!
@@NyJoanzy he has fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith, may he be rewarded with his crown of righteousness
It's probably been said a thousand times by now, but the way you get the new suit and you're immediately thrown into water so you can tell what it does without needing any text whatsoever is some fantastic level design.
I prefer this way of teaching mechanics. Learn by doing. Otherwise I forget.
@@OriginalMasters
They overexplain things a bit too much, sure. They should have left the text windows as optional tutorials in the menu, but oh well. At least you still have to figure out all the speed booster properties on your own.
@@TheJadeknight7 what do you think about zero mission in this regard?
@@Blapedred It's been years since I played it, so I couldn't tell you. I'll replay it one of these days for sure.
@@OriginalMasters I think a lot of the mechanics in Dread are too complex to expect people to just figure them out. Imagine how long it'd take many people to figure out you have to hold down the right arrow button for scan pulse or hold R for a bit to charge storm missiles and power bombs, especially when holding R is already how you use cross bombs. You have SO many more abilities in Dread compared to Super, trying to explain them without tutorials just wouldn't work.
Also, you can always just NOT read the tutorials if game accessibility is so offensive to you, y'know. Personally, I'd rather not pointlessly gatekeep new players when Metroid really NEEDS to sell as much as possible to become relevant again so we don't have to wait another 19 years for Metroid 6.
"Screw Attack? I couldn't Screw Attack before...."
*Destroys some blocks*
"I am a god."
This is it. This is literally the Metroid gameplay experience lmao
Well, he could, what's it called... False Screw Attack? Someone in the chat even pointed at that, without naming the tech
@@nolanstrife7350 It's more like charge screw attack, can kill some enemies by having your beam charged and spinning into them. Acts just like screw attack but without the destroying blocks and can only be done once per enemy before you have to charge your beam again and spin into an enemy. It also makes you invincible to most attacks besides running into the bosses just like screw attack, for instance if you use Super Missiles on Phantoon, he goes into a "rage" state where he just spams fire balls at you, you can charge your beam and just spin through all the fires invincible like.
@@KhronosTrigger It's called pseudo screw attack I believe
@@KhronosTrigger I've noticed the art of charge jumping is lost on newer players. People barely use Nail Arts in Hollow Knight while I'm constantly whopping people across the map. But for some reason partitioning ones thumb so the mid knuckle jumps and the tip charges is a bit much for some. I've tried teaching it in rl and people don't even bother.
I love how max knowing how to wall jump better than his skill with the grappling beam led him to get lost so many times
His rage is so relatable omg it had me dyiiinnngg
I just recently played Super Metroid for the first time, and I had the exact same experience. Grappling Hook sucks.
Same thing happened with Distortion2. He sequences broke so many areas with bomb jumps.
To be fair, Maridia is a maze of insanity
That Draygon section was pure joy to watch.
- "Hardest boss battle so far, holy shit"
- You can electrocute it?!
- *I can fly?!*
- Reloading just to try out the sick secret quick kill
That's how you know a game has grabbed you by the scruff of the neck.
That escape sequence was the hypest, funniest, frustrating and coolest thing ever!
Easily. Max wasting a lot a time in the beginning, reaching the ship with 5s left and morphing into a ball instead of entering the ship! Almost a very frustrating game over!
watched it live and i was literally screaming towards the end of that chase. was an awesome time
Tru
Yep two of them on the SNES I can recall, of course Super Metroid's, but also the one in Star Fox (which itself was absolutely inspired by the escape scene in Return of the Jedi away from the explosion of the Death Star II).
And now, Max sees the truth of why there is an _entire game genre_ named after Metroid and Castlevania. This game has its flaws (which game doesn't), but it did so many things right and ahead of its time that it set the standard for many, many games afterward that yearned to follow in its footsteps. Haters can cast shade on it all they wish, but it cannot be denied that Super Metroid stands tall for many good reasons as a gem of the game industry.
Half Life 2 doesn't have flaws!!! 😤
@@SPACECOWBOY705 I'm not a fan of the box puzzles or the vehicle segments in the water.
liar, super metroid is perfect, 1000/100
Lol, everything that's popular enough will have some hipsters who think that calling it "overrated" makes them cool and smart.
I am *astounded* at how amazing a tool the X Ray scope is for exactly this genre and how few games have implemented something like it since this game. I have bombed so many blocks when I could have just scanned it.
I firmly believe Super Metroid stands strong to this day. It doesn't need the " *AT THE TIME* this was good" excuse. No, they came up with a formula so perfect it still can go toe to toe with modern 2D games 27 year later. It's insane
I would argue that Super Metroid is still best of its kind to this day, and there's a damn good reason the genre is named "Metroidvania." The genius level design and sequence breaks all throughout the game are insane. It actually rewards you for trying little tricks to get to places you aren't normally supposed to reach and bypass getting certain upgrades. I still haven't seen another Metroidvania have level design come close to this degree of inter-connectivity and raw atmosphere.
The only negative aspect of Super Metroid are the performance issues. Slow downs, drops of frames, it takes forever to transition between areas, the sound could be clearer, etc.. but with some small hacks, you can make it run like butter, so the only weakness is erased
I would make the same argument for the original Castlevania and ofc Zelda
@@neloverg3774 wow....OG Castlevania? Man, being brutally honest by today standarts that game looks terrible, and, to be honest, it plays terrible too, the controls (specially when jumping) are incredibly stiff. Plus it's a game with arcaic design and systems things like timer, score, lives, passwords etc. Those are all things game designers got rid off as gaming design evolved. I could maybe defend Super Castlevania 4 or Rondo Of Blood, but the same way I can't say original Metroid holds up I can't say original Castlevania does
@@RRRRRRRRR33 but honestly, that’s the biggest gap between I think my generation of gamers(I’m 28) and yours if your younger who have grown up with newer games-the stuff your talking about doesn’t matter…..like at all. I know it’s nice to have those for sure but at the end of the day it’s the gameplay and overall experience together that should define this games legacy. I think you even bringing that up as “weakness” for this game just isn’t fair because it was released in 1994…where none of those things mattered to the audience who grew up with at the time compared to audiences who play games today. For example the slower transitions you talk about, that was Purposely crafted into the game based on the actual hardware limitations they had at the time. As for frame drops, while I don’t honestly know what FPS super Metroid normally runs at on the SNES, again it ran unbelievably well for the hardware that existed in 1994. Your opinion is always valid but I think you should take that into consideration before you call that a weakness for the game.
Glad to see max had so much fun with this amazing game.
Can't wait until he plays Fusion and dread
@@godofsin4604 I think he skipped Fusion and went straight to Dread
@@C-ex aw that’s sad, fusion definitely makes parts of dread make more sense
Seeing him struggle with the quicksand gave me life. God knows it pissed me off as a kid lmao!
Chat almost spoiled how to beat the Maridia boss. I had to fight that thing missles only.
It pissed me off as an adult
It pisses me off now lol
@@ArcadianLegend It pisses me off next month.
@@josephabrams8529 It shall piss our children off.
Max upon completion "THIS GAME IS FUCKING AWESOME, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER MADE"
We finally got him.
3:41:39 "Always gotta scan these places." he says, while looking _directly_ at the hidden passage underneath the statue, then walks away without exploring it.
What a troll. I can only imagine how much chat was rioting after a power move like that.
Yup and even after chat mentions it he was like "what no. what is your guys problem"...checked room before that halfheartedly and left.
5:01:17 The look on Max’s face here is perfect. It’s awesome that he went in here virtually spoiler-free.
I got to watch his blind playthrough live and it was such a joy. Metroid is one of my all time favorite franchises, with the Prime series being also one of my favorite FPSs, I would love to see Max play through those as well.
I feel like playing straight to Fusion would help him jump as close to Dread without going to side games. While the Prime games do have their own side story, it’s good side line games in terms of story.
Not saying he shouldn’t do the Prime games, just from super Metroid to Fusion then to Dread should be the first set to go through for story.
I wished I was there. I would've not given out straight out hints. Hints as in "go back to spot A and search"
I didn’t get to watch the whole thing, but just tuning in every now and then felt like witnessing history.
@@TheDarkkilla12 Well to be fair, the only reason he even played through Super Metroid is because Dread captivated him. Metroid Prime 4 is still in development so if it also captivates him, then perhaps he will play through at least the first Prime, I just hope he doesn't play through it using a GameCube controller because as much as enjoy Prime & Echos, the controls suck. However with that being said, the Wii controls also make the game far too easy. For example, I beat the 2nd version of Prime 2 only taking two hits and not losing a single energy tank, his first form took two energy tanks off me. Then again I suppose I'm also a veteran so that gives me an edge but even so, it's still much easier when you aren't fighting the controls and can aim freely while still controlling your movement. With GC controls you have to Hold L and stand still, much like Resident Evil where when you aim your gun you're stuck in place and unable to move.
@@TheDarkLink7 I'll admit, it was tough not to backseat, not because I want to see him finish it, but because a lot of times he was really overanalyzing the situation and other times he was being really dumb and making things so much harder on himself. The Shinepark stuff can be difficult to figure out so I give him a pass there, but a lot of times with the grappling hook, he was being extremely impatient and that's why he kept falling.
Like for instance the entrance to the Wrecked Ship, that was painful to watch. Granted it was frustrating, but it was also incredibly hilarious at the same time because of the comments Max made, so that made up for it. While I don't think the grappling hook is designed very well in this game, a lot of the failure comes from human error and extreme lack of patience, not faulty design. If he does play the Prime games he'll probably love how simplified the grappling hook is now, because it isn't NEARLY as frustrating.
I hope in MP4 you start with it, because in 1 & 2 all your upgrades are just taken away, one by a blast, the other by Dark Samus and the Ing, however in three you start the game with all your main upgrades and actually keep them all except for the grapple hook and Missiles. I've never quite understood why that is, well Grapple hook anyways, missiles I completely understand why they never give them to you, but it would be nice to have one of Samus's main items right from the get go for once.
I recently played this game for the first time in preparation for dread. This has easily become one of my favorite games of all time.
It's one of the best games ever made without a doubt.
Did the same!
Right?! I always tell my friends to play this game and they seriously don't believe me when I tell them it's soooo damn good.
@@GameHopperME I've had a few friends give up solely because of the control scheme or that it's an "outdated SNES game" and it's so maddening. It's something you acclimate to, and the game is designed around it. Of course, having played the game for years, I don't even notice or feel the clunk anymore. So I suppose new players could get frustrated it doesn't feel "buttery smooth". But it still drives me insane.
Max, I hardly EVER watch full let’s plays, but watching you feel your way around this game has been a WONDERFULLY magical experience. I’m legit jealous AND ecstatic for you being able to play through this masterpiece for the first time.
Thank you for the vicarious revisit. Time for my yearly replay of this game.
Seriously. This took way way back. Even got frustrated at him a few times only to suddenly remember all the times I had gotten lost and fucking mistakes I had made.
It was an amazing experience watching this.
Max, you have a true talent for stopping your search inches before discovering something then coming back later only to do the same thing but from the other side. Next time you play a Metroid game I want you to move 2 steps to the left before starting your searches.
Omg the speed boost room!
Oh word, he's never played this? It's a damn good game.
Watch the stream. I really enjoyed his blind playthrough
Very true.
It's magical, seeing a grown-ass man with a kid finally playing a game he would have loved as a kid. ^__^
He was always playing Street Foghter and MK and Ki on his SNES so it makes sense xD
I dont understand how he remained friends with Simmons for so many years.
I mean, not only a gamer, he is also a freaking Alien fan, and he never played this game...WTF.
Max figuring out to blow away the glass in the water level was priceless
It's so incredible when a game effectively uses it's level/world design to teach you about it's mechanics. Super Metroid is burned in my brain so I had kind of forgotten how good this game can be at giving you exactly enough information and not too much to make it easy.
The best feeling about these games, when you go "OH, I get it" !
That is the magic of Metroidvania games!
A game designer somewhere said that, when you solve a difficult section or puzzle, if you're mad at yourself for not "getting it" sooner, then _it was a good puzzle._
(Whereas if you're mad at the game itself, this probably implies a flaw in the level/puzzle design.)
3:41:40 Literally scans a hidden passage and ignores it.
4:34:29 Literally scans the energy tanks and just completely skips it.
Chat was lighting him up for that too. He at least went back for the Energy Tank though, never went back to the 3:41:40 location cause the mods turned on Sub or Emote mode I think.
That was so painful...
Max needs new glasses.
yes, the streamer and viewer don't always notice the same things.
46:07 “What is he doing?”… “He’s beginning to believe.”
this has been quite a journey, I've been playing this game for so long that I don't even remember what was the intended route anymore. Seen Max being amazed by everything in the game is such a fresh breeze that I haven't felt in decades because every video here in youtube is either a review or speedrun and it's really difficult to find this kind of stuff so I really appreciate it.
I'm also amazed about how short Max's attention actually is, this video could have been way shorter if he just remember what he did or saw minutes ago xD but me containing myself not to yell at the screen was part of the experience, I've never thought that I would see someone going through the forgotten highway twice or just backtrack lower norfair while standing below the entrance to mickey mouse room or simply miss the items in the billy mays room xD I'm so used to this game that stuff like that really spiced things up and I love it.
now, if we could only get a reaction of max watching a 100% run just for him to notice how much did he miss, that would be great... unless he wants to play it again to see if he can get more items XD
I have to imagine most people's first playthroughs involve a lot of getting lost and missing stuff
@@RockEsper a blind playthrough? sure, the game does hold your hand most of the time but it's so subtle that you don't even notice it, but like I said, it's quite rare to find good and entertaining first playthrough because most of the content out there is either a review or a speedrun
This is my favorite video you’ve ever put out. I can’t BELIEVE you’ve never played this before but I’m really glad you hadn’t. More Metroid please, all of them!
46:21 the exact moment this game owns Max's heart
I love how even though he didn't say anything, I'm pretty sure the broken pipe a few rooms back gave him a subtle hint he didn't even know was a hint at the time
Thanks, was looking for that timeframe lol
This is how I hav always entered maridia by breaking the pipe 😂
@@BrickFlairMMA... you have to do that
i had totally forgotten how awkward all the hookshot sections can be since im so used to just wall jumping everything
I love how he went back and killed Draygon the fun way. Also the pure love of the unspoiled super metroid final boss.
Watching him struggle with platforming and grapple beam and figuring out he's overthinking stuff is so fucking funny, in a really good entertaining way. XD
I love watching Max’s full walk/playthroughs. Especially if it’s the first time.
Oh my fucking god I've been yelling and screaming at the screen, he has scanned the floor, sees the boost icons, knows it has to do with boosting, then proceeds to figure out what to do by trying to bang his head against a wall by trying to get the boost activated in a room where it clearly is impossible to do, yet still stubbornly tries, then the snail ping pong launches my sides to orbit. I hate this and love this at the same time.
Max is in for such a treat if he sticks with this franchise and plays all the major releases. It's so freaking good.
He would be even more for a treat if he played the best Super Metroid hacks!
@@GenyaArikado I've only played a bit of a few hacks, and I only think I played I think it was Ascension maybe all the way through. Ascension was a hell of a ride, felt like a fresh new Metroid experience.
If I remember it right when the ship leaves the planet you will see a small streak in the back ground which is the animals escaping in another ship.
"I hate this place. Worst place in the game"
*Just wait later in Meridia and Norfar*
Nah he's right, the sand is bonkers.
He's definitely right i hated that place so much
As someone once said, "Meridia, you can suck my ass" -Max
I'm with team "fuck that sand."
Fck Meridia
when he says "I figured it on my own" is code for "The chat told me" lmaooo, specially with the walljump
Yeah game would have taken muuuuuch longer if he didnt have chat walking him through most of it
46:05
Man, you won't believe how much I was hoping Max would figure it out on his own, without help from the Chat. Very satisfying.
I was most impressed by that too. I hope he does the exact same thing to get the Ice Spreader Beam Combo in Prime, otherwise it's INCREDIBLY easy to miss and completely unnecessary. I remember when I first figured that out, I think I just randomly hit the button and it blew my mind.
was he being sarcastic? i could imagine people in the chat just saying "powerbomb"
@@increase9896 it’s anybody’s guess, we can believe what we want.
It’s very easy to see the answer in the chat and just not say anything. Or maybe it was legit. Who can truly say?
I would actually recommend playing Fusion after this because it ties in directly to Metroid Dread, but it's your decision to make Max.
Fusion and Zero Mission are really good 2D Metroid games in their own right. Soon likely Dread will be on the list I hope.
Even though I beat this game almost 30 years ago (Super was my first, too), I just watched this play through just to see a Max’s reaction to the most frustrating parts of it. He did not disappoint.
@@rickyricardo4331 Those grapple sections and troll moments later on in the game are gems, I loved watching those, blind playthroughs are truly invaluable.
Just randomly scrolling through comments here, you have a really cool name
It's an interesting to watch someone playing this casually as I normally see Super Metroid play throughs as mostly speedruns.
Watching someone play through Super Metroid completely blind is such a rare but exquisite joy. I absolutely LOVE seeing people work through the map/puzzles/etc., and given how prominent this speedrun is at GDQ, to find a pure, sweet, unblemished soul such as yours to play through this game with no prior knowledge is incredible. Despite the silent freak-outs at my computer at certain rooms/items that will remain undiscovered, I enjoyed these two VODs IMMENSELY. Thank you so much for experiencing Super Metroid (my all-time favorite game EVER), and I hope you play more Metroid games in the future. ^_^
It still boggles my mind how Max can get wall-jumping down perfectly so fast, yet struggle so much with the grappling hook. I had the exact opposite experience: wall-jumping was a massive pain, while grappling felt pretty natural. I'm curious how other people's experiences have been.
Same here. The grappling beam only needs to be tested for a few minutes and then you are good to go.
Bro you ain’t alone! I legit have played SM at least 5-10 times and I still struggle with wall jumping. Meanwhile grapple hook is crazy easy.
After practice, wall jumping worked perfectly for me, while I used very little of the grappling mechanics
When I played it on release (I would've been about 14?), I struggled mightily with wall jumps while the hook was pretty easy. Nowadays I'm so used to wall jumping and space jumping that I barely ever grapple.
Yeah wall jump is harder than grapple. Then again dude had trouble with space jump which is absurdly simple.
3:41:37 _"We gotta scan these places"_
* ignores the thing he just scanned*
I loved watching his whole blind playthrough. Nostalgia hit me like a truck. Can't wait for Metroid Dread tomorrow 💖
For some reason this game always intimidated me as a kid. I think it was the layout and having to remember to come back and forth to find things. It was a tough game for me and I never got into it. I decided to load it up and play it along side you as you were playing it for the first time. I think I beat your time by like 30 minutes lol, maybe, but it feels amazing to beat this game and one shot all the bosses in one go. I totally missed the Spring Ball upgrade and went straight into the Fire Boss area. I saw you get it on the vid and was like, "damn! I missed something!" - lol, thanks for the help and fun times man. The feelings are mutual regarding the game, this is incredible. Highly recommend you check out the ones on Game Cube. Shine On!
So glad Max wasn't spoiled in this playthrough, even I forgot about the section after Ridley. Awesome watch, the last boss section in twitch was all emotes only and I loved how the chat reacted to that. Shame Max won't be playing Fusion but at least he'll play Dread.
I hope he does play through fusion someday! Did he mention why he won't play it?
@@berrytimee he said he wouldn’t have time to play fusion before Dread came out, but he’s open to playing the other titles later, like fusion and zero mission
Max: Ok, I have two doors... let's go through this one (totally forget the other one and The power up, Energy Tank, Map Station inside*)
This is the sickest blind playthrough of this game. So glad to have this to watch before Dread tomorrow!!!
P.S. Max, would love to hear more of your thoughts on the ending or other surprising/favorite moments
I tried to tell you on stream, too.
The grapple beam can be used to collect drops from enemies.
It's not useless after getting space jump, it can be used to both kill the enemies from the spawners in lower norfair and collect their drops without risking a drop into the lava making it take longer.
“I ain’t got no time for no animals!” 😂
The funny part is how, in all the confusion, he got disoriented in that one room and needed a full minute trying to find the right path(s) when _he had it the first time._
@@Stratelieryah he’s fake af! He clearly played the game before. Just acting like he didn’t for the views bro. Shits a joke
I'm so glad that you played this! This is easily one of my favorite games of all time and I play it at least 3 times a year. I'm happy that you gave this a chance and went into it blindly. It was truly mesmerizing to experience this with you. Thank you for playing!
i liked it when you would use the scanner and it would reveal things to you but you would still not see them. it wasn't just that E-tank. you looked right at a hidden path one time and then turned around and walked away. haha good playthrough, man.
It always feels so good to see newcomers to Metroid play through for the first time, this was awesome!
Your part 1 had me replay this as I hadn’t picked it up since I was a kid and boy had time atrophied the skills,wall jumping was PISSING ME OFF lol,Metroid dread is awesome too,I’m glad you enjoyed the game Max
This why this game is my number 1 game of all time and for a lot other people as well . all games take ideas from this peace of art . the best part is to see a new comer trying it for the first time with every time you surprised with something latterly you made me smile and made me say yeah yeah that is the power of this masterpiece.
my favorite game of all time, i remember when i first completed 100% when i was 11, i just cried so much with happiness, i used to play with my uncle that passed away years ago, i still remember him everytime, good memories.
My granddad showed me this game when I was 5 years old and it stuck with me ever since. He passed just last month. The feelings are strong.
i NEVER finished it at 100% ,only at 99% and i searched the whole game with the scan for the last 1 % und i still dont know where it is, 25 years later
3:26:26
LMAO that's so cute that he thinks he's almost done collecting missiles. Not even half way to 100% missiles yet.
Right? XD
ngl, that whole segment where he was trying to figure out how to get the missiles using the vertical shine spark was making me go insane lol
Seriouslyyyyy..!!!!! Specially when he saw that he could shinespark but didn't realize he could go up i was yelling at my phone at this point man 🤣
That part made me want to pull my hair out lol.
Max finally playing a Metroid game and finally understanding why it's so good makes me so fucking happy, like, literally, if there was one person on this planet i would want to play a metroid game, and fucking starting loving the games it'd be max.
Playthrough was fucking dope as hell, Max, crushed that playthrough dude, glad you enjoyed it!
I love how Max resets the boss to see it get zapped to hell
Coolest alternative kill ever. That's how I always beat that boss anytime I play through the game.
I was waiting for you to play Super Metroid, I knew you would love the game, It finally happen. Thanks for the videos Max.
I don't think I've ever seen someone struggle with the grapple beam so much. It's kind of endearing.
He's gonna love seeing it return in Metroid Dread.
God I loved this playthrough so much, thx for streaming/uploading it! Just beat the game myself last year and totally agree, still felt like one of the best games ever made, what a masterpiece!
same. just finished it this week. had enjoyed half of it like a decade ago
Wish you would do a video reacting to one of the speedruns!
Now that you've played the game yourself, I'm sure some of the stuff in it would completely blow your mind!
Please do this Max. If you thought the game was crazy and the movement was hard, watching a Speedrun of this game will blow your mind.
Quite possible that Super Metroid is THE perfect speedrun game. The movement in this game is so damn technical.
@@tandak681 It gives you an insane amount of options from the get go.
Yes Max, please do so, WR holder Zoasty is a beast on this game, wold love to see you react to the Super Metroid GOAT
Now maybe people will understand why I say The Mandolorian is literally this game. Space Bounty Hunter (Samus/Mando) save alien baby (Metroid/Grogu), Both work for some sort of space federation, baby gets kidnapped, bounty hunter has to rescue baby, baby saves bounty hunter at the end.
Without question, contender for the best game ever made. Love Metroid series and need more.
This was a joy to watch but also quite painful at times! The grapple is not that difficult. I was yelling at the screen, "stop rushing it!" lol.
That was fun, to relive one of my most cherished gaming moments with Max
3:11:01 Yo the timing on that Tier 3 subscription notification was almost perfect considering Max went from no health to almost full.
The reaction to the ending was golden Max, really fun to see your reactions!
The whole 5 minute sequence from 1:26:30 to 1:31:20 was pure comedy gold. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time lol, thank you so much.
I just watched this, and SAME. Exact same. So much laughter. As Conan O'Brien once said:
"you're a guy who's BEEN in a car accident, and then when you drive by one on the road, it's like 'HAHAHAHHAAAA!!!! *I* was in one of those once; it was TERRIBLE!!!!"
Man, I am so happy to see this series be the center of attention right now.
The Dread is near, yeah this game is amazing!
I wish more of the bosses in the game had as creative alternate solutions like Draygon and the Grapple Beam.
Shine on Max! I love this game and I love your channel this is truly a treat for me. you're the best and one of my absolute fav youtubers!!! You gotta play fusion Max Metroid Fusion is the best imo.
Wow that was such a great finale! I haven’t seen someone experience the end for the first time since I was a teenager and I’m 42! Thank max!
Its the best console game ever made given the limitations of what its system can handle.
Nah castlevania is better
Castlevania tho
SOTN was also on a newer machine so it had less limitations
@@AlphaladZXA The superior game
I like most Castlevania games but I can't think of one that feels like it was made for whatever system it is on like SM feels like it was made for the SNES. Maybe I worded it poorly but that's what I meant.
This actually inspired me to give this game a try, since it's free with that SNES thing on the Switch. I've watched playthroughs of some of the Metroid games, but I've touched one, personally. Not looking forward to what happens to the baby at the end...
It´s a great game. I do believe there are great games on the Nintendo Switch Online, like Zelda A Link to the Past, Yoshi´s Island or Donkey Kong Country games. As they´re "free", might wanna give it a try as well, they´re really good.
If you didn't watch to the end of Max's playthrough (from about 5:00:00 onwards i.e. when Max entered the final area) then by all means go see it for yourself because you only get ONE raw, blind reaction to what exactly happens during the endgame.
@@Stratelier I've known for a while what happens to the baby, but it still makes me sad. At least it kinda lives on through Samus' Fusion suit.
"I'm overthinking things."
Continues to overthink things. XD
One of my favorite games of all time. It's so cool seeing someone like max who grew up playing a lot of what I did and seeing his reaction to this. It's crazy he never played it but I'm glad we are at a place where it is possible to witness and share moments. Beautiful
"the timing for space jump is super wonky"
Me who has played Metroid 1 and 2: oh you sweet summer child...
@OctoScoryo
It has screw attack that is 100% the same thing plus damage.
Truly one of the best games ever made, a masterpiece love it so much. So happy dread is amazing. Congrats Max on experiencing it!!!!
"No wonder people are so pissed that there hasn't been a good Metroid game in a while! No wonder!"
Max, don't ever play "Other M". Keep that innocence and cherish it. For the love of all things sacred, cherish it!
To be fair, Other M had good gameplay. What sucked was the storytelling and forced locking of key abilities until you were told you could use them... even when you were facing a life or death situation like BURNING TO DEATH IN A ROOM because hey, turning off the Varia Suit is always a good idea. :D
They played it
@@DoktorWieg that, and being forced to look around a room at something important when it could've been part of a cutscene... took me what felt like a half hour to find a dark bloodstain that blended with the floor and didn't seem too out-of-place
I was wondering what he meant by good Metroid. I was thinking of Federation Force, but I thought that didn't really count because it was a spinoff. Then I saw this comment and got reminded of Other M. It genuinely left my memory.
he needs to play zero mission next.
How Max feels at the end, when he's gushing over Super Metroid, is how so many others feel when they finally sit down and play Super Metroid. From those of us (like me) who were there since Metroid 1, to those who got in during the early 2000s with Zero, Fusion and the Prime games, to the people who got into the series because of Dread...
Welcome to the fandom, Max. Can't wait for you to play Zero Mission, Fusion, Samus Returns/AM2R and the Prime trilogy.
good comment, but max aint playing any of those games lol, maybe at most he would do like zero mission or fusion
I love how max over thinks things, when the solution is usually something simple.
It's entertaining how often he used the X-Ray visor to scan around the room and somehow did NOT find the one section that would reveal a vital clue (or solution) to the puzzle.
I don't love it. It's super annoying.
@@hughjazz44 literally dying inside rn
Pretty much wanted to rip through the spacetime continuum and yell at him "LOOK AT YOUR FUCKING FEET" many times. For an apparent gamer, he seems to lack the most basic attention to detail. Then again I've only seen part one and this video from him. I mean the dude saw a room was blue in Maridia, walked in, and said "I've been here" lol
@@PrimusxPilus I think he just doesn't have the luxury of time. So he doesn't seem to pause to experiment like I would have. I forced myself to understand wall jumping for like an hour, only to discover it's super easy and can do it like it's nothing now. But it took time for me to unlearn all the weird shit keeping me from doing it. Same with diagonal Shinesparks. I had been trying so hard using the DPad It never occured to me to use the shoulder buttons.
I love (and by love I mean HATE WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BODY 😂) how you do and accomplish all the out-of-your-way-obscure-unintended-making-your-life-harder-unnecessarily-and-sequence-breaky stuff, but utterly fail to see the most obvious, easy and intended way to defeat most enemies, while failing to scan the obvious places and not paying attention to the scans you DO actually do 😂😂.
Sure, the most important thing is that you had fun and yeah, you didn't miss any super life altering things, but oh God, this poor game... so many undiscovered and unexplored hidden rooms and areas 😂🙈
Thanks for the vids. It was -frustrating- fun! 😂
"Ridley has so much health" - max after missing 23 of 35 super missiles
It's cool to see someone's first play though of this game! I feel everything Max felt when I first played this game! This game is truly a masterpiece.
I've been playing Super Metroid + LTTP Combo Randomizers recently and they've breathed so much more life into games I loved; it's crazy how open ended Super Metroid really is and the different paths you can take
This is painful, just like part 1. Max overthinking everything and unable to see things that Nintendo has blatantly pointed out. I'm confident that Max would have never beat this game without chat.
While completely missing obvious things.
Holy frijole, Max in Maridia was the genuine Super Metroid experience I was waiting to see!
If someone ever asks, "hey, what's Metroid like?", show them about 10 seconds of this video starting at 9:40
Gosh dang it, your comment is too perfect to not get a like.
Max your grapple hook struggle / hatred is golden entertainment. You earn that milkshake.
Wow really? you deadass figured out about blowing up the glass tube on your own.
actually big brain.
My mum and dad got me my first snes when i was 9 years old and it came with super mario all stars and THIS MASTERPIECE. It was the first game to give me a migraine! My dad took a week off work to play this and completed the damn thing before i did! Then he helped me get through it. I was literally shaking with the adrenaline of fighting mother brain for the first time! Never had a feeling like it in gaming since. Fast foreward, I'm In my mid 30s, I bought a SNES mini and I'm so damn stuck that i'm actually thinking of re starting it and playing through with a youtube playthrough for guidance! lol One of the best games ever
This was super fun to watch for the most part but man I’d be lying if I said him spending 90 minutes on the world’s easiest booster puzzle didn’t make me want to yell at the screen lol
The most fun I’ve had watching YT in a long time. Thanks, Max!
One of the things I like about the Ridley fight here is that he straight up DPS races you. He's a giant space dragon, and he's gonna beat your ass, and no chick in a tin can with a pea shooter is going to stop him. You gotta brawl him, dodge as much as you can, but he is no gimmick boss here
It fits perfectly with his story and character. Ridley and Samus want one thing and one thing only in regards to one another, to see the other dead. So when they fight it's fierce, violent and very personal. Samus ain't gonna' go go karting with Ridley, she's going to shove an explosive so far up his ass it stops at his throat.
For being a goddamn SNES game, Super Metroid is extremely cinematic when it wants to be.
It's kinda surprising how many first playthroughs of this game end up being 9 hours
Jen the Human has 7 parts and they are 3 hours on average each part.
the sheer amount of self trolling is incredible
I don't understand why the grappling hook is bad.
Even if I did not grow with Super Nintendo, the control didn't feel bad at all.
It isn't designed all that well, but if we're all being honest here a lot of the frustrations players face comes down to human error and extreme lack of patience, not faulty design. Majority of the time when Max kept falling is because he was trying to rush through it and the game punished him accordingly.
It makes me question my entire playthrough of Metroid as a kid. I didn't remember having any problems like this with the grappling hook.
@@Paur I don't either, though I do recall a few sections that pissed me off or I found frustrating. I don't recall being a fan of that trek to get to Draygon.
As a long time Super Metroid Fan this playthrough was so satisfying to watch. It is the coolest thing to see someone else play Super for the first time and just *getting* the game and falling in love with it. It is a masterpiece.