Metroid Prime over rated?

I am probably gonna get flamed for this but am i the only person who think this series is over rated? I grew up a big fan of the 2D Metroid games and a few years back when Metroid Prime was coming out i was psyched. It was the first game i had pre-bought in years. When i actually got the game and started playing it all i could express was utter dissapointment. Im sorry but i just don't think the Metroid series works as well in 3D, the "metroid" feel that i had come to love wasjust gone. I am not some gamer trapped in the late 80s/early 90s either, i did think mario and zelda translated well on the next gen sytems in 3D. I am not saying the game is bad by any means but to say it's over rated i think is an understatement. Then again maybe it's just meand Metroid Prime just isn't my cup of tea.

No. I can honestly say that game deserved its score. It took one of the best games in the history of gaming (Super Metroid) and brought it to the current gen (last gen now). The sound design is superb, the graphics made Xbox games look bad, the level design and controls hearken back to the adventure style of the old metroids. It embodied what it would feel like to be isolated on an alien planet.

It probably deserved a 10

I wouldn't call the Metroid series overrated. Maybe Metroid Prime, but surely not the Metroid series.

Games like the original Metroid, Metroid II and the fantastic GBA Metroid games do not get the credit they truly deserve.

HECK NO!!!!! Metroid prime is one of the best GC games i have ever played! (Other than the Resident Evils of Course!)

HEY BUT WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!

Prime = Best gamecube game. One of the best games of the last generation (add all time also)

So atmospheric polished well top to bottom.

I wouldn't call the Metroid series overrated. Maybe Metroid Prime, but surely not the Metroid series.

Games like the original Metroid, Metroid II and the fantastic GBA Metroid games do not get the credit they truly deserve.

Lupin-and-Asuka

agree, and by not including Metroid 3 on your list I assume that its already got the credit? lol

I wouldn't call the Metroid series overrated. Maybe Metroid Prime, but surely not the Metroid series.

Games like the original Metroid, Metroid II and the fantastic GBA Metroid games do not get the credit they truly deserve.

Lupin-and-Asuka

I was strictly referring to the Metroid Prime games. I have played through and loved all the other 5 Metroid games.

you cant say the game is overrated just because you dont like it.

you can hate fast paced fps games and for that reason alone you can hate halo but that doesnt make it a bad game. you may hate games that can play too slowly ilke the resi evil series and so you can hate resi evil. but that doesnt make the games bad or overrated.

but for what the game is, a first person adventure game, it does the series justice and is more than great.

Well I never played the original Metroid games so I'm afraid I can't relate to a lot of the responses that the old school guys on here have, but I definitely loved Metroid Prime and thought it deserved a 10. I'm going through the sequel right now and so far it's been toe to toe with the original. There is definitely something about the game that makes it great. The fact that it's so compelling without any real story or narrative is a testament to how talented the guys at Retro Studios are.

I can't say anything about how well the Metroid series transitioend into 3D, but I will say this: Metroid Prime is definitely one of the best, if not THE best, Cube games.

Overated? Hardly!

Halo got around the same scores as MP, but which one do you hear more about? And I'm just talking Halo v MP here, not sequels. When you look at it contrastingly like that it's clear that MP is underated, even the sales for the first game were abysmally low next to the fanfare of journalistic praise it got.

I can understand preferring 2d Metroid, but in no way is Metroid Prime overrated. Aside from the amazing graphics and atmosphere, the controls and gameplay are nearly perfect. I did not expect Metroid to translate so well onto 3 dimensions.

I feel the same way about Mario that you do about Metroid. I think the 2d games were far superior to any 3d one.

It must not be your thing, but then again from what you said it's the first game you bought in years. I have played a lot of games and till this day it's still my all time favorite. I'm a little older than most, and played the original 2D metroids back in the day and can say that prime was far and away better.SauceCaptain

its not the first game he bought in years it the first game he preordered in year. Just wanted to clear that up, cause if it was the first game he bought in year it kinda sounds like hes stuck in the past. But if its the first game he pre-ordered in years,it seems like he was really anticapting this game and then was dissapointed when he played it.

I am probably gonna get flamed for this but am i the only person who think this series is over rated? I grew up a big fan of the 2D Metroid games and a few years back when Metroid Prime was coming out i was psyched. It was the first game i had pre-bought in years. When i actually got the game and started playing it all i could express was utter dissapointment. Im sorry but i just don't think the Metroid series works as well in 3D, the "metroid" feel that i had come to love wasjust gone. I am not some gamer trapped in the late 80s/early 90s either, i did think mario and zelda translated well on the next gen sytems in 3D. I am not saying the game is bad by any means but to say it's over rated i think is an understatement. Then again maybe it's just meand Metroid Prime just isn't my cup of tea.

AboboSVT

how long did you play the game for, did you finish it? ... personally, i JUST got this game and am about 2 hours into it, and its starting to get interesting. But yeah, these first 2 hours have been "okay" to me, nothing like the hype people make it out to be. BUT... after reading the GS review, they said you are gonna feel that way when just starting it, and that the game really grows on you with time/gameplay. I believe it too, cuz it gets a lil better the more I play it. I'm not a fan of "shooter" games in general either, but this has some platforming themes in it and is described as an action/adventure game anyhow... just my 2 pennies

I love how you people think ""Goldeneye type controls" and "lock-ons" make for the best controls "evar1111". Yes, maybe if using dual analog sticks is such a complex process that's just too much for your peanut-sized brain. But the fact of the matter is that most people like Metroid Prime for the atmosphere. Personally, I can't stand MP's atmosphere--I like to have human buddies out in space with me, so it's more a personal preference... however, I did like the 2D metroids for some reason (the GBA and SNES ones, I hate the 3D versions).

However, the controls just suck, no matter how well they perfected the "Goldeneye" **** Nice graphics, an atmosphere certain people are into, and interesting weapons--and nastalgia are the reasons for MP's popularity among retro critics and gamers.hydrophoboe

The controls in MP were designed to work perfectly with the game, fact is there would be no way to quick access all weapons/visors with dual analog, not to mention that without the lock-on many of the enemies (close to all of them actually) would have to have their attack patterns changed to fit a game ****that no longer has circular dashing. In other words, MP's control scheme isn't a weak attempt to make the game work without dual analog, it's designed wholly from the ground up to take the control scheme into account.

To throw your words back at you: what about your peanut-sized brain can't comphrehend the single analog control scheme? nce you get down to it, all the freedoms that dual analog control offer you are essentially uselss and the game has been designed with this in mind.

Dual analog allows free aiming, MP wasn't primarily about shooting so it made sense to ditch the system.

I played MP and tbh I was almost 70% through before it clicked with me on how I was supposed to play and pace myself, it's hard to learn that with MP because there aren't many games like it and the game kinda just leaves you to your own devices.

Nope, its underrated, the original should have received a perfect score of 10.0, and it was best game last generation definitely.

Prime 2 deserved a 9.7.

The series is underrated, not so much by the critics, who gave it the highest ranking of any game since 1999 (deservedly so), but by people on this board unfortunately, who would actually place crap (comparatively) like Tales of Symphonia above it.

I'm ressurrecting this thread since I just gave up on this game today, lol... After getting the morph ball boost chargein the snow area, it said i had to go all the way back to the beginning, to use my new power on a half pipe there. So i trekked back there, got to a new area with my new power, then got the double jump power up. Right after that, it says something about some alien activity (which means a boss fight) in the middle of that snow area (plandora or something), which is where i was JUST at!!!! Grrr!!!!! There aren't even any quick transports from there, you have go through the lava place too just to get there. I was 3-4 hours in the game, but I figured if the rest of the game has this type of pointless, needless, and boring backtracking, yuk, it's not for me!! I don't mind a little bactracking that has purpose, but this was ridiculous! It's been a long time since I played the NES and GB Metroids, but now that I think about it, I remember alot of backtracking in those games too, lol. :-P Yeah, it's mad cool to get a new power up and be able to use it to get somewhere you couldn't before, but they shoulda kept the backtracking to a minimum.

Other than that, I thought the game was pretty good, but definitely way overrated, IMHO.

Right after that, it says something about some alien activity (which means a boss fight) in the middle of that snow area (plandora or something), which is where i was JUST at!!!! Grrr!!!!! There aren't even any quick transports from there, you have go through the lava place too just to get there. skreetpreacha

Give me a break. It will probably take you 3 minutes tops to go back to Phendrana. People overreact about the backtracking. It's like people wish the game led you in a straight linear path with no exploration at all.