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Games/Metroid Prime/Reviews
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Metroid Prime
Take control of Samus Aran in her first 3D adventure as she battles the Space Pirates on Tallon IV while uncovering the mysterious disappearance of its inhabitants.
The games we need
I started penning a review for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, but quickly evolved into a love letter to one of the most influential games in my life: Metroid Prime. I’ll reference my time with Prime 4 below… Read more
Evil waits below the surface…
Before 2003, I had zero experience with Metroid, but after seeing the reviews of Metroid Prime – which was releasing close to my birthday – I ended up getting both Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion for… Read more
Came home to roost
(Played on Switch with Japanese text in handheld mode. 17 hours 37 minutes to get Mission Complete on save file with 66% complete rate.) Playing Metroid Prime for the first time through the remaster v… Read more
Metroid Prime
METROID PRIME (2002) is an utterly fantastic game. The level design is smart and creative, the gameplay controls and plays perfectly (the jumping in particular is just about the best implementation of… Read more
Games At It's Prime
The Metroid series was very notable for being 2D platformers, but the very aspect that set Metroid aside from other series was a clear Alien -film based influence that kept a creepy aura, freaky creat… Read more
Very Realistic and Immersive Gameplay
Metroid Prime's gameplay is an awesome story your in this world and then you lose all your powers and your trying to get them back by challenging boss battles. Its a perfect game and I like this game… Read more
Against all odds, Retro bats it out of the park.
The Short Pros - Fantastic revival/reimagining of the Metroid franchise after years of nothin' - Absolutely beautiful graphics and effects look great even to this day - Sound design and music is top o… Read more
Oh Metroid Prime, how you have failed me...
When I got my second Nintendo Wii, and was looking for some good GameCube games to pick up for it. I was hearing all of this hype for the game, Metroid Prime , and when I finally picked it up, I was v… Read more
An immersive experience...
It goes without saying that Metroid is probably my favourite of Nintendo's classic franchises. The blend of platforming, shooting, exploration and strong science fiction aesthetic already make a compe… Read more
Terrible combat and bad story ruin a decent action adventure
Metroid Prime was released back in 2002 for the Nintendo GameCube and marks the first try in moving the Metroid series from 2D beginnings into a more modern 3D game. Instead of going with a third pers… Read more
Metroid Prime is truely something special.
In 2003, with the release of Metroid Prime imminent, many critics and fans alike where wandering if you could successfully make a 3D Metroid game, without loosing all the important things that made th… Read more
One of the greatest games of all time.
Metroid Prime is hands-down one of the greatest games of all time. Melding the gameplay of Adventure games and First-Person Shooters in a way that doesn't feel like a bizzare frankinstein of gaming, b… Read more
Classic Reborn
Having never played the original Metroid, Metroid 2, or even the SNES version, I might feel a bit alien to the experience I've had with Metroid Prime. Fortunately, I hear there was not much of a story… Read more
The most immersive game on the gamecube
I think the Metroid Prime series is all about immersion. When you start playing this game, you forget where you are, you explore, you uncover new things, and it is quite simply the best gaming experie… Read more
Metroid Prime lets you look at the world through Samus' eyes.
The Phazon-rich planet of Tallon IV, once home to a sect of peaceful Chozo who have long since vanished. A race of space birds with philosophy on the brain. Long ago, the Chozo raised an orphaned huma… Read more
Metroid Prime - Retro Studios' masterpiece
It had been almost 9 years since the last proper console Metroid game. Everyone, everyone was skeptical about this when Nintendo announced it would be from a first-person shooter perspective. Even mor… Read more
Perfect atmosphere in an game that could only be called art.
Metroid Prime is one of those games you can't just call it "a good game", it's pure art, with an atmosphere reaching perfection and being absolutelly amazing in every single aspect possible, this mast… Read more
Simply Incredible
There have been many great first person shooter games throughout time, but one particular generation, involving the Xbox, Gamecube, and Playstation 2, has had some of the greatest this world has ever… Read more
An immersive and atmospheric adventure.
You receive a distress call for help on the Space Pirate Frigate. There you find the crew dead, all leading to the Parasite Queen, a mutated test subject. Upon it’s defeat, the Frigate is set to self… Read more
Samus could have saved the GameCube. If anyone knew she was there
With its stunning production quality, sublimely intuitive controls, and immersive atmosphere; this game is true to the vision of series creator Gunpei Yokoi, and adds considerable layers of depth to i… Read more
Definately Pleased
So I did not expect the 3-D transition for Metroid to go well. Man was I wrong. This game was amazing. It had a combination of many great qualities. Thta being said, if you're a huge shooter fan who l… Read more