GTA IV, oh yeah
Halo? All of them
Final Fantasy VII (what is the deal with this? I played FFVIII first, and I thought it was better. I am not a RPG expert)

I noticed very few Nintendo exclusives were mentioned. If we are to continue with this suggest to divide by categories:

Sony
Microsoft
Nintendo
Multiplataforms

I insist: Metroid Prime Corruption is overrated!

Please, explain why? o_O

If you want it so:

Sony:
Dragon Quest VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Kingdom Hearts I, Okami, Metal Gear Solid 3, probably some more I'm forgetting

Microsoft (PC):
Halo, Age of Empires III, Diablo II, Fable (a bit overrated, not much), Mass Effect, Command and Conquer Generals

Nintendo
Super Smash Bros 64, Super Mario 64, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye

OoT. The game did a lot of revolutionary things, but had just about zero substance. The side quests were useless to the main game or just for fun, the world was too big for it's own good (seriously, it took forever to walk across Hyrule field and sometimes I'd even turn off the game for how long it was taking). You always started off in one of two areas which usually were in the complete opposite direction of where you wanted to go aside from the dungeons . The story was more or less generic and overdone, the camera was horrific, the master sword was just about the only useful item for battles, and there wasn't much in between places around the game. And of course how linear the game was, good grief: It's the same thing every dungeon; fight a mini boss, find the dungeon item, get the big key and fight the boss with the item you got in the dungeon......this has already been done for like every Zelda game before it, and after it seems. To me, the only redeemable quality was the last boss which was great.

Finnally! Well, I give you my reasons and I expect you would tell me why do you think it is so good. Deal?

This game seems to be "untouchable" since everyone says it is so good.

First of all I have never played a Metroid game in my life, but I did played lots od FPS, mostly on PC

1) It has no charm, no story. It is so damm "serious", to me that it is just... dry. We had enough of that kind of attitude with Doom and Quake. It assumes the player already know who is character, the story and everything. So the game doesn't try to win you over emotionally.

2) Not very original. I have the feeling of "been there, done that". As a genre FPS game it is boring. Kind of more of the same. (You, know, spacemarines fighting aliens)

3) I hated the original stufff. In my view, the features that may be original, aren't that cool. The Hud, for example slow down the fun for me. If I buy a RPG I expect that I will have to read a lot. There are tons of reading in MPC that I didn't expect and just made the experience slower. The morphing ball, is also original, but very "unfun" and some times forced. All the alien environments are designed so the morphing ball perfectly fits and some door gets unlocked. And why is it that when Samus becomes a morphing ball you can have a third person camera but when shooting or jumping you cannot? Why not give me a third person camera option?

It is not bad game, I just didn't find it 99% good. Maybe 85%. I'm telling you, it strongly assumes that the player is a long time fan.

So please, give me reasons to finish the damm game.

Ah, I get it, nevermind

(I apologize on the double post)

Finnally! Well, I give you my reasons and I expect you would tell me why do you think it is so good. Deal?

This game seems to be "untouchable" since everyone says it is so good.

First of all I have never played a Metroid game in my life, but I did played lots od FPS, mostly on PC

1) It has no charm, no story. It is so damm "serious", to me that it is just... dry. We had enough of that kind of attitude with Doom and Quake. It assumes the player already know who is character, the story and everything. So the game doesn't try to win you over emotionally.

2) Not very original. I have the feeling of "been there, done that". As a genre FPS game it is boring. Kind of more of the same. (You, know, spacemarines fighting aliens)

3) I hated the original stufff. In my view, the features that may be original, aren't that cool. The Hud, for example slow down the fun for me. If I buy a RPG I expect that I will have to read a lot. There are tons of reading in MPC that I didn't expect and just made the experience slower. The morphing ball, is also original, but very "unfun" and some times forced. All the alien environments are designed so the morphing ball perfectly fits and some door gets unlocked. And why is it that when Samus becomes a morphing ball you can have a third person camera but when shooting or jumping you cannot? Why not give me a third person camera option?

It is not bad game, I just didn't find it 99% good. Maybe 85%. I'm telling you, it strongly assumes that the player is a long time fan.

So please, give me reasons to finish the damm game.

I think I'll go with Kingdom Hearts II, the magic of the original was all gone in this one.

LittleBigPlanet is on my list too, I was very dispointed by the platforming aspect of the game.

I feel like I'll have to defend FFVII. I know it's cool to hate it but I just love that game, the story and mostly the materia system which allows you to customize your character in such fun ways. Also, there's so much to do at the end of the game once you're done with the story (Gold Saucer games, killing the Weapons, Chocobo breeding/racing)

From my recent experience? Hmmm...

Halo 3, I just did not see anything there that warranted the bloated scores it received.

Metroid Prime 3, maybe it was just me, but I grew bored of that game real fast.

Final Fantasy XII, OMG what happened here?!!

Smash Brawl, I saw nothing new here in terms of gameplay. Personally I have not seen the big deal since Smash 64. Just the same game all over again, just sped up a bit.

GTA IV, no matter how hard I try I just can't seem to get myself to want to touch that game again, the cell phone is annoying. I loved GTA III, I just can not seem to understand why I hated each one afterwards.

Mario Kart Wii, yes I said it! Racing with the Wiiwheel is crap first off, best way to play it is with the GC controller, although once I got to that point I just had to ask myself, why is this so great if it serves no purpose on the Wii? Like Smash Bros. the highlight of this game for me was on the N64.

Folklore. This game was receiving some real high scores so I picked it up (I can't beleive I trusted reviews scores on this one). It started out great then slowly wittled away and I left it WAY behind.

I am sure there are plenty more, just can't name anymore off the top my head at the moment. Some much trash IMO is rated high these days.

*waits for Wii titles to get me questioned*

There you go.

If only you bothered playing the first Prime games (and probably Metroid Fusion, more about it later), you would have found quite a few innovations.

First of all, the story is simply the continuation of the last two Prime games. The story as a few resemblance to Metroid Fusion, meaning it is already more story-driven than past Metroid games, and the way Retro Studios handled it didn't really change the atmosphere of being lonely like in the old Metroid games. As a fan of the series, I don't really want this to change, so Metroid is probably not your cup of tea in the first place. The only complaint I might have is how they've introduced three other bounty hunters out of nowhere and made them die without even knowing their back story (other than reading in the Logbook)... But that's a minor complaint if you ask me, because the game is about Samus' journey with the Phazon and Dark Samus anyways. The ending tells us that there will be a continuation of the other bounty hunters though, so the complaint might go away completely. It is more than just a story of a bounty hunter (or space marine, lol... How original) against aliens, and even if it is, the Metroid series is old enough that I could even call it the mother of all those games!

Second of all, nothing new in the gameplay? Please, I've heard it enough from PC gamers, it makes me sick. First, play the game with the advanced control setting; second, disable the auto-aim when lock-on, and the game is as fun as any FPS with a mouse and keyboard (even better). The nunchuck is useful for many new things, like grapping sections of a wall and pulling them out for a few other puzzle elements, or even tearing apart a Space Pirate shield (they've been the villains in the entire series, if you didn't already know). The interaction with Samus' ship is nothing like we've ever seen before. Don't be like Greg Casavin from GameSpot and say that it brings nothing new to the table when he didn't even get past the first planet (pathetic). Even though Retro removed a few staples from the Prime series (like interchangeable weapons, the power bombs in a way, and a few visors), I couldn't complain about it, because they way the game plays, it wouldn't need them. The third-person camera isn't incorporated because they wanted to make you feel like the bounty hunter in the first Prime game, and it worked ever since. How would you be able to control the morph ball in first-person, or heck, even the screw attack? This isn't Bethesda here. Also, the Prime series is stapled for being a first-person adventure game, and that's what it is. Maybe you're just not a fan of the new genre, because it isn't heavy on shooting humans/aliens (just saying)? Also, the Logbook is an extra, and extras are what they are. You don't need to know the Chozo lores and all that stuff, but scanning was always an essential part of the gameplay in the Prime series (it's not that difficult to realise that something needs to be powered to work anyways), and if scanning isn't necessary, the Wiimote's intuitive controls make it possible so you press the buttons or turn a handle instead. Oh well, change is bad apparently.

Third of all, when did the Metroid series ever become realistic? Educate yourself by playing Super Metroid and Metroid Zero Mission at least, and then we can talk about it. There are a few reasons to explain the whole thing, because Chozo were a living civilization that built a lot of things in space. Samus was trained by them if you didn't know, and all her technology is from them. I could talk about it more if you want to know though, because it's quite interesting!

Like you said, you have to be a fan to really appreciate all the new stuff. The new story-driven aspect of the game evolves the series in a new direction that I'm quite liking, and I can't wait to see what Retro's going to do next with the series. Hey, besides, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a new Metroid game, so what are we arguing about? We've waited 10 years for the continuation of the series before Prime arrived, and new games are more than welcomed. ;)