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[Matsuchezz]

I'm scared to spend $70 on it. Nintendo is big hit and miss for me, these days. Can't even wait for sale. I've had switch since day one and bought so few games it's wild.

I would sell you mine half price but it's Digital.

 

[_Ex_]

also super metroid you know

And also in Metroid, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Zero Mission, Metroid: Samus Returns and Metroid Dread

Gee whiz, I had no idea, thanks guys.

 

[Matsuchezz]

To me metroid is one of the only series nintendo has that should be for adult audiences and should have adult themes behind it. They keep playing it safe by giving us light story elements but it's few and far between and at the end of the day samus aran feels more like a robot and cyborg than a woman who's in a suit. Develop the woman as a character so that when she gets into the suit we give a crap about keeping her alive and we have background information/good storytelling driving us on the adventure. The series flatout has stagnated cause they're not willing to take any risks with it. That's just my opinion cause i'm an adult and I need good stories in my games nowadays cause it gives me a motivation to keep playing said game.

Agree with this so much. Samus as a character is dumb, is a trained dog, she doesn't question, she just goes and get the stick, in MP4 she's told that she is the chosen one, mentioned in the ancient prophecy and there she goes on a quest with no real purpose that makes sense to her. When she's is at home, she buys all the crap that is offered to her by door to door sales people.
Yes, good stories build better experiencies.
I for one. I would like her to be a First Person shooter with missions, and the levels could be as intricate as MP1. She is a bounty hunter, but she is not going after anyone in particular, a gang or something, always is something dumb, like space pirates.
A fast action game, in First Person, with a great story. Even if she is going solo, she must be answering to some higher up, this general idea of a Federation just sucks. They don't even explain why Sylux is attacking the base at the beginning.

 

[Krathoon]

One of the annoying things about Prime is that it is very tropey.

The series is kind of paint by numbers instead of trying new things.

 

[Krathoon]

I liked Metroid Fusion because it puts Samus in a desparate situation. She has to get her health back and is stalked by a killer version of herself.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I also don't understand those considering this a technical marvel. Yes, 4k 60fps HDR is nice but the assets, animation, and interactivity are positively ancient. I guess the effort that goes into AAA games really is wasted if so many people can't see this.

I think it's less that it's a technical marvel and more that it's nice to see a game that's prioritizing image clarity and smooth, responsive gameplay over pushing the envelope with effects. It might not have the bells and whistles, but at least I can see what's in front of me for a change.

 

[tr1p1ex]

My big disappointment is the game still hasn't arrived on my doorstep lol.

I was pretty happy NoA at least sent out the game early and via 2 day Fed Ex. But 2 day has turned into 5 days.

 

[Hudo]

Gee whiz, I had no idea, thanks guys.

Well, he's one of the more unsung employees at Nintendo, unfortunately...

 

[Dice]

I think it's less that it's a technical marvel and more that it's nice to see a game that's prioritizing image clarity and smooth, responsive gameplay over pushing the envelope with effects. It might not have the bells and whistles, but at least I can see what's in front of me for a change.

I do appreciate that, but then I'm taken right out of things when I see my soldier friends moving about like they're in Half Life.

 

[cireza]

The series is kind of paint by numbers instead of trying new things.

And then you play Fusion and the game is very different from all other entries before it. And then you play Prime 2, and it expanded a ton over the first game and introduced many new items and ideas. So no, I think the series can and has innovated quite a bit in the past.