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  • picandocodigo@lemmy.worldMtoNintendo@lemmy.world•What are you playing this weekend? 2026-01-02English
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    26 days ago

    Do you think Metroid Prime 4 is a good Metroid game?

    Absolutely! It has its issues, but it’s still a good game.

    I am still hoping for Prime 2 and 3 coming to Switch, but it’s looking doubtful now.

    Me too! Now that they’re done with MP4, maybe they’ll get on to that. I assume it’d take less time than a Metroid Prime 5! But it’s not looking good…

    As I said, I didn’t play a lot of Absolum. But the graphics are amazing, like SoR 4, and it feels like a beat 'em up with rogue(like|lite) elements. It doesn’t lean on it as much as Double Dragon Gaiden I think, but I need to play a bit more to have a proper opinion.

  • picandocodigo@lemmy.worldMtoNintendo@lemmy.world•What are you playing this weekend? 2026-01-02English
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    27 days ago
    spoiler

    I think most of the issues with the game are probably consequence of its long and convoluted development.

    What on earth were they thinking? I truly wonder if they created the desert first and added the motocycle to make it less painful, or if they added the desert as an excuse for the motorcycle. It’s so bland that if it didn’t exist at all, it wouldn’t feel like anything is missing.

    Driving the bike was fun, they did a good job with the controllers. But they didn’t use it in any interesting way! Even the enemies in the desert are not interesting at all. I wouldn’t mind if they kept the bike for future games, but using it in a more creative, fun way. The desert seems to be a clash between making it more “Breath of the Wild-y” and a Metroid game. They sort of acknowledged it was messy.

    Now, for the other characters in the game: I kinda like them. They get annoying when they’re with you and comment on everything you do (the first guy in particular) but I have no problem with them existing in the game. What I hate is Samus’ general apathy towards them. No matter what happens, she just stares at them. I know developers are deathly afraid of making her talk at this point, but a word of affirmation every now and then would work wonders. I didn’t believe for a second that Samus cares at all about any of them false-sacrificing themselves in the Mines. Or for real at the end. If that even is the real ending, I feel like I got the bad ending for pushing the button, but I genuinely don’t care.

    I thought the same with the characters. They’re just badly written, particularly the first guy “Jar Jar Binks”. But like you, I don’t think it’s bad that they’re in the game. And yeah, when Samus doesn’t even acknowledge or gesture back when people talk to her, it just feels awkward. They really got burnt with Other M I guess 😅

  • picandocodigo@lemmy.worldMtoNintendo@lemmy.world•What are you playing this weekend? 2026-01-02English
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    27 days ago

    Happy New Year!

    I finished the main story in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, I played a bit more after that to get some extra items and crystals (I copied the save file right before the point of no return, what a weird decision to do this with the completed save file). It’s a good game, but given the time it was in development and how long since the last one, it could never live up to the expectations. It’s still great and looks stunning, hopefully it’ll be the beginning of a new trilogy. It made me want to play Dread and finish Prime 2 on my Game Cube.

    Speaking of GameCube, I recently got a rather good price on a copy of The Simpsons: Hit & Run. I had Road Rage, which I really enjoyed, so my Simpsons GameCube collection is now complete. It’s a very fun game, lots of dialogue from the original cast. I have a backlog for GameCube now on top of the Switch/Switch 2 backlog 😬

    I have been playing and really enjoying Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection on Switch 2. I already went through all the documentary stuff, which I loved! And I’ve been playing the games. I think my favourite is still MK II because it’s the one I played the most back then on my SNES. But I’m starting to like UMK III more the more I play it. These games are so fun, can’t wait to play with more people and laugh trying to pull off Fatalities and such.

    I got Absolum for the Switch. I’ve only played a little bit so far, but it’s really good. Also a game I’ll really enjoy playing co-op soon.

  • picandocodigo@lemmy.worldMtoNintendo@lemmy.world•What are you playing this weekend? 2025-12-12English
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    2 months ago

    I had a ton of fun with this game and it left me wanting more

    I haven’t finished it yet, but I had the thought while playing that it’ll be cool to see what they do on Metroid Prime 5 (if it ever comes out). It still feels like Metroid Prime in essence, and the flaws are not that big. I thought the bike was a cool addittion, they just didn’t make it too interesting (at least not yet for me). The tutorial for the bike felt so disconnected, why am I playing F-Zero in Metroid now? And the desert is kind of monotonous. But there’s some potential! And great that they’re trying new stuff.

    Most of the original people who worked on the initial trilogy are probably gone from Retro. My understanding is Prime Remastered was a way to get the new folks on the team up to date with development for Prime 4. So now that they have the talent and skill, a new title would hopefully take less than 8 years, and they could build up on what the did for Prime 4 and learn from the feedback. Just wishful thinking! (And please, don’t make another Jar Jar Binks type NPC for the next one).

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