| Samus Aran said: Metroid should either be 2D or 3D in first person... Go play Gears of Wars or something. Why so many people want Metroid to be something it's not is baffling. Metroid is NOT a shooter. Metroid games simply look silly in third person (3D). It completely breaks the immersion these games are famous for. As for the Batman games, they're good, but they're what I call "Metroid for babies" games. The combat basically consists of spamming the same button over and over again. Metroid is about isolation as well, Batman isn't. |
Metroid was not a FPA... until it was. Why do you want it to be something it wasn't?
I feel a turn to 3rd person shooter is a return to Metroid's roots. Now to clarify, I don't mean pure shooter-based gameplay, but shooting should be a heavy part of the action as it was in Metroid and Super Metroid. In a 3rd person game that can also be mixed with puzzle-solving, exploration, platforming and gadget using. Saying 3rd person breaks the immersion in 3D but not in 2D is silly. If you prefer the Prime series, that's fine, but there are lots of merits to being able to see your character.
With reference to Batman, the original AA game fits the Metroid mold very nicely. Several interconnected zones, with an overall exploration goal, each zone having it's own feel and mysteries. The overall setting was creepy and abandoned too...but not too much. And I loved how the setting had the feel of an unsurmountable task - but one that the hero could handle. I think Samus could fill that heroine role very nicely.
Yes, the combat in the Batman games is someone dumb. But as you are aware, I said the fundamental combat mechanic would be changed to a second-analogue shooter. I think this would fit the feel of Metroid and SM nicely. Those games had some of the most precise 8-way shooting of any game for their time and running, jumping and gunning with the 2nd stick would be great.
Throw in a solid Batman: AA-level story and a new Metroid could be fantastic.
