Topic: IGN Metroid Prime Trilogy Review

Here it is, they gave it a 9.5, a good IGN review (Go Matt!)

It's a must buy for me and I own the originals, I just never played trough them. Now I have the chance to play all 3 games with awesome wii control!

I still haven't played MP or MP2, so I might get this later on (Wii Sports Resort first)

Getting this definitely!

I saw the video review too; & even while I loathe Matt Cass to death... it's a not bad review!
Now I just hope Nintendo Life does a good job of reviewing Metroid Prime Trilogy!

Also it's a shame some of those who pre-ordered it at GameStop won't be getting the poster; did you hear?!

i bet this site gives it a full 10/10

Don't worry, Jonathan has it now and is working on it as we speak. It should be a great review.

9.5 Pah! It was an enjoyable review (as enjoyable as IGN's get anyway) but I didn't here a single negative point (apart from it being old, but that doesn't change the quality) so why the .5 drop from the obvious 10 it should receive. Stoopid IGN, don't have the balls to give it a 10.

GTAIV is better according to them (cries into his porridge). Dagnammit I hate reviews sometimes, why does the score some random gives a game bother me so. It shouldn't, and I know it, but it does.

it should be a 10! 3 amazing games in one disc!

Different reviewers. In fact the IGN Nintendo team went out of their way to say they wouldn't have given GTA IV a ten.

9.5 sounds fine; I find that most NintendoLife reviewers give 9's and 10's too easily IMO.

We don't have the luxury of a decimal system, so if it's 9.5 or better, we have to give it a ten. We're not going to hold off just waiting for that magically perfect game to come along to justify just giving a 9 all the time.

Just a thought -

How can ppl complain about TP being 'too similar' to previous Zelda games when it is its own highly ambitious animal and then -

1. Go bannanas for a compilation disc

2. Pretend that the games in the Metroid Prime Series are not basically identical, game engine wise.

3. Heck they are even almost identicasl art style and level design wise.

Seriously - WAY less variety in the Prime series than the Zelda series, and yet Zelda gets the 'lazy clone' label??? - what gives, guys, I am curious....

Smells like severe bias to me.

Smells like off topic to me. I see no complaints about Zelda here, nor reason to assume these guys would complain about it when if you look back at the TP thread, most of these guys already posted saying they liked Twilight Princess.

I will give Jonathan a free tip out of the goodness of my heart. I wish I had the opportunity to tell this to Matt Cassasomething, but alas it's too late, and this was apparently too difficult for him to realize: People want you to talk about the multi-player. It has its own menu selection; it's a significant part of the package. How did they neglect to do any more than mention its existence?

If you think the site wouldn't go 100 times as crazy over a Zelda compilation disc in which the past few games came with updated Wii controls, you're crazy.

I have never, even once, encountered anybody, anywhere, on the entire face of the planet, who tried to hide the fact that the MP series uses the same engine throughout. Why wouldn't it? That's its specific gimmick, and people either like it or they don't. I'd love to read some of these comments you're referring to. Please link me.

Yes, they are. Again, it's a defining characteristic of the Prime sub-series. They were meant from the start to look and feel similar enough that it could be viewed as a series all to itself, and not like three scattershot games with almost no relation to each other. The similarities are kind of the point.

Again, it's a sub-series. Yes, there is way less variety between the three games than one might otherwise expect, but why are you comparing that to Twilight Princess, which is part of the main series and not a sub-series? Technically you should be comparing it to Oracle of Ages / Oracle of Seasons, which was intended to be a sub-series but lost its third game. You could complain about the similarities there in terms of gameplay and engine usage and graphics but...well...it'd be kind of pointless, wouldn't it?

Also bear in mind that if somebody uses the "lazy clone" label on a game, they're prrrrrrrobably complaining more about the "lazy" than the "clone." So replying with "it's not a clone!!" doesn't really rob the argument of its momentum.

This you are absolutely right about; I love The Legend of Zelda. Several Zelda games number among my favorites of all time, and no entries in the Metroid series come even close to them in terms of overall replayability, beauty and fun. The Legend of Zelda is a truly excellent series and the Metroid series has never even compared to it in a grander sense, and probably never will.

Which is why TP must have been one HECK of a disappointment if it can't even measure up to an offshoot sub-series that uses the same engine and similar graphics throughout with no desire to shake anything up or redefine conceptions between games.

Oh, that's not what you meant, is it? My bad.

Am I the only one who thinks it's a bit scary the way the chicken dissects mrmicawber's posts, countering opinion with opinion. Fortunately, in MY universe only one opinion counts and that's mine, the only opinion I trust. I have already reviewed and scored this game, it is perfect and I would be surprised if it is ever surpassed. Job done, you might as well tell Jonathan to not bother and start playing something else.

I don't find it scary but I do find it odd that Chicken Brutus only ever seems to pop up after mrmicawber's posted and then always disagree's with him.The other day he threatened to ban him when he was only expressing his opinion.I think that badge has gone to chicken's head a bit,I mean have you read his new sig WTF. I don't often agree with mrmicawbers opinions but he has as much right as anybody else on here to air his thought's.
On topic I think that for those that love metroid then you aren't gonna get a better package than this one ,but if you thought IGN would give a ten there's no chance.At the end of the day these are old games now and the second one was far from perfect,they also have a decimal system so a 10 is a very rare occurence but at the end of the day whether it's a 9.5 or 10 it's just a number and these are great games.I won't be buying it though.

No comment. for fear of 'pissing off' the chicken, again 0_o

I have no fear.Bring it on prepares for a banning

I do not think Chicken Bruts understands what I am saying - it has nothing to do with opinions, good or bad.

It is about having DIFFERENT STANDARDS on reviewing games!

You cannot fault TP for providing a 'typical' Zelda experience and then give Prime 3 a free pass for providing a 'typical' Prime experience.

The number one complaint I have being reading on Zelda here (review/threads) is 'been there/done that' - well how many series could we unfairly hack away with with that attitude? Any and all - Mario, Metroid, Mario Kart, Madden, GTA, etc, etc, etc. That is not right.

TP should be judged on its merits, plain and simple - how fun it is to play, the control, the atmosphere, the polish, the level design - everything that makes it a game. IT is silly and nonsenscial to dismiss it is lazy, because any one who has played it knows it is anything but. More work went into this Zelda game than any before it, I would wager....

That is my issue - editorial game reviewing - this is what the game 'should' have been. That is a poor way to review ANY game, and more so for a great game like TP.

So I am just applying a point here - it is not off topic - why should not MP3 or MPT get the same scrutiny - where is the consistency? Obviously the TP review should be re-written, get a review based on its merits, to have any credibility. I am not carping about score, but unfair review conditions and an editorial instead of informative game review style.

Peace.

Wait for it...

for the record I haven't got a clue what either of you are on about