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Metroid Prime 2 Echoes 1UP review - 8.5
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Project Midway
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SantaCruzer is send from AEG???Grubdog said:Don't mind him, he's just doing his job.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
OH WELL.
Fowler said:
Well, the review context makes sense to me...
It sounds as if they partially failed to build upon the strongest points of the original game.
I'm very disappointed at the lower number of environments to explore (which was my favorite part of Prime) and, based on the demo, I didn't really care much for the dark world either. I'm also disappointed at the return of the artifact quest, but then again, it just gives us another chance to explore the environments...
Heh, that makes me trust them all the more.
SantaC
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dark10x said:Well, the review context makes sense to me...
It sounds as if they partially failed to build upon the strongest points of the original game.
I'm disappointed at the lower number of environments to explore and, based on the demo, I didn't really care much for the dark world either. I'm also disappointed at the return of the artifact quest, but then again, it just gives us another chance to explore the environments...
Heh, that makes me trust them all the more.
the review complains at backtracking, so it seems that he doesn't know what a metroid game is about.
A side from that I think it was good written. And of course it complains about multiplayer.
disabledHeliocentric
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1up.com said:
Geez, what a misguided review.
Other than the complaints about the controls (which I had no problem with in Metroid Prime), this review seems fine. These days every game that doesn't get stellar reviews is a game I don't have to buy on the release date, which is fine with me.
And if only I'd been wise enough to listen to 1up's ToS review.
SantaCruZer said:
And if only I'd been wise enough to listen to 1up's ToS review.
SantaCruZer said:
Ummm, its a REVIEW!!! What do you expect?
If the reviewer doesn't like the backtracking aspect of MP, do you expect him to say "Oh, I don't like the backtracking but this is a METROID game after all, so I should not dock points away from it based on my own personal experience with the game."
I swear, the shit that fanboys come up with........
Darn, that's what I was afraid of. I really liked the organic and natural environments in Prime 1, and Echoes seems to be based more around industrial areas.
Somehow, I'm actually glad about this (I think it's insanity). It's just a stupid idea, and I've always thought it wouldn't work. Metroid Prime's control scheme and the general theme of the game don't seem like they would befit multiplayer. But people think that because the game is in first-person it has to have multiplayer.
ravingloon
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ElyrionX said:
No. But you'd expect them to assign the game to someone who actually enjoys the series (Didn't read 1 positive thing the whole review). It's like assigning the Halo 2 review to a PC guy. Or GTA:SA to someone who doesn't care for the story/atmosphere and fixates solely on the missions that have the cookie-cutter, repetitive, fetch-orientated gameplay that's normally reserved for Rare platormers
evilromero
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Haha. Just like all the R&C, Halo 2 and Jak 3 scoring threads, this is the ONLY score MP2 received. Doesn't matter what EGM gave it.
Hell, 8.5 isn't bad at all. And considering each reviewer has a different taste in games can say a lot in the final decision.
Hell, 8.5 isn't bad at all. And considering each reviewer has a different taste in games can say a lot in the final decision.
disabledHeliocentric
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That is a review, correct. It is a review which I suspect to be flat out wrong on a number of points. It betrays a lack of understanding of what Metroid is. When I play Echoes a bit I'll have more to say on this, for sure.
It's like docking Metal Gear Solid points because there's too much sneaking around and an odd control scheme.
It's like docking Metal Gear Solid points because there's too much sneaking around and an odd control scheme.
ravingloon
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Sho Nuff said:
MY INTERESTS: Cartoon pornography
Favorite TV shows: Favorite TV Shows: Ace o Nerae!, GAEA G-PANIC
Yeah, this fucker is real mainstream. This dude needs to be assigned to Square RPGs exclusively.
SolidSnakex
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ravingloon said:
How would that work if he doesn't like backtracking?
It's not the score that gets to me, it's their complaints. I know I won't "go to war" with the control scheme, because i'm not fucking retarded - MP's control scheme is great, and is easy to get used to (especially since it's the second damn game to use it). At the very most, I can see being a little confused after playing a game like Halo 2 and going back and playing MP2, but still only a minute or so of adjustment is really needed..
He complains about backtracking. The first MP did it so well, with new stuff avaliabel in each area just about every time you went back, and Samus herself becoming gradually more powerful. I would much prefer the backtracking method than a straight-pathed adventure.
He complains about backtracking. The first MP did it so well, with new stuff avaliabel in each area just about every time you went back, and Samus herself becoming gradually more powerful. I would much prefer the backtracking method than a straight-pathed adventure.
Backtracking ruined the first game for me. I beat the omega pirate and thought FUCK, I have to backtrack my way outta here? Fuck that and stopped playing.
So in the end it was the right decision to not pick up Prime2, if they elimnated backtracking and calmed down on the collecting then yeah, i would have given it a shot. Oh well, i look foward to RE4
So in the end it was the right decision to not pick up Prime2, if they elimnated backtracking and calmed down on the collecting then yeah, i would have given it a shot. Oh well, i look foward to RE4
ravingloon
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SolidSnakex said:
The real question is this, how the hell are you not on my ignore list?
As for the relevence. it's in reply to Sho Nuff saying David Smith is not to be questioned. And in my book, anyone with such freakish taste is not someone who I'm gonna worship as the be all, end all, word on games.
If I want advice on which anime chick has the best ass, however, it seems he's a pretty good place to look.
JackFrost2012
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I want everyone in this thread to go shoot themselves in the face please!
Anyone else think its funny that if 1up gave it a 9 or a 10 MP2 fans would be like, "yes! 1up is usually so critical of games it's good to see them give MP2 a good score. 1up rulez!!" But since it got the "very low" score of an 8.5, then they are a biased shit site that gave driver 3 the same score. :lol :lol
Seriously, all reviews should be from 9.0-10... it seems nobody will be happy unless their favorite game gets at LEAST a 9 (and sometimes not even then: see Halo 2 9.4)
Seriously, all reviews should be from 9.0-10... it seems nobody will be happy unless their favorite game gets at LEAST a 9 (and sometimes not even then: see Halo 2 9.4)