In your opinion, what would you say is the best Retro Metroid title? It is the hardest choice in your gaming life. There is so many great titles... Metroid, Metroid 2, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Zero Mission, Metroid Prime, or Metroid Prime 2? Take your time, think closely about each game, play them all over again if you have to! I would say Metroid Prime is absolutely gold. I believe there is three fan favorites in the series: Metroid Prime, Super Metroid, and Metroid Fusion. I'll take a look at the comments every weekday and I'll try to find out what NL members think is the king (or queen given that you play a female protagonist) of Metroid's past.
I adore Metroid Prime. The gameplay, the atmosphere, just...perfect. And the graphics, like this was mindblowing stuff in 2002. The rain on the visor or after getting out of water, it's one of the only times I can remember having my mouth agape playing a game, and the only time in terms of graphics. Cmon Retro, make more games already. Please.
My first Metroid game, my favorite Metroid game and my favorite game of all time are Metroid Prime Hunters. I love its atmosphere, crafted through a strong interlocking of elements such as the lore, music and environmental details, and its ambiguity, allowing me to put myself not just behind the visor but also well beyond it. As I replayed the game around 120 times within the past three years, I've put myself into pretty much all of this game, thinking of the significance to its locations, and all areas have become memorable to me. I can't say that about any other game. Metroid Prime Hunters has a design that feels smooth compared to the other games: having one save point that is always known and eliminating those saving filler rooms, giving me control of Samus's arm cannon with precise aiming input, not much interrupting my pace with the Boost Ball, focused upgrades and actually having something laid out to do in these locations rather than having locations that feel without purpose. I will likely always be coming back to Metroid Prime Hunters often. I'm still working towards 100,000 single player enemies killed.
Unlike most people, I actually liked Other M. It wasn't really Metroid-like, but it was a good game minus the first-person bits and character development (which wasn't as terrible as it was cracked up to be). Fusion wasn't like Metroid either, but I still enjoyed it.
Best 2D title (and personal favorite) I'd give to Zero Mission, partially due to nostalgia and also partially due to how good it looks compared to NES title.
Best 3D title was MP Trilogy. Does that count?
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Other M remains one of my favorites in the series. It was just plain fun and the story/atmosphere was awesome. Fusion would be my favorite 2D title. I will be playing the Prime Trilogy soon, though. That is, when I can work it into my schedule.
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It doesn't matter if you haven't beat one or if your favorite is a modern game. It's a free country, it's a free choice, it's a free game series. Hero-Link, it doesn't matter if you beat Metroid 2 or not (Though I haven't played it), you can add it to your list. True_Hero, Other M is also one of my favorites with its awesome gameplay and it DOES have good atmosphere (Why do most people still complain about?). fpssoviet, it does not matter if you beat 2 or not, it does count. WaveWitch, I too didn't like FPS games much until Metroid Prime 1,2, and especially 3 came along. Here are my top 5 so far:
1: Metroid Prime 11/10
2:Metroid Prime 9.7/10
3:Metroid Other M 9.5/10
4:Super Metroid 9.5/10
5: Metroid Prime 2 9.0/10,
Keep on sharing your thoughts Metroid Fans!
Here's how I would rank them, except Prime Pinball as I have not completed it or played it enough:
10. Metroid Prime 2
9. Metroid II
8. Metroid Prime
7. Metroid Fusion
6. Metroid Zero Mission
5. Metroid
4. Metroid Prime 3
3. Metroid Other M
2. Super Metroid
1. Metroid Prime Hunters
10 is far behind, 5-9 are really close and shift based on what I play, 4 bounces around, 2-3 are somewhat settled and 1 is far ahead.
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