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This Game Rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

For all of you out there who are questioning whether this is still a true Metroid game even though it's an FPS. Trust me, you will not be disappointed. The best Metroid title to date. The new perspective takes a little getting used to, but it's all worth it. Seeing things from Samus's perspective opens up a whole new aspect of gameplay. Kudos to Nintendo for this one.

Halo and GTA: Vice City, Now Metroid...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Dude,this is a must have game!It is first of all the best shooter for Gamecube,and then among the top three best shooters for the year(Halo and Vice City)If you are a fan of HALO you should have this game in the shoping cart!
You are Samus Aran,hottest female bounty hunter.ike any other Metriod game,Metriod Prime uses diffrent Beams,high jumpin,guns,and Morph Ball.Ahh what would life be without a Morph Ball.So if you like bounty hunters and Metriod and HALO,and you own Gamecube,buy METROID PRIME!!!

The gamecube's version of halo is very impresive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been looking forward to playing metroid prime ever since it came out. I rented it, and after I returned it, I brought it. This game is incredible. This is perhaps the best metroid ever. And it made me stop playing 1 player halo. This has 2B 1 uv da best FPS ever made. The only thing I don't like about this is that it eventualy ends, and no multiplayer. Other than that, this is a game that will without a doubt make ur gamecube shine, cuz it sure made mine. I recomend this 2 anyone with a gamecube.

Peace

Stunning gameplay...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"Metroid Prime" is one of the many reasons to buy Nintendo's GameCube, the underdog system that is actually quite good. With its believable graphics, great storyline, and stunningly simple controls, "Prime" might just have a chance at being one of the best games of the new generation of video games. This is definitely a must-buy for GameCube owners, and those who own a GBA will also want to check out its sister game, "Metroid Fusion," which continues the classic side-scroller set by the Metroid games of yore. The pace at which both these games moves is astonishing and involving. Those who say Nintendo is losing touch obviously need to devote a few hours to this game. They're in for a pleasant surprise.

Metroid Prime

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

At first, I won't deny I was a little disappointed that Metroid was going to the 1st person shooter format (like GOLDENEYE) but after I played the game, I quickly changed my mind. METROID PRIME is easily game of the year! It's totally awesome! The graphics and gameplay are great and all together, I had a lot of fun playing this one.

In my opinion, now that it's not a scroller and now a shooter, it's a lot more combat and kick butt orientated. Seriously, it takes a few minutes to get used to it, but after that initial maybe 3 - 5 minutes, you're golden and you won't be disappointed.

In any case, this is a great game! You have to pick this one up, whether you're into shooters, adventures or simply a fan of the Metroid series. Get this game and also, check out RESIDENT EVIL 0. Another great title for the Gamecube.

If you need only one reason to buy a GameCube, this is it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Metroid Prime is probably the best Nintendo game EVER! the graphics are like you're watching a darn movie! the AI is just about perfect (and i mean it) and the controls are like a glove once u get used to it. the world is massive; many games you can play for a couple of hours and your done. Not this game. ive played for a little over 2 hours and im barely even 10% done! if you need one reason to buy a GameCube, this is definitely it!

metroid in her prime!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome it's pretty much flawless I got it for christmas and I can say that if you buy it your definately getting your money's worth for this game. I have been waiting for many years for nintendo to make another metroid after the 1st 2 which were great and they finally did and it's awsome the graphics are incredible and I would say so far that this is without a doubt the best game for gamecube with graphics bosses and all around gameplay this game is the best if you have a gamecube and don't have this game go to your local store right now and buy it you won't be sorry!

Awesome game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Although I prefer Samus in her 2 dimensional form like on NES,SNES and Game Boy Advance I have to say this visually Perfect Dark esque game really packs in a mean punch and kicks some major alien a$$. All the graphics are awesome the challenges hard but still enjoyable and the soundtrack is pulsating. I still prefer 2D Samus like in Super Smash Bros Melee and all those 2D Metroids.

THE BEST GAMECUBE GAME!!!! Get it right away!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I looked at the best Gamecube games list, I saw Metroid Prime on it immediatly. I would say that it's place there is totally rightous, for it is the best game. When I bought a Gamecube, I bought three games with it, Metroid Prime included. It was the very first game I played on my Gamecube and once I started, I just couldn't turn the system off! Metroid Prime is one of, if not, the, best Gamecube games ever!! No Gamecube collection is complete without this little wonder. When I first played the orignal Metroid on NES, it fell in love with it totally. Then I played Metroid II: Return of Samus on Game Boy, which I thought was even better than the original, and fianlly Super Metroid on Super Nintendo, which I once thought was the pinicle of Metroid gaming on any system. Obviously I was mistaken. Metroid Prime tops them all. The graphics are absolutly stunning, the maission, amazing, the enemies are totally out of this world, and fianlly, there's Samus Aran herself.

It's a time of Crisis in the galaxy. On the alien planet of Tallion VI, a vast empire has been virtaully wiped out. This empire was built long ago by the Chozo, a peaceful and highly intelligent race of bird-like creatures. Throughout the milleniums, the Chozo made unparalleled leaps and strides in scinece and technology, becoming the most scientificlly advanced and most influecial race in the universe. On countless other worlds, the Chozo brought peace and built empires and cities unmatched in beauty and technology. But some Chozo decided to leave technology behind and live in harmony with nature itself. These Chozo set up home on Tallion VI. But soon after, a meteor struck, releasing a poisonous, partically organic element known as Phazon, killing life on Tallion VI and causing hideious mutations, and also within it was a life-form more evolved than any other, Metroid Prime. And even now, the dangers were far from over, for the Space Pirates, fierce nomadic interseller warriors and soldiers, set up bases on Tallion VI after their defeat on Planet Zebus where they tried to control Metroids, Energy-based, parasitic, life force sucking predators from SR388. Now the pirates are mining the Phazon on the planet and are conducting experiments to create powerful armies of geneticlly-enhanced super soldiers by combining DNA with Phazon radiation.

But, even now, hope remains. Interseller Bounty Hunter Samus Aran, the greatest bounty hunter and warrior in the galaxy, has tracked them to Tallion VI. Little do the pirates realize that their enemy was once their victim. When the pirates led an assualt on a federation space colony, they killed Samus's parents and left her behind. Left alone, she was found by the Chozo, who took her back to their homeworld and rasied her as their own. Through the years, the Chozo taught Samus many things, including the arts of war, hunting and survival, as well as the ways of peace, reason, and rightousness. As Samus grew from being a frightened orphaned child into a wise and noble woman and a strong and fearless warrior, the Chozo called her "The Newborn." Fianlly, she was given a Chozo-designed power suit, armed with many weapons and gear. With that in place, she left the Chozo in search of a place for herself in the universe, and soon became legandary as a great warrior and bounty hunter. Samus is back, and it's up to her to stop the pirates' scheme. Wielding powerful weapons and equipped with power suit made specially for her by the Chozo, the race to stop the pirates is on as Samus is out on her most dangerous adventure ever.

This game is so totally awsome that I was just spellbound by it when I played it. The environments are so stunning with their sight and texture that they look real. The creatures are totally aliena nd cool too, and the boss creatures just blew my away. When you collect all the gear in the game, the feeling of having it all at your disposal in intoxicating. All the beams, visors, suits, and gear. Another cool thing is that when you play the game, you actually see the world through Samus's eyes and through her visor, woth all the stuff that computer visors in movies have and all which only makes the game more incredible.

Get this game if you don't have it!!!!

Best FPS I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Metroid Prime has, since the announcement that it would be first-person and in 3D, enjoyed the kind of controversial hype that only a first-party Nintendo game can enjoy. Once Nintendo announced that Retro Studios was going 3D with the title, it quickly joined the new Zelda in the "What are they thinking?" club. You (yes, you) most likely thought it would be ruined once it began to look more and more like a first-person shooter. You then read E3 impressions that said the game was good, but you probably didn't listen. Well, guess what, Mr. Smarty: Metroid Prime is good. Really good. While Prime's graphics lack a little polish and flair and the controls never really become second-nature, the game itself simply rules. If you're an old-school Metroid fanatic, you can skip the next paragraph or two as we explain the idea to the new folks. Metroid games have always been about exploration, secret areas, and collecting power-ups that are cleverly hidden in plain sight. You might see a door in the first room that you can't reach until much later in the game, and behind that door might lie an entire new set of rooms to discover. You'll do a lot of backtracking, but you'll do it with a purpose as you realize that the cliff that was too high to get to in the beginning is a piece of cake with your new Space Jump boots. Within a few structural limits, you have free reign of the place to come, see, and conquer as you will. As you play, the world unfolds before you, and you become the powerful warrior you need to be to end the threat that enfolds the world of Tallon IV. In the beginning, Metroid Prime suffers from its own expectations. Since it is a first-person game, you'll likely fumble around with the controls as you try to play the game like, say, TimeSplitters 2 or Halo. At some point, though, you'll realize that this is not Halo, and you'll adjust. When you do, you'll be surprised just how much like the old Metroids this game feels. You jump from platform to platform (always a pain in first-person games, but rather forgiving in Metroid), use your Ice Beam and Varia Suit, and fight the same enemies you remember from the older games in the series. Once you reach that point, you'll fall right back into the old Metroid groove, and it's all smooth sailing from there. There are a few minor problems with the game. First off, while the controls are great once you get used to them, the learning curve is pretty steep, and even once you know them pretty well, they never seem to feel natural. Ten hours into the game you'll still be accidentally firing missiles when you want to see the map, and the use of the triggers to look about and lock onto targets never feels completely right. Metroid's graphics are schizophrenic in a way; some minor details, like seeing Samus's eyes reflected in the visor in a bright glare, are spectacular, but others, like muddy shadows and simple enemies, are not. Lastly, Metroid Prime requires a lot of backtracking and going through places you've already seen, and that can get boring if you don't know where you're going. Hardcore Metroid players won't have a problem with that, but others might find it exhausting to keep revisiting the same old places over and over and over. Still, even with its minor problems, Samus's latest adventure is a perfect tribute to the Metroid we all know and love. Salute to Retro Studios and Nintendo for giving us the industry's Holy Grail-a next-gen game that significantly upgrades the genre while keeping all the classic feel of the original. Well done, folks, well done.

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