Dr.Grass reviews Metroid Prime (Dolphin)

[Dr.Grass]

RolStoppable said:

Dr.Grass said:

Didn't have an issue back in the day. And I agree that it wasn't thaaaat bad, because (as you say) you have new abilities when you revisit old areas and then you find all those epic power-ups etc.

"My biggest gripe has always been the fact that Retro sent you back and forth a few times in their first Prime game"

That actually bothered me more - sorry that it wasn't so pertinent in the OP. I agree completely; it felt as though I was doing shuttles at one point and it was a little bit in bad taste I felt. But it's minor to me anyway.

The backtracking done amazingly most of the time.

May I ask, what did you think of Prime 2? I went to Uni when I got it and stopped about half-way through (I'm so lame) and shit got in the way. Worth it? It felt a little artificial, i.e. they took the exact same elements from Prime and just reskinned them. It felt like an excuse to do the same things again. The dark aether thing was ok-ish. (being super critical here go easy)

Echoes is worth it, yes. And of course it's similar to Prime, because it is a sequel. The main differences in upgrades are the addition of the Screw Attack (up to five jumps with invincibility before you fall back down) and the ammo system for the "new" beams. The dual world direction works and it makes the game considerably longer without falling back on the cheap backtracking in Prime. Overall, I like the boss fights a lot more. There's a fetch quest at the end again, just like in Prime.

Prime garnered a high status by doing things first, so Echoes doesn't get the same love despite being an all-around good continuation. I think Echoes is the better game when you can get over the fact that it is just an evolution of an already established concept. And it was hard for Echoes to really outshine Prime, because that game wasn't rough around the edges. Marginal improvements was all that was left to do; there was no room for a big jump in quality anymore.

What I needed to hear to go at it seriously. I'll go give it another shot. Funny I never finished it even though I'd finished Prime 3 times at that stage (4 now). tx