Metroid Zero - Operation Execution

#metroidzeromission - #OperationExecution is a hack by #Roebloz

This has probably got to be one of the hardest Metroid hacks I've played. There is allot of good and a couple bad things about how this hack is played. Each feature in fact, I feel has a good and bad side.

In terms of Design this map knocks it out of the park, all the stops and flag setting for pathways were pulled, I rarely felt like I didn't know where to go. It took me 4.5 hours and I never felt bored exploring.

However I did feel a bit of sluggishness with how much work you have to go through to progress your power levels. There are many enemies in basically every room and they take some hits. On the other hand it feels good 15-20 minutes later going back through these rooms with an upgraded beam and destroying them all in half (or less) the hits. The slog it takes to power up makes powering up so much more satisfying though.

The amount of enemies also caused some Rom Slowness and the occasional input lag, which I believe is a hard line 'don't' for design in having too much in Ram all at once. There were also some issues with bursting through Speed Blocks and them not re-appearing which made me need to use cheats to get out of the room.

The Difficulty for "normal" was a bit much, especially for bosses, which is a slight criticism. But in the over-world it just caused to you take it slow and be more deliberate, which is the silver lining of the difficulty.

All in all, I would only recommend for those patient individuals seeking a good Metroid style challenge.

This hack patch can be found here:
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6330/