Prime is better now than it was in 2001, and stands as possibly the best entry in the franchise.
A few irritatingly repetetive slogs through previous areas damage the pacing, but the game holds together overall.
In a lot of ways, I feel like a post-Souls zeitgeist makes this game feel modern, as if Retro studios grasped an idea 20 years out of time.
I really wish we had more games like this one.