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wombat123 on 12 February 2018
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Luke888 said:
wombat123 said:

That's kind of setting the bar low since 3D Zelda, Mario and Metroid are essentially Nintendo's holy trinity when it comes to well reviewed games. Metroid Prime 4 getting something like an 80-85 on metacritic when every game in the Prime series has reviewed over 90 would actually be a warning flag that it might be a sub-par game.

I know but it's been so long since the last Metroid Prime that there's the possibility reviewers might not enjoy as much the previous titles, I don't know, maybe they got used to different shooters or maybe they'll introduce some weird mechanic that won't appeal to everyone, I just think it'll be hard to break the 90+ Metascore nowdays despite all of Nintendo and Bandai's efforts, besides Xeno 2 is also the lowest rated Xenoblade (albeit only one point shy of XCX) and yet it already outsold the rest of the series, Metroid could do the same

I get where you're coming from but I just have this kind of trust when it comes to 3D Mario, Zelda and Metroid and their ability to preform well when it comes to critical reviews.  I will admit though that there is a worry in the back of my head that Tanabe is going to be stubborn and stick to the old Prime formula instead of evolving it for modern times.