Can I b**** about Metroid Prime?

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Originally posted by ginaman
Look back at the older Metroid games. All of them basically were really easy adventure games that only had skill come into play taking into account time for completion and item accumulation. Were they *that* good?

Granted, I liked them all, but Metroid games have never been among the most thrilling titles I have played. Metroid is suppose to be about adventure and variety. I assume this title has that, but I don't have it yet. Thrilling doesn't seem to be a part of that mix.

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I don't think a game necessarily has to require a good amount of skill to be fun. Hell, look at most platformers. While they can be pretty tough, they don't require long hours of traning. Yet, they can be some of the most fun games to play. Why is this? Well, it could be level design, or the control, or it could be those little things in games that just make them fun.

Metroid has always had an excellent atmosphere. From what I've experienced both Prime and Fusion have excellent atmosphere. Another thing about the Metroid series taht I've always enjoyed was the exploration. This is the place that Fusion fails, IMHO. I haven't played enough of Prime to say whether the exploration is as good as the first three games, but from what I've heard it is.

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Metroid has always had an excellent atmosphere.

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Exactly. Very few games have the unique level design and immersive music that the Metroid series has.

you guys got the new EGM already??

how did the metroids fare in the review section?

-----Originally posted by Videodrone
why is this it's own thread?
-----Originally posted by Kinopio
Because not liking a game is more important than liking a game, apparently.
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No, it's because if anyone does have valid complaints against a title and posts it in the related "official thread" or whatever, you people couldn't be paid to insult the person quicker, not to mention providing just as many posts of "IF YOU DONT LIKE THE GAME WHY R U POSTING HERE LAME AR!!!"

Makes sense. I've loved the Metroid games since the beginning, and even rebought it to get the redone box art for the original. I also did that for Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

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Originally posted by dog$
-----Originally posted by Videodrone
why is this it's own thread?
-----Originally posted by Kinopio
Because not liking a game is more important than liking a game, apparently.
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No, it's because if anyone does have valid complaints against a title and posts it in the related "official thread" or whatever, you people couldn't be paid to insult the person quicker, not to mention providing just as many posts of "IF YOU DONT LIKE THE GAME WHY R U POSTING HERE LAME AR!!!"

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ah - but does that ever stop anyone from complaining in 'official' threads?

Super Monaco GP is my favorite Genesis racer. It's got many cars to compete against, incredible sense of speed, several nice guys and a few jerks to compete against (I hated that "you're not suitable for the team" guy), 7 gear trannie, tons of real-world tracks and ... it's fun! SMGP2 is NOT as good -- it's soul and personality is gone.

But this is about Opa not like Metroid Prime. I bought the Cube a few days ago, along with Metroid Prime. A bit of history -- since I've never been a real Nintendo follower or fan, and I owned Sega consoles throughout the 90's, I have NEVER played any NES or SNES Metroid games. So I turned on my new Cube, my first next-gen system since DC, last Wednesday night, with no preconceptions about the Metroid series. I also never cared for FPS games or games with FPS perspectives -- Doom was good, Powerslave was good, that was enough for me. Didn't even play though all of Duke.

I'm not far in MP -- I think I'm at the first boss -- on a platform surrounded by a pit of acid, down in the Ruins of Tallen IV -- hope to get farther in a few minutes from now. The game is IMPRESSIVE to me. Retro Studios, an approx. 40-man team founded by Iguana's ex-chief and staffed by members who did Turok and Quake among others, impresses me. From the excellent title screen to the sci-fi story and atmosphere, from the great FX and ease of moving, locking-on and even jumping, the game is polished far more than any game I've played recently. And polish such as this has to count for something.

Regenerating enemies is AWESOME -- it alleviates much of the boredom of some other maze-shootin' FPS games.

Honestly, try not to be so jaded Opa. Even I, a crusty old java-sniffing 2D enforcer, like this game.

Hey, Johnk...

Metroid Prime got all 10's (naturally), and Fusion had 9.5's, I believe.

Extended Play gave both Metroid games a perfect 5. They also gave RE0 a 3 of 5. True scores, IMO.

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I'm still permanently scarred from EGM giving Super Monaco GP for Genesis two 10's back in late 1990

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Uh, Super Monaco GP is the most facking fun racer ever. That game is not about graphics, if you played it for the graphics you were totally missing the point.

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True, Prime is truly one of the most polished games I've seen recently. But, you can make the most polished game in the world and it can still be as boring as heck.

I think Prime is a triumph in art, atmosphere, and polish. It just isn't very fun to me. But then again 3D explorathon games are probably one of my most hated game genres.