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[nordique]

My review


10/10 for me (so far lol)

 

[archvile7]

So are you saying he spent half the review complaining that it's TOO much like Prime, then spends the other half complaining it's NOT like a Metroid game?

Yes that pretty much sums up this game

 

[Lokaum D+]

My review


10/10 for me (so far lol)

mine is pretty close 7/10

 

[TIGERCOOL]

Nintendo's biggest mistake was giving the responsibility of making a new Metroid to Retro Studios whose latest game was Tropical Freeze from 2014.

They gave the responsibility to Retro after Bandai Namco blew it. Also Tropical Freeze is fucking amazing

 

[Kuwitzzer]

They gave the responsibility to Retro after Bandai Namco blew it. Also Tropical Freeze is fucking amazing

And now Retro blew it.

 

[Gambit2483]

Amiibos are mostly non-functional paperweights and that's fine. It's a toy. That completely meets people's expectations. Who's actually out there buying Amiibos for their in-game functionality.. I mean, really?

And why defend the practice of gating content behind Amiibos just because that's how they've worked for 8+ years? It was a bad practice then and it's a bad practice now. I don't think there's a lot of mental gymnastics required to understand the issue.

I'm not "defending" Anything. Just acknowledging the 'contract' We ALL took when welcoming Amiibos. Get Over it.

NOTHING has changed (except market prices).

 

[Lokaum D+]

Amiibos are mostly non-functional paperweights and that's fine. It's a toy. That completely meets people's expectations. Who's actually out there buying Amiibos for their in-game functionality.. I mean, really?

And why defend the practice of gating content behind Amiibos just because that's how they've worked for 8+ years? It was a bad practice then and it's a bad practice now. I don't think there's a lot of mental gymnastics required to understand the issue.

why do you guys keep trying to argue with him ? its a waste of time

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

why do you guys keep trying to argue with him ? its a waste of time

Honestly, man? Yeah.

 

[Gaol]

Half of the review is him complaining that the game plays like... Metroid Prime. What a waste of time it was.

The Skill Up review, like so many YouTubers, is just him circling the same points over and over again. It should be 10 min review but YouTube pays him by ad watched and minute watched so it's as long as possible. He might have some good points to make, but it's honestly massively disrespectful of your time to publish as he does.

 

[Burger]

The Skill Up review, like so many YouTubers, is just him circling the same points over and over again. It should be 10 min review but YouTube pays him by ad watched and minute watched so it's as long as possible. He might have some good points to make, but it's honestly massively disrespectful of your time to publish as he does.

I like his reviews but succinct they are not. You are right, it's not respectful of anyones time - but that's the business model I guess.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

i just wanted to kill Thor with his own hammer and use it to kill Odin, but no, they turned GoW on yapping fest of feelings, they killed the franchise for me.

now hang on, they also yap endlessly about realms and prophecies, not just feelings

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Btw folks. Nintendo locked background music for the desert in this game behind a 30 dollar amiibo.



https://www.thegamer.com/metroid-prime-4-music-locked-behind-amiibo/

What the fuck?? This has got to be a new low. Nintendo fleecing all their idiot fans. Well deserved I guess, this is what you get when you lap up anything they shit out and call it gold. This game is $70?

 

[amigastar]

I could have imagined many things but an 80 score was not one of it.

 

[diffusionx]

I didn't realize how bad the reception of this game has been; I even heard some people comparing it to Halo.

>Shill Up

 

[LordOcidax]

Somebody tell him that those people worked at RetroStudio before, they are just coming back home.

 

[MacReady13]

Played it for a few more hours last night. Still cannot fathom the hate from some people this game has received (and really, an 8/10 is not a BAD game but the way the narrative has formed around this game you'd think it was the worst game ever) and I'm still loving it. It's a fucking Prime game. You get what you expect from it (which is all the more baffling to me why Shill up gave it a poor review for being too much like a Prime game)!

 

[K' Dash]

What the fuck?? This has got to be a new low. Nintendo fleecing all their idiot fans. Well deserved I guess, this is what you get when you lap up anything they shit out and call it gold. This game is $70?

There is an ambient track for the desert.

The amiibo only gives you the option to play tracks from other sections of the game. Like, say, the music that plays in the forest area etc. instead.

It doesn't add/unlock any new music.

 

[LordOcidax]

My review


10/10 for me (so far lol)

I think i am going to finish the game today.

My Review

Artstyle: 10/10
Performance: 10/10
Music: 10/10
Sound: 10/10
Controls: 10/10
Level design: 9/10
Lore: 8/10
Graphics (Tech): 7.5/10
Companions: 6/10

Overall: 91/10

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I'll see if I buy it tomorrow; I completely disagree with the music DLC.

 

[Stafford]

I see people actually defending this in Facebook comments, calling it Nintendo hate. Fuck off, lmao.

A super standard feature and you either have to 100% the game for it or buy a piece of fucking plastic. Hilarious. Besides, once you've 100%ed this, drove your bike through that barren and boring ass desert a million times..... you mean to tell me you'll gladly drive around some more because you got music now?


Brrrrrrrrrrrrrruh!

What's next, fully finish a game to see the sky?

 

[LordOcidax]

I see people actually defending this in Facebook comments, calling it Nintendo hate. Fuck off, lmao.

A super standard feature and you either have to 100% the game for it or buy a piece of fucking plastic. Hilarious. Besides, once you've 100%ed this, drove your bike through that barren and boring ass desert a million times..... you mean to tell me you'll gladly drive around some more because you got music now?


Brrrrrrrrrrrrrruh!

What's next, fully finish a game to see the sky?

Did you finished the game?

 

[Windom Earle]

 

[SupaComputa]

Everything in that video is stuff I predicted months/years ago. Not surprised, just like after the 1st trailer of Starfield and that wannabe Starcraft would be nothing games. These things are obvious. I didn't know they'd go as low as removing music and selling it back to people, they are always innovative somehow.

 

[SantaC]

Played 1 hour and the game is very average. At best a 7/10 but critics overvalued again

 

[Pimpollo818]

Everything in that video is stuff I predicted months/years ago. Not surprised, just like after the 1st trailer of Starfield and that wannabe Starcraft would be nothing games. These things are obvious. I didn't know they'd go as low as removing music and selling it back to people, they are always innovative somehow.

quasimodo over here

 

[JRW]

After watching my favorite streamer play for a day I'm just happy I saved 70 bucks.

 

[Madserb2023]

While the companions annoy me, they just destroy the mood. The desert is baffling. I would have even preferred a small hub room that you can just teleport to the various locations than this. Would have at least sorted out the pacing. Had the same issue with Ragnarok and the deliberate slow sections to pad out the game. If they removed the desert it would be a 9/10 even with Miles.

 

[ADiTAR]

I don't mind the companions, maybe now that I'm out to get the stuff I need by my own choosing it'll open up. so far very linear which is what Dread suffered from.

I don't mind the desert either.

I do miss the lore. MP1/2 and I think 3 had lore you can scan and learn more about the civilisation and things that happened, here so far there's none of that.

 

[rodrigolfp]

so far very linear which is what Dread suffered from.

This is CoD level of linearity compared to Dread...

 

[SScorpio]

I'll see if I buy it tomorrow; I completely disagree with the music DLC.

CheapyD's got you covered.

 

[ADiTAR]

This is CoD level of linearity compared to Dread...

Also you can see too much of the backtracking I think, It's like I know that I need to go back to lots of areas for upgrades. I think in the previous games it wasn't as obvious or you could already get it if you're there and notice.

 

[Punished Miku]

He also complained that he missed a basic upgrade because he ignored content until the end of the game. Sounds more like user error to me but I'll find out when I play it.

His reviews are extremely hit or miss. Extremely. Like 10/10 or 0/10 for matching what I think.

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

I was able to put a few hours in last night after work. Overall, I like it, but unfortunately, as expected, it went more toward the style of MP3 instead of MP1 in terms of overall game design. Areas are a bit too linear and none of them are interconnected between each other. Instead of having your ship to travel to these different biomes, you ride the bike.

Miles is annoying, but nowhere near as bad as a lot of people are making him out to be, and also as expected, this is the least of the games issues. I still enjoyed MP3, but the overly linear level design of (MP3 and) MP4 is the biggest thing holding this game back from being at that elite MP1 level. Boss battles, music, graphics, controls, have all been very good so far. Looking forward to playing more later.

 

[darthkarki]

Uh oh....

Wow... well this is interesting: I'm about halfway through this video and it's basically identical to my LTTP of Metroid Prime Remastered where I was ratio'd to hell and back His primary complaint is that MP4 hasn't really evolved past MP, and as such doesn't hold up anymore in a landscape that has changed and improved dramatically in the intervening decades, and this was exactly my take on MP. It doesn't hold up - it's nostalgia. I feel fully vindicated.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Wow... well this is interesting: I'm about halfway through this video and it's basically identical to my LTTP of Metroid Prime Remastered where I was ratio'd to hell and back His primary complaint is that MP4 hasn't really evolved past MP, and as such doesn't hold up anymore in a landscape that has changed and improved dramatically in the intervening decades, and this was exactly my take on MP. It doesn't hold up - it's nostalgia. I feel fully vindicated.

Ass Creed 2 doesn't hold up either. It's nostalgia.