Metroid Prime
 

I know Im a bit early, but I wanted to get a feel for how excited, or how not excited some of you are about this game. I saw a review of it on Extended Play this afternoon, and they showed a few things that werent shown at E3. Namely a few enemies, but Im not going to say what....ok fine



Needless to say I put my pre-order down for this game today. Yeah I know I work for the store, but if it helps our numbers :).

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Anyone else excited?

I don't think you need to use spoiler tags for a game that came out a decade ago. I'm not sure why you'd be surprised that there are metroids in a Metroid game, of course they're going to come up with an excuse to bring them back.

been looking forward to this game for a while now. i posted before that the offical website had launched. although there is not much there, you can watch the trailer for the game.... the site's address is www.metroidprime.com

i'm curious how the first person metroid perspective is going to work... anyway, i've got mine pre-ordered.

I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. I don't want to get overly hyped.

Can't wait to play it.

I'm very excited about this one. I for one believe it will be interesting to see the evolution of a great game franchise. Sure, the game may feel and play differently, but it's still Metroid.

stoolie

I'm excited to play this GC game! This game looks awesome! Very creepy, suspenseful atmosphere! It's going to be awesome. Metroid is going to kick some serious ass! Mario was so lame this game has novel spin on a FPS. The only reason to keep a GC is for this game!

THat's quite the opinion you've got there. There are a lot more reasons to keep a GC than this game.

I'm sorry, but your logic and reason are no match for the eloquent argument of "Mario was so lame".

They hype is already off the charts for Metroid Prime. Especially from the people who not only played the E3 2002 demo, but also from those who recently played an updated demo of MP a few weeks ago at a media only Nintendo event. Here is what they are saying:


IGN :Gamers.com :MSNBC :EGM (August 2002):http://images.nintendo.com/nintendo/..._gcn_game2.jpg

:D

I personally cannot wait for this game. I am still leery of the jump from 2D to 3D and Retro/Nintendo calling it a First Person Adventure instead of a First Person Shooter.

This week I plan on pre-paying for both this and Metroid Fusion (the GBA game coming out the same day...will be a LOT like Super Metroid and is the chapter right after Super Metroid).

Nintendo is really putting all its eggs in one basket for Christmas (but then again so are the other consoles), I certainly hope Metroid Prime sells well.

I can't wait for this. I had my reservations about it going to 3D, and was afraid it would just feel like a standard FPS, rather than a Metroid game.

But from all the impressions I've read that's not the case at all. Apparently "first person adventure" is an accurate description as there is much more emphasis on exploration, scanning things to look for secrets (or weaknesses in the case of enemies) and not as much emphasis on shooting things, which is very true to the Metroid series.

It's definitely the game I'm looking forward to the most this holiday season.

Oh yea? List them for me buddy.

Its all going to come down to control for me. I can't play the James Bond gamecube FPS. My hands just don't work the way they need to to move and aim at the same time with that control scheme. Too many years of keyboard and mouse controlling for me I think.

So if the 'lock on' ability works well, and there really is MORE adventuring than shooting then I'll be in. I've got to play a demo first though.

Uhhh, lets not and say we did okay? Or maybe you can start a new thread if you guys want to argue about it.

I agree...I just hate it when someone gets in my grill and pushes their opinions on me. For me this game is a staple for holding onto my GC.

back to topic...

Another feature that is innovative are all the different types of visor scanners you can utilize such as x-ray, thermal and motion. This game is the reason why I'm holding onto my GC.

Bring on the chick bounty hunter!

You were the one that started threadcrapping with console bashing and irrelevent remarks about Mario, stating your opinions as if they were objective facts.

Whose threadcrapping? I was saying that I'm looking forward to Metroid!!!!!!!! If you didn't like my opinion with Mario who care! That's my opinion and I'm holding to it!!!!! I thought Mario was lame! I was holding onto my GC for Mario and Mario left me dry. Metroid on the other hand looks to be a keeper! Metroid looks to be a great game! And I'm not selling my GC because of Metroid. I'm not threadcrapping! I'm only voicing my opinion! People who own a GC need to not be so sensitive.

There's nothing wrong about your opinion on Mario. But this is the wrong thread for it.

First it was a simple sentence....I wasn't harping on it. The majority of my posts dealt with Metroid.....so dude stop harping on my statement. And my comment with Mario was relevant to my statement with Metroid.

In addition to what you said about me threadcrapping. What have you attributed to this threat? Other than pick on all my posts. Not once did you post anything remotely related to the topic of Metroid!

Okay ... this is really stupid, especially b/c both of you seem to LIKE the GameCube.

So White Knight, no more comments to Groucho please.
And Grouch, no more comments to White Knight please.

Metroid Prime looks like a great game. Let's not ruin a thread dedicated to that because of Mario.


namja
Moderator, DVD Talk Forums

What's the release date on this game?

That pretty much sums it up for me. I've been so burned in the past with these "incredible ground-breaking games of the year" and will not get into this one (right now) at all. I refuse to read all the hype, download all the pics and movies and just wait 'til the reviews come out. I've been hyped up for the Sunshine's, Ocarina's, Rogue Leader's, DK64's, Banjo-Kazooie-Tooie's and others and have been let down miserably.

That being said, in the back of my mind I am excited for this one. Will rent it first however (or give it some gameplay time)...once again, I've just been burned so many times before by these overly-hyped titles.

The release date is November 18! :D

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Same here! I love metroid, Samus is my favorite femme fatale, she rocks!! People were saying that it is a first person adventure which is sounds more interesting to me than a regular FPS. But I'll wait until i play it, its coming out pretty soon I think, sometime in november or decmeber.

I'll also be picking up Metroid Fusion the same day :).

nevermind about my speculated release date, creatureX beat me to the real one ;).

I don't think I'll be buying MP on release date, but I'll probably eventually pick it up. I'll wait and see what y'all think of it first.

I have enough games to hold me over for the moment. MP might make a good Christmas present to myself. :)