Best Metroid game?

@Renegade_Fury said:

It's just as factual as your gushing preference for Super Metroid.

If I were to pick any Metroid up at this point, it would probably be Prime. Prime is a genuinely excellent experience, but Super is still a superior game (as Prime takes a lot of what it does from Prime, including music, atmosphere, setting and progression). Echoes was a departure from Prime in a good way, as it built solidly on what Prime did well, while not relying on the tropes of the franchise garnered from Super.

A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask are strikingly similar in this regard.

Prime 3 just by a sliver, Prime 2 had the best music period, but Prime 3 just barely gets the edge for me. I hate the old side scrolling Metroid games. It wasn't until the Prime games where I said, NOW THIS IS WHAT METROID IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

@foxhound_fox said:

@Renegade_Fury said:

It's just as factual as your gushing preference for Super Metroid.

If I were to pick any Metroid up at this point, it would probably be Prime. Prime is a genuinely excellent experience, but Super is still a superior game (as Prime takes a lot of what it does from Prime, including music, atmosphere, setting and progression). Echoes was a departure from Prime in a good way, as it built solidly on what Prime did well, while not relying on the tropes of the franchise garnered from Super.

A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask are strikingly similar in this regard.

I'm going to have to disagree, because I don't think relying on older themes and tropes makes them inferior as long as the newer games build upon them and improve. In the case of Prime, it does just that, because it's bigger and better in all areas, especially the Prime Trilogy version, because the gameplay is by far the best the Wiimote has to offer. I do love Super Metroid a lot, but I can't rank it #1 just because it was the first game in the series not to suck. I feel the same way about the Zelda games too, because I prefer Ocarina and Majora's Mask to ALttP. :P

I don't understand the Other M hate, it wasn't that terrible, it was rather fun, it's good but not great, the controls weren't as much of an issue like some people moaned and groaned about, probably the story was the weakest element but that still didn't stop me from enjoying it. Besides, it's not like Nintendo has any interest in making these games, I welcome the idea of them outsourcing the work of these games to studios like Team Ninja.

@Renegade_Fury said:

@foxhound_fox said:

@Renegade_Fury said:

It's just as factual as your gushing preference for Super Metroid.

If I were to pick any Metroid up at this point, it would probably be Prime. Prime is a genuinely excellent experience, but Super is still a superior game (as Prime takes a lot of what it does from Prime, including music, atmosphere, setting and progression). Echoes was a departure from Prime in a good way, as it built solidly on what Prime did well, while not relying on the tropes of the franchise garnered from Super.

A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask are strikingly similar in this regard.

I'm going to have to disagree, because I don't think relying on older themes and tropes makes them inferior as long as the newer games build upon them and improve. In the case of Prime, it does just that, because it's bigger and better in all areas, especially the Prime Trilogy version, because the gameplay is by far the best the Wiimote has to offer. I do love Super Metroid a lot, but I can't rank it #1 just because it was the first game in the series not to suck. I feel the same way about the Zelda games too, because I prefer Ocarina and Majora's Mask to ALttP. :P

Disagree all you want. Facts are still facts. *shrugs* ;)

@foxhound_fox said:

@Renegade_Fury said:

@foxhound_fox said:

@Renegade_Fury said:

It's just as factual as your gushing preference for Super Metroid.

If I were to pick any Metroid up at this point, it would probably be Prime. Prime is a genuinely excellent experience, but Super is still a superior game (as Prime takes a lot of what it does from Prime, including music, atmosphere, setting and progression). Echoes was a departure from Prime in a good way, as it built solidly on what Prime did well, while not relying on the tropes of the franchise garnered from Super.

A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask are strikingly similar in this regard.

I'm going to have to disagree, because I don't think relying on older themes and tropes makes them inferior as long as the newer games build upon them and improve. In the case of Prime, it does just that, because it's bigger and better in all areas, especially the Prime Trilogy version, because the gameplay is by far the best the Wiimote has to offer. I do love Super Metroid a lot, but I can't rank it #1 just because it was the first game in the series not to suck. I feel the same way about the Zelda games too, because I prefer Ocarina and Majora's Mask to ALttP. :P

Disagree all you want. Facts are still facts. *shrugs* ;)

Kay, I'll consider this a win for the home team then.

I have to go with Metroid Prime, one of my favorite games ever.

Sorry, I did misunderstood.

Prime, but the 2D versions are really a whole other beast, which I also love (along with Castlevania...really sad they haven't had a good one since the DS). Prime was special though.

Wow, no one likes Metroid II? It was a huge step up from the Original Metroid and pretty fun, it definitely needs a remake (Not talking about the fan remake)

Fusion? A masterpiece? I ain't trolling anyone, but you saying that the Prime bosses were below average is laughable at best. You telling me that Omega Metroid was better than the Metroid Prime itself is a joke. BTW, I'm not saying that Fusion was bad, but I clearly state it was the start of the downfall of the series putting more emphasis on story than exploration as Fusion had uninspired setting.

Do not really care about the 2d games.

I like Prime 2 over 1 . The sense of dread when entering the dark world was really cool and the music is much better. Prime just has the benefit of being first and groundbreaking.

Hunters was good fun to play with friends.

I've tried and tried and tried to get into it. Yes, it's an improvement over the first... but both are so boring.

Zero mission makes the first game obsolete.

Zero Mission is also a much better game than Metroid 2.

Dark Aether felt like more of a chore to go through imo

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