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Samus makes her three dimensional debut. |  Boz from Perth, Australia says (12/Dec/2003): | Metroid, one of Nintendo’s ‘baby’ franchises has experienced nearly a decade of absence. In that time the gaming technology moved from the two dimensional era, into the current, 3 dimensional world. It has been much publicised that leading game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto had always wanted to publish a Metroid game for the Nintendo 64, yet found no logical game concept to convert the character of Samus Aran (Metroid’s leading las) into the next dimension. Enter Retro Studios. One of Nintendo’s most recent second party signings. Miyamoto knew then that he had found the company that would give Samus and the Metroid franchise a new dimension.
To the public’s amazement, RS opted to take the series into the first-person perspective. When playing the game, you realise that the perspective was, really the only possible approach the designers could take. With the interactive view from inside Samus’ visor you can see and play the Metroid world on full and beautiful 3D landscapes, accommodating it’s inhabitants.
After one of the most impressive title and menu screen setups to date in a video game, I was thrown into the game, sure enough Samus was on her way to wipe out the Space Pirates, who she 'apparently' had destroyed after her confrontation with the Mother Brain, in the original Metroid. Anyway, enough of past history. Samus, tracks a signal that has identified the entity of a Space Pirate, her search leads to a seemingly abandoned space station above Tallon IV. Here is where you first take control of Samus. Completing a tutorial concealed in story progression, you find yourself in the base of the space station. From here you will progress through the base completing various objectives until, sure enough Samus finds what she was looking for, and after a fight with Prime's first boss, the Parasite Queen she uncovers a more sinister mutagen who goes by the name of 'Phazon.' Upon exiting, the space station blows up (keeping a tradition in all the Metroid games to date.)
Metroid Prime is based on finding the required items to progress, and therefore a large amount of your time is exclusive to back tracking throughout past levels, which would lead some to believe it to be tedious. However, being an essential part of the game the designers have ensured that each revisit of past levels will be unique and exciting. Once you have reached a certain point of the game, you will undoubtedly acquire a new item or weapon which will help in further progression in either the current level, a past level, or both.
The game boasts a large array of massive worlds for the player to immerse themselves in. From the Talon over world, being a wet and gloomy forest climate, to caverns containing vast amounts of magma, and of course it’s ice counterpart. They are all littered with puzzles and enemies unique to the area. Each level creates it’s own atmosphere, bringing greater depth and variation to the game
Again, keeping the Metroid tradition, Metroid Prime is based on Samus’ personal development. Since her Varia suit was damaged in an obstruction within the space station, she needs to regain it’s strengths and progress father. Such items such as the Morph Ball (which allows Samus to finally take a 3rd person perspective, as she raps herself up in a tiny ball), weapon upgrades, even new visors (to see previously undetectable enemies) and of course the ability to increase your health metre by collecting energy tanks. Each item will have it’s own purpose and serve to be important in progressing through the game.
The game boasts an immersive storyline. From the start you will start uncovering clues to the story’s progression and where you are heading. The tracking of Phazon and your famous battles with the Space Pirates and Metroid’s are all mixed in with the final discovery of Metroid Prime. With hardly any speech, the story relies heavily on learning interactively the plot, which is done to near perfection.
From the first minutes of play, you can tell that Metroid Prime is polished. The tight gameplay within the first person perspective is crucially achieved with stunning results. You have full control over Samus’ movement which allows you the ability to tackle tricky manoeuvres with ease. For example, when Samus is swamped with foe (which is a regular occurrence) the tight controls allow you to quickly assemble her feet and have full control over her dodging and weaving to brake free.
One of Metroid’s most famous features in the past has been Samus’ ability to try and defy the rules of gravity within her jumps from platform to platform. Given the game is in first person, many doubted that this feature could continue. Many other games in this genre have irradiated jumping altogether. However of late, games like EA’s ‘Nightfire’ have incorporated jumping into the gameplay. Metroid Prime takes it’s lead and recreates the feature, taking it to a whole new level. The feature therefore is weaved into many puzzles and obstacles throughout the game (such as leaps of faith and jumping within battle) to recreate the classic Metroid feature. Further progression into the game, Samus will acquire Space Boots which will allow for a extra jump to take place within the first jump taken. This, again is controlled tightly and is easy to use for complicated matters.
The fighting system is similar to Zelda, as it locks onto the enemy and due to it not being dual analogue, you find the battle system is vastly different to any other experienced. The ability to use visors, different weapons, use missiles, or even space jump your way out of trouble contribute to a unique battle system that would be hard to top in any case. Even though the game is geared towards being an adventure, rather than combat, the battle system allows moments of battle to be enjoyable and fun.
The artwork within Prime is absolutely astounding. Each world Samus visits is unique, due mainly to the artwork being so different to any other game thus far. The architecture of each building is unique, the landscaping is unique, even the natural elements, such as trees and grass are unique! This truly creates the worlds you visit to seem ‘unknown’ and spooky as it reaches past the normal comfort zone of artwork direction.
Coupled with a graphical engine, that is capable of recreating these environments at 60 frames per second with no slowdown and the detail within each entity of the game, make the graphics in Prime one of the most impressive in video gaming history to date. In the instances when there are in-game cut scenes you would be forgiven for thinking that it was full motion footage you were watching!
The sound only adds to the atmosphere created. In a partnership with the artwork, the music score and sounds of Prime are original and (in the music’s case) beautiful. All sound truly suits all the different environments and works well with the progression of the game. Kenji Yamamoto has used the synthesised effects to create a completely unique soundtrack.
Possibly the most disappointing aspects of Prime, is no multiplayer. It would have been priceless to take on your friends using all the power ups you had achieved throughout the game. Admittedly it would have been hard for the designers to include it with only the one sole character. Heres hoping for some in the sequel!
The special featured artwork and the Gameboy Advance feature (allowing you to play the original Metroid) add to the package, though all in all the single player game is what you are buying Metroid for. Nearly unfaultered in all areas of the game. With excitement, action and a powerful storyline to boot, make Prime easily, one of the greatest games to date on any Nintendo platform and secures the Metroid franchise with the respect it deserves.
| Quite Possible The Greatest Game Ever Made | | Dan from San Francisco, USA says (31/Aug/2003): | My tagline says it all. this is quite possibly the greatest work of graphic art, talent, and awe to ever be held by human hands. years from now, people will say that Metroid Prime is still the greatest piece of art in history. all the detail, the enemies, the in-depth story... it's impossible to not love this game.
master chief vs. samus...
TKO... SAMUS!!!!
| A GAME IN ITS PRIME BABY!! | | Jonathan from Edmonton Alberta Canada says (14/Aug/2003): | HAHAHA I LOVED THIS PIECE OF DIGITAL ARTWORK MAN!
Everything you could want in a game and more. The most appreciative aspect of the game is the little but at the same time "BIG" details they put in the game, such ass seeing samus' face when you made something explode with a missile, or the water passing by samus' visor as she swims through water. The weapons were done especially well, and we can definately give credit to the detail of the all favourable "Charge Beam". I just love watching it expand and seeing those big lines light up with unstable energy, then watching it blow its way through a fat space pirate! The statistics of the game are definately awe-inspiring, as everything fits together in a combination of simple logic and the outer worlds of logic in itself. The one thing i love the best about the weapons is that they are so shiney, you can see reflections of other stuff nearby in the weapon as you ready to blast away another enemy from existance. The detail in the "Metroids" themselves was, like, 0_0 kind of expression on my face when i saw how freaking cool they looked. And the best part of the game is that after you beat it for the first time, you wanna pick up the controller again and keep beating your last time till you get all the items and under 2 hours, an origional but very creative tradition in the metroid series. As well as i can say about introducing ridley back into the game as one of samus' arch-rivals that never dies (even if he isnt the big-bag-last-boss, its still good to see him back in action SUPED UP WITH FRICKEN METAL GEAR ALL AROUND HIS BODY MAN, HE WAS $#< remove me > at !ING HARD TO BEAT AND THE MOST FUN $#< remove me > at !ING BOSS OF THEM ALL! Thardus was also a great boss to beat. As you can see, one of the best aspects of the game is the adrenaline rush you would get when you got to a boss, (even a mini-boss!) such as when you approach thardus 'standing skyscraper height over you', making your first thought "holy sh!t, i gotta take that tank of a monster down? holy sh!t is it ever exasperating. The part that sent chills down my spine was when i looked at flaagra when he turned all black, then he actually started LOOKING at me and i said "what the $#< remove me > at !", as i looked up at his face pointing my gun at what i thought for his face were two large circular plates with 2 red bulbs inside each of them, turned out to be a freakish smaller face under that and i got scared sh!tless so i started firing missiles away and knocked him unconcious. Haha its those kind of moments that get ya, eh? The different suit colors are $#< remove me > at !ing awsome, especially the phazon suit "everyones fave", but you gotta love the way the exploit samus' old orange power suit with the large shoulder power nodes at every nook and cranny. And the morph ball... ah yess, the trademark of the greatest galactic hero ever ah! Dont you just love the way it looks after you get an upgrade? especially when you get the phazon suit, it looks just AWSOME. makes you wish there was a part in the game where you could stay in ball-mode for 2 hours or something.. hehe. Anyway im getting really anxious to beat my old time and get the "BEST" ending in the entire game. Ill be back later to review samus' performance on Super Smash Bros. Melee! Peace!
| Absolute Bliss | | Sean from new york USA says (13/Dec/2003): | Metroid fans such as myself were scared to death that the fact Metroid Prime was being produced in 3D, not to mention the perspective change to 1st person, would completely ruin the series. What a great thing it is to be proven wrong somtimes. Prime is quite possibly the greatest game ever made, with the only possible exception being Zelda Ocarina of Time. Everything that made the previous games so amazing is recreated in a whole new form in Prime. The powerup driven gamelplay and massive, expanding worlds, and amazing graphics.
The graphics in Prime are amazing. You have never seen graphics like these before, everything looks photorealistic. The environments are without a doubt the most atmospheric and true to life ever seen in a video game. Whether it be an ancient tree growing into a cracking floor, or corrosion on the walls from centuries of acid easting away at them, it sincerely looks as if you could step out of your door and into the world of Metroid. The environments are hardly the only graphical standout of the game, there are countless other effects that deserve the be highlighted. All the living creatures, including Samus herself, look amazing as well. In the cinima scenes showing Samus, which all use the game engine, not computer generated, some of the games incredible lighting can be seen. Samus' suit reflects light from the environment and her eyes can be seen through the visor. I have heard that Prime 2 will have environmental reflections in reflective surfaces, such as Samus' suit. Some of the enemies you face look as if they have come right out of your back yard, and then got much bigger and more vicious. The space pirates looks great too, their vicious roars and their flaming eyes will scare the crap out of you the first time you fight non-handicaped ones, and they are some of the most aggressive enemies ever before seen in a game, they will attack relentlessly, and they have near perfect aim. Samus' beams and arm cannon have some nice visual effects too. A charge beam seems to bend time and space when fired. The 3 elemental beams have an effect while charging as well, the ice beam will cover the arm cannon in thick ice when being charged, purple thunderbolts will dance around the cannon, and the plasma beam will open up the arm cannon and take heat energy from what appears to be lava inside the cannon. Samus also has several different visors which, next to the environments, could be the most impressive gaphical feature of the game. The combat visor is your main fighting visor, the scan visor will be used A LOT to scan objects. When scanned, some objects will go into your log book, like data of pirate experiments and plans, and data about the creatures you fight such as their weakness and how they attack. Besides the log entries, there are countless scannable objects in the game. A dead pirate that is scanned may reveal how it was killed, such as''this pirate has suffered severe burns on X% of its body''. These are not necesary, but are fun to read and can give you info on the areas around you. The thermal visor is used to see objects that give off heat energy, such as power conducts, energy floor and barriers, and creatures. Warm objects appear an orange-like color, and most other objects appear a dark indigo. The visor will also be used to navigate dark areas, or combat cloaked enemies. Also, the fact that the ice beam appears black in the thermal visor should also be noted. The x-ray visor is perhaps the most fun to use in the game, and it also looks cooler than the others. Everything appears a pale blue or white in this visor. It will mainly be used to spot invisible or spectral objects, such as destructable walls, and floors, and invisible enemies and platforms. Another cool visual feature of the x-ray visor is when Samus is hit hard, she will put her hand in front of her face, and part of her skeleton can be seen inside an outline of the power suit. There are other visor effects which dont include a specific visor, such as raindrops splashing against the visor, lava or water running down it, or blood splattering on it, and each one looks spectacular. Prime's framerate is also flawless, you will see no slowdown whatsoever while playing, which is incredible seeing the amaount of action and detail in the game, and its all on one disk. The power of the Gamecube is truly incredible. The graphics are nearly flawless, if it werent for a blurry shadow or line on Samus' suit, or a slightly unimpressive explosion, Prime would be the best looking game out, instead of Wind Waker.
The graphics are harldy the games strongpoint, it also is blessed with a perfect control setup. If you are used to a FPS style control setup, like Halo, than Prime's controls will seem awkward at first, seeing as how Prime is not a first person shooter, but only for about 10 minutes or so, they are easily picked up and work unbeleivably well. The L shoulder will be your lock on button, and you can only strafe when locked on, it also fires the grappling beam, which is recreated beautifully in prime, and is not even the slightest bit awkward to use. A dim circle appears around the object that will be targeted, an amazing touch that should be used in all games that have a targeting system. Not using the targeting system is foolish, as it will likely get you killed, the enemies in Prime are ruthless.The R shoulder will stop movement and allow you to look around the room. the Z button brings up the amazing 3D map, which ever shows hidden passages that contain powerups. Jumping in most first person games is a nightmare, not so in Prime. Jumping is done effortlessly. The camera subtly tips down to show your landing, and it is not even noticed but makes you sure of all your jumps. Jumping becomes even eisier when the space jump is accuired. The X button will curl you into morph ball, which is used to lay bombs, activate switches, and roll throung small areas. The Y button fires missles, and while in morph ball lays power bombs, which will be used for different tasks. When the right powerup is gained,missles can even be combines with each of the beam weapons. The B button performs the marvelous jumping action, which will be used A LOT, even in combat as dodging is essential to suvival. The A button is most used, as it fires your equiped beam, and lays boms in morph ball, and when held charges the beam. The Analogue is used for movement and looking around while R is held down. The d-pad is used to change visors, and the C stick is used to change beams.
Prime is one of those games you can play for days on end and never get sick of it. Whether you are fighting, exploring, finding powerups, or just simply gazing in awe at the breathtakingly stunning environments, you are always enjoying the game. Many people say that Prime's biggest flaw is it's lack of a multiplayer mode. Anybody who says that would be punched, as a Metroid game could NEVER EVER have a multiplayer feature. The environments are made for exploring more than combat, and there are no other characters that could be playable except for Samus, but there is only one of her. Also, the power suit with its advanced, and necesary targeting system would take all the chalenge out of the game. On top of that, the control setup would not work in multiplayer, it is more of an exploration setup that combat.
The game also has substantial replay value as well. With the addition of a very challenging hard mode, and tons of hidden powerups, Prime will keep you busy for a long, long time. And even if you have completed hard mode 100%, the game just never gets old. Even if you are just walking around admiring the scenery you are still enjoying yourself. Add onto all this 4 unlockable image galleries that are gained by completing certine tasks, all the scannable data, the massive amount of enemies, and you have one of the most massive games ever made.
One of the many reasons this game is so playable is because of it's gameplay variety. You are always dooing somthing different, whether it be fighting, jumping, rolling aroung in morph ball, swinging around on the grappling hook, ar anything else, you are never doing the same thing for very long. There is a massive amount of enemies to fight, each with their own stratagy to fight, own tactics and weak points. There are also many tools to use, such as morph ball and the grapple beam, missles, bombs, power bombs, the 4 beams each with a combo that uses missle, the 4 visors and anything I left out.
The way the game is dewsigned is probably it's biggest strong point, and after playing it, you will wonder if the game was made by some kind of god. Nothing in Prime feels artificial. though at fisrst, the game feels kinda slow and linear because there are few areas you can access, that soon changes when you gain a few abilities. When there is an unreachable platform, you say'' oh, this platform is unreachable, I'l have to come back to it later, a powerup will soon come to help make the jump'', not ''those stupid developers put that playform out of reach so i have to get another stupid powerup'' or you dont just sit there for hours to try and make the jump. In Prime, you are never made to jump through hoops. The setup of the was that things resrict your advancement is godly. Anything that restricts you is mostly a natural part of the environment, such as roots growing through a pipe or a collapsing ceiling that restrict your access without morph ball. The incredible, natural setup of the environments, the way they flow together so smoothly, the amount of detail put into them, all the different creatures, and the fact theat the game is in 1st person actaully make you feel, more than any other game in history, that you are the person you are controling, in this case Samus.
There is no way of seeing this game as anything other than a godly masterpiece, seeing it differently is only being shortsighted, and can be describes as nothing but an ugly lie. There is no reason whatsoever not to own this game, if you dont have it, get it now, if you dont have a Gamecube, get one, thsi game just adds to the list of reasons to get one. Even if you have never played a metroid game before, there has never been a better time to step in and be swollowed by the vastness and amazement of the series, and if you are a metroid fan, this game is absolute bliss. If you disagree, tell me why and I will be glad to make you sound like a moron.
| METROID PRIME IS THE BEST GAME TO HIT GAMECUBE!!! | | Anthony Filipas from Oregon, USA says (18/Oct/2003): | Metriod Prime is one of my best games I have. I send hours and hours playing Prime, and I never get tired. I also liked Samus when she was in games like "Super Smash Bros. Melee" and her Game Boy Advace games such as "Metroid Fusion", but Prime beats them all. I was shocked to see the awsome graphics! WOW! The graphics on Samus, Tallon IV, her weapons, everything! And I couldn't believe that it was such a tiny disc. The adventure mode is sweet. Like shooting down those monsters, and Space Pirates, and also forming into a Morph Ball, and blow everything up! Overall, Metriod Prime is the greatest Samus game there is, and will always be!
| BLOODY SWEET!!! | | Fasta than the Masta of Disasta! from Edmonton Alberta Canada says (14/Aug/2003): | I definately can say that this game gets a full 20/10 stars for the quality of its story, graphics, and every other category thatt his game enduces the definition of. Once i got off my ship on the space station, i was fricken hooked man, the controls were awsome, and all of samus' origonal abilities that were origionally from the game "Super Metroid" were definately enhanced the way that Nintendo meant them to be. b^.^d Thumbs up dudes. Just talking about it makes me want to go beat Thardus some more. Peace
| Metroid at it's Prime | | 10k from Toronto, Canada says (11/Oct/2003): | Well i bought another game so i do another review. On September 28 i was bored out of my mind so what did i do? I was sick and tired of buying games that lasted me 8-10 hours of gameplay. I looked up on the internet to see if there was any good game for the GCN worth buying and would last me and CHALLENGE me. So Metroid Prime was the end result. I had played my friends game before and i thought it was ok, but hard. But when i actually owned it i was amazed when i turned it on and saw the graphics. Samus and her Power suit are so amazingly shiny. And this isn't a cheap game like mario party where only the characters are detailed and the backround looks like paper. Even the layout of the worlds and enemies had good graphics. graphics get a 10/10. The sound is great with the music matching it's world. I hate when the room get's dark and the space pirates come out and the scary music plays.There is no dull music and the Plasma beam firing sounds sweet, hearing your arm cannon fire. Yeah sound gets 10/10. The game is really fun. Even if it is hard. thats the thing about Metroid games, they have always been hard but not hard so that you get pissed and don't play it for a year, they are challenging and when you die you just wanna restart from your save point and play somemore. The game is addictive I tell you! The game never gets dull or boring so fun factor is 10/10. I always hated first person games, never knew why they thought of that, were they afraid to show samus in third person 3D pr something. But I didn't mind at all that this was first person. As long as you get to see your arm cannon and occasional cutscenes it's all good. The game is hard to finish at 100%. I'm about to finish the game at about 85%. There are three endings to this. Ending 1: 74% or less, Ending 2: 75%-99% Ending 3: 100%. As you can see, i will get the second ending but i will go for the third ending when I beat this again. If you get ending 1 it is about 15 hours of gameplay. ending 2 is about 20 hours of gameplay and ending 3 is about 25 hours of gameplay. But if you scan everything in the game and complete 100% log books and ending, you unlock image galleries so scanni geverything probably adds like another hour because there is ALOT of things to scan so if you completly beat the game it is around 26 hours or so. A good long game for me is 20 hours and this surpasses it so it gets a 10/10 for gameplay. Thats why this is my first reviewed game to get 10/10, because it s PERFECT! Nice job Retro and Nintendo, can't wait for the sequel.
| Best game ever!! | | Gamer from WA , USA says (27/Nov/2003): | Metroid Prime is by far one of the greatest games ever. This game should win the best graphics award, if there is one. The morph ball is so fine in detail it makes a basketball look fake, if that's even possible... The music is unbelievable too. Even the music in the start menu is amazing. I give this game a 10/10 because it has everything a "perfect" game is supposed to have, and more! Graphics, Music, Plot, Originality, Gameplay and fun factor are above perfect. It will keep you entertained weeks. Then when you finally beat it, you'll play it again on a different difficulty. If nintendo does ever come out with Metroid 2, they should make the game longer. The plot, graphics, weapons, environments, and bosses were beyond amazing, but I think all of you could agree with me that if they made a second game with twice as many weapons, twice as many bosses, and even more new levels/environments, it would be the greatest thing to happen to video game history. Until then, let's just hope they refrain from making more games like Mario Sunshine, which was a big disappointment.
| the best game to date is named metroid prime | | Carlos the rock from Dominican Republic says (23/Dec/2002): | Metroid Prime, is simply, the best game ever seen, the graphics are awsome, you really feel like you are in samus's suit, everithing you can see from the samus's mask is perfectly detailed, you can see the samus's face reflected on her mask, when an explosion ocurred in front you, the beautifully detailed graphics makes you feel if you are there, the sound is very good, the music makes you remember all the metroid series, and the gameplay is beautifull, it is not a first person shooter, the exploration also plays a role in the game.
| Gamecube and ps2 Eats Xbox alive! | | Arabtuna1 from from palestine(thats right) live in houston, tx says (3/Jan/2003): | Xbox suks and gamecbe doesnt. ONe game that makes gamecube so great is metroid prime the graphics are amazing every time i turn it on the menu makes my eyes pop. IT has just the right music to get u going and so many things samus can do. i am so hooked, i cAN NOT STOP WHO EVER thinks about this game dont think again just go and get it. i love it and i know u will love it to. i got it 4 days before christmas and as of rightnow i am 42% done. amazing sound. if u have surround sound. ONe example of the good sound is if u shoot a door with the wrong beam it will reflect off and u can hear it hit the back wall from the back speakers! this game is out standing.
| Samus storms gamecube | | A gamer from Surrey, England says (6/Apr/2003): | Every so often an great game will come along like mario 64 and ocarina of time and metroid prime is one such game.This game is superb, it challenges everything from wits to just sheer power.The graphics are outstanding and its aftershock will felt for years to come as developers try to emulate its magic, most probably without coming close.This game is a cracking yarn, delivered in a way that does away with hackneyed dialogue and character relasionships that infect so many games.After playing it i now realise that £39.99 is a bargain for such a great game like this.Throughout the course of the game you'll need to engage your powers of perception, observation and survival skills.This is the best looking gma ron the cube to date - no debate about it.At around 40 hours of gameplay for £40 its a bargain, a pound an hour! There is so much playability to this game due to the metroid fusion link up.There are no flaws to the sound however it does have to end like all games, but then you can play it again.
| Best of the best | | A gamer from Florida, U.S.A. says (29/Jul/2003): | I belive this game sould have a rate of a ten is because just look at it the games garafics are like you are actully in the suit shoting all the strange creatures that u must scan. My favorite boss is Ridly even though he is creapy from the awsome graphics he is still the funist opp. tho fight.When he fires the weird plasma beam from his mouth it looks so real. If you play for a ling time and you get in to the game when some thing shoots at you you actuly move as if you are actully being shot at! All the little abilites that you get are so cool the morph ball, the bomb ball, the boast ball, the spider ball, the power bomb ball, the charge beam, the super missil, the wave beam, the wave buster, the ice beam, the ice spreader, the plasma beam(my favorite W.O.C.), the FLAMETHROWER!!!!!!!,AND THE ALL TIME BEST THE PHAZON CANON. But you can only use that when you fight the 2nd form of the metroid Prime. If you dont have this I show much pitty on you on the amount of fun you are missing so get to a store and buy this game.
| Time to get Prime | | A gamer from Passaic says (7/Aug/2003): | I dont think it deserves a 10 more like a 12 the game has the best graphics,sound all of its sweet like when u go to magmoore cavens all that heat can let u see how it gets moist inside her helmet and wen it rains the sound is so real my favorite boss is Ridley the best weapon is FLAMETHROWER no doubt abot the game its 1 of a kind there are no gliches or anything
| amazing landmark in gaming!!! | | Kevin Olmsted from El Paso,USA says (7/Oct/2003): | I've had my Gamecube about a year now and so far most of the Nintendo owned properties have been lousy. StarFox Adventures was lacking and Mario Sunshine was a huge letdown. It couldn't compare to the brilliant simplicity of Mario 64. I was never a huge fan of the original Metroids so shelling out $50 for Metroid Prime didn't interest me. After convincing from some close friends I gave in and bought it. I was absolutely blown away and immediately hooked. I didn't think the Gamecube could handle a game of this size or graphic intensity. The controls are easy to learn and fluid. All of the elements (scanning, weapon types, morph ball usage) tie perfectly into the game's story. And graphically the game reminds me of the movie "The Dark Crystal" in the sense that the world is so beautifully realized you forget that you are sitting in your living room watching a movie or playing a game. I highly recommend this game to anyone. Recently Nintendo dropped the price to $30 so you really can't go wrong. I welcome any arguments against this being one of the probably top 10 or 15 games of all time. A real landmark.
| This game is probably the best game out for Gamcube (EVER!) | | A gamer from Mansfield, Texas/USA says (14/Feb/2004): | The graphics on this game on this game are absolutely breathtaking. I mean when I first saw this game played I was for sure without a doubt blown away at how the designers on the game could create such a realistic looking game. Another thing that amzed me was the fact that the value was so good. I know that most people would complain about paying $50 for a game but on this game I would have paid $80 dollars to have, even though the price is kinda high you get every penny you paid in the extravaganza of the game. The one thing that amused me the most was the fun factor of the game. This game is not a really easy game the kind where you have cheats instead it makes you think and it rewards you for taking that time to think through it, with things such as powerups or new worlds. Anyway the fun factor on this game is a most certain 10. Another thing that makes this game the top notch game that it is is the sound for each world. For example in the Chozo Ruins you have sound which kinda suggests that alot of history and battle had gone on in that world, but for Phazon Mines you have sound that suggests that it is a very dangerous and scary world. I absolutely love the sound on this game. The originality in this game is awesome. I am very glad they didn't copy off of another game instead they made up all the different cultures and worlds, creatures and weapons and armory.
I highly reccomend this game to anybody that enjoys adventure and cliff-hanging suspense.
| metroid prime rocks | | widowmaker from new mexico says (2/Dec/2002): | man this game is the coolest game out for game cube better than resident evil and resident evil 0 this game has awsome graphics the guns all have different damage on each monster thing. if u want to se samus with out here suit figuere it out on a different web site.
| Halo has nothing on Prime!!!! | | A gamer from Nep,USA says (29/Dec/2002): | When i first heard that metroid was comin out i wasn't too excited. I wasn't a big metroid fan but after i played a demo at EB i was souped!!!!again i rounded up my penny's to buy this game.When samus aran first touched down on the planet tallon 4 i was flabberghasted! The graphics were so crisp and detailed that ittruly rivaled halo. When became submerged in water and shot up the charged blast my head was spinning her reflection appeared on the visor! All of the items that i found were cleverly hidden in plain site. The fact that it was first person didn't really affect me cuz he made some outstanding games in the past. I still didn't find anything bad on dis game.oh and the phazon suit has to be the sweetest thing i have ever seen!
| AMAZING!!!!!! go and buy it | | A gamer says (30/Oct/2003): | I had heard about metroid prime and how amazing it was before it came out and i thought it was a load of hype. So after about 6 months i went an bought it and itttts amazzin.I love how you find out the story through your log book and the replay value of the game is amazin. My fav area is the ice area as the graphic are sweet. The powerups are amazin and the morph ball is the best bit of the game.The graphics are lush and it just plain fun. When you die you want to play again. At the start, its easy but after a while its so hard you thinkin wherre do i go know and have do think do i have a sitable powerup for that part.BEST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED. ADDICTIVE. GO AND BUY IT NOW
| THe best game in the history of gaming!!! | | A gamer from Ft.Oglethorp,Georgia,USA says (28/Nov/2003): | In the game you play as Samus Aran(bootie kicker).When you let the game sit for about five minutes and it turns into a third person view and she takes off her helmet for about ten seconds and she goes to sleep.It is pretty cool.I know you would like it!!!Over all the fusion suit comes witha wicked weapon.It is called the fusion beam.it is a fast beam.REALLY!!!It thros beams of space pirate blood.Overall it is a cool game.
| Samus blows the competion to TINY BITS!!!! | | A gamer from Texas, USA says (21/Mar/2003): | this game had me addicted from day one and let me say the combanation of sound and interactive expeirience makes it look like your in the power suit. The controls follow smoothly and they give total control. If you long for the old games have no fear the unlockable metroid game keeps the old days going. The graphics are sharp and thats what you should look for in a game. The game is in first person and focuses on exploration and puzzle solving. Although you defend yourself it is nothing like first person shooters were your objective is blasting wave after wave of mindless enemy drones.The life span will keep you addicted for months at a time so board up the house and kiss your family goodbye beacause this game will blow you away!!!!!
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