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The game to get on Gamecube

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Metroid Prime is easily one of the most Atmespheric games I have ever played. It is the first in the series of a great trilogy of 3D metroid games. When I first saw the 3D look of the game, I expected it to be completley different than what it turned out to be, I expected it to be something like doom, Halo, or a first person shooter along those lines. It turned out to be a completely different genre. I will try and go into detail in telling about about the fantastic game that Metroid prime is.

Gameplay: You Play as the Bounty Hunter Samus Aran. You see the veiw through Samus's visor. This game is not a first person shooter, it is a first person adventure. you start in the frigate Orpheon where you get accustomed to the controls. You will see Samus actually lift or lower her arm when moving the camera which may seem akward the first 10 minutes you play but you see that it makes sense since She is wearing this big suit and does not realy have a neck. After you go through the frigate Orpheon and fight the parasitic queen, the ship will begin a self destruct sequence, in which you must escape. You encounter an old foe on the way out and chase him down to the nerby planet Tallon 1V. You find that the planet is infested by an evil poisen known as phazon, it is Samus's mission to reaquire her equipment, get the 12 artifacts, fight the mercillious space pirates, and discover and destroy the source of the phazon plaging the planet. There is alot of creative puzzle solving similiar to Zelda, as well as jumping like in mario, and some realy exciting action. You will raise bridges, open doors, find secret passages, and much more. The world of tallon 1V is huge. You will travel through the rainy Tallon overworld, the crumbling Chozo ruins, The lava filled magmoor Caverns, the Snow coverd Phanderana Drifts, And the pirate run Phazon mines. The tension builds and builds as you go farther into the ngame to see what excitment lies behind the next corner. The action is also Very Fun and exciting. You simply press the L button to lock on to an enemy ( like in Zelda), and just blast away at them. However the action is not just run and gun shooting, different enemys have different weak spots and some you have to discover their weakness before attacking. The Boss battles are insane, each with different attacks and counters. You also have you morph ball form. rolling into a ball allows you to squeeze through tite surfaces and their are also skateboardingstyle half pipes reach are lots of fun. The morph ball also gets many upgrade, like the boost ball, and spider ball, and also weapon upgrades. The morph ball can set three bombs ata a time, and eventually gets the power bomb which explode large debree. The morph ball is also used creatively in boss battle. The gameplay is just very entertaining and their are few games that compare.

Graphics: When this game came out in 2002 it ose groundbreaking in the visuall department. The textures were very detaild, and the lighting was great, their were huge explosions and jaw dropping envirnments. However bum,p mapping, which some later gamecube games had, was no where to be found, but that is not realy a complaint as it was the best on the console when it came out. The art also is what still makes this game very pleasent to look at. The enemys and bosses, and envirnments are so varied and uniqe. You see drops of rain or smoke come on your visor. Their are also different vizors which show things in different views, like the thermal vizor which lets you see invisible stuff, and the Z ray vizor showing you what is behind a wall, bridgest are made out of tree branches, bugs burow in the durt, and it all runs at 60 frames per second.

sound: Kenji yamamotos score is as moody as you would expect. it has been modernized with catchy techno remixes as well as great sound affects. you can hear a sound when a powerup is nearby. Space pirates grunt, as well as Samus when she takes damage. The phandrana drifts theme will stick in your head for quite a while. The sound affects on the other hand are mostly high quality middy but some of the tracks seem a bit to subtle and even low quality, not many gripes here though.

This game realy shows how to take an established 2D franchise and turn it into 3D. This game is like nthe 3D version of Super metroid, I cannot think of much higher praise than that.

Kinda creepy but fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Not for little kids who don't like dead things. It's pretty dark and scarey but fun.

No Go!--Too much MOTION SICKNESS!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Look, I have tried to make the best of this but the FIRST PERSON get-up that Nintendo has put into this game doesn't seem to agree with my PERSONAL BIOLOGY! The game itself, although RADICALLY different from what I was anticipating, is so-so. But the first person PERSPECTIVE and all of it's JERKY MOVEMENTS are LITERALLY making me sick! We're talking bad HEADACHES that last for more than an HOUR after about TEN MINUTES of PLAY!

Due to all the MOTION SICKNESS that this game is causing me--it would be almost MASOCHISTIC to keep playing it!

One of the best Gamecube titles ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the most innovative games on the Gamecube. The people that made this game saw what we were getting on the gamecube and were tired of it, which was what most people were feeling too. You hardly ever see shooters on the gamecube. Out of the hundreds of gamecube games, I could probably only name 3, counting this game. So the game developers took a MAJOR chance. And I mean major. No one ever saw a game like this before on the gamecube. Probably the closest thing people saw was Halo. And that actually had a military theme to it.

The graphics are some of the best I've seen on the Gamecube ever. The controls are top notch, although we could do without having to flip through so many visors so fast, like when you fight the last boss, that was just ridiculous. The sound is awesome. The music totally fits the environment, such as the lava caves, or when enemies appear out of nowhere. It also has different music with each enemy, like when the Space pirate jumps out at you, and when the Metroid coems at you, it's different. And when the Metroid is on the same screen as the Space pirate, the music is totally different as well, and not just a mxi of the two tunes. It's different entirely.

The Storyline is not exactly original, but if you played the other Metroid games, then this game reveals some of the questions rasied in the previous games. Also, the story almost keeps you guessing until the end. Really the only complaint I have with this game is the difficulty. The game itself can take you almost months to beat. It's all open world, so you can look at your map (which I might add, isn't an exact replica of the game level, thus making you think!) or you can run around until you find a door and realise "Oh wait! I already went through here!" It's not really bad once you figure out the map. The map really only limits you to where your objective is. It doesn't tell you where to go. Without a guide, it's next to impossible to beat the boss. I played it through without the guide, and I ended up hitting that reload button countless times. You need plenty of missiles to beat the last boss, but without the guide, you only find a few missle upgrades, and so you have nowhere near enough. Sorry this review is kind of long, but I have read several and I've only seen rants about how people waste theor time with this. Truth is, if you don't really have a lot of free time, don't buy it. And if you did buy it and don't have the time to play it, don't make us read about how you are going to burn everything that has the word "Nintendo" on it. Just write a review about how it's time consuming, like what I just did. Anyway, it's a great game, and once again, if you have a lot of spare time on your hands, play it. If you liked Halo, you'll love this.

Great Game that still holds up

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I never owned a gamecube, I bought this to play on the Wii after loving Metroid Prime 3. This game is a ton of fun that will easily give you about 30 hours of game play, with some stunning visuals (looks great on the wii). I agree with one of the reviewers about the save system. Scattered recharge stations are fine, but if I'm laying my money down for this game, I'd like the ability to save at will, especially if I may not have an hour to sit down and play. But that's a small negative for overall very excellent game play. For metroid series fans, there a lot of familiarity here, almost as if all the best features of Super Metroid were translated to 3D.

And for the people playing this on the Wii, first off, get a good Game Cube controller to play it b/c you can't use the Wii mote or the classic controller. I bought a wireless Nintendo Wavebird controller off Ebay and its perfect for it. Also, make sure you buy a Gamecube memory card first before playing otherwise you can't save your game.

Incredible Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Immersive environment, exiting gameplay, great graphics (for back then) and a story that will keep you interested thoughout the whole game. I can really say that this is one game that I can play over and over again, and still feel exited about it. Not a pro review nor in depth what so ever, but if you have heard good things about it, it is all true. Check out the video review by one of Gamespot's former Chief Editor, you will see what I mean.

Miserable for a casual gamer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: December 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The "save stations" ruin this game for those of us who like to play video games in our free time, rather than all of the time. You can only save your game at certain locations on the map, and it is not uncommon to go 30 - 60 minutes without reaching the next save point, OFTEN WITH BOSS BATTLES JUST BEFORE.

This ruins the battles, because who wants to risk dying just to have to repeat the same 30 minute hike to face the boss (and possibly die) again? Instead, you pause the game and read the walkthrough, eliminating any fun in figuring out how to beat the bosses yourself.

Even for hardcore gamers, this game leaves a lot to be desired. The combat is uninspired button mashing (the only challenge in the last few boss battles is not any sort of finesse, but rather keeping your thumb/the controller from breaking long enough to defeat the enemies). The "story" is presented only through hard-to-read-and-click-through blurbs you find on computer consoles and walls. And the backtracking -- oh, the backtracking!

Overall, I am hugely disappointed in this purchase for my Wii, and if this is the best the GameCube had to offer, I'm glad I never got one!

Whoever hates this game is evil!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is not "Homeschoolmom", this is her son! I think this is a great game! The graphics are awesome for the year it was made and the gameplay and controls are simple to master.
The only think I don't like about the game is the distance you have to travel to get where your going. It can be really frustrating!!
Other than that, this game is awesome and is one of my all-time favorite games!! I can't wait to get the other two Metroid games if this one is this good! Go Samus!!

Must Have for the Gamecube

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Even though as i write the review Gamecube's are no long around. Metriod Prime is a must have for the system. Its graphics are good for its generation. Although i will say that there are points in the game when it could use a little speeding up but other than that the game is pretty good and worth taking a look at.

Perfection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'll be honest, I absolutely hate 1st-person shooters for console systems, but Nintendo really got it right with this one.

There were no Metroid games for the N64, so the bar for this game was set by Super Metroid--one of the best games Nintendo has ever released. On top of that, this was the first attempt at a 3D version of a Metroid game. Naturally, I was worried that it would disappoint. It doesn't.

The controls are brilliant. By the time you get started, it'll take you all of 15 minutes to master the controls, which gives you the rest of the time to marvel at the stunning graphics, seductive soundtrack, and brilliant level design.

Words can't adequately describe the look and feel of this game. Turn off the lights, get comfortable, turn the game on, and you'll get sucked right in. The game designers have successfully created a world that you will feel totally immersed in. Just don't forget to eat food and take bathroom breaks.

Stop reading this review and buy it already. You won't be disappointed.

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