The only people spouting this are normalgay secondaries who put Prime 1 on a pedestal because their libtard game mag journos told them to. Its pretty much a consensus among true hardcore Metroid fans that 2 is the best one.
I would have liked prime 2 better it had a more varied biomes of areas you visited like prime 1 and 3 had. I still really love the art direction of that game and the game in general.
Did any of you guys see that kiwi talkz interview with that vmformer retro studios employee? It really showed a lot of insight into the making of prime 1 and 2.
Prime series shows an intense respect for Metroid and tries to faithfully translate that into a modern 3D game. It tries to stay grounded with sci-fi setting with horror and atmosphere. You can't think of a better more faithful adaption. Meanwhile, the official Japanese Nintendo sequel of Metroid feels like a cheap mockery. Metroid 2 remake and Dread look merely okay but nothing groundbreaking or special.
>I read everywhere that it is shit compared to MP1
I've never seen this, what I have seen though is this: >"everybody says it's shit compared to MP1, but here's why it is better"
That said I do think it's better. The light/dark mechanic doesn't waste your time and recontextualises the game world a lot better than MP1's tremendous backtracking. Backtracking is pretty much nonexistent in this one actually
forced to go through a remixed version of the level once*
Let's not forget how MP1 went: >forced to go through just about every room 3 or more times with no changes
Love Prime and played it a lot on my NCG. Enjoyed 2 as much as I could, but the two world mechanics annoyed me. Never played 3 though. Is it any good? I never see anyone talk about it.
The atmosphere was good. Otherwise the enemies are way too bullet spongey and sometimes require specific weak spots to the point that you're just running past them half the time unless the game prohibits you from doing so. I remember enjoying it as a kid, but dropped it about half way through when I tried replaying it a few years ago after not dying once and running past most enemies due to fighting them just feeling like a chore most of the time.
ignore prime 1 vs prime 2 insects.
2 is a slightly better shooter at the cost of slightly worse map design. they are very similar games otherwise. if you liked the first you will like the second.
>mp2 has worse map design
first time i've ever heard this
you don't have to go through magmoor caverns and back to achieve the slightest thing in prime 2
The few occasions where you do have to backtrack (Seekers & Power Bombs) are much less convenient because of how rigid and overly strict the map design is. Prime 1 has more backtracking but it's also better designed, with more routes and opportunities to use new items.
there's two worlds and it takes forever to load. it's fun and well made; as are all things retro. slightly annoying though: it takes wayyyyyy too long to beat.
I can't. I eventually quit because the light/dark mechanic became too tedious.
The only people spouting this are normalgay secondaries who put Prime 1 on a pedestal because their libtard game mag journos told them to. Its pretty much a consensus among true hardcore Metroid fans that 2 is the best one.
KEK, good. Stay filtered.
I would have liked prime 2 better it had a more varied biomes of areas you visited like prime 1 and 3 had. I still really love the art direction of that game and the game in general.
Shame, because it becomes superior to MP1 once you get the first suit upgrade
You sound like a homosexual that does not deserve to play it. Go back to your proper board now please.
If you liked 1 because you thought it was fun, play it. If you "liked" 1 because the internet told you you did, don't bother.
Did any of you guys see that kiwi talkz interview with that vmformer retro studios employee? It really showed a lot of insight into the making of prime 1 and 2.
Metroid died when it went 3D
Change my mind
You can't
you explore worlds, get powerups, it's the same game as 2d metroid except the shooting sucks which is a shame
Prime series shows an intense respect for Metroid and tries to faithfully translate that into a modern 3D game. It tries to stay grounded with sci-fi setting with horror and atmosphere. You can't think of a better more faithful adaption. Meanwhile, the official Japanese Nintendo sequel of Metroid feels like a cheap mockery. Metroid 2 remake and Dread look merely okay but nothing groundbreaking or special.
No, I don’t think I need to do that. Also, this game isn’t retro.
>I read everywhere that it is shit compared to MP1
I've never seen this, what I have seen though is this:
>"everybody says it's shit compared to MP1, but here's why it is better"
That said I do think it's better. The light/dark mechanic doesn't waste your time and recontextualises the game world a lot better than MP1's tremendous backtracking. Backtracking is pretty much nonexistent in this one actually
>"dark mechanic doesn't waste your time"
>forced to go through the purple lava version of the same level
forced to go through a remixed version of the level once*
Let's not forget how MP1 went:
>forced to go through just about every room 3 or more times with no changes
3d metroid is the only fun one to me
Primehack is tons and tons of fun and totally the way it should be played.
Love Prime and played it a lot on my NCG. Enjoyed 2 as much as I could, but the two world mechanics annoyed me. Never played 3 though. Is it any good? I never see anyone talk about it.
The atmosphere was good. Otherwise the enemies are way too bullet spongey and sometimes require specific weak spots to the point that you're just running past them half the time unless the game prohibits you from doing so. I remember enjoying it as a kid, but dropped it about half way through when I tried replaying it a few years ago after not dying once and running past most enemies due to fighting them just feeling like a chore most of the time.
Prime 1 has better exploration but Prime 2 has better action. Pick your poison.
I've played MP1 to completion 5-6 times. MP2 once , MP3 0 times. They just get worse as you go, mate.
ignore prime 1 vs prime 2 insects.
2 is a slightly better shooter at the cost of slightly worse map design. they are very similar games otherwise. if you liked the first you will like the second.
>mp2 has worse map design
first time i've ever heard this
you don't have to go through magmoor caverns and back to achieve the slightest thing in prime 2
The few occasions where you do have to backtrack (Seekers & Power Bombs) are much less convenient because of how rigid and overly strict the map design is. Prime 1 has more backtracking but it's also better designed, with more routes and opportunities to use new items.
there's two worlds and it takes forever to load. it's fun and well made; as are all things retro. slightly annoying though: it takes wayyyyyy too long to beat.
I won't because it is not as good and MP1 is much better. I played a much smaller portion of 2 and I can't say that I feel like I missed anything.