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Is the first Metroid Prime the only fun one? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 hours ago by neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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I have been a huge fan of the Metroid series since Fusion and have played them all over the years. The 2D ones have always been really great.

Prime 1 is one of my top games of all time. I never enjoyed Prime 2, when I was a kid or more recently as an adult. I only played Prime 3 a bit as I did not care that there were other people.

Metroid has always been about being alone and surviving.

I have been playing Metroid Prime 4 recently and It is very much the opposite of a Metroid style game. In fact, it feels quite linear and there is a lot of help telling you where to go pretty frequently.

The gameplay is not bad, but it is more like a generic shooter than a Metroid game.

What are your thoughts on the Prime series and Prime 4?

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[-] Clear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 hours ago

I had metroid prime 3 for the Wii and i have good memories of it, and that (incredibly) the motion controls felt very natural to use

[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

I tried playing it a year or two ago using the prime hack mod so I could use keyboard and mouse. I think I was burned out after grinding through the second one. I really hated the second one. I still remember being so disappointed as a kid when I got it.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Speaking of hacks, there are ones to turn off the limited ammo mechanic of the light and dark guns. A lot of people seem to think that improves 2 a lot.

Edit: And using primehack to play it with mouse and keyboard would definitely go a long way towards making it feel more generic by giving it a more generic control scheme.

[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 36 minutes ago

The limited ammo was one thing I hated about that game. But the level design was boring and I think many areas looked the same so it was too easy to get lost.

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