[2025-01-06] Map: METROID: Galactic Marine

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Another year, another map, as they all say.

This new map (on ye map page) is of a hack called "METROID: Galactic Marine." It's a novel sort of half-total conversion that makes you play as a much wimpier protagonist than Samus, like Master Chief. Compared to Samus, your pitiful marine can't jump as high, has a weaker gun, can't spin jump, can't roll into a ball, and can't even collect energy drops. Survival is a carefully earned commodity, and not in the least bit guaranteed. Your endgame power level is maaaybe within reach of Samus in the midgame. While I personally wouldn't call it survival horror by any means, it's still an interesting case study in vulnerability and disempowerment.

Anyhow, if you want to play this hack you can get it here.

...oh wait the hack's update is still in the dreaded approval queue. Uhhhhh, check out it's forum thread instead.