![]() ![]() It's certainly not a rip-off by any means, and £35 for a masterpiece can certainly be seen as a gift to many, but when you also consider that you only get access to part one of a trilogy, it's hard not to feel a bit stingy after all. To then demand £35 to partake of these novelties, especially when most of us already own the game in question, puts a small crack in the armour. We're not talking about a remake, as I said, where everything has been rebuilt from scratch, but the overall experience is, for better or worse, the same as the one we enjoyed on Nintendo's purple gaming cube in the early 2000s. There's a catch, though.īecause no matter how brilliant the game may be, and no matter how good the updates are, at the end of the day it's a 20 year old game at heart. Metroid Prime is, as mentioned, a masterpiece, and with the updated graphics and lighting, as well as improved controls, this is the ultimate version of one of the world's best action adventures. ![]() If I were to judge Metroid Prime Remastered solely on the additions it has added and how extremely respectfully it has approached the source material, I'd probably throw out a top rating without hesitation. Lots of atmospheric light and mood-enhancing details. When playing in handheld mode, incidentally, everything from models to textures looks slightly sharper thanks to the smaller screen, but even when displayed on a larger TV screen Retro Studios manages to force enough power out of the old Switch console to make Tallon IV feel neat and stylish, at least while considering that this is still a rehashed Gamecube game we're talking about here. Performance-wise, in addition, the adventure flows very well at 60 frames per second, and while I experienced the occasional dip during the busiest battles, overall it's a very well-polished game we're offered for the Nintendo Switch. Watching the beams of light wind their way through the columns inside the aforementioned Chozo Temple is a feast for the eyes, and it's just as pleasant when you first set foot among the rain-soaked cliffs of Tallon IV or feel the heat of the lava inside Magmoor Caverns. For example, Lower Norfair was used for Magmoor Caverns and the Brinstar theme was used for Tallon Overworld.The lighting has also been given a major update, and once again these small refined details brighten up the whole experience in an excellent way. Kenji Yamamoto and Kouichi Kyuma composed music for Prime, using remixes of Metroid games to "satisfy old Metroid fans". Their main focus was on Prime, but this led to the cancellation of 4 other games (one being Raven Blade). It ended up being held over to GCN, where it was made into a collaboration project between Nintendo and Retro Studios. It was later updated for the Wii as part of the New Play Control! series, although this version was not released outside Japan until the Metroid Prime Trilogy release.Īt first, Prime was supposed to be for the N64, but progress was delayed due to the fact that there "weren't any concrete ideas" for it. Sporting amazing graphics, a musical score to kill for and some of the most intense and involving gameplay on the GameCube, Metroid Prime was an instant classic and is still loved by gamers everywhere. This game took the traditional 2D side-on view of previous Metroid games and dragged it kicking and screaming into the 3D world. ![]() After seven long years, Nintendo's most famous bounty hunter finally returned in Metroid Prime.
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