i enjoyed metroid prime, although i find it less polished as a gameplay experience than its 2d counterparts, with a lot of parts having me question whether or not someone actually made sure it was fun before shipping the game out. having to constantly switch to different beams during combat with this control scheme or arbitrarily for random doors is annoying (seriously, why are any of the doors that arent the progression gates not just power beam doors??), any room with more than 2 metroids in it is an excercise in tedium, and i don't have a single nice thing to say about the morph ball or its implementation, the world (especially in the remaster) while beautiful, is very generic feeling in a way that doesn't feel very alien to me, and the chozo ghosts and artifact hunt are such an annoying way to pad out length. not a bad game at all, but a lot of it just isnt as fun as the 2d games to me, and i don't think i'd call it a masterpiece like so many people seem willing to