So basically this is the Metroid series' distinguished mentally-challenged cousin and we should all be better for pretending that it never actually existed?
We back to talking about Prime 2?
Prime 2 had shoehorned melodrama and a complete lack of understanding of what the Metroid series and its characters are even about?
Oh, I thought we were talking about how good the games were. I really couldn't care less about any characters or story in the Metroid universe.
It's the total package, man, the total package.
And Prime 2 had Sanctuary Fortress, effectively shielding it from nearly all criticism [except for all those keys].
At least prime 2 TRIED to be a metroid game. I'd say maybe it tried a little too hard. That and all those damn keys, ugh. Prime 3 got decentish reviews because it successfully incorporated the wiimote into improving its control scheme. Combine that novelty with some gracious streamlining of the formula and it was a solid if not spectacular game.
Yeah, I'd agree with that. Prime 3 is better than Prime 2, but neither can top the first. Prime 3 got a bit goofy with the Samus and Friends stuff, but that really only comprised the first couple hours, most of the stuff after that was solo missions on barren planets. It managed to do the Wiimote right and it had some really cool locations, so I can forgive some of its faults. Prime 2 just had too many designs problems, mainly the key quest near the end and the light world/dark world mechanic that just increased the backtracking by a ton. I'm not against backtracking in Metroid games, especially Prime games because I really like just looking at the scenery that much [I know, I'm easy to please], but backtracking through the dark world was just painful.
With Other M, I think we're talking about something completely different here.
