Let's talk Metroid ( New Poll Added: Samus goes to Hollywood? )

[thetonestarr]

super_etecoon said:

thetonestarr said:
I like the Prime games, overall, better than any of the 2D. I don't think the 2D games' gameplay aged as well and that most of the gameplay mechanics of 2D sidescrollers in general are antiquated. Not to say that they can't be good in the modern era, but it's definitely difficult, and I believe that the games require a degree of nostalgia to appreciate.

For instance, I didn't play much of any of the 2D Metroids, outside of about half of Fusion, before the Prime games. I didn't play Castlevania at all. I DID grow up playing Commander Keen, which to a degree shares some similar gameplay mechanics. To this day, I don't really enjoy Castlevania, I can tolerate the 2D Metroids, but I love replaying Commander Keen. It's a nostalgia thing.

I love the Prime games though, and I personally prefer Prime 3 above the others. I do like Prime more than Prime 2, though. I think Prime 3 had easily the best polished gameplay, the best visuals, and the best puzzles - it just needed a traditional control scheme to be available for those that didn't want Wiimote motion.

I'm pretty confident that the Switch port, when we eventually get it, will have that, though, and many of its detractors will learn of its superiority.

Dang, that's a bold claim.  My main issue with Prime 3 isn't the motion controls.  My main issue is that the worlds aren't connected in the same way so your ability to stay "in the game" lessens.  The animation in particular when you travel in your ship is jarring.  You can actually see the seams in the outer space shots that show you it is a stitched together image.  It also isn't as satisfying to travel via Samus' gunship as it is to take a random tunnel into an area you once were.  The first Prime did this especially well and it makes you feel like you are playing in a cohesive world. I really hope they ditch the travelling mechanic in MP4 and focus on one interconnected planet.

Haha. That's fair. Most people I know didn't like it because they wanted classic control options, though. I haven't played ANY of the Prime games in a very long time, and really need to. I'd have already dug out my Trilogy disc and replayed it had it not been that I really do believe there will be a Trilogy re-release on Switch that I want to play instead.

But since I haven't played in a while, I don't remember clearly what you describe. But I do remember enjoying 3 far more than 2, and reasonably more than 1.