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Veknoid_Outcast on 21 October 2025
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Otter said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

I totally appreciate this perspective. However, I disagree with the second half of your post.

I don't think the skepticism about the game comes from a misunderstanding of the core gameplay loop. I think it comes from the fact that much of the promotional material for the game has been underwhelming. I played Metroid Prime 1 and 2 in college and Hunters and 3 shortly thereafter. I adore the sub-series. I don't want Beyond to ape Halo (especially not Halo 4) or to abandon its roots. I want a continuation, in both narrative and mechanical terms, of the previous Prime games.

Given that you want a continuation, what exactly do you find underwhelming here? Genuine question.





I mean I lowkey agree but that's my point about it not looking "sexy". The environments look artistically great as always, the tone and atmosphere is rich, the world detail bar the open world looks good. There are new mechanics to expand the interaction and the world has been greatly expanded. As a fan it's clearly an improvement on anything we've seen and carries forward all that people enjoy from the franchise. 

Has it been the most exciting or stylistic reveal or trailers ever? No. But that's just a missed marketing opportunity, not anything that I think reflects a worrying quality about the game. Nor anything that indicates the team/Nintendo trying to hide development issues.

...Unless the worry is that it will just be a continuation without a really modern jump in quality, scale, cinematic feeling etc... which takes us back to the other point. 

I actually was able to find my first impressions of the initial gameplay reveal: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9580052

As for the most recent motorcycle trailer, I'm not going to lie: I thought at first Samus was guest-starring in some third-party production. That's how rough and abrupt it was.

I guess I just disagree that you can't make Metroid Prime sexy. Heck, that Corruption trailer you shared got me jazzed, and I beat that game for the first time 18 years ago.