Feel the atmoshpere in Metroid Prime: new pics.

Angrist · 08-24-2002, 06:24 AM

Now THAT really looks good!!! :eek:
Retro Studios is doing a great job.

bobcat · 08-24-2002, 07:21 AM

Can't wait for this!

People are calling it the Halo killer. But it's a FPA, not FPS.

Plus I think Halo was way overhyped to begin with

I never played Metroid much, but I like the concept behind the character.

DarkMaster · 08-24-2002, 09:43 AM

i never really cared for FPS games, but this one looks different. more fun and adventuring, i think i shall buy!

Angrist · 08-24-2002, 04:07 PM

I don't think there are many games that you can compare this with. It has the atmosphere of Aliens vs Predator (play it!!! great game!!), the graphics of Halo (?) and the adventure of.... well, Metroid!

Especially the rain looks great!

Angrist · 08-30-2002, 07:06 AM

IGN's thoughts:

"Fabulous. Amazing. Outstanding. Phenomenal. Wow. Any of these words sum up the latest four levels in Metroid Prime. Before E3 2002 we had our doubts about Metroid Prime as a whole. After the show, we had our doubts that other levels would be as solid as the first demo. Now, we have no doubts. This game kicks our collective ass. It's stunningly beautiful, clever, innovative, and most of all fun. It'll remind players why they've always loved the Metroid franchise and at the same time blow away newcomers with its style, theme and play mechanics. This is Nintendo's flagship title."

Can't wait!!

TheGame · 08-30-2002, 01:29 PM

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Originally posted by bobcat
Plus I think Halo was way overhyped to begin with

Overhyped?

Hype has nothing to do with Halo... I din't know/care about Halo until it was released, so I never really saw the hype. Plus, when it was released, it got great scores from everywhere, so apparently it lived up to the hype.

In my opinion, Metroid is the best example of a game being overhyped. Some people act as if this game will flip the whole industry... but I can see lots of games I think will be better than Metriod.

Oh, and I doubt a FPA will beat out (probably) the best home console FPS of all time. It doesn't even have multi-player... and for a first person game that's usually a big no-no.

Everybody is entitled to thier opinion, but I seriously think this game will not live up to the hype.

Bond · 08-30-2002, 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by bobcat
Plus I think Halo was way overhyped to begin with

Well, Luigi's Mansion was overhyped but I don't see anyone commenting on that.

Halo was the most hyped Xbox launch title, but a lot of the hype came from the fans, not so much Microsoft or Bungie.

TheGame · 08-30-2002, 01:47 PM

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Well, Luigi's Mansion was overhyped but I don't see anyone commenting on that.

Exactly.. how was LM the best selling launch game of all time??? Best selling, but certainly not the best game.

Null · 08-30-2002, 01:53 PM

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Originally posted by TheGame
Oh, and I doubt a FPA will beat out (probably) the best home console FPS of all time.

its an FPS.

i dont know who started this FPA crap. but all that was, was to get people off thier back about changing metroid into a FPS. So they're all like. ohhh FPA, well thats alight then. just as long as its not FPS.

no, Its in first person, you shoot things, its an FPS. does that mean games like turok, halo, bond or anything else doesnt have an adventure?

TheGame · 08-30-2002, 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by Null

its an FPS.

i dont know who started this FPA crap. but all that was, was to get people off thier back about changing metroid into a FPS. So they're all like. ohhh FPA, well thats alight then. just as long as its not FPS.

no, Its in first person, you shoot things, its an FPS. does that mean games like turok, halo, bond or anything else doesnt have an adventure?

acctually, it doesn't. Bond/Halo are more like Action games, while Metroid is an Adventure game. I'd much rather Metroid be a FPS, but it's not.

GameKinG · 08-30-2002, 02:21 PM

I havent really heard much from nintendo an retro about metroid except that they think it will be a fun experience and a great game. Much like it was for halo. The fans of XBox were going nuts when it came closer to launch, much like it is for metroid.

Null · 08-30-2002, 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by TheGame

acctually, it doesn't. Bond/Halo are more like Action games, while Metroid is an Adventure game. I'd much rather Metroid be a FPS, but it's not.

Halo, walk around in first person. shoot the enemy

Metroid, walk around in first person, shoot the enemy

from what i seen so far, id say halo was more of a quote unquote adventure, it was oudoor more wide open. from what i seen of Metroid its more indoor, down hallways and stuff.

be however technical you want about this. saying ones action, ones adventure. go thro your rules of what makes what different. Both your exploring worlds or levels or what not, shooting the bad guy. both are FPS. obviously you do differnt things in each of thoes two FPS. but same with every FPS, you do differnt things, you going to give a differnt name for every one? say one was a horror game, dark, mysterous, kinda look doom meets Resident Evil............... in first person.

oh wait. that must be a FPH then.

GameKinG · 08-30-2002, 03:06 PM

Well metroid is more exploration the shooting. It even has auto-aim. They probably would make you shoot much had samus never originaly have a gun.

TheGame · 08-30-2002, 03:44 PM

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Originally posted by Null

Halo, walk around in first person. shoot the enemy

Metroid, walk around in first person, shoot the enemy

By your logic, Metroid for SNES is a 3rd person Shooter... but due to the fact that it lacks action like that, it's an Adventure game.

is Metroid an RPG because you play the Role of Samus? Is it a fighting game because you fight enymys?

in the words of Macho Man "What it is, is what it is" and what it is, is an Adventure game... just because the camera is in 1st person it doesn't make it a FPS. Because it's not a shooting game to begin with. Halo you run around to shot and kill, Goldeneye you run around to shoot and kill, and in metroid you are exploring.

if Halo was in third person... you run around to shoot and kill, if Goldeneye was in this person.... you run around to shoot and kill.... if Metroid were in third person (which it was) you are still just exploring.

is Metal Gear Solid a shooting game just because you can use a gun? No, it's a lot more than that, same with Metroid.

Null · 08-30-2002, 04:17 PM

pretty lame side of an argument.

your talking about games that already have a catagory.

not taking a game thats obviously in one catagory, and making up a whole new catagory for it just to make it sound differnt.

your going around, collecting differnt types of weapons. shooting the enemys, how is that differnt from any other fps? because it has differnt elements mixed in with it.. oh boy. guess we better put it in a catagory all its own. lacks action? from what i seen it has just as much action as any other fps.

yanno what? i dont think mario is a platformer. i think from now on its going to be a platform water squirter, cuz yanno. other platforms dont have water squirters.

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instead of trying to complicate things, making tons of catagories to seperate things from one another, adding on more and more catagories. why not just call them for what they are? platformer, fps, sim, sports, etc. Why must there be new catagories made up? i mean seriously... FPA ?