History YMMV / AnotherMetroid2Remake

%%* AuthorsSavingThrow: A point of contention listed below in the v1.1 was the {{nerf}}ing Omega Metroids, however, in the unofficial patches, there is an extra config file that does allow players to revert the Omega Metroids' stats back to v1.0 values.

* ToughActToFollow: ''Another Metroid 2 Remake'' is considered one of the best games in the series by many fans. This gives ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' some rather big shoes to fill.

** The GFS ''Thoth'' area. If the empty hallways filled with the thrown about corpses of GFS Marines weren't enough, at one point the scan data that you've already acquired resends itself giving the room data with one room at the very top reading "MOTION DETECTED."
** After the first fight with an Omega Metroid, an earthquake happens as usual. But as the quake subsides, [[spoiler:you hear this horrifying distant inhuman scream. Turns out the Metroid Queen is ''not'' happy you've been killing her spawn...]]
** The [[TheStinger post-credits scene]] if you get OneHundredPercentCompletion. A [[TheGoomba Hornoad]] is shown hopping around where the Baby Metroid hatched, when suddenly a nearby crystal moves and transforms into a yellow blob, which longtime fans will recognize as an X-Parasite. The Hornoad tries to flee, to no avail as the X possesses and [[StrippedToTheBone reduces it to a skeleton]]; it then morphs into a scarier Red Hornoad, which [[RuleOfSymbolism crushes the Baby Metroid's empty egg]] as other "crystals" in the vicinity start moving, too. It's an ''extremely'' disturbing scene (more so than ''Samus Returns''' take, [[BrokenBase according to some fans]]), and what's worse, '''''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero YOU caused it!]]'''''
*** The music in that scene is bone-chilling even by ''Metroid'' standards. It begins as a remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETXZaQlM0pE "Environmental Mystery"]] from ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' (already considered one of that game's most unnerving tracks), then becomes foreboding and atmospheric as the X kills its victim and its brethren stir.
*** The [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/io1yvc/which_ending_did_the_xparasite_arrival_better/ original version]] is even ''scarier''. The Hornoad dies twice as fast from its infection, and instead of a high-pitched squeal, it emits a bloodcurdling scream that echoes throughout the caverns of [=SR388=]. Its death animation is also [[BloodierAndGorier more gruesome, with visible blood]]. The description for the video puts it best:

** The GFS Thoth area. If the empty hallways filled with the thrown about corpses of GFS Marines weren't enough, at one point the scan data that you've already acquired resends itself giving the room data with one room at the very top reading "MOTION DETECTED."

** TheStinger, which has a remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGHIrL3rOcQ "Environmental Sound (Silence 2)"]] from ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' for BGM. A [[TheGoomba Hornoad]] is shown hopping around where the Baby Metroid hatched, when suddenly a nearby crystal starts moving and transforms into a yellow blob, which longtime fans will recognize as an X-Parasite. The Hornoad panics and tries to flee, to no avail as the X-Parasite possesses and reduces it to a skeleton; it then morphs into a scarier Red Hornoad, which [[RuleOfSymbolism crushes the Baby Metroid's empty egg]] as other "crystals" in the vicinity start moving, too. It's an ''extremely'' disturbing scene, and what's worse, '''''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero YOU enabled it to happen!]]'''''

** After the first fight with an Omega Metroid, an earthquake happens as usual. But as the quake subsides, [[spoiler:you hear this horrifying distant inhuman scream. Turns out the Metroid Queen is not happy you've been killing her spawn...]]

* BetterThanCanon: A good number of ''Metroid'' fans have dubbed this fangame one of their favorite ''Metroid'' games ever, and ''[=AM2R=]'' is regularly listed and discussed in online conversations about the series in general alongside the official games. Some even view it as being superior to Nintendo's own ''Metroid II'' remake, ''[[VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns Samus Returns]]''.

* ToughActToFollow: ''Another Metroid 2 Remake'' is considered [[BetterThanCanon one of the best games in the series]] by many fans. This gives ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' some rather big shoes to fill.

* BetterThanCanon: A good number of ''Metroid'' fans have dubbed this fangame one of their favorite ''Metroid'' games ever, and [=AM2R=] is regularly listed and discussed in online conversations about the series in general alongside the official games. Some even view it as being superior to Nintendo's own ''Metroid II'' remake, ''[[VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns Samus Returns]]''.

* BetterThanCanon: A good number of ''Metroid'' fans have dubbed this fangame one of their favorite ''Metroid'' games ever. Some are even calling this the superior ''Metroid II'' remake over ''[[VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns Samus Returns]]''.