I never played Metroid Prime
I'm still new to the franchise since I only played Super Metroid and Other M for the past years. I really enjoyed both games especially Super Metroid, but I never played Metroid Prime before, and I had the chance to buy it back in the day when it came out. I heard that it was fantastic and the best 3D metroid game. Am I missing out on this game?
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I personally like it a lot, but the only other Metroid game I've played is the first one. It's definitely one of the best games on the system, imo.
Dude... play Super Metroid!!
to the OP... yes, play Prime... it's awesome. Echoes is quite good as well. The first Metroid game I ever played was Prime and it defiantly turned me onto the series big time.
I personally like it a lot, but the only other Metroid game I've played is the first one. It's definitely one of the best games on the system, imo.
Dude... play Super Metroid!!
to the OP... yes, play Prime... it's awesome. Echoes is quite good as well. The first Metroid game I ever played was Prime and it defiantly turned me onto the series big time.
I know man, it's been on my list of games I need to try out, but I keep getting sidetracked. Zero Mission is on there as well.
Oh, I've also played Metroid Prime Pinball. Does that count?
To the OP: starting with Prime is fine.
Nah, you'd be fine playing the first and if you like it enough then check out the others.
Exactly what I was going to say. If you like the first you will want to play the others.
I didn't play videogames much after that for like 20 years.
2 years ago I turned my attention back to videogames and started my collection, I didn't know anything about N64, Gamecube etc.
I found out there were more Metroid games so I investigated. My brother recommended me the Metroid Prime Wii version instead of Gamecube because of the controls, so, as a collector I obviously got myself Metroid Prime Trilogy.
I played Metroid Prime and it was great, IT IS like Super Metroid but in First Person. Now I don't know which one is my favorite between Super Metroid and Metroid Prime, to think there's still Echoes, Corruption, Other M, Zero and Fusion, wooaaahh, but I decided to leave it at Prime for now as I wanted to play Zelda LTTP, I've never played a Zelda game before.
Metroid Prime is awesome, I even turned off the "hints" and the "Auto aim" just to make it SNES hard, I didn't want the CPU telling me where to go, I wanted to get lost and figure it out myself. I beat Prime months ago and actually want to play it again because I want to find some other stuff I missed.
After playing without Auto Aim I don't recommend turning it off, is like tediously unnecessary and not and interesting challenge to Aim Manually
I only played it because I'm collecting for GameCube, and a friend recommended it. Amazing game. Haven't tried echoes though...
It's a decent cave exploration experience, but the combat is pretty dissatisfying, and in terms of atmosphere/music, I felt like there were too many parts that felt like the fever/nightmare sequence in the movie Jacob's Ladder.
Just didn't connect.
And the stick-based aiming has been done so much better in other games (like 007 Nightfire) that it was glaringly bad, in my recollection.
On the other hand, I thought Metroid Prime 3 on the Wii was done extremely well, and the point-and-shoot (or point-and-manipulate) mechanic with the Wii Remote was PERFECTLY executed.
So if you were going to play one, just play Prime 3 and get "the full experience" of what the game CAN be.
Metroid Zero Mission is a really good remake of the original but at the same time it feels a lot like Super Metroid.
Exactly, it made Metroid (1) "good"
Metroid Zero Mission is a really good remake of the original but at the same time it feels a lot like Super Metroid.
Exactly, it made Metroid (1) "good"
Oh yeah can't recommend Zero Mission enough. Fantastic game and the poster child of what a great remake is.
I'm one of the few that prefers Fusion over Zero mission, mainly because it was a follow up to the series and not just a remake.
Fusion was fun, but I thought the level of hand-holding/linear nature of the game was kind of disatisfying for a Metroid title.
The scanning gimmick gets old quickly for me.
As for Other M, I lost interest in it part-way through. The first-person "hunt the pixel" portions brought the game play to a screeching halt. I liked the idea of switching views but I didn't like losing the ability to move Samus. I loved the 3rd-person action parts. They had a 2.5D vibe that I think should be expanded on in future games (if there are any in the works). I also did not like the cut-scenes and wasn't fond of the story or characterization of Samus.