| Yerm said: I'm not a Metroid fan in the slightest. It never appeared as a very welcoming franchise to me. The Metroid Prime games always looked so grey and creepy. But I am hoping that with Metroid Prime 4 they are able to revitalize the franchise with something a bit more inviting. Unpopular opinion, but I really think that a complete reboot of the franchise is in order. Start from scratch with the lore, rebuild the characters, go for a slight visual design, nothing too extreme, but just enough to get more people to notice it and feel like they could play the next game in the series without missing several games worth of backstory. |
First off, the Prime games are anything but grey. I'm honestly not sure which screenshots you may have been looking at, but every title in the Prime series is actually very colorful and full of a variety of environments. I understand if you just saw an image or a video or two of a corridor or something how you might feel that way.
Second, in a lot of ways the Prime games were a kind of reboot. They bear some similarities to the original titles, but if they had been poorly made one of the critiques you might be hearing now is how much they aren't cut from the same world.
And third, and the most important part of your post that I'd like to respond to: you really don't need to worry about any sort of back story with Metroid. Whenever there is a story in the games they fill you in on the history or it's a self contained idea. And the stories just aren't the main reason for playing these games. Samus needs powerups that are hidden in the world to get stronger, be a badass bounty hunter (who never once has collected a bounty), and get to new areas to defeat all the baddies. Yep, that's Metroid.
I don't want to dissuade you from trying out Prime 4 if it releases, and I do hope you give the series more than a cursory dismissal based on a few preconceived ideas about it, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't do the same thing to other series. We're all busy people with busy lives and adding a new fascination or addiction into our worlds is sometimes something to be feared. But please, when you have the capability (system or time wise), actually play Super Metroid or Metroid Prime 1. Give it about three hours and try to go in with an open mind and a willingness to get past the learning curve and then see if you really aren't a Metroid fan in the slightest. There's no denying that Metroid isn't an everyman's game, and it may not be yours, but before you ask them to tear it down, give it a checksee and see if maybe there's something there you may have missed.
