From: Nintendo Average Rating: Binding: Video Game ESRB Age Rating: Teen Model: NGNIN 045496960421 Number of Items: 1 Platform: GameCube Release Date: November 19, 2002 Studio: Nintendo
Features:
On a distant planet known as Tallon IV, where a deserted space station leads to a nightmare discovery -- the Metroids have returned, mutated and more powerful than before!
You'll play Metroid-hunter Samus, as you fight through tunnels against the deadliest creatures in the galaxy
Use bombs, missiles, lasers, and your ability to morph into a ball strategically, as you navigate a desolate planet filled with deadly corridors
You'll also be able to wear new suits that give Samus all-new powers
Flawless camera angles, fantastic 3D graphics, and massively detailed game worlds all combine with gorgeous cutscenes that advance the story
Product Description: MODEL- DOL-P-GM8E VENDOR- NINTENDOFEATURES- Metriod Prime If youre a fan of Nintendos classic Metroid franchise you know you deserve this. You have waited much too long to be denied. Super Metroid was released in April of 1994 and since then there has been a nagging question in the back of your mind: When will Samus return? Do not fret. Open season on Metroids has begun. * It is Prime Time Metroid Prime is a first-person adventure game. Players control a bounty hunter named Samus Aran who must unravel a mystery behind the ruined walls scattered across Tallon IV. The game opens just as Samus spaceship docks on a Space Pirate vessel orbiting the planet. Immediately the beautiful graphics slap you across the face. Trust us its a firm slap. A silky-smooth framerate accommodates razor-sharp visuals of efficient machinery and foreign architecture. Meanwhile a cinematic soundtrack sets the mood and eerie sound effects thicken the alien atmosphere. By far the most effective visual effect is that everything you see is viewed through Samuss visor. The entire screen has a convex look and a digital display provides information ranging from current energy levels to ammunition data. The most effective ideas are sometimes the most simple and the visor view in Metroid Prime makes a huge leap forward in immersing players in the first-person perspective. Samus uses a Power Beam to shoot a series of locked switches and eventually enters a cylindrical corridor very similar to the passageways found in the original Metroid titles. When Samus strides by broken pipes spewing steam the visor becomes smeared with condensation. Later in the demo the visor is splattered with the internal juices of ruptured enemy carcasses. Yes life within Samus gravity suit is a beautiful thing. Weapon effects are equally pleasing. Hold the A Button to juice up the Charge Beam and you see the corridor glow and warp as the blast travels through space. Enemy animation is delightfully disgusting whether its a ...
Beautiful ^ There aren't too many times when I'd call a video game beautiful, but this is one of them. It's like a work of art that you can explore. Even though it's a bit old now, it's still worth playing.
My kids loves this game ^ My son cannot stop playing this game. After receiving a previous game that would not work on his Game Cube, this one started right up without glitches and he ias finishing his second run at the game.
Rich back story ~provided you actually scan the non-action objects and Chozo Lore
Some of the best music I've ever heard in a game
Very immersive gameplay; you really get a tangible sense of isolation
Combat with the lock-on targeting is much more fun than the point and click format for FPS games in my opinion, and works better on consoles.
Puzzles were very fun, and made you think without being too challenging
Bosses were fun to fight and most weren't very hard
The beam weapons' use in puzzles
Rehash of Metroid and Super Metroid items
MORPH BALL! (Ha, I love it!)
-Cons-
A bit on the easy side, and it can be completed in under 2 hours if you try
Major glitches. Secret Worlds and sequence breaks for the most part, the individual techniques are below:
Rapid fire missiles. If you don't know what that tech is, it lets you fire missiles almost as fast as power beam shots
The L-Lock Spring Space Jump (It makes the purposefully difficult jumps easy, and accessing currently inaccessible areas easy)
Scan Dash Jump
Ghetto Jumping
Triple Bomb Jump
Instant Unmorph Space Jump
Meta Ridley Boost Ball glitch
All in all, if you don't even learn about the glitches, don't look up how to do them, the game is an amazingly memorable experience, and shouldn't be missed. You won't regret buying it. If you want a less glitchy more stable version of the game, I recommend a newer copy of the disc. The original production discs had problems, not the least of which being that certain rooms would sometimes freeze the game.
Even with its flaws, this is still one of my all time favorite games.
Outstanding ^ Retro Studios have done a phenomenal job with the Metroid Prime series. Prior to Metroid Prime the only other Metroid game had ever owned was Metroid 2 Return of Samus for the now outdated Gameboy. I actually had my doubts about this game upon picking it up 4 years ago because everyone carries on how hard it is to turn a 2d franchise into 3d but Retro did an exceptional job. As far as gameplay goes its top notch your gonna feel challenged with this one like a lot of Nintendo games they do not hold back either. Graphics for the time when this game came out were exceptional as well and I still find them to be excellent today. Story ? I do not play Metroid for the story as the gameplay carries this one like all Nintendo games. I like how as you go on in the game you get your suit upgraded so you can go to other areas. As well in a few months theres gonna be a Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Wii where they take the Metroid Prime 3 controls and put it on this game and Metroid Prime 2 as well. To sum it up great game and lots of fun and the challenge is included.
One of the best Gamecube games ^ I bought this when it first came out, and it was revolutionary at the time. Few (if any) games at the time had graphics this good. The controls were different than most FPSs, using a lock-on system, but I quickly adapted to it. The platforming, adventuring, and gameplay are all excellent. The environments were extremely convincing, and this game actually involved me emotionally in the situations I faced. It is one of the best games ever made for the Gamecube. If you haven't played it, you should give it a try.
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