AM2R: Return of Samus
AM2R, short for Another Metroid 2 Remake, is an action-adventure video game developed by Milton Guasti under the pseudonym DoctorM64, and released in August 2016 for Microsoft Windows, coinciding with the 30th…
AM2R: Return of Samus is an adventure developed by DoctorM64, released 6 August 2016 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What AM2R: Return of Samus is
AM2R: Return of Samus is an adventure game developed by DoctorM64 and released in 2016. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on GameMaker: Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game's plot is largely unchanged from Metroid II. It now features a Super Metroid-style introduction narrated by Samus Aran (narration above), about the nature of her mission on SR388. Over the course of the game, Samus's scanners automatically download Logbook entries similar to the Metroid Prime series that reveal additional lore about areas and bosses. She can uncover optional areas that include the landing sites of the G.F.S. Thoth and an Anhur-class patrol ship carrying the two ill-fated Galactic Federation teams sent to rescue the Galactic Federation Special Squadron sent previously. Metroid II did not feature the final resting places of these Federation teams, despite mentioning…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
AM2R: Return of Samus launched on 6 August 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Abzu and Overcooked!.
Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Abzu, Overcooked!.
Official trailer
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