![]() The game’s graphics are modernized while intermixing the mysteriousness of ancient alien ruins taken over by nature, underground magma caverns and abandoned space pirate labs. The textures and character models have been reworked and improved upon. Nonetheless, Metroid Prime Remastered is a stellar example of how to do remakes right. The game also has a casual mode for beginners or players that may be struggling. Though I found this to be an early-game issue, you may have to go out of your way to save your progress.īy the time I had a decent amount of upgrades, it was easy to get through fights and I had enough mobility that saved rooms weren’t much of a hassle to reach. ![]() Saving is limited to certain rooms scattered around the map. Unless you were able to save your progress, you’ll find yourself having to redo everything. You can play for an hour, get health and missile upgrades, maybe even an upgrade necessary for story progression only to then die because you fell in toxic water. You get used to it over time, but it has a tendency to halt the flow of the game, especially in its beginning hours.Īnother harsh aspect is how the game relies only on manual saving. Periodically, I had to stop to change out visors to scan something new, only then to scramble back to the combat visor because a group of enemies suddenly dropped in. Switching between the different visors and arm cannons using the D-pad can be challenging, especially when you’re still getting used to the controls. Spoiler alert: the way the game introduces the thermal visor is one of my favorite combat sequences ever.Īs much as I can sing the game’s praises, I encountered some control and quality of life issues in my playthrough. Players are in for a lot of reading, but this sets up the game’s solitary tone perfectly and allows for full immersion into the game. With the protagonist’s silent nature and lack of other characters to talk to, most of the story is learned through scanning and reading left-behind texts, from ancient scripts in temples to log entries from scientists experimenting with Talon IV’s fauna. It serves as a way to learn enemy weaknesses, elevate the tension in combat scenarios, see invisible enemies or those in the dark and further the storyline. ![]() This forces her to make an emergency landing on Talon IV and set out to repair her power suit while investigating the alien parasites plaguing the decaying world.Ī defining aspect of the game is the visor system that you continuously upgrade throughout the game. Samus loses her suit upgrades upon encountering her greatest rival: Meta-Ridley, a robotically enhanced dragon space pirate. ![]() The tutorial grants players access to the protagonist’s weaponry, such as an arm cannon equipped with blasters and missiles, a morph ball for hard-to-reach areas and a scanning visor to interact and learn more about the environment. In this updated version, players are instantly launched into the perspective of Samus Aran, a badass silent bounty hunter investigating a distress signal on a space vessel orbiting planet Talon IV. Back then, it was universally praised for its riveting combat and immersive environment. Nintendo and Retro Studios released the original Metroid Prime for the Gamecube system back in 2002, successfully transitioning from a strict side-scrolling platformer - which utilizes a side-view camera angle where the screen follows the player back and forth - to a 3D action-adventure shooter. And somehow, the franchise’s prime achievement has become even better. Two decades after its original release, Nintendo announced the same-day release of Metroid Prime Remastered during a Nintendo Direct live stream on Feb. ![]()
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