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Metroid Prime 2 IGN review up
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Do The Mario
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Soul4ger said:
I liked super metroid but I think metroid prime was the most over ratted game this gen.
Played metroid back in the day but i was a bit young to get into it
captmcblack
Member
What is with this backtracking thing and Metroid? I always understood it to be "progress" rather than "going backwards". You get some object or weapon, and then all of a sudden, there's like 5 random nuances in some area you feel compelled to search and at least one area you know you've got a shot of reaching now that you couldn't before. So then you head to that area, and suddenly you've got 2 new areas to explore. And so the game goes, with you compelled to keep going for just one more new door or weapon or area.
That is what happens, right?
That is what happens, right?
Hitler Stole My Potato
Banned
SantaCruZer said:
Just wow. I'm saying that not only does Matt defend the backtracking in the Metroid series which has come under considerable fire from some (i.e. haterz) , he also admits that the controls in the game need to be updated, and opinion which has also drawn the ire from some of the more touchy folks around here (i.e. the other haterz).
Hitler Stole My Potato
Banned
Well I for one have never had a problem with the controls in Metroid Prime and have never partaken in any discussions about it. I'm just agreeing with you here. Matt has owned the haterz. On both sides.
Justin Bailey
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I called it.
Hitler Stole My Potato said:
:lol
I knew he couldn't get through the whole review without ripping on something! I probably won't get Metroid Prime 1.5 till next year. Half Life 2 on Tuesday!
BTW Matt must think MP2 is worse since he gave MP1 a 10.0 in his collection.
His comments on MP1 from his collection:
:lol :lol :lol
Here you go folks.
MP1 >>> MP2
http://boards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=71996696&page=5&usecoregcookie=1&fromsubscribersendto=1
MP1 >>> MP2
http://boards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=71996696&page=5&usecoregcookie=1&fromsubscribersendto=1
CrimsonSkies
Member
Nintendo needs to get some voice work in their games bad.
Kabuki Waq
Member
I love how its not metroid without Backtracking and respawning
Virgin Wii
Banned
No dual analog, no voice work, occasional frame dips. These are really the only negative things he mentions in the review. The original Prime had all of these problems as well.
It seems the lower score is the result of the game not being groundbreaking like the original. I think it would be great if someone could ask Matt what he would think a person new to the games would enjoy more: Prime or Prime 2?
It seems the lower score is the result of the game not being groundbreaking like the original. I think it would be great if someone could ask Matt what he would think a person new to the games would enjoy more: Prime or Prime 2?
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
COCKLES said:
Don't talk shit man, you know full well that's not true. You just have to look at the reviews of Luigi's Mansion, 1080 Avalanche, Mario Golf and Wario World to see that.
Deku Tree said:
They tried (horribly) with Super Mario Sunshine. I don't understand why they gave a game that doesn't need voice acting voice acting, yet Zelda or FE- games that could benefit from it, go without it.
They'd need to find some top-notch actors though. They did ED, so it wouldn't be too hard, my guess.
A part of me wants good VA in Zelda, and a part of me doesn't. I tend to form what the characters sound like in my head, and I'm sure it's like that for everyone (where everyone has the "perfect" voice for every character). Getting rid of that meanings getting rid of the imagination the player is able to put into the game. However, adding good voice acting could realize the full potential of the dialogue by emphasizing certain words, or adding proper emotion to parts of speech that otherwise may have been skipped over. It's a tough call.
Deku Tree said:
True. And maybe they could have sacrificed some of the sillier moments (like the sound effects when
Ganondorf says "YOUR GODS DESTROYED YOU!" or when Daphnes Hyrule says "IT WILL BE YOUR LAND!"). Daphnes saying "And let our destinies finally be fulfilled..." would have been a lot more powerful, and so would have Ganondorf's two speeches.
Naked Snake
Member
The problem with voice acting is that it can easily go bad, and it often does... Bad voice acting can totally turn me off from a game and literally prevent me from enjoying it or even playing it (Final Fantasy X)... I'd much rather not have any voice acting if there's a possibility that it will suck.
Of course great voice acting can really add to a game, but it's never guaranteed, even for the biggest games.
Of course great voice acting can really add to a game, but it's never guaranteed, even for the biggest games.
TheGreenGiant
Banned
Have you guys played MMCM? Voice acting done the wrong way - text could be read in 2 secs but instead you have to contend with overacted toshes acting like whatever they were doing was so important.
SantaC
Member
Mrbob said:
I figured you would care about this. You dig up all those posts just to try to achive another damage control thread.
Sounds like a fair review to me. I said it's a bit disappointing regarding that the game is a "more of the same". That's exactly the feeling i get from the previous of the game and the exact same reason why i'm not all that hyped for the game. I hope it will be refreshing enough so i don't regret my pre-order...
Just wanted to leave a note on the backtracking: It's not good or bad but a gameplay style. You can like or not but i really hope it won't disappear because of the casual hater.
Just wanted to leave a note on the backtracking: It's not good or bad but a gameplay style. You can like or not but i really hope it won't disappear because of the casual hater.
SantaCruZer said:
I figure you would be concerned over the issue since you took the time to post about it and didn't believe me in the first place.
Wasn't too hard to find either. Just had to go to the next page in the IGN thread to get the link. It was like it was tailor made for my ease of use in finding it!
SantaC
Member
Mrbob said:I figure you would be concerned over the issue since you took the time to post about it.
Wasn't too hard to find either. Just had to go to the next page in the IGN thread to get the link. It was like it was tailor made for my ease of use in finding it!
everybody knows that it hasn't scored the same as Prime 1. Give it a rest. The game got a solid score anyhow.
TheGreenGiant
Banned
Mrbob said:I figure you would be concerned over the issue since you took the time to post about it and didn't believe me in the first place.
Wasn't too hard to find either. Just had to go to the next page in the IGN thread to get the link. It was like it was tailor made for my ease of use in finding it!
mrbob please go hate something that deserves it. Like POP2 WW. OKTHXBYE.