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@RCGamer from a completionist's standpoint, it would have been nice to have twin snakes, but that game was kind of a dud, despite being one of my most highly anticipated gcn games at the time. The first person aiming mechanics brought over from mgs2 completely broke the game, and the cutscene direction is really lame, with snake performing superhuman feats of agility and strength, like he's neo in the matrix.

@Glassneedles there are dropped frames and pacing issues in the open world, but it's smooth indoors. Not "terrible" by any stretch of the imagination, why does all gaming discourse devolve into the dumbest game of telephone?

@PinderSchloss because it isn't AI, you're just extremely upset and cashing out lol

@PinderSchloss keep coping fanboy lol

@MonsterMike prime 4 on switch 2 looks significantly better than prime remastered on switch 1, maybe you need a better tv.

@swedetrap xbox's commitment to backwards compatibility is really commendable too. It's a cool experience to put a 360 disc in my series x, and not only have the game run in 4k or 60fps, but also have it pull up old cloud saves i honestly didn't even remember. Sony and nintendo are both extremely anti-consumer in this respect.

@Scrubelicious nothing in those statements is exclusionary, so they are not mutually exclusive.

It's a good game. I think a lot of the hate from hardcore fans comes from within - they have valid issues with the game, but reading between the lines of that discourse and what they say they wanted from the game, it sounds a lot more like people getting older and desiring a return to a simpler, more carefree time in their lives, when it was easier to be "immersed" or whatever. Unfortunately, a video game is never going to take you back to how to felt to be 15 years old on summer break.

Mario survival horror game

@dskatter 'Nah. I’m fine with patronizing people who complain about free things, especially when said free thing makes the recent Skyrim “upgrade” look pathetic.'

What does this even mean?

This has been one of my most beloved series ever since the first time I got my hands on Super Metroid as a little kid - I only had about 30 minutes with it, and was absolutely perplexed by it, I'd literally never played a game where you could go left if you chose to. But the vibe of the game got its hooks in me in a strange way, where I'd look at the box in the video store every time I went, but was too intimidated to actually play it until well into the 32-bit era, once I'd gotten accustomed to more open, exploration based gameplay. It's a game I've revisited probably a dozen times, along with the rest of the series (aside from the outliers like Other M, Hunters, and Federation Force which I never played.)

Which is all to say, I've been greatly anticipating Prime 4, but with a great deal of apprehension, based on the troubled development, the tone of early previews/footage, and Nintendo's history of giving the series short shrift. Thankfully, Prime 4 absolutely delivers for me. The vibe is intact. The lack of innovation people complain about is, is a non-issue to me - games like this are scarce as it is, and it's been such a long wait since Corruption, that the familiarity is comforting, like hanging out with a friend you haven't seen in forever, only to find you still have that same easy connection. Even the NPCs don't bother me, and overbearing NPCs that constantly yap and steer you towards the goal have made me tap out on numerous big games (GOW: Ragnarok and Horizon FW, to name a couple.)

tl;dr I've been a Metroid fan for 30-ish years, I am absolutely loving Prime 4, and I hope it achieves the success it deserves.

@Dang_69 Yeah, a big chunk of the Nintendo fandom has a very "don't talk bad about muh toys!!" attitude. Even light criticism is twisted and construed as a targeted attack not only against Nintendo, but the fans themselves. It's beyond childish.

@HammerKirby it's legitimately pathetic how bent out of shape people get over DF stuff on here.

@Friendly the weird defensiveness here is beyond childish. Absolutely no one, including DF, ever said "stop having fun" - DF performed their job, which is giving an objective review of the tech in the game. Get a grip.

The overuse of "moreish" in nintendolife articles should be studied.

@Sylamp rockstar did offer a $10 upgrade for ps4 owners of gta5 at one point, but i believe it was a limited time thing.

@Antraxx777 one of the best turn-based jrpgs in ages, imo

RDR2, "bloated." 🙄

The Silent Hill games have unlimited inventories, not sure what the issue is.

@iLikeUrAttitude switch 2 came out less than 5 months ago, and you haven't touched it in "almost a year"? Interesting.

@Retrograde Romancing Saga 2 is 1440p/60fps docked, and it's a newer game than P3R. Switch 2 is certainly capable of running the latter at the same specs as the former, if Sega/Atlus cared to optimize it.

@alexwolf it actually makes perfect sense, if you aren't a touchy fanboy who gets stung when a product they've sworn fealty to is criticized.

@fenlix Romancing Saga 2 on Switch 2 is 1440p/60fps in docked mode. Raise your standards.

If the demo is any indication, it's a lazy, poorly optimized port. I'm playing through Romancing Saga 2 right now, which is 1440p/60fps in docked mode, and it looks fantastic. P3 demo looks and feels awful in comparison.

Illusion of Gaia is criminally underrated. Wonderful game.

@Bass_X0 "my absolutely terrible idea that ensures a low adoption rate is..."

Playing Romancing Saga 2 on the Switch 2, which is quite stunning at 4K/60fps docked, then hopping over to the P3R demo, is quite jarring. Really seems like whatever team worked on the port hasn't done a great job optimizing it.

This review is absurd. Guessing the reviewer isn't much of a jrpg fan, because this game is an absolute banger. Switch 2 version is beautiful, too.

@MyMemory please enlighten us on what Hotspot Miami is

But will it include an extremely compressed, 240p mpeg of Type O Negative's Love You To Death video?

Hollow Knight was just a fairly standard Metroidvania with weird floaty controls and graphics that looked like a Newgrounds flash game. I feel like most of its success is due to a lot of its audience not being familiar with the genre, and the fact it was routinely on sale for less than $10. It felt pretty unremarkable to me from a gameplay standpoint, and the art style was very generic.

@Skunkfish okay? So do you suggest they ignore the fact that Nintendo cheaped out here just because the other guys did too?

@Wisps There is a lot of valid criticism in this review, enough for a fan of the series like myself to gauge whether or not it is worth the purchase (doesn't sound like it is, sadly). But someone who despises the very integral gameplay elements that give the series its identity should not be reviewing their remakes.

"...not even Jeff Minter has managed to bag one yet."

Hahaha, okay... it's nice that the site got to interview him, but guy has been at the very margins of game development for decades, and no project of his has made even a tiny splash since Tempest 2000. He's lauded for his work 30+ years ago, but he's largely irrelevant now. A guy like him not receiving a dev kit yet means absolutely nothing.

@Bluelink45 Hope big N is paying you to run defense for them

Full remakes of the first two (actually three) games would be preferable.