Metroid Prime 3 --- It will be much shorter than MP1 and MP2. Count on it.

This game has had like 2 delays already. I think Retro Studios is trying their very best to make the controls as good as possible. However, this is going to effect the length of the game. Concentrating most of their efforts on the control while neglecting other aspects of the game. Plus, the game is rumored not to have near as much backtracking. I'm thinking that the 1st playthrough of the game may be only 8 hours max.

Yes, this is another AvidGamer prediction, and yes...I have a crystal ball and a magic 8-ball.

The 2nd delay was supposed to be to polish the levels up. Having less backtracking is a good thing since so much time is wasted doing that.

Granted I'm an old school Metroid fan, and I liked how speed was emphasized in the 2D Metriods to get the best endings. If they ever do a 3D Metriod again, I'd rather they create it so that the game can be completed in around an hour in a speed run.

This game has had like 2 delays already. I think Retro Studios is trying their very best to make the controls as good as possible. However, this is going to effect the length of the game. Concentrating most of their efforts on the control while neglecting other aspects of the game. Plus, the game is rumored not to have near as much backtracking. I'm thinking that the 1st playthrough of the game may be only 8 hours max.

Yes, this is another AvidGamer prediction, and yes...I have a crystal ball and a magic 8-ball.

AvIdGaMeR444

im thinking ur crystall ball is actually wworking:D

NOT!!:roll:

Good. One of the things I hate about Metroid Prime is that none of the puzzles are apparent. You have to go find everything yourself without any hints or guides whatsoever.

Not that I find that extremely challenging, it just takes forever.

I predict that it'll be just as long or longer. The entire team doesn't work on control, what does a level designer or artist have to do with control? Absolutely nothing.

:)

making the controls work well will effect the length of the game even though they've had an extra year to work on it?

WTF?

I predict that it'll be just as long or longer. The entire team doesn't work on control, what does a level designer or artist have to do with control? Absolutely nothing.

:)

-RPGamer-

Yeah the games gonna be great. The Play magazine description of how smooth a learning curve and level design really upped my hype for the game. It sounds like it has a perfect difficulty and flow. But 8 hours? The orginal had about 20 hours give or take a few, and this wraps up the series so it HAS to at least be that length if not longer.

:|

A monkey could make good FPS controls for the Wii, the delays have clearly been for other aspects of the gameplay. And 8 hours??... :|

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]

I predict that it'll be just as long or longer. The entire team doesn't work on control, what does a level designer or artist have to do with control? Absolutely nothing.

:)

PBSnipes

This game has had like 2 delays already. I think Retro Studios is trying their very best to make the controls as good as possible. However, this is going to effect the length of the game. Concentrating most of their efforts on the control while neglecting other aspects of the game. Plus, the game is rumored not to have near as much backtracking. I'm thinking that the 1st playthrough of the game may be only 8 hours max.

Yes, this is another AvidGamer prediction, and yes...I have a crystal ball and a magic 8-ball.

AvIdGaMeR444

yep shortest and worst game evertree-branch

yep shortest and worst game evertree-branch

*EDIT* w00t! 100 posts!

I really hope they keep the Ridley boss battle I got to experience in the game, amazing design choice!-RPGamer-

Well it was shown in the latest screen shots and better looking so Im guessing its still there, I doubt they would work on it if it wasnt going to be in the game.

wasn't this the guy that claimed it wasn't coming out until 08 and then was owned to hell for it?Blackbond

This game was supposed to be out earlier. What prompted the delay, and what did the extra time allow you?

Well, there was never a set date for the game's release, but there was a target date. Mr. [Satoru] Iwata [President of Nintendo] challenged us last fall to make this equal to, if not exceeding, the Zelda experience. And he said he would support it by giving us more time. It was, "Here's the bar. What is it going to take to reach it?" And the obvious answer was, "Well, we're going to need more time." And he agreed.

So it's all your fault....

Ha! Well, you'll reap the rewards, I'll guarantee.

As for what we added, that's kind of a tough question. I can't say, from a geometry standpoint, that we added this room or we added that boss. It wasn't a matter of "We have to add this element." We had the foundation of the game, it was more the cIassic Nintendo scenario of refinements and polish. So what we now have is an extremely polished, extremely tight experience.GamePro Article

Isn't hard to do when the first two iterations were total trash.Nitric

Wow you're so smart. Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2 were both AAA and Metroid Prime won a GOTY. Tell me. How many times has Halo won GOTY at Gamespot?

Considering the game is ona full DVD instead of the mini DVDs the GC used, I see no reason for the game having less content.iunderstand

That is definitely true. I wonder how many Nintendo games suffered because of this... I mean maybe WW, TP and MP fall into this example. If they did... I wonder what they would do with the next Zelda or in this case MP3.

It may not be much, but the possibility is definitely there that such a case could have hindered some of those games... even tho in the end they were high quality titles.