I have never played Metroid Prime. But I will say that Super Metroid is one of the most fantastic gaming experiences I've ever encountered, so I'd imagine anything would be something of a letdown after it. You guys are all crazy by the way.
Very funny. Are you going to follow this up with "Ocarina of Time Sucks Ass" and "Chrono Trigger Blows Bad"? Why not sarcastically attack each and every game the gaming world considers a classic?
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Very funny. Are you going to follow this up with "Ocarina of Time Sucks Ass" and "Chrono Trigger Blows Bad"? Why not sarcastically attack each and every game the gaming world considers a classic?
Chrono Trigger was fun, but is a really short game, and certaintly isn't the legendary RPG it was advertised as. Definitely in the top 100 games of the SFC and probably in the upper half. But it's not the best game in the world.
Ocarina of Time I played twice. The first time I kept wandering around the start area and I couldn't find the sword,a dn I spend like 45 minutes wandering around and couldn't find it. The next time I had someone else get it for me and then I got lost in the tree.
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Very funny. Are you going to follow this up with "Ocarina of Time Sucks Ass" and "Chrono Trigger Blows Bad"?
No way, these titles aren't nearly clever enough. You didn't even put "Blows" on the Ocarina of Time title! An Ocarina is a musical instrument that you blow! Missed opportunties, my good man.
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Very funny. Are you going to follow this up with "Ocarina of Time Sucks Ass" and "Chrono Trigger Blows Bad"?
No way, these titles aren't nearly clever enough. You didn't even put "Blows" on the Ocarina of Time title! An Ocarina is a musical instrument that you blow! Missed opportunties, my good man.
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I'm bumping this topic just to add my two cents, having actually now played the game. I don't care what anyone says, I just want my opinion heard.
Personally, I only agree partially with JXQ. Metroid Prime IS overrated, though it's still a great. It just doesn't deserve to be named as one of the greatest games of all time.
I'll go point-for-point on JXQ's article to say what I agree and disagree with.
FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE
Yes, I also think that was a bad choice, but only because of how Metroid's playing-style is supposed to work. First-person perspectives and platformers rarely go hand-in-hand.
To add to this, I think Nintendo should have taken on this project themselves, rather than let a third-party developer do it. It would have been so much better. The first-person perspective might even have worked if the big N had just done its own stuff.
VISOR EFFECTS
Okay, here I disagree with JXQ. Think about the timeframe here. The GameCube is in its early stages of life and it's being lambasted as a kid's system with no real power. I think Metroid Prime was meant to be the GameCube's graphical killer app (this was WAY before Resident Evil 4, obviously) and these so-called "visor effects", like the raindrops in Tallon IV, were required to show off the GameCube's power.
EVERY DOOR LOOKS THE SAME
And they didn't in Super Metroid? I seem to remember there were only two (maybe three) types of doors there, and they all made the same sound. Maybe Retro Studios decided to say "fuck it" to doors and focus on that rain in Tallon IV. I don't know. It doesn't matter because it doesn't detract from the gameplay.
I do, however, agree with the map issue. Though I think that was fixed in Echoes and definitiely will be by the time Corruption comes out.
ARTIFICAL CHALLENGE
This whole argument would have been moot if the game had a fucking map. Next.
FIELD OF VISION
Again, as a graphical killer app, stretching the POV makes it look cooler.
IMPRACTICAL VISORS
Three words: turn them off.
THE GAME IS TOO DARK
So was Resident Evil. Sometimes this game can be (somewhat) scary, and thus, the dark rooms.
TOO MUCH SHIT ON THE SCREEN
I thought shit was brown, not blue...
SHITTY CONTROLS
If you're talking about responsiveness, they're great. But I do agree that it's poorly spread-out (partly the developers' fault, partly the controller's fault). Once you get used to the awkward scheme, though, it's a breeze.
I'll shut up now. Probably for the better.
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Metroid Prime surpassed any vision of Super Metroid in 3D I could have ever had. It's nuts awesome and quite possibly more fun than any video game I've ever played. I saw everything that was meant to be seen (meaning everything that wasn't under water or in an unpowered room), and it was glorious. With every newly discovered item I lit up with glee. Every battle was incredibly intense and not once did I feel as if I weren't in complete control. Particularly difficult puzzles didn't faze my patience, a true rarity indeed.
In sum, I disagree with this article.
Er, I mean, GOD JXQ YOUR ARTICLE SUCKS WHY CAN'T YOU AGREE WITH ME
(the dark rooms complaint had me wtfing quite a bit, however)
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