I played Prime!!!

[Peabody]

Well folks, I declare Metroid Prime the finest FPS/FPAdv Whatever the hell you want to call it, it is just a realllly well made game. From the graphics to the control, and to the attention to detail, it's wowing. When i played it, for me it was like playing Super Mario 64 for the first time, and I'm not even a big Metroid fan or FPS fan for that matter, but this game is just amazing, I was sucked in, it was just so engaging. You have to play for yourselves to seee what I mean, in fact I suggest you alll to run not walk to your local EB's and put down 5 dollars to reserve so that you get 20 dollars off your purchase, what are ou doing??!?! Still reading? That's because you're crazy... Go! Go!

[Gambit_X]

I'm guessing some of you here have your doubts about Prime, let alone think it'll turn out very good at all. Well let me tell you all right now that this is not just a "find-your-way-around-kill-baddies-stay-alive-until-the-end-of-the-level" kind of shooter. It's very atmospheric and really makes you think about what you do. Different power ups and abilities must be used to complete tasks you need to finish before you move on. Gameplay-wise, this game is going to easily be Halo 2's biggest rival. Trust me. This isn't a sh*tty Bond game like TWINE or AUF. This is top notch FPS action.
Metroid is also very impressive on the technical side. The graphics are quite awe-inspiring with a HUGE draw distance, beautiful animation, detailed character models, and tons of on-screen action. Best of all it plays at a steady sixty frames per second and never misses a beat. It's easily the best looking GameCube game yet. Certainly Halo 2 looks like it will easily be able to compete, but it's still nothing to put aside. Sound I really can't comment on, because the Cube Club was very busy and loud with the DJ and all the people. From what I could hear, the sound effects and music were quite impressive.

This is not a game that's going to flop. Easily a system seller, especially with all the marketing Nintendo is putting behind it.

[TheGame]

Bleh, I'll have to see it to believe it. There is allready more than enough hype for me. From reading previews, I still don't think it's worth my money. I will try it out, but right now I'm not gonna reserve it.

[Dyne]

Sounds good guys. :D

I sure hope this is the game... the one game to rule them all. If it kicks Halo 2 hard it's got a great chance of pushing the cube way ahead of the Xbox! :D

[DarkMaster]

i'll rent it first, chances are i can beat it in a rent

[Jason1]

Im buying it, no doubt about that.

[CrOnO_LiNk]

Someone said the exact same thing on GameFAQs. Damn, now I want this game a lot more.

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by TheGame
Bleh, I'll have to see it to believe it. There is allready more than enough hype for me

Yeah... remember ED?

IT WILL BE AWESOME! IT WILL BE AMAZING! IT WILL BE THE MOST AMAZING, DETAILED GAME EVER!

*ED comes and goes*

...

So wanna go play catch?

:p

I mean it didn't suck, but I didn't think it was uber-amazing and the talk surrounding it didn't last too long after it came out :D

[gekko]

Depends on what you expected from ED. If you expected it to be an action-filled adventure, you would be disapointed.

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by gekko
Depends on what you expected from ED. If you expected it to be an action-filled adventure, you would be disapointed.

I didn't expect it to be an action-filled adventure and I didn't want it to be... *shrugs*

[Jason1]

Yea, you would have thought ED would have been a little better, considering all that development time...but some areas of it were just goregous, and made me just stop to awe at the game. It was too short though.

[TheGame]

I'm not a huge fan of survival horror type games...

I thought of ED like I think of Metroid... Nothing Special.

[Peabody]

All I'm saying is that almost every first person shooter that I've played thus far hasn't interested me enough to buy it; however when I played this gem, it was just like what ever was missing in the games I had played previously, right away that was fixed, and I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think it had something to do with the control and the feel of how the character moves. Not to mention is gorgeous and totally atmospheric. Not to mention you feel like you're doing more than runnin and gunnin which for me is a welcomed aspect of gameplay. Perfect 10 I think, if not 10 it's definitely up there...

[TheGame]

I like FPSs... list:

1. Perfect Dark
2. Goldeneye
3. Quake 3 Arena
4: Unreal Championship

And I still don't think Prime will be interesting. maybe we have different tastes in games, or different expectations for FPSs... but I don't see it being any more than a rent.

[Peabody]

Well if you're one to run and gun Prime may not be your cup of tea

[CrOnO_LiNk]

Did you have a lot of freedom in the demo? Like were you able to do more than just going through the game? I mean like sidequests and secrets...

[bobcat]

My FPS List:-

1) Counter Strike
2) Perfect Dark
3) Goldeneye

That's about it.

[Angrist]

Sounds great! But I know I was going to buy it the day I played Metroid 3! :D

[Ice006]

It'll be a while before I see it on a shelf over here anyway. We don't even have Eternal Darkness yet... just under a week away... (according to the Australian Nintendo site).

[bobcat]

Originally posted by Ice006
It'll be a while before I see it on a shelf over here anyway. We don't even have Eternal Darkness yet... just under a week away... (according to the Australian Nintendo site).

Yer. EB told me October 20.

October 20 my ass

[Jonbo298]

$20 off for putting down $5? If that is, I must pre-order now! But I hope to get the chance to play the demo soon. I dont think my EB has it since it only has an XBox demo thing. But I wil be getting the game anyways since its Metroid and I haven't played one in a while.

[TheGame]

I just played it today, and I must say, I'm NOT even close to impressed with the gameplay.

Ok, maybe I only played 5-8minutes, then the game cut off in my face. ( :mad: )

It moves smooth (as expected), and it has above average visuals (also as expected).... In the Demo I played there was nothing to shoot at... it might as well have been a FPP(uzzle), cause there is no action, and I've never seen an adventure game that has a main charicter and no people around to talk to or even fight.

These are just first impressions from the Demo. It wasn't life changing, and the demo didn't even take me a step closer to buying the game.

*runs before Nintendo fans jump me*

[Angrist]

Well Super Metroid didn't have enemies in the beginning... that was the creepy part, you go into a corridor without enemies, enter a room, get an item and when you go back there are enemies all over the place! :D

Perhaps you would be more impressed if you actually experienced some battles... :unsure: I dunno...

[Blix]

Originally posted by bobcat
Yer. EB told me October 20.

October 20 my ass Yeah! They make a lot of errors on their release dates. And they always get games a day later and stuff. And they don't update their list too often.

PS:They still don't have the demo just as I expected.

[Jason1]

I played the Demo, got pretty far into it I think, could've got father, but it cut off. I was very impressed. The graphics were pretty much the best I have ever seen in a game. Truly incredible. Ill admit the Gameplay in the Demo wasnt earth shattering, but I saw my brother get to the battle, and It looked neat...of course he was dead before he figured out he had to shoot through the shield...I think this game will end up with very high ratings. at least 9.5. And im sure it gets more difficult with more action in the real game, but, this game is a FPA, not a FPS so yea...your suppoused to take your time...

[Perfect Stu]

the whole "FPA" thing sounds bad

games in first person are supposed to be fast paced...lots of action. that's the way I like em at least.

I'm not saying that MP sucks, because I've never played it. But Peabody, how can you call a game the best FPS ever if you've only played the demo? :unsure:

The way some people are hyping it, it BETTER be exceptional, or there will be a lot of disappointed gamers

[Crono]

I'm not expecting a lot from this game at all. Like DarkMaster said, it can be beat if you rent it. (not to brag, but him and I have beat many games while renting them)...and unless this game is somehow magically over 20 hours (I doubt it will even be 15..prolly like 10 or less if you know what to do), I aint buying it. And I really dont see a reason to blow your money on this unless you know you'll want to play it over and over.

[Jason1]

Originally posted by Crono
I'm not expecting a lot from this game at all. Like DarkMaster said, it can be beat if you rent it. (not to brag, but him and I have beat many games while renting them)...and unless this game is somehow magically over 20 hours (I doubt it will even be 15..prolly like 10 or less if you know what to do), I aint buying it. And I really dont see a reason to blow your money on this unless you know you'll want to play it over and over.

Pretty much any game could be beat while renting, depending on how many days you have it for, and if you play like a crazy lunatic for 8 hours a day or something...but I like taking my time with games, enjoying everything they have to offer...and Metroid will have plenty of joy to be offered. Who knows, it might be longer than we think.

[DarkMaster]

i still feel like the FPA thing is kinda stupid, they should have just made the game third-person. sure, it may play amazingly in FP but wouldnt it still be better in TP? its kinda hard to really go on an adventure through FP, like ther wont be any cool dynamic camer angles (maybe during cut scenes, but meh), you wont be able to rotate the camera all around yourself and zoom out to see and enjoy the beauty of the areas (unless theres some camera control that i'm not aware of).

i think a First Person Adventure is more of an oxymoron, like Stu said FP games are suppose to be fast paced and full of crazy action (not that MP wont have lots of action), its not suppose to be about big time exploring, its suppose to be about searching for the next arsehole that you can shoot the crap out of and just go nuts.

The whole concept just sounds strange, but some of the movies i've seen for MP looked pretty good. I'll give it a good rent.

[Ice006]

System Shock 2. Enough said.

[Peabody]

Hmmkay Stu I never said it was The BEST FPS out there; however, I did say that in my opinion it's made a lot better compared to all the other FPS's I've played, and maybe that's just because of the fast paced action with everyone running around like they're MAD! I think that Prime has this chill feel to it, but at the same time, you're thinking damn I gotta keep my guard up because anybody could be in that room, or around the corner etc. That's all I was really saying. So you may like it, you may not, but for me, a person who is not a big FPS fan anyway, I think that this game is great! By the way, I played a good 20-25 mins of the game and I actually killed aliens.

[DarkDemonic726]

i cant wait till i get mine for Christmas

[Nocturnal_LIGHT]

This is just like the TS2 discussion, except with more basis to it. Now compare this with Resi, yes? You go around the corner expecting enemies, most of the time there is, but sometimes not, so u relax a bit. Now in MP if u relax too much, then some huge 10 foot beasts jump down from the roof you're gonna get a pretty good scare. Also CS rocks. Also different people have different opinions. (BTW u renting guys, if u use walkthroughs that sux)

[Angrist]

Walkthroughs spoil games.