I think Metroid Prime 4 has a high chance to disappoint. People are expecting it to be great based on name alone. The design team of the original Metroid Prime is long gone, the Switch is not capable of the highest fidelity graphics (and lets face it, the main attraction for Metroid Prime was it was one of the first really high fidelity games of its generation, MGS2, Gran Turismo 3, and FFX were the other three at the time).
Metroid Prime 3 showed that even the addition of story, WAY better controls, and more impressive boss battles was not enough. It’s a series with a formula that requires high end graphics to work.
What the Metroid franchise needs is something else, not the Prime formula, something to boost it to new levels in the way that Breath of the Wild did for Zelda. The re-invention of Zelda with Breath of the Wild has taken the franchise to new heights both critically and commercially. High-end graphics were not necessary, the games other strengths stood above all else without the need for them. I don’t think the Prime formula has the strength to take it to the next level - especially if Namco is doing it.
Unless Nintendo pulls the veil back and something WAY out of left field occurs with someone like Ken Levine at the helm.
Either way, it won’t top Breath of the Wild; that is virtually impossible for any FPS to ever do.
Last edited by Jumpin - on 04 March 2018