IGN: The 10 Best Metroid Games Ever Made
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REDRZA MWS
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OG NES was the best. The end.
Poppinfresh
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It really sucks that Prime 2 and 3 aren't available for modern consoles, especially with 4 about to be released.
When Nintendo released the Prime 1 remaster, I was hoping they would follow it up with 2 & 3 before releasing Prime 4. There's a whole generation of gamers who will pick up Prime 4 having never played the original Prime trilogy.
When Nintendo released the Prime 1 remaster, I was hoping they would follow it up with 2 & 3 before releasing Prime 4. There's a whole generation of gamers who will pick up Prime 4 having never played the original Prime trilogy.
Kuranghi
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No AM2R, I would've put that high on the list and Dread as much as I really liked it shouldn't be above Prime 2, I think Prime 3 should be much lower. I haven't played the original 2 or 1 though so I can't speak for them.
I think I just wouldn't put the Primes and the 2D ones together on the same list. If I did I'd feel like I was doing a disservice to one or the other. With both I feel like its so hard to say whether Zero Mission or Super is better, its very tempting to say Super but then I think I just liked the gravity more in ZM (and AM2R), but then Super had my favourite secrets, some really cunty ones. Even after I looked up a couple of ZM ones I just could never perform the moves even on runahead emulation where theres no lag it feels like, maybe I'm just rubbish though.
Yes I wish I could've played through 2 with 1080p/2160p upscale and locked 60fps at least after Prime Remastered.
I think I just wouldn't put the Primes and the 2D ones together on the same list. If I did I'd feel like I was doing a disservice to one or the other. With both I feel like its so hard to say whether Zero Mission or Super is better, its very tempting to say Super but then I think I just liked the gravity more in ZM (and AM2R), but then Super had my favourite secrets, some really cunty ones. Even after I looked up a couple of ZM ones I just could never perform the moves even on runahead emulation where theres no lag it feels like, maybe I'm just rubbish though.
Yes I wish I could've played through 2 with 1080p/2160p upscale and locked 60fps at least after Prime Remastered.
IAmRei
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for me all metroid are damn fine game, cept understandable other m
but at least new metroid is better than no new metroid
i like metroid 2, which is kind of more open approach and had set semi linear goals such as hunting metroids and keep 'em in check.
i wish there will be more things like that in the future
but at least new metroid is better than no new metroid
i like metroid 2, which is kind of more open approach and had set semi linear goals such as hunting metroids and keep 'em in check.
i wish there will be more things like that in the future
Icymanipulator
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Nope. Not even in top 5
Team Skoda
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Dread being so far up made me once again point and laugh at IGN.
ssringo
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Top 10 of a franchise with barely more than 10 games. The ones outside the "top 10" are simply the ones not even worth mentioning in the first place.
That said, I generally agree with the placements. I prefer the side scrolling games to the Prime series. The franchise is pretty great (outside the omitted crap).
That said, I generally agree with the placements. I prefer the side scrolling games to the Prime series. The franchise is pretty great (outside the omitted crap).
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Nostalgic Nightmare
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Zero mission should have been above dread.
Buggy Loop
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Prime 2 is a tad too low in the list imo. I prefered it over Prime 1 even. It was less of a shock maybe that its good but it was so damn good.
Halo2redvsblue
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Swap Prime 3 with Fusion and I agree with this list
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I feel like Prime 2 never gets the respect it deserves. I don't think it's quite as good as Prime 1, but it is a game that I enjoy more every single time I play it. My biggest issue with the game when it came out was that it wasn't just Prime 1 again - the light and dark worlds and downright oppressive atmosphere, along with the difficulty, was more of a shift than I'd really expected. Initially, I was hoping for more environments like Phendrana Drifts, and that's just not the direction Prime 2 wants to go in.Taking that game on its own merits, it's incredibly successful. Everything just works. The world feels super dangerous, and the atmosphere is so incredibly well done. The music's also killer. The design is absolutely phenomenal. For me, it's easily 3rd place, after Super Metroid and Prime 1.
Paltheos
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There's a ton of picks I can disagree with, but high Super placement always gets a big thumbs down from me. As one the game's biggest haters on GAF, I think the thing's a dinosaur, eclipsed by its franchise brethren and by just about everyone else in the past 30 years since it came out.
As is tradition when Metroid tier lists are discussed, I'll drag out my own:
1) AM2R
2) Zero Mission
3) Prime 2
4) Prime
5) Fusion
6) Dread
7) Metroid II
8) Prime 3
9) Super
10) Samus Returns
11) Other M
12) Hunters
13) Metroid
As is tradition when Metroid tier lists are discussed, I'll drag out my own:
1) AM2R
2) Zero Mission
3) Prime 2
4) Prime
5) Fusion
6) Dread
7) Metroid II
8) Prime 3
9) Super
10) Samus Returns
11) Other M
12) Hunters
13) Metroid
TerribleAtThisGame
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AM2R is fantastic, co-signed.
ShadyAcshuns
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Prime 2 was the best Prime.
LavitzSlambert
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Fusion and Dread are both way too high, but at least they got Prime and Super being the top.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Fusion is not THAT bad
