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Mp1>MP3>>>MP2

All the games are exelent and I highly recommend them, but Prime 2 had many issues that didn't work in it's favour. I had no problem with the light-bubble system, which works better as the game progresses but the needlessly large amount of backtracking brought on by the Light/Dark world system really just felt like a fancy way of padding out the game and really only increased the length in a very cheap way. This was also made more painful by the fact that most of the locals in Prime 2 are quite boring. Sanctuary fortress is amazing but Agon wastes and Torvus bog are very repetitive and sometimes poorly thought out and the bosses of those respective areas are failyunimaginitve, but again Quadraxis in the Sancutary fortess is one of the best boss fights in Metroid history. Really Prime 2 only really comes into it's stride opon entering Sancutary fortress and onwards but preceeding that is certainly a good game, but one with many frustrations and half-baked idea's.

Prime 3 basically corrects all the problems with Prime 2 and builds on the good concepts of the previous games and although its not up to the standards of the first Prime it's still my second-favourite Metroid after the first. The backtracking is easily the most balanced and most well though out in the series. You can make the long arduous journeys around the world to aquire items but only if you want to. Prime 3 is arguably the least linear of the series as backtracking can be done at your own disgression as oppossed to the nightmarishly long trails you are required to treck in Prime 2 and even the first game, which as much as I loved it even I would sometimes open up the world map and find the huge course I would have to take and think 'fuck that!'. Combine ease of experiance with the sublime control sceme and you have my favourite game this gen.



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Ryudo said:
SuperMega said:
Samus Aran said:
^ Prime 3 was the weakest of all by far :O

You'll be in for a treat!


Sorry, but I must disagree. Prime 1 > Prime 3 > Prime 2.

This.

Plus I am sorry but I can't take someone serious saying 3 was the weakest when they hated Super metroid and dares call themself Samus Aran.

 

I can't take someone serious when they can't respect someones opinion. You truly are a sad person.

 

I can't see how prime 3 is better, I finished it in 7 hours and was highly dissapointed. Even though it still was AAA for me, way too short and easy.

It took me 30 hours to finish metroid prime 2 and I really don't care much for the active stories in the prime franchise. They barely had one, all 3 of them. Metroid prime 3 is just way too much like a first person shooter, it's trying to do something the franchise is not. Let's just see how metroid: other M turns out, but I'm not hyped for it yet... What I enjoyed in metroid prime 3 were the amazing controls, great graphics and great atmosphere. That alone already makes it an AAA game, but it's not better then prime 2 for several reasons. It's too short and easy. Those are my major complaints about the game. I also loved to planet Bryo and especially the ice part of that planet. Elysia was kinda meh to me and Phaaze was sexy as hell. And if you want to excuse me now I'm going to play zelda: oot or Super metroid. Still need to complete both of em, but zelda >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> super metroid so far :) I'm like 80% way far or something.



KylieDog said:
You all have these weird delusions of what Metroid should be and try to claim MP3 isn't it. Sorry but you all fail. I really wonder how Hunters works into your delusion also.


Like the backtracking...sorry but Metroid games must have infinite amounts? Why? MP3 proves otherwise.


I don't care about backtracking, Resident Evil is my fav series and all but the last two games had lots of it. I don't try and claim RE4 and 5 aren't Resident Evil because the style of the games changed.


The voice acting and being alone also. VA should have been in MP 1 and 2, they were well behinds the times in that respect, as for the being alone...did you entirely miss the theme of the game or what? That would make no sense. Then again this is the first MP game that actually has active story, sorry but infinite scan logs are not story, they are background that is meant to make the active story fulller. Actual story was largely missing from MP 1 and 2.



Metroid Other M looks to have a lot of active story and VA also. I take it none of you are buying it?


are they addig VA to prime 1 & 2 in the trilogy?

ive only really got into metroid games over the last couple of years. i completed super metroid back in the day on the snes, thats still my fav. over the last couple of years ive completed prime 3 and zero mission.

ive got prime hunters and fusion, what do you recommend i play first out of those 2?



fusion.