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masterpug53 posted...

People seem to hate Fusion for alleged hand-holding and praise Zero Mission, while Fusion was much more difficult than ZM. I have a little trouble computing that, to be honest.

It's not the difficulty so much as being limited to where you can go at any particular moment. Both games point you in the right direction, sure, but ZM allows you to go way off the beaten path much more, where those directions don't help so much. Even when you *do* go off the beaten path in Fusion, the game accounts for it (e.g. by giving you the power-up you skipped at the Download Stations / Navigation Rooms).

The difficulty of Fusion is nice though, for the bosses at least, especially in a low % run. ZM has its moments, particularly some of the optional power-ups. Fusion has one or two difficult ones to get, but ZM has more I think.

I personally love both games, but I do think ZM has more longevity for that reason. There are various sequence breaks, just like in Super.