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[SpiceRacz]

Probably my GOTY at this point. I haven't finished it yet, but it's the most fun I've had with a game in 2025. I had basically 0 expectations and didn't watch much footage prior to release though. So, that might have something to do with why.

 

[Paltheos]

Not particularly. After I finished MP4, I replayed MP Remastered as I had some business outside on Friday, and I was reminded of how much I prefer that game. Lighter focus on combat with vastly superior environmental design. Metroid Prime lets you get lost (obviously) but it also uses verticality in its designs... at all and has a bunch of rooms with several exits, not all of which are immediately accessible from any entrance. It asks more of the player, etc. I think the romanticism around the puzzles in MP1 is a little overstated - there's nothing more complicated than the spider pillar in the mines you have to rearrange to reach all the exits, but the game is more visually creative in the outcomes of otherwise very simple inputs from the player.

Anyway, my thoughts on MP4 are largely summarized in the OT (link here). I've had a few more days to think about it. Clunky as Super is, I don't think I could rank MP4 above it. Same as Samus Returns, maybe. I'm thinking #11 on my power rankings. There's just so much junk between the good stuff in MP4, and the overall design isn't as interesting. It doubles down on the worst parts of MP3, which is something a lot of people were afraid of, and adds in some more crap that doesn't contribute to what many fans wanted.