Metroid Prime. For over a decade I had people telling me I should play Metroid Prime, that it was no ordinary first person shooter. In fact, according to Nintendo, it wasn’t a first shooter at all: it was a “first person adventure.” Unimpressed with the fancy language I purchased the game and proceeded to play it. Things started off kind of slow despite the fact the opening level seemed more... read more
Description:For many, Metroid Prime remains the best GameCube game yet released. In many ways an atypical Nintendo title, with its first person adventuring and a dark sci-fi setting, the game was still full of the classic Nintendo magic with amazing graphics, perfect controls and incredible attention to detail. This new sequel expands on all theFor many, Metroid Prime remains the best GameCube game yet released. In many ways an atypical Nintendo title, with its first person adventuring and a dark sci-fi setting, the game was still full of the classic Nintendo magic with amazing graphics, perfect controls and incredible attention to detail.
This new sequel expands on all these aspects as Samus Arran (perhaps the only non-gratuitous - considering she spends the entirety of the game in a big metal space suit - female character in video games) explores the planet Aether, which is mysteriously split between light and dark dimensions, with unique weapons and equipment only work in one or the other. This adds an extra layer of intricacy to the gameplay and storyline and also provides a prime excuse for lots more weapons, gadgets and visors (the sound based echo visor is particularly cool). Perhaps the most controversial new feature in the game though is a four-person multiplayer mode where you can use all of the game's power-ups and weapons. This actually works surprisingly well with the switch to a morph ball making it impossible to lock onto an enemy automatically, greatly adding to the tactical depth. It is the single player mode that is Metroid Prime 2's most important aspect though and there seems little chance that fans of the original will be disappointed. Those that felt the original was a little too hard and difficult to control will be catered for as well though, ensuring that this game is far more accessible than the previous one. --David Jenkins
“Metroid Prime. For over a decade I had people telling me I should play Metroid Prime, that it was no ordinary first person shooter. In fact, according”
“Metroid Prime. For over a decade I had people telling me I should play Metroid Prime, that it was no ordinary first person shooter. In fact, according to Nintendo, it wasn’t a first shooter at all: it was a “first person adventure.” Unimpressed with the fancy language I purchased the game and proceeded to play it. Things started off kind of slow despite the fact the opening level seemed more than content to relive the opening to Super Metroid but by the end of the game I was surprisingly sold on the fact that not only Metroid Prime was good, Metroid Prime was actually great. It contained the same exact feel of a 2D Metroid only in a 3D setting. No small feat.
Needless to say I was ready for more and Prime was willing since there were two more games. However, as I was trying” read more
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"Needless to say my hopes where high for Echoes after the original Metroid Prime blew my socks off a few months earlier. Unfortunately, while I wasn't quite disappointed with the game, Prime 2 is another sequel that just can't quite top what came before it. Still, I'd hardly call the time spent with the game wasted, the experience and vibe of the game is just a little more unorthodox.""
"The sequel to prime so so different than the first in every way amazing opening crash landing on Aether and going through webs and seeing the spider aliens webbing up soldiers and then seeing what happened to them love the new villians the ing and the dark world. Also first game where u had to lose health to advance in the dark world and rely on light to survive great story and new worlds to discover in dark and light my favorite being the sanctuary fortress and THE NEW BEST BAD GIRL EVER DARK S"
Gaucho Vather added this to a list 1 year, 11 months ago
"#88 - Dark Samus/Sa-X
Pretty much every popular Nintendo character has a "dark side", from Mario (Wario) to Luigi (Waluigi) to Link (Dark Link) to Star Fox (Star Wolf). So why should the Metroid series be any different? It's pretty much the Nintendo way, after all.
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes introduced the idea of Dark Samus, a creepily evil doppelganger of the female bounty hunter composed of Phazon, wreaking havoc in the Metroid universe. Dark Samus was born out of the explosion from the fina"
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