Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is out now on Switch 1 and 2

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haxxiy said:

I've started playing it, and it feels fine? Typical Metroid Prime stuff. Besides Miles Jar Jar, my only criticism is that this feels like a game that should have come out in 2015.

I don't mind the other federation troops giving this sort of Halo vibe, it's not too different from Corruption in that regard.

This is Prime 4 double edged sword issue.

If they changed the formula too much, so many people would have complained it wasn't true to the Prime formula. But then the opposite is also true, if not much was changed it feels archaic, and it impacted the overall score many people/reviewers gave it.

So what did Retro do? Retro mixed things up a little bit by adding a hub style overworld, which also gets complaints. This game, because of just how highly regarded Prime 1-3 + coupled with waiting many years was already set to receive backlash from the start, no matter what direction Retro took with Prime 4.

I personally think Nintendo should do 1 more 3D Metroid game this generation but not a prime game (also bring remasters of prime 2 and 3) and let the prime series rest for a while.