Thread 719698169

Is this really worth 60 dollerydoos /v/?
I see it getting 9s snd 10s everywhere
I love 2d Metroids but don't enjoy 2st person games that often.
fucking ninty never putting anything on sale ever, put this shit on sale for at least 50% off to get people to buy Prine 4 at full price on release fuck

>>719698169 (OP)
*1st person not 2nd person fml lol

>>719698169 (OP)
no. it's worth like 30 at best.

Did it go up in price due to low availability? It launched at 40.

>>719698169 (OP)
I think it's worth whatever price. More of a 3d metroid game with puzzle fights than an fps, since you use lock on for aiming most of the time. But you COULD just emulate the original (or the remaster).

>>719698260
Nope. OP is probably Canadian or Australian where they pay with monopoly dollars

She killed billions

>>719698169 (OP)
Id just play prime hack if money is tight.
They probably should have remastered the whole trilogy rather than just prime 1.
But yeah, prime 1 is for sure worth a play.

It's a very good remake of a very good game but it's like 15 hours long

>>719698169 (OP)
Metroid Prime 1 is a genuine masterpiece. It is absolutely worth it.

>>719698546
Only a point in its favor. You can actually finish it in a reasonable amount of time.

>>719698418
>They probably should have remastered the whole trilogy rather than just prime 1.
It would be stupid of them to not give the same treatment to 2 and 3. But then, this IS Nintendo we're talking about.

>>719698298
Yep
60 in kangaroo land here

>>719698765
>It would be stupid of them to not give the same treatment to 2 and 3.
OP here
Yeah this bothers me, like if I really like Prime 1 and wanna play 4, just go fuck myself I guess if I want to play 2 and 3 first unless I pirate or pay scalpers?
Wtf are ninty thinking?
You don't even have to go to the same effort as prime 1
Just upscale to 720/1080 and call it a day

>>719698169 (OP)
Well worth it

>>719699290
>Wtf are ninty thinking?
>Nintendo
>thinking
Lol. You hit on the head, the Prime games have aged quite well and you could just upscale them. Give Prime 1 a try and if you like it, wait for the next direct. If they're not willing to sell you the other two games, just hit up Dolphin.

>>719699180
I mean 60 is pretty cheap for us

>>719699460
Like it's a okay price for a a remake with the soul intact
Just worried I might get filtered by 1st person as historically I like my 2d metroidvanias and feel.like I punted away 60 dollerydoos

>>719699687
Nah, you'll be fine. It's a pure metroidvania, just in first person.

>>719698169 (OP)
no
you should play primehack because that's the better experience

>>719699864
Nice thanks anon

>>719700102
O rly?
What does it improve?

>>719700221
it's m+kb as opposed to first person controls with a controller
if just feels way better, and you don't even need to use lock-on at that point

>>719698169 (OP)
I am pretty sure this game only exists to give nu retro practice for prime 4

Personally I chose to emulate the Primehack rerelease on Dolphin than remastered on Yuzu

Firstly because I'm pretty fucking sick of remakes and remasters; if I'm playing an early 2000s era game I want it to look like a game of the era, especially if it's a good looking one like Prime. I think that revamping the lighting engine just makes it look like a weird frankenstein of old and new tech. Like the Gamecube doesn't look like a Gamecube game, but it doesn't look cutting edge either. It's like an amalgametion of PS2, PS3 and PS4 era visuals which is way less appealing than something "period accurate" which was cuttinge edge for its time. Of course I grew up with the Gamecube/PS2, if you didn't then maybe you won't give a shit about this sort of authenticity.

Secondly because the game actually works really great with native M&KB controls. You would suspect it would be way too easy, but the game was balanced around auto-aim so many of the enemies move around a lot and it's not trivial to hit them even with the accuracy of a mouse.

>>719698169 (OP)
>fucking ninty never putting anything on sale ever, put this shit on sale for at least 50% off to get people to buy Prine 4 at full price on release fuck
I hate to evangelize but you'd have to be half a retard to actually pay $60 for a 2002 game, remastered though it may be. Your fucking phone is liable to be able to emulate this shit at full speed and a resolution boost to boot, to say nothing of a prope PC

>>719698169 (OP)
Why was this $40, but Nintendo has no problems pricing Paper Mario or a half-assed DK port at $60?

>>719701381
Metroid barely sells so it's a comparative discount to try and create new metroid fans
Mario and to a lesser extent DK sell so pay up paypiggy

>>719701381
Mario and DK niggers buy anything, Metroid fans less so.

>>719698169 (OP)
It was more than worth $40 American.
Find Dread at a used store and play that too, it's great.

The Metroid franchise is the only first party Nintendo thing I've ever actually cared about.

>>719703441
Yeah I feel the same about metroid, it's a rare nonkiddy/all ages Nintendo franchise
Played Dread on release, unlocked it midnight and beat it in one sitting by 7am, great times

>>719702952
Troid fans taught nintendo their fucking lesson by making federation force flop. Now they know they can't just release any old garbage with metroid in the title and expect it to sell.

>>719703557
>Played Dread on release, unlocked it midnight and beat it in one sitting by 7am, great times
TREMENDOUSLY based
I liked Dread so much that it psyopped me into thinking the Switch was a good platform

>>719703653
Based troids

>>719698169 (OP)
Hands down the most overrated game of all time. PS1 era games ages better than that crap.
If you REALLY need to play prime, at least check out prime 2 instead

>>719703668
>I liked Dread so much that it psyopped me into thinking the Switch was a good platform

Me too anon, me too
Currently rebuying every fucking third party I bought on Switch on another platform to have decent graphics for a change because I was a retarded poorfag that could only afford a OLED Switch at the time for GAMAN
Fucking gonna cost me more in the long run
Will absolutely emu my Switch 1st party stuff thoughbeit completely legally of course because i already boughted them fuck you Nintendo ninjas

No. The most overrated game ever made and a poor translation from 2D to 3D.

Atmosphere and music are good but gameplay is boring and stopping to scan the environment every 10 seconds completely kills the pacing.

The only good Metroid Prime game is literally Metroid Prime Pinball.

Where are you going where this is $60? You can find it for $30 or less easily.

>>719699290
Retro was making a new ip that got cancelled, other studio that was making MP4 obviously failed and now Retro is busy with MP4. I think the plan was to release MP2-MP3 but they didn't have anyone to work on it

>>719701214
>I hate to evangelize but you'd have to be half a retard to actually pay $60 for a 2002 game
It's pathetic we get this even with fucking Metroid. No fuck off and die faggot.

>>719703950
Australia anon
60 kangaroo bux
Physical copies are also around 60 or more because it was a limited run
Shit sux

>>719698169 (OP)
Yes

>>719701214
Primehack is basically the definitive way to play the Trilogy, though I don't really agree with using mouselook for Prime 1 and 2. They weren't designed for it and it becomes very apparent as you play through combat sequences in particular. Then again, you kind of saw that in the Wii releases where they added the waggle aim from Prime 3, as well.

>>719698169 (OP)
It's overrated but if you like 2D metroid you'll probably like it.

>>719703817
Fuck off faggot, prime hunters multiplayer was also good

What are some other franchises that peaked with a pinball game and a bonus multiplayer mode?

I'm just tired of having to keep buying rereleases and remasters to remind Nintendo that yes there is an audience for this series stop trying to put it back to bed just because it doesn't make Mario numbers.

>>719704586
But they never really stopped. They just made some weird shit that nobody asked for. Metroid was never in the same place as F-Zero which just peaked and then Nintendo didn't do much with the franchise for 20 years.

>>719704554
Sanic for pinball
Literally the only good 2d Sanic

>>719704586
That has never been true. Metroid was never a big seller for Nintendo overall but both the original Prime and Dread were big successes for the franchise. They wouldn't have made three sequels, three spinoff games, a rerelease collection, and a remaster for Prime if they didn't feel it was popular.

Anyone else find it kind odd how Metroid, despite being a niche IP, is held up to this really high standard by the company?

>>719703653
I mean, I guess that's part of it. Much as I would be delighted for it being solely because Metroid fans have standards, that seems like to easy an answer.

>>719698169 (OP)
yes
but i'm biased by EU prices and don't understand why i had to buy it from the nintendo website in order to get a physical version on release...
also where are the remasters of 2 & 3 ???

>>719709112
>also where are the remasters of 2 & 3 ???
Good question. Prime Remastered sold a cool million. It'd be foolish to pass up that kind of easy money.

>>719709908
I'm convinced Prime Remastered was a warmup/training exercise for Retro to get back in the groove for Prime 4.

>>719712128
Retro didn't make Remastered

>>719698169 (OP)
Nope. Here are a summary of our arguments:
>1) Overrated
Metroid Prime doesn’t compare with modern classics like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 or Battlefield 6.
>2) Too short
Metroid Prime is basically a minigame. 15 hours? Hello, Nintendo? No wonder this sold for $20 back in 2005.
>3) Better free options
We’re gamers, and by that I mean we don’t pay. Haven’t you heard about the latest ROM hack/decompile/Unity port? You can even play with mouse and keyboard. How rad is that? That’s the true artist’s vision for this game.

>>719698169 (OP)
No, it has way too much platforming for a fps

>>719698169 (OP)
I bought it for 25 used. Where are you seeing for 60MSRP what the fuck? Oh are you a digital cuck slave?

>>719712595
Jesus Christ we're on six Black Ops games now?

I remember when this remaster came out and so many people said it was too hard. People kept getting stuck or just didn’t know what to do. I remember playing the original on the GameCube when I was a dumb little kid who couldn’t even speak English, and yet I managed to beat this game. If anything, I occasionally got stuck with bosses like Meta Ridley and Omega Pirate, but never with the puzzles or exploration. And then I grew up and I heard all these supposedly intelligent people getting filtered by this game and I finally understood why modern games have yellow paint and assassin vision everywhere

>>719698169 (OP)
just play the trilogy version on primehack
the switch remaster is pretty dogshit because the lighting sux ballz