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

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Chrkeller said:

sc94597 said:

I think if we contextualize it to what usually happens to games that restart development (scores in the (4-7)/10 range, often broken) a good but not great Metroid Prime 4 is fine. 

The best we probably could have realistically hoped for (despite many of us hyping ourselves up for more) was a Doom (2016) situation. That game averaged around 85% on Metacritic, depending on platform, after Doom 4's cancellation. 

Prime 4 turned out to be a good, but not great game. That's similar to what happened with Final Fantasy XV (after restarting development from Versus XIII) and Prey (2017.) Both are games with their fans who enjoyed them a lot, and others who while enjoying the games felt like there was lost potential.  

A worst-case scenario would've been a Duke Nukem Forever or Too Human. Actually bad and mediocre games, respectively, because of their rough development cycles.  

Edit: 

Who knows, maybe Prime 5 will be to Prime 4, what FF XVI was to XV.

I suspect we will see Prime 5, as all signs are pointing toward Prime 4 selling well enough to break even cost-wise, and Nintendo likes to re-use templates to release sequels. 

I hope not.  FF16 was utterly trash.  The entire middle portion of the game was dreadfully boring.  My least favorite FF game 

I think he's referring to FF15, not 16.

EDIT: Nvm, that'll teach me to post before my morning coffee lmao

Last edited by curl-6 - on 23 December 2025