Topic: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

I've played all three games via Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Wii U (digital), though I own Metroid Prime: Remastered but haven't got to it yet. I might be in the minority, but Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is actually my favorite of the bunch due to the other bounty hunters (I'm very fond of Rundas), the aspect hinted at in the title, the different planet locales (though I do understand how the game feels more gated as a result), and how much more fun the game is to control. I like the OG Metroid Prime almost as much, and it can stand on its own. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is my least favorite due to much more backtracking/repetition and difficulty (Yes, I know this was actually easier than the GCN original ). I still had some fun with MP2 though.

As for spinoffs, I'd like to try the pinball title sometime. I only made it about 1/3 through Metroid Prime: Hunters on the Wii U VC and really disliked the game's controls and repetitive nature. I never played Federation Force since it has a multiplayer focus. I do think FF receives a bit more ire than it's due however.

Something I like equally in all three games? The music.

I have watched the trailer many many times not. Not the biggest fan of the series. I’m going to give it a shot though. Just purchased prime remaster. Still think the game looks good but not stunning. I’ll wait to see how it looks in the switch 2.

Will definitely keep an eye out for this. I played my first Metroid Prime game last year with Metroid Prime Remastered and enjoyed it. I wasn't blown away by it, but still had a good time. I struggled with Meta Ridley took me about 10 tries to beat him and then defeated the final boss in two attempts.

@WaveBoy Haha, thanks! MP1 normally seems to be the overall favorite out of the bunch for many, so I'm glad that my preference for MP3 is shared by some others. I think I played them all during 2017, or the year before or after. My memory is starting to fade a bit. I'm not too bothered by graphics unless they're extremely opaque and make it hard to play a game. Granted, this is coming from someone who managed to play World of Warcraft at 10-15 FPS in high school on what barely qualified as a broadband internet connection, so my opinion may be colored when it comes to how pretty games look. I've always been more gameplay over beauty anyway, though that isn't to say I don't like beautiful games too; it's just an aspect that usually doesn't make or break a game for me. I do agree that it can be hard, if not impossible, to recreate past experiences once we've had them. Nostalgia can be a funny thing.

I never really got into the FPS genre as a whole. At the time that genre was breaking ground on home consoles, I found the games I did try (Call of Duty mostly) hard to control, difficult, muddy-looking, and they all looked similar to me. No engaging story or motivations for me. The main Prime games have FPS-like combat, sure, but they feel very much like the 2D Metroid titles I fell in love with - but in 3D. They still have the exploration, puzzles, and upgrades that I love from the main series. Samus is a major bad@$$ in these games, someone who very much has a personality IMO, despite no measurable dialogue.

I haven't made it to Metroid Prime: Remastered yet, but from what I've read I'll definitely need to experiment with the controls.

So true. Been a great run since the Dread Reveal. Consuming all the Metroid I can this last week. Such a fun and replayable franchise.

I hope this gets the Pro Controller and CE treatment.

Box art revealed. So ready.

💥 looks dope

Looked rubbish, even the name of the planet is awful.

Probably will end up being the best looking Switch game.

Although I think Luigi's Mansion 3 is still the best.

It will be close. Luigis Mansion and Metroid Prime remaster really push the hardware. Such pretty games.

I respect your opinion and am not here to argue so please don't take this as that.

Have you played Metroid Prime? Or not your style either. Just curious.

@LordDieALot I’d argue the recent Xenoblade X remaster should be in the running for best looking switch game as well

@SplatRay001 I'd buy that. Looks phenomenal.

I feel like the MP4 trailers are strategically just scratching the surface, and holding back on revealing stuff. Like TOTK didn't reveal much about the depths, or kept much of the game secret until the release. Or maybe I just described how trailers work in general.😁😆

@WoomyNNYes To me, the trailer seemed to be holding back a major new mechanic. They showed the scanning ability, and the ability to control missiles, but I definitely think Nintendo is hiding some new thing that may or may not have to do with the new psychic abilities.

@SplatRay001 That game is a beauty for sure.

@CobaltFan Correction, she can control beam shots, not missiles (it would make sense to also control missiles as well, but they only said beam shots). But in general yes, I think Nintendo is still hiding something else. This trailer wasn't that big blowout that we expected and we've really only seen snippets of specific sections of the game so far. That's a major hint that they may be hiding something that affects the vast majority of the game that they're not ready to reveal yet.

If I had to guess, there's some kind of fundamental change in how they're handling Samus' abilities. That's the major aspect of this game we've seen little to nothing of yet. The only ones we've seen so far are the Power Beam, Scan Visor, Missiles, Morph Ball, Bombs, and the two new suits. The most basic of abilities, and all but Missiles may even be starting abilities (we know that Missiles are not because in the first trailer she has what appears to be her standard Varia Suit for this game and 30 missiles, but when she warps into the jungle area she has the first new suit and no missiles, only for her to later have 10 by the time she crosses the bridge. This implies that the warzone area in the first trailer is the tutorial, then some time in between then and when she first explores the jungle area she loses her traditional abilities and gains her psychic powers along with the new suit, then somewhere in the jungle she gets her missiles back). We haven't seen them mention or show off Samus' other abilities, you'd expect to see staple abilities like Space Jump Boots, Boost Ball, Super Missiles, or something in this trailer but there's no sign of them yet. So we may be in for some new twist on abilities. Maybe the other abilities have some kind of psychic twist to them? Maybe there's some new way they upgrade? Something else? IDK, it feels like they're changing something about abilities.

@LordDieALot

I played the original Prime on the Gamecube, and loved it. I also played the "Prime trilogy" on the Wii. I haven't played the Switch remaster, but people seem to be very fond of it. Having rewatched the trailer I must say it doesn't look that bad, although some textures are really old. I couldn't watch it in the best quality though, and I am pretty sure it will look better on my Switch anyway. Its just that I expected a bit stronger textures and overall graphics, but maybe that's not possible on our current Switch. I also hoped that they would stir the franchise up a bit, like they did with Zelda botw. But nope, this is traditional Prime gameplay. I hoped they would ditch the Prime moniker and go away from that point in time. Now we are still in that time-period, so I wonder how interesting that story can be (since the original Prime story had been closed).

Anyway, I hope it will be better then Prime 3. Prime 3 was still great, but very lineair.

@Magician @LordDieALot For me, Alien Isolation is the best looking game on the console. It was hard to believe I was playing a Switch game at times. Digital Foundry said it looks even better than PS4 XBone versions.

@NinChocolate That's true, but I'm not sure if they can reveal more without it getting too spoilery, it depends on how heavy the plot is. And usually Prime games aren't heavy on direct plot/cutscenes anyway, so there might not be much more to it beyond scan logs. Either way, I don't think that's the reason they've only shown small snippets of the game so far. It's most likely a gameplay mechanic they're not ready to reveal yet.