Help me enjoy Metroid Prime

[ChromeAlchemist]

Thanks for all the responses, guys. I think actually every one since my last post has been informative/helpful, but it would be silly for me to like quote every one and say something along the lines of "oh cool, thanks". So I'll just pick out one or two things.

If you feel inclined to continue after this one, I'd say skip MP2. It's a clone of MP1 but with worse environments, a bad and contrived dual world system and silly plot, and only adds one new important character to the series. And if you've beaten MP1 already, you can probably hazard a guess as to where Dark Samus came from. Skip to MP3: Corruption, which introduced a lot of new elements and mixed the gameplay up a bit, especially with more combat against the pirates.

Also, do you know what the Metroid Prime is?

I actually was already planning to skip MP 2 if I finish MP, simply because I couldn't see myself sitting through three full games like this in the near future, but I'm interested to see in how things changed in the bump to the next gen. (I figured it wouldn't be too hard to wiki the plot of MP2.)

In reference to that last question, no. I've never played a Metroid game (actually I played Metroid Prime: Hunters for DS, but that had almost no story). The metroids are the green transluscent things, the ones the pirates are talking about that suck energy from people, right? I had never really thought about it, but I remember reading that the space pirates were trying to use... phozon? phazon? to power up the metroids in hopes of using them as energy sources to basically rule the galaxy. So my guess would be that the metroid prime would be their success that became too powerful for them to handle. Which would maybe explain why there are barely any space pirates left considering how many it seems would need to be run to keep the place going.

Hm, maybe there is a little more to this game than I've given credit.

Hey hey hey! Don't skip Metroid Prime 2! I thought you wanted a challenge? That gives you a challenge for sure! Plus it's still pretty good. To be honest after you play the second one, the third one is a bit more set-piece and boss heavy compared to the first two, it's quite interesting how far they took it.

But missing out one part of the trilogy is madness bro. You're breaking my heart bro, can you hear it breaking? Bro? Breaking?

Play MP2, then come back to us with a bucketful of tears. That game was work. Seriously if you want to be challenged then play that game, on hard if possible.

The thing is, it makes sense for an eight year old game that was universally praised to not live up to it's hype. I think just about everyone loved it. But the first game is much more about exploration and immersion than difficulty. But the other two games are harder, two being the hardest of the three.

Corruption is the most action oriented of the trilogy, just so you know.

But missing out on MP2 echoes means missing out on QuadRaxis, the scariest transformer ever.

Oh yeah! That thing was pretty scary. The Prime series in general creeped me out a little because the Metroids latching onto your face reminded me of face-huggers in Aliens. I never liked face-huggers as a kid.

Oh, and ignore KeyMaster45 please, because the Wii version definitely enhances the experience. The only reason any of us would recommend the GameCube version is because we played it like that. There is one cosmetic difference though (the Ice Beam in the GC version freezes the arm cannon as it charges, which was cool).

 

[MightyMole]

Yeah, I'm having a hard time getting into this too. I actually just got into gaming this generation. I played and owned previous generations, but it was pretty casual and I didn't play often. I picked up Metroid Prime, Echoes, and Corruption at used game stores all for fairly cheap (Probably $40 for all 3?) because they're so acclaimed and I wanted to give them a go. As much as I love Nintendo's other franchises, I never really played any of the Metroids so I thought I'd give it a go.

Playing Prime on the Gamecube after being so used to this gen's controllers is weird. I keep trying to play it like Halo or something and use my C stick to look around. I really cant hold that against the game though, but I am a tad annoyed with all the scanning. I really wanted to try and do a full run my first time and scan everything, but I'm now considering just going through with minimal scanning my first go. I'm really not a fan of having to look around all the time making sure I scanned every single last thing in an area. I actually died on the first part of the game during the escape sequence making sure I wasn't missing anything in the tunnels I was running through.

I'm actually considering buying the Trilogy to remedy the control awkwardness. Usually I would just get used to it, but hey, if there is a smoother alternative then why not? I do wonder if the controls for Prime 1 and 2 would be as smooth as the the controls for 3.

But more OT, I'm not really sure I can really give you advice on Metroid Prime specifically, but as someone said before me, maybe you just need to beat it and you'll enjoy it more looking back on it. This happens to me on a lot of games. I'll force myself to play through it, being pretty indifferent to the experience as I do but after I beat it I look back and really appreciate the game as a whole. Then I want to go through and play it again and enjoy it even more. This has been the case for me with Assassin's Creed, Gears of War and Resident Evil 5. Maybe you just got to find the way to play it that will maximize your enjoyment? There are numerous ways to play even the most linear of games

 

[DigitalAtlas]

How to enjoy Metroid Prime:

Step One- Put in the disc.

Mission Accomplished.