29th November 2004, 1:38 PM
Since it's a Metroid game and that's one of the most fun parts of Metroid games, I definitely think it hurt the game.
And about the dumb collecting, it really isn't necessary. Making the game work like Super Metroid would have been perfectly fine. The cool thing about Metroid is that in order to progress in the games you don't just collect useless keys to open up new areas, but rather awesome new abilities that more realistically allow you to progress. Instead of putting a big door with a lock blocking a new area they make it so that you need to get a certain ability or upgrade to get through it.
And about the dumb collecting, it really isn't necessary. Making the game work like Super Metroid would have been perfectly fine. The cool thing about Metroid is that in order to progress in the games you don't just collect useless keys to open up new areas, but rather awesome new abilities that more realistically allow you to progress. Instead of putting a big door with a lock blocking a new area they make it so that you need to get a certain ability or upgrade to get through it.