FlameChocobo asked If you have played a randomizer, what is yo…

I've never actually played a randomizer! Mostly because I feel like a randomizer is something you would do once you've played the game as it is enough to really, really know all the ins and outs, and I just typically do not play games to that degree. I'll play it once, maybe a few times if there are different endings or to try different things, but usually I'm satisfied with the experience as is.

artyomexhibition · 1mo

I've certainly played the most Link to the Past & Final Fantasy IV Free Enterprise. It helps that both are very good games that I think have very good randomizers, but I'd like to try out more.

zoiteki · 2mo

I've only played ALttP rando and haven't even finished a single seed. Don't really have fav rando, but definitely wanna give 'em a try again someday.

Megami · 2mo

I think A Link to the Past is the only Randomizer I ever played. I plan to try Super Metroid soon but I would like to be introduced to more.

TyrfingVT · 2mo

I tried FF1 rando but never finished it. I just don't think randos are my thing.

Zoey Frost · 2mo

Castlevania SOTN is the only randomizer I've played seriously. I don't do it to speedrun or anything, I just run it to see what happens. At some point I do want to try playing other well known games this way. What would you guys recommend?

EriAbeille · 2mo

I play the Super Metroid + A Link to the Past combo randomizer more than any other randomizer.

A lot of my friends love the ALttP randomizer, and it's with good reason. It's a very good fit for a randomizer! The randomized game is way more interesting and fun than the vanilla game, and can sometimes make you forget that it's originally very linear, because it feels so wide open under the randomizer's rules.

Many of them aren't huge fans of Super Metroid though, or would just rather play the two individually. I totally understand that and it makes plenty of sense to me.

For me though, the mixing together of the two games just really does something for me. I've played a lot of games in the past where you switch between two different main types of gameplay, and this makes it feel less dull for me. The way the two games are linked together in their world also provides an interesting and unique avenue to getting specific items or reaching specific bosses that you don't have in the separate games. Plus I think the permutations you can get are enormously larger due to combining the two games.

I made a custom MSU-1 pack for Super Metroid and a customized one for ALttP to go with my runs, knowing I would use it a lot. And I have. I tend to be somewhat reluctant to stream it, so I only stream it once every few months or so. But when I do, I always have a great time, even when the seed is incredibly cursed.

I'm interested in doing a full run of the quad-rando (Metroid 1, Super Metroid, Zelda 1, ALttP) as well, but there hasn't been a good way of tracking all of it short of literally using two entirely unrelated trackers at the same time. As soon as there's a good tracker for that, I really want to do it. (I also really wish they'd add MSU-1 support though, of course!!)

FlameChocobo · 7 answers · 2mo