Metroid Prime 3 - /v/ (#714330608) [Archived: 631 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/3/2025, 2:45:32 AM No.714330608
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Started playing it. Not sure if I like it yet. But I heard good things.
Prime 2 was a slow starter so maybe this is too. Just got the PED suit
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 2:48:08 AM No.714330821
>HOLD WIIMOTE AT THE SCREEN
>TURN CONTROLLER COUNTERCLOCKWISE TO OPEN THIS DOOR
>USE VISOR 2 TO ORDER PARTS FOR YOUR SHIP SO YOU CAN LEAVE THE UGLY PLANET
It sucks
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 2:57:43 AM No.714331548
Metroid bros...
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 2:59:22 AM No.714331685
>>714330821
Sovl
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 3:02:58 AM No.714331974
>>714330608 (OP)
prime 3 isn't as good as 1/2 but the opening is the worst part of the game, you should be landing on bryyo soon where the game picks up
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 3:05:37 AM No.714332158
>>714330608 (OP)
I personally don't find the item progression exciting, especially with the beams. Hyper mode is too strong. Feels a bit less atmospheric to me with the other bounty hunters. I also remember it being linear. It's my least favorite prime game, but you might still enjoy it.
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 3:39:40 AM No.714334589
>>714330608 (OP)
Prime 3 is a lot slower and more.. setpiecey than 1 and 2. It's still a good game overall, but the pacing and heavier focus on action can be off-putting.
Still has some fantastic environments and music and still feels like a Prime game, so I say stick with it for a while. At least get to Skytown.
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 3:46:12 AM No.714335071
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>>714332158
>Hyper mode is too strong
They really fucked up with this one. When I played through it the first time, they made it out like the hyper mode was really dangerous and I shouldn't use it too much, or I'd risk full corruption.
But, there is actually almost 0 risk to using it. You inject an energy tank, but you are invulnerable to anything while roided up and your damage output is many times higher than normal.
Most likely you would have just taken enough damage to deplete the energy tank you could have used for hyper mode and enemies will drop health anyway, so that is not a problem.
What I didn't understand the first time I played was that it was always on a set timer. Even if you activate it and do nothing, you can not get corrupted and game over. The game will automatically exit out of hyper mode after a while.
It also meant that bosses were all very tanky to compensate for your increased damage output. It didn't help that almost all of them took place in the same arena and were mostly just ''Shoot at it until it dies'' rather than the almost puzzle like bosses from Prime 2.
I don't think it's a bad game, but it certainly is the worst one in the trilogy.
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 3:47:35 AM No.714335183
>>714335071
having to design for wii idiots was a disaster for prime 3/twilight princess
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 3:53:14 AM No.714335557
>>714335183
Reminder Retro Studios said early in concept they wanted Prime 3 to be open world and they were all hyped to see what the Wii was capable of until they got a dev kit
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 4:08:52 AM No.714336564
>>714335557
I'm not sure an open world Prime game would have been all that great at the time. Considering how other open world games on the 360/PS3 fared, I'd say Retro dodged a bullet there.
Optimizing it for the Wii specs led to a pretty traditional Prime game, albeit slightly different direction. Pretty much what people wanted.
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 4:10:54 AM No.714336697
I actually prefer using a wiimote for shooters. It's almost the perfect controller for it desu
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 4:20:08 AM No.714337243
>>714330608 (OP)
It's fantastic if you play it on PrimeHack using a controller; you don't have to mess around with the janky waggle stick. It's definitely less atmospheric than the first two games, but still a pretty solid experience.
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 4:24:02 AM No.714337515
Kinda grateful we got Prime 4 on a non gimmick system instead of on the Wii-U or something
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 4:36:26 AM No.714338332
>>714330608 (OP)
such a fall from grace from the first 2 desu, it's trash
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 4:41:40 AM No.714338706
>first game, beautiful world with amazing atmosphere and you feel alone
>second game, beautiful world with amazing atmosphere and you feel alone
>third game, bunch of ugly planets with garbage atmosphere and there's always some NPC to talk to around the corner and don't forget about your invincible hyper mode!
How did they screw up so badly
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 5:03:47 AM No.714340180
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I didn't even use Hyper/Corruption mode until the last 10% of the game because I completely forgot about it. The game goes out of its way to emphasize it's dangerous to use so I never did thinking it was more of a progression tool than a weapon. Are there any parts you have to use it? I've forgotten most of that letdown of a game
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 5:13:23 AM No.714340841
>>714330608 (OP)
It's better than 2, which is not a high bar since 2 is the most overrated trash in the franchise. Only P1 is good
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 5:25:32 AM No.714341693
>>714338706
Bryyo and Elysia are pretty at least.
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 5:38:59 AM No.714342567
>>714340841
You wish
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 5:48:02 AM No.714343093
>>714330608 (OP)
>What if Metroid was Halo XD
The Wii was a mistake
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 5:54:40 AM No.714343484
>>714337515
DONT SAY THAT
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 5:57:12 AM No.714343653
I just finished replaying it a couple of days ago. It's fine, easily the weakest of the bunch. Despite the focus on action it's structured pretty much the same as Prime 2, except without the shitty dark world and almost all of your save points can be fast traveled to
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 6:13:17 AM No.714344650
Prime 2 was better
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 6:52:03 AM No.714347107
>>714338706
prime 3 has the best environment/planet design aesthetically of the series, ugly planets my ass
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 6:56:29 AM No.714347378
>>714338706
>beautiful world
Aether is ugly as fuck. The only aesthetically pleasing area is the sanctuary fortress
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 7:17:11 AM No.714348690
>>714347378
Filtered
HARD filtered
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 8:25:26 AM No.714352602
Bump
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 8:59:02 AM No.714354406
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