The Official Metroid Prime 3 Reviews Thread

[misterd]

naznatips said:

misterd said:

naznatips said:

 

The newness does NOT hurt reviews for all sequels. At least not on Gamespot. I already listed: Ratchet and Clank games don't seem to be affected by the fact that nothing changes between them. Nor does Halo 2, Call of Duty 2 and 3, Metal Gear Solid 3 and Subsistence, Madden 08, GTA3 and it's various nearly identical reproductions, Dead or Alive 4, Guitar Hero 2, Half-Life 2, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, oh and about 100 other games that are identical or nearly identical to their predecessors yet scored higher than them, and higher Metroid Prime 3. Are you seriously going to try and tell me that ANY of those games changed more than was changed in Metroid Prime 3?

As far as the difficulty, they obviously didn't play it on the advanced difficulty setting that you unlock after beating the game. Everyone who did played it says it was very challenging. IGN hasn't even been able to beat it yet.

Well, the only one of those games I played was Half Life 2, and yeah that WAS different enough (as different as a 1P FPS could be) from the original that it doesn't deserve any knocks in that regard.

I've played everything on that list, including Half-Life 2.  I can tell you that from the video reviews and everything I have seen and heard about the game much less changed between them than has changed in MP3.  I include Half-Life 2 in that statement.  I don't think any games should be counted off for familiarty (or at least not much at all) as long as they aren't repeating the same mistakes.  

Whether you think it should matter or not, or whether it is fair or not, what I said remains true. Lack of originality dogs - ie hunts, haunts, hangs over, pursues, troubles, etc - all sequels, whether they be games, movies, books or Shakespearean plays. Listen or read most interviews with people involved in making a sequel and they will say one of the hardest things to do is to do something original while remaining faithful to what came before. Probably the most common complaint about sequels after "not as good as the first" (which is actually relatively rare when it comes to games) is "seen it before." Some franchises manage to rise above this, some don't.  What I've SEEN of Metroid (not having played it because, you know, it just came out today) seems very familiar to the last 2 titles. What I've read in reviews says that's ain't so. I'll have to wait to weigh in myself.

As for Gamespot, I've never put much stock in what they say. It could be that's an honest and fair opinion, or perhaps they took the easy criticism without stopping to think it through. Regardless, if this is the worst score MP3 gets, who cares?