The Development of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond — Interview

[Leynos]

curl-6 said:

CaptainExplosion said:

I'd like the desert sections if there was more going on out there, and I'd also like if it was scarier like Prime 2 and Dread. Thought fusing with Metroids would result in certain characters displaying more body horror, like at least close to David Cronenberg's The Fly.

There's only so much body horror you can pull off while retaining a Teen rating; Metroid is niche enough without limiting its audience even further with an adult rating.

Xenoblade 2 Torna would disagree. That aside Metroid was never about pure horror. More about isolation. If people want body horror. You can play Dead Space or Still Wakes in the Deep or something like that. Metroid doesn't need to go into that stuff.

Last edited by Leynos - on 27 December 2025