![]() ![]() Meaning you can spam missles just like in the original by closing Samus’ arm cannon as soon as one fires. Datamining has suggested it’s using the same RUDE (Retro Universal Design Engine) engine that powered the same game 20 years ago. The Game ⌗Īs implied by the game title, Metroid Prime was given an HD overhaul. If you’ve never heard of the Metroid series before, I recommend checking out Modern Vintage Gamer’s overview of the remaster he explains the history of the series. After all, Nintendo does hate their fanbase very much. I guess the rumors of a remaster were actually real! In the meantime, however, I guess Nintendo gave a middle finger to all the fan projects – such as the unofficial remaster – that aimed to recreate the game in HD. The game that helps me get through the difficult patches in life. My childhood game, faithfully remade with modern graphics. Your browser does not support the video tag. Then I watched carefully when Nintendo was going to release it. The graphics looked amazing! It was hard to believe that attention to detail could be running a full 60 FPS on a chipset that’s nearly ten years old. ![]() I paid much more attention to the stream. Until I saw the announcement for Metroid Prime Remastered. And for the first half hour or so, I was shaking my head, saying to myself, “This Direct is just as bad as the one in September.” However, Save Stations and elevators leading to other zones are out of the way most of the time, and backtracking through already cleared rooms can be very tedious.On Wednesday evening I sat at my desk, watching the livestream of the Nintendo Direct. Had I decided to backtrack and find a Save Station, instead of pushing forward, I could have avoided that from happening. Early on, I lost two and a half hours of progress after some turrets annihilated me at Magmoor Caverns. In that way, it is not too different from a classic side-scrolling Metroid game. Most enemies only respawn after leaving a room and wandering for a bit, and resources can be scarce. But after just a few hours, I caved in and realized that the game is very disorienting if you’re not using it, especially if you’re not familiarized with the layout of Tallon IV.Ĭombat can be challenging at times, and some Game Overs are bound to happen. I was expecting the hints to feel cheap, and thought I would do well without them. If you deactivate this option in the settings menu, the game won’t ever tell you where to go. I got distracted exploring and ended up having to backtrack to obtain it. It never reaches a point where it feels grim or gratuitous, but the writing doesn’t skirt around some gruesome details regarding the Space Pirates, how awful they are, and the way some of them meet their end.įor instance, I initially missed the Charge Beam upgrade that you can get early on in the Chozo Ruins. It really surprised me how dark and foreboding most of the entries, lore, and the overall narrative of the game are. You do this by using your scan visor and checking text entries, Space Pirate logs, and Chozo diaries. Metroid Prime Remastered doesn’t offer much more in the way of motive, instead relying on the player choosing to explore the mystery of what happened in Tallon IV. Otherwise, the game throws you right into the action. Some light exposition is available if the player enables the new narration setting, previously exclusive to the original Japanese and European GameCube release. The game opens with a short cutscene of Samus Aran landing on a Space Pirate vessel. During her mission, Samus discovers that the remaining Space Pirates are using Phazon to experiment on their soldiers and, with the titular Metroids, trying to create a dangerous army to conquer the galaxy and transcend life. She arrives at Tallon IV, a former Chozo colony that was hit long ago by a meteorite containing a dangerous and enigmatic substance called Phazon. After the destruction of Zebes in Metroid: Zero Mission, Samus Aran sets out to pursue the remains of the Space Pirates she fought. ![]() Metroid Prime Remastered is set between the events of Metroid: Zero Mission and Metroid: Samus Returns, both remakes of Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus. ![]()
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