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cool game, cool graphics, too hard.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Very cool graphics but too hard of a game.

1 of the Best rated games on "Gamespot.com", and I agree!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The series of Samus would be the best shooter series in the world. The lowest official review I found for this game was 9.7 out of 10, and that was the best game on the website. You start out as Samus from the classic Metroid series, only put into the spacesuit that would be the legend herself, on the Space Pirate Frigate. The controls are a killer to learn, but a half-an-hour worth's of gaming would be more than substantial time for an average gamer to master. I learned in around 10 minutes, and I'm surprised, as I am not the best gamer, but I am one of the best. This game is nearly impossible to beat without the Official Guide from Prima, because there is around 49 missile expansions, 5 powerbomb expansions, 4 beam weapons to acquire and master, and much more.

Now to actual gaming. I must start out with all of the flaws. This game lacks an extremely useful multiplayer co-op mode, or any type of multiplayer mode in general. The Samus could have just cloned herself and had the top scientists make her buddies more power suits. That kind of strays into Metroid Prime 2, but not completely. I hope Metroid Prime 3 falls into a co-op multiplayer mode somehow.

Now for the good sides of the game. I start by comparing to Halo. Metroid Prime is often called the sister to Halo, but if Samus adopted the destructiveness of Halo, it would kill. The graphics in Metroid greatly makes Halo seem like the Microsoft francise would be in a 64-bit game. Halo attempts to maintain a solid 25 frames per second, but they fail miserably, sometimes freezing for half-a-second, which would probably kill you. Metroid Prime, however, maintains a solid 60 frames per second without failure, and that is a big step.

The graphics between Metroid and Halo are actually very similar, both with highly detailed worlds. I can't express the pain the creaters must have gone through to make such a good game. Your enemies are painstakingly created, and the worlds that surround them are even more spetacular. The gameplay is excellent, with around 60 hours without the guide, and 10 with the guide.

Here is a final

Graphics: 10
They are the best part of the game.

Gameplay: 9.5
Confusing without the guide.

Soundtrack: 10
Suspenseful and everchanging.

Best Bang for your Buck: Yes.

User Rating, 9.85

This is an add-on.

Metroid Prime-GCN

Few games have been up to the challenge that has been faced with the newest game in the arsenal of the Nintendo Gamecube. Metroid Prime, however, is one of these few games. Anticipated to be a horrible game in comparison to the two dimensional Metroid Series, Metroid Prime has taken the leap from 2-D to 3-D with unsurpassed greatness and dedication.

Retro Studios, based in Houston, Texas, an industry of only 50 members, have earned a reputation that rivals only the greatest in the making, crushing giants such as Capcom and Namco in terms of deliverance, and beating the Microsoft leader of the legendary game of Halo, Bungie. With the pressure that was put on them by legions of Nintendo fans, Retro would have expected to collapse under the pressure, but did they? Read on to find out.

Game play- The most immense worlds are useless without good game play to support them, but Metroid Prime has both, with stunning visuals to support them. Become the bounty hunter behind the visor once more, and this time, really become the bounty hunter behind the visor, as you are really Samus Aran, and you see what she sees. On a space vessel doomed from the beginning, the creations of a story that would lead in history were in the making, as Samus Aran flew her ship through asteroids and meteors to get to the Space Station. As she lands, you can get a very useful introduction that teaches everything you need to know with the greatest ease and simplicity. When the timing is right, and you are getting used to the controls of the greatest first-person adventure in the making, you are getting ready to fight a monster, and mutated bug. While this bug may be 50 times your size, it's only half of your strength, and you really hone you skills on the monster from the biology labs. But the monster begins a self-destruct sequence and a trip to Hell and back begins!

You land on a planet named Tallon IV, with a lush over world that makes scenery in Halo look like Paper Mario. As you explore to find out where you're next objective is, you may come across the Space Vessel that crashed in its attempt to mutate a bug. You can see it is still smoking, and after you return to it after the first time, it will not be smoking, adding realism. You start out with a power beam and a power suit. As you look around, you will find hidden extras and power-ups that can be used in later battles against harder enemies. Don't expect a story where everything is given to you. You have to earn it, and how, but looking. For Example, it could be like finding a nickel or a quarter in the sandbox when you were 5 or 6; somebody would tell you it was there, they just wouldn't find it for you.

The ability to think for yourself is something you won't find in smash hits such as Halo or Timesplitters 2. Metroid Prime requires you to scan for weaknesses in your enemies and for you to figure out how to destroy them yourselves. One way to obtain this ability is to use different visors. Metroid Prime has multiple "visors" that are heat, light, and x-ray sensitive, along with a scan visor that gathers information about an opponent. The boss at the end, Metroid Prime requires use of all four of these visors, an annoying but more refreshing use of equipment than standard light sensitive equipment.

Exploration. It made The United States of America what it is today, and it makes Metroid Prime just as great. For example, you can find 2 more visors, 3 more beam weapons, a morph ball (which is expected to be in Halo 3) and bombs for the morphball, spiderball, boost ball, beam powerups, and 250 missiles. But these are not given to you. For the larger powerups, you need to fight a boss that would rip a normal human to shreds, and you need to look for them, literally. They are hidden throughout the world. To give you an idea of how long it would take to collect them, and professional gamer did not complete it in under 60 hours without a guide.

While it is not overly impossible, Metroid requires skill, and more importantly, determination that cannot be stopped after losing to a boss. It requires multiple attempts, and if you cannot succeed, you just aren't trying hard enough, because this games was designed for you to succeed with a fight.

Graphics- With all of this mumbo-jumbo about Cube-mapping, I guess it would be safe to say that Metroid Prime has exceeded what Cube-Mapping would be. The visuals are simply stunning. From the snowy regions of Phendrana Drifts to the Fiery Growl of Magmoor Caverns, Metroid Prime's levels are taken from life, or so it would seem. Gamespot.com states this perfectly- "In fact, the game has no levels. It's all one vast, continuous world that somehow manages to blend numerous, starkly different environments, from lush tropics to dusty caverns to frigid fields of ice to hellish lakes of fire. Metroid Prime has no loading times whatsoever, not when you first turn on your GameCube, and not when you run through miles of Tallon IV's incredibly detailed vistas. Using a classic convention of the Metroid series--areas of Tallon IV are walled off by iris-shaped doors that must be shot open using your beam weapons--the game manages to quietly, invisibly stream new content in the background as you move along. This is similar to a technical feat first seen in Crystal Dynamics' imaginative Soul Reaver games, only Metroid Prime's environments are even more detailed and the background loading is even more transparent than in those games.

"The benefits to there being no loading times in the game cannot be overstated. One way to put it is, after playing Metroid Prime, you may find that most level-based games seem somehow primitive to you. At any rate, the sheer size, the remarkable detail, and the continuous nature of Metroid Prime's setting are huge parts of what makes the game so fantastic. You'll see tremendous variety in the scenery, from tight, claustrophobic corridors to flooded passageways to vast, elaborate temples, and it all looks natural and lifelike and yet isn't confusing or bewildering. When you can jump to reach a certain area, you'll know. When something is out of your reach, you'll know why. How the designers were able to make environments that have a natural feel and yet are easy to explore without seeming contrived is an utter mystery. One thing's for certain: The designers at Retro Studios are extremely talented."

The soundtrack is stunning, with compositions from Kenji Yamamoto. You expect something that you would hear from a place with Magma covering the walls, or the peaceful tranquility that snow would offer. There is no way to describe the level of skill that the soundtrack delievers.

If you don't believe me, then you must try it for yourself.

My Rating- 9997/10000

I wrote it myself. No plaguarism found.

THE best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I picked up metroid fusion at EBgames once when
i was looking for a bionicle game(i am a big bionicle fan) and I had som moneyleft over so
i bought metroid fusion and ever since I have been obssesed with metroid i was dissapointed with the bionicle game but i decide to go back a few months later and get metroid zero mission i was slightly dissapointed with this one because it was so short but i still wanted to get all the metroid games so i got return of samus next up metroid prime unfortunatly i ddidn't have a game cube so i got one that came with metroid prime and a metroid prime 2 and the next in the metroid series did not dissapoint me i was very happy with this one if you are given the chance GET THIS GAME QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Best Game Of It's Time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Metroid. Nintendo's greatest video game franchise. It has spawned one of the few games that can actually compete with Halo. That game is of course Metroid Prime. This game is one of the most beautiful and exciting games I have ever played. You start off flying in your ship towards a space pirate frigate. Your ship stops in front of it. You emerge and jump on to the frigate. You have received a destress signal and you are investigating the matter. You are Samus Aran: Bounty Hunter. After you have investigated the amazingly detailed space pirate frigate you get back into your ship after you have just set off a self-destruct mechanism and encountered Meta-Ridley. Ridley is a dragon like creature you defeated in Metroid and now he's back in his new Meta form. Meta Ridley is flying towards the planet and you set off on his trail. You then have lost him. Now you are entering the atmosphere of Tallon IV(4). This is the planet you will now spend the rest of the game on now. This planet's detail is just to great for words. You will soon find yourself tangled up in the mystery of the Chozo, the race of birdlike creatures that raised Samus. You will encounter space pirate, find out about an asteroid that hit the planet, the mystery of phazon, and the Worm. The gameplay is fun and addicting. The story is also deeply involved. In order for the story to be deeply involving though, you must scan things, using your scan visor. When you scan things with your visor you might get info regarding: Physical features of the area, Space Pirate logs, Chozo lore, and a whole mess of other info. Occasionally though, scanning can get a bit reppitive. Say you are scanning around for a space pirate log. Well, in order to do that you must scan many items. You have to wait for each scan to load which takes up some time. This is only a minor setback though. The controls are quite simplistic from my point of view. The challenge is amazing. It took me a full 15 hours to get through this game for the first time. That is quite a long game for a gamer at my status. I don't like to reccomend games for certain age groups, but by how seasoned at gaming they truly are. So if you don't like games that are challenging, read my review no further. Still here? Good. Because this game is just to good anyway. When i first got this game, I couldn't get very far into the game. I stoped playing it for a while. I played other games and became closer and closer to that gameing elite I am today. Note: This was about 3 years ago. I then decided it was time to attemt Prime again. I atempted and succeeded. Thus I say you should be a seasoned gamer in order to succeed in this game, without a strategy guide. I have now beat this game multiple times. Overall I give this game a 9.8 out of 10. It lost the 0.2 due to the amount of potential Metroid has, but just doesn't use it. I still love this game though. Astalavesta.

I ENJOY IT IMMENSELY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Back in the winter of 2002, I figured I'd take a chance on a console system, so I picked up a 'cube, Mario Sunshine and Metroid Prime. Long story short, I'm stil down with 'cube, big time.

Long story long, Metroid is quite simply one of the most complete, epic, well-thought out games I've played in a long while. Top to bottom, this game has something for everyone. Puzzles, great 1st person bad m.f. weapon based combat, vast, expansive, thought-provoking environments, and a perfect soundtrack. Oh yeah, and the bosses are superb. With Metroid, the combat never gets easy; the bad guys get better, Madam Samus gets more powerful, and the stakes get racheted up. This is fun stuff, fo' sho. With a price of $20, that deal can't be beat; I was more than willing to pay $50 back in the day and, to tell the truth, I'd still pay it now. Pick it up.

The game was the greatest so far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i have only just begun to play this game and i have so much fun. I never really ever got into Metroid until after my friend Neil gave me a look into Prime, i was amazed by the detail with the mist, heat, snow, he asked me what i thought. I said " i have no word to describe the game other then, it is better then Most of the games i have seen. I start playing at 6 pm Friday....at midnight Sunday morning. I didnt stop for sleep only to go to the bathroom and eat...you need food to survive on that game. it is that good...so please play this game. The end of it is the best as well as the beginning.

Frustrating First-Person Fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As a FPS-phobiac, I don't know why I picked up this game. I'm glad I did, though. With this game, Nintendo has tackled yet another genre with aplomb, adding FPS to a list that already includes platformers (Mario), action/adventures (Zelda), and RPGs (Pokemon and Paper Mario).

I loved the approach to first-person combat. The controls are smooth as silk, and make it easy to move and shoot at the same time. Weapon and visor switching can be done at the press of a button. Overall, I found the game's controls very easy to master. The game itself, however, was another matter.

The level of difficulty here fried my nerves to no end. I would walk carefully through an area, my heart beating frantically as I wondered when the next group of space pirates was going to leap down and ruthlessly attack me. There are almost no "grunt"-type enemies in the game. Each and every one proves a genuine threat. And don't even get me started on the bosses--not only do they make you know fear with their rabid behavior, but they'll decimate you within seconds if you're screwing around. You'll cry with relief every time you reach a checkpoint and can save your progress. I would reccomend buying a strategy guide so you can figure out where to go and where the power-ups are, but even when you know what to do, it doesn't make doing it any easier. Without a doubt, this is the most intense, nerve-racking, scary, and difficult game I have ever played. And then you can play Hard mode, if you enjoy pain.

So with all that, why do I still adore this game? Well, whenever I would actually get to a save point/beat a boss/get a power-up/etc., I would feel like the bomb. Even though I used a strategy guide, I still felt like an uber-gamer every time I accomplished something.

You've heard me mention power-ups several times now. Well, there's a reason for that: they rock. Torching fools with my Heat Ray is one of the funnest things I've ever done. The Super Missles aren't too shabby either, especially when I shattered that Omega Pirate's knees. The different visors (such as Thermal, X-Ray, etc.) all have neat views. And they're not only cool, they each have puzzle-solving capabilities, so they're useful too. And once you have all the essentials, you can collect the dozens of energy and missle expansions. They're all fun to get, and absoloutely necessary to beating the final boss.

As I used all my cool powers, screamed in terror at bosses and regular enemies alike, racked my brain for strategies, navigated the environments (which also rock--they have all kinds of clever nooks and crannies to explore, and the graphics are amazing), whooped with joy when I beat a boss, and investigated the depths of the game's story (there are no cutscenes, but by scanning objects, an interesting plot develops), I realized something: I was not just playing a game. I was having a life experience--one that rivaled any other, "real-life" accomplishment. Buy this game, and you too will go on the ride of a lifetime.

BEST GAME EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Metroid Prime is the best game ever, period. Well...besides the sequel, Metroid Prime 2 Echoes. It's almost ipossible to explain the richness and high quality in the game. Metroid Prime demonstrates how good and un-kiddish 'Cube games can be. If you are thinking of getting a game system, get the Gamecube so you can experience this 100/5 starred game. Here's my ratings:
.:.Gameplay: Flawless
.:.Story: Pretty much Flawless
.:.Controls: Flawless
.:.Short/Long: Long game that is VERY replayable.
.:.Awful/Perfect: Virtually Flawless
.:.Any chance of being a better game?: Yes, but the only games that I can think of that would be better would be the Metroid sequels.(Metroid Prime 2,3,4...)
.:.Worth the money? YES!! Even if you found it got a highered price to 49.99, it would still be worth it.
.:. Overall: 100%

I have never played a better 1-player game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I must be honest. What I found in Metroid Prime was everything I expected, with a side topping of greatness in view. You start as Samus Aran on the Space Pirate Frigate, and sure as hell, you are given confusing controls that are impossible to master. Do not, repeat, do not let this get you down. As you play on, you will definitely realize that this game is no doubt among the best games you have played that is only for one player, as you require both your brain and reflexes to succeed. Live as Samus through the different regions of Tallon IV, and bring the power of the Chozo against the harmful Phazon (Poison that eventually will destroy or transform Tallon IV, a planet, into a wasteland) and fight enemies as you go for the death. But why listen to me? I am not a Gamecube worker, in fact, I do not even have five games for Gamecube, but I am a serious gamer. I have a Sega Dreamcast, and thirteen games for the Dreamcast, and I know a good game when I see it. But to experience the power of the Chozo and Samus for yourself, buy or at least get an extended rent for the game.

A wonderful experience...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I never thought Metroid could be revived with lush, 3-D graphics. I thought the Metroid series was dead, especially after Metroid:Fusion, a game that goes against everything that is Metroid.

Boy was I wrong.....

Metroid Prime is one of the greatest games I have ever had the fortune of playing. Even though the graphics are 3-D, and beautiful, it still retains everything that made Metroid and Super Metroid masterpieces, it still has the feeling of being on a desolate, isolated planet, waging an epic war against the space pirates with a one-manned army that is Samus. Before Metal Gear, and as far as my research goes, even before the first Zelda game, there was Samus. It is hard to believe that with the high standards of Metroid fans, Metroid Prime was still as much a success as it was, and is. I can't really comment on whether this game is as good as Metroid or Super Metroid, because those games were 2-d, and this is 3-d, thus it would be unfair. However, this is one of the greatest games of all time, and here is why...

Graphics-99/100 Wow, Retro Studios really outdid themselves. The graphics are absolutely gorgeous, better than anything I have seen to date. As much as I hate to admit it, graphics have always played a major role in Metroid games. The first Metroid for NES had amazing , groundbreaking graphics, with excrutiating details in the backrounds. Remember the purple, orb like things in Norfair in the original Metroid? That is what I am talking about. The only problem I have with Metroid Prime, if I had to think of one, would be that the surroundings aren't as creepy as the other games in the series. Tallen Overworld is reminiscent of the first Turok game for N64, just with Metroid flavor. The Phazon Mines and Magmoor Caverns bring in a pretty good atmosphere, but I wasn't a huge fan of the Phendrana Drifts environments, I think they were a little too typical for a Metroid game. Even so, even the Phendrana Drifts environments look beautiful, if not 100 % Metroid. But the thing abaout the Metroid series I guess, is that they always do groundbraking things. Super Metroid took the original and blew it out of the water, and Metroid Prime doesn't disappoint at all. I think the graphics in this game are about as good as they could possibly ever have been, and I couldn't as for better. The beams also look pretty awesome, and still stand by the classic Metroid beams.

Music/sound- 95/100 Definitely wonderful in this aspect as well. The music is very atmospheric and sets the tone almost all of the game. The music, in my opinion, isn't quite the dark, atmospherically beautiful masterpiece that was Super Metroid, but it definitely sets the tone and gets it done when it has to. I particularly like the Tallen Overworld , Phendrana Drifts , and Chozo Ruins themes. The music is much more electro sounding than other Metroid games, but still is quite an aural pleasure. Oh yeah, the Meta Ripley theme is pretty awesome as well (basically a remake of the original Ridley theme from Super Metroid, one of my all time favorite Metroid themes.

Controls- 100/100 Brilliant, the c- pad works great as a beam switcher, and the control pad switches the visors. Every single controller set- up is flawless, and Samus controlls as good as ever, now able to lock on and even do side dashes.

Overall- 98/100 This game is as close to perfection as it gets these days, and is worth it for everyone to buy, especially since it is only about 15-20 bucks. Buy it, you won't regret it.

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