Another Metroid 2 Remake v1.0

Re:Another Metroid 2 Remake v1.0 by anjbe on Sunday August 07, 2016 @05:17PM (#12243694)

To be fair, the piece remixed in that video is one of the only “traditional” musical tracks in the game, and I think the remix works pretty well. But I share your concerns: I hope that the later parts of the game, where music is replaced with weird sounds and background noises, retain the wholly alien feeling of the original.

Metroid 2 is relatively forgotten compared to Metroid and Super Metroid, but its graphics and sound build up a sense of tension and uneasiness in a way that they don’t match, I think. This blog post articulates my feelings on the music of Metroid 2 pretty well: http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2007/03/15/the-music-of-metroi...

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Re:Another Metroid 2 Remake v1.0 by chongli on Sunday August 07, 2016 @06:10PM (#12243975)

Thanks for sharing that post. It echoed many of the thoughts I'd had about the game. The sheer genius of Metroid 2 is how well it juxtaposes the ruins of a lost civilization with the sheer alien horror of the "jungle" that is taking over. The music and sounds don't just complement that, they play a starring role in the creation of that tension.

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