My first actual complete playthrough of Metroid Prime (100%). I have played Prime before and always enjoyed the time I had with it, but I never fully finished/completed the game on any of those attempts. So, I decided to give Prime another shot curiosity of Primehack and I have to say that this game is awesome start to finish.
The gameplay translation from 2D to 3D is done really well here. The music, the atmosphere, the environments and exploration are quite exceptional. I was fully immersed when playing and it felt incredible. The mystery of checking every nook and cranny along with waiting for what's to come next was great. I think all of it clicked to me once I reached the Crashed Frigate. It was like the perfect atmosphere, and I love the song that plays here. All and all, Metroid Prime's mysterious atmospheric tone is great and I'm sure this applies to all of Metroid in general.
Now gameplay wise, I don't really have any negative things to say minus one minor complaint. After you're done in Phazon Mines, you pretty have to backtrack to find the rest of the Chozo Artifacts and however many upgrades left remaining. Now, I thoroughly enjoyed finding the rest of the Artifacts (I found about half of them after exiting Phazon) and upgrades. My issue here is traveling back & forth between each area. Magmoor is essentially the middle ground that connects each area together and it was honestly tiring having to travel back there just to get to another area. I somewhat wish that maybe each area could've linked together in some form, but this is my only real complaint, and it honestly isn't that big of a deal to me outside of being a minor annoyance of back & forth.
I believe Prime is going to be one of those game that I look back on fondly. Seriously, this is a great game and I'm honestly happy that I finally decided to give Prime my full attention and time. Will definitely give Prime 2 a shot later and see what that game has to offer.
The gameplay translation from 2D to 3D is done really well here. The music, the atmosphere, the environments and exploration are quite exceptional. I was fully immersed when playing and it felt incredible. The mystery of checking every nook and cranny along with waiting for what's to come next was great. I think all of it clicked to me once I reached the Crashed Frigate. It was like the perfect atmosphere, and I love the song that plays here. All and all, Metroid Prime's mysterious atmospheric tone is great and I'm sure this applies to all of Metroid in general.
Now gameplay wise, I don't really have any negative things to say minus one minor complaint. After you're done in Phazon Mines, you pretty have to backtrack to find the rest of the Chozo Artifacts and however many upgrades left remaining. Now, I thoroughly enjoyed finding the rest of the Artifacts (I found about half of them after exiting Phazon) and upgrades. My issue here is traveling back & forth between each area. Magmoor is essentially the middle ground that connects each area together and it was honestly tiring having to travel back there just to get to another area. I somewhat wish that maybe each area could've linked together in some form, but this is my only real complaint, and it honestly isn't that big of a deal to me outside of being a minor annoyance of back & forth.
I believe Prime is going to be one of those game that I look back on fondly. Seriously, this is a great game and I'm honestly happy that I finally decided to give Prime my full attention and time. Will definitely give Prime 2 a shot later and see what that game has to offer.