Metroid Prime Trilogy on Metacritic

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RolStoppable said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

RolStoppable said:

A good reason despite already owning all three games would be that the first two games now incorporate the superior control scheme from Corruption. Another reason would be that it is a neat collector's item.

I should have said "misinformation" instead of "stupidity" though. The lie would be that someone pretends to be a huge fan, but still doesn't see the trilogy as being worth the money. That's something I could see "professional" reviewers doing.

New controls maybe, but at the end of the day you're just playing the same game you played years ago all over again.  You're going through the same areas, fighting the same enemies, getting the same power-ups, facing the same challenges.  Remakes and combination packages need to be judged on two levels:  appeal to existing owners and appeal to perspective owners.

MPT and Orange Box are great for people who haven't experienced the games before but there needs to be new content to appeal to existing owners.  For some, new controls and slightly updated graphics is enough to warrant a repurchase.  However, there are a lot of people like TX109 who are going to say "If I played all 3 games already and nothing significant has been added, why buy them all again?"  I mean, if they played the living daylights out of the 3 Metroid Prime games when they were first released, why not spend their money on something that provides a fresh new experience like... Boom Blox.

This isn't about TX109 though, it's about the justification of the 1UP score for which you used his comment. Review scores for compilations are usually meant for perspective owners, since it's expected that existing owners already know the quality of the individual games anyway. Which is exactly what brought up the question why 1UP scored MPT lower in the first place.

Because 1UP is a collection of incoherent, baffling, asses. I thought you knew that.

I've never played Metroid before. This game doesn't deserve a B+ since those who never played it will have an amazing time. It is a compilation of three awesome games, how does it deserve an 88? Did the quality of MP1 and MP2 decline? Due to the Wiimote? What idiots.