The Official Metroid Thread-PRIME 4 and SAMUS RETURNS HYPE

What's the best Metroid Prime game

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  • Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

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no, that's correct

samus returns has the same basic world and the same plot as metroid II

but there's new graphics, new pickups, new playstyle, new powerups (for example they added several powerups created in super to this game, like zero mission did)

it's overall very much a different game with the same basic core, rather than just metroid II with a skin of paint
 
So now I'm in Area 4. Still very much enjoying the game.
Somewhat annoyed by the fact that SR-388's two most abundant natural resources seem to be sticky goop and ventilation systems.

Also, I activated some giant robot thing earlier, so I'm pretty sure that I'll have to fight that at some point
 
Tuxedo Ridley said:
So now I'm in Area 4. Still very much enjoying the game.
Also, I activated some giant robot thing earlier, so I'm pretty sure that I'll have to fight that at some point
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I got to a point last night where it started to chase me. It was late and I was tired so I died pretty much instantly.
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Weasel said:
Tuxedo Ridley said:
So now I'm in Area 4. Still very much enjoying the game.
Also, I activated some giant robot thing earlier, so I'm pretty sure that I'll have to fight that at some point
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I got to a point last night where it started to chase me. It was late and I was tired so I died pretty much instantly.
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Yeah I got to that like 5 minutes after I posted this lol
 
I beat the game!

Very good game, it really deserves the name Samus Returns. She's back for real and it really shows.

-That fucking Ridley fight was awesome, good subversion of expectations and man it was just fun. Plus he had some of his Meta armor!
-Red spikes were annoying until I found out about the Power Bomb + Spider Ball trick
-They did a great job incorporating the newer abilities! I bet if you showed this to someone they'd never guess Grapple Beam or Gravity Suit or Charge Beam didn't exist in Metroid II
-I was wondering the whole game why it seemed like some of the items were locked off by the baby-destroyable crystals and then at the end i finally realized
-that leadup for Metroid Fusion, hot damn. excellent stinger
-Metroid fights felt a lot more climatic, here; fitting for the namesake of the series

Overall, very solid game, and it gets me extra hype for Prime 4!

Now to go get that delicious, delicious 100%.
 
Hey I'm in Area 5 now
So I have all but two major upgrades and I'm pretty sure there's like 3 or 4 areas left after this one, which is weird. I think either this game has Samus spending more of it at full power as usual or some kind of crazy shit is gonna go down once I get all of them
 
followup: i have 100% completed the game! done with it for now, afaik hard mode in samus returns doesn't unlock anything special so i don't intend on doing it

that fucking teaser image in the gallery, holy shit

if we get Metroid 5 featuring Samus vs. Federation vs. Rogue Chozo Faction i would be so down for it
 
Miu Iruma said:
followup: i have 100% completed the game! done with it for now, afaik hard mode in samus returns doesn't unlock anything special so i don't intend on doing it

that *bleep*ing teaser image in the gallery, holy *bleep*

if we get Metroid 5 featuring Samus vs. Federation vs. Rogue Chozo Faction i would be so down for it
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I'd be down for that if it means we FINALLY get a post fusion metroid game.
 
Working my way through Area 6 now
Strangely I'm finding Gammas to consistently be the most difficult variety of metroid to fight. The Zeta's ranged attacks tend to be spaced out and easy to avoid, and its counters/grapples are both easily exploitable to deal a ton of damage, especially with Super Missiles, which in my experience more than makes up for the fact that its weak point isn't exposed the majority of the time. The Omega hits hard but it's weak spot is constantly exposed and much easier to hit than even the Alpha's, and even though it hits hard most of its attacks are blatantly telegraphed and not particularly difficult to avoid. The fact that it drops a bunch of power-ups probably helps a bit too. Seems to be more of a damage sponge fight than anything.<