Super Metroid Review: A BLAST TO THE... future?

This is by no means a new game. But I wanted to give a review for it so here it is. 

Super Metroid is probably one of the most atmospheric games ever created. You play as Samus Aran and are given one single objective: retrieve the last metroid from Ridley. The game doesn't tell you how to play or where you should go. You are completely alone on a planet full of creatures that want nothing more than your head on a silver platter. The game gives a great sense of progression and most of the upgrades in the game are completely optional. It has been regarded as one of the best games ever created and for good reason. This game also shares half of it's own genre called the Metroidvania.                       (Metroid & Castlevania just so u know!)

See most games at the time gave you simple objectives and presented very simple gameplay. All you had to do was get from point A to point B and follow the narrow line that the developer had set for you to follow. Mario just went to the right and jumped on a few flagpoles to save his princess. Samus had to explore a planet and stop space pirates, a living brain, discount Godzilla, and a freakin pterodactyl. The game wasn't about going from point A to B, it was about figuring out where point B even was. If you don't have a good memory then this game is your worst nightmare, the entire game is built on memory. It's a bad idea to play this game every once in a while since you'll most likely forget whether you were trying to go to the underwater maze of Maridia, or the blazing Norfair. The game excels at making the player feel alone. The sound effects in the game feel crisp and satisfying but echoed and quiet. The music is a dreary, subtle, and overall leaves you with the feeling of loneliness. All around the audio was designed to sound like its being played in a giant cave, echoed and quiet. the colors are far more dull and dark than the first two metroids before this one. Zebes feels dead, and as you get deeper the enemies become stronger but less in numbers until nothing is left but dust. This planet is dying, and you've got front row seats to witness it. 

 I actually only first played this all the way through about 5 months ago. However I grew up on the other titles in the series so yeah, that proves something. There really aren't many games like Super Metroid and the few like it can't capture the same amount of fun this game provided.

Nuthin but Metroid Zero Mission beats this game.
I give Super Metroid a 9.5 out of 10