Alastor

Potentially one of the biggest gaming disappoints of my lifetime honestly, I haven't played MP3 (I will eventually though) but I understand that had alot of soldiers in it too and that isn't considered absolute trash so I'm hoping I'm just overreacting. That said, I usually hear Echoes talked about more harshly than Corruption, and I love that game, people really do not like the Dark World I guess.

Curious to know if anyone here is even going to use that C button even once

Also what the actual fuck is happening to Metroid Prime 4 and really bad trailers? Every trailer just makes the game look worse than the last, we had open barren desert biking sections in the last trailer, the latest trailer has a really Marvel coded annoying sidekick, now maybe this guy is in it briefly and maybe the desert area we saw last time in the last trailer wasn't an accurate representation but that just begs the question, again what is going with the trailers being so bad? It's on them to make the game look good I, shouldn't have to give the benefit of the doubt here, even if it is Metroid.

I'm not going full nuclear yet like most people on the internet are (they're blatantly buying it anyway but still) but I'm definitely a lot less excited now, should have been the easiest slam dunk of their big 3 IPs, it's not like Mario and the constant creativity or Zelda and wondering how next they're going to somehow top TOTK, I don't think anyone played MP 1-3 and asked 'we need something more next time'.

Maybe I'm presuming much and speaking for too many people, the internet gaslighting has begun already with the really extreme 'Other M was good' takes. Anyway, I guess it's a good thing Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is still one of the best games ever made eh.

It's a great game I just have issue with some of the plot beats, the change to the bombing of the Reactor really rubs me the wrong way because it completely sterilised one of my favourite parts of the OG story. But like Rebirth after it it does some amazing character work, helped along by some really good voice acting. (Tifa's is my favourite, her voice when she's like "I gotta go! 😊" at Cloud's smooth talk is so good)

Also the combat is great when you get into it, unlike the PS1 version everyone is unique now both in function and feel. Again, Tifa's martial arts were a real standout to me but Aerith was a real nuke dispenser in this with the right setup, which shows just how well the well regarded Materia system was transferred over.

Thanks for the explantion, cav, seems I was sorta' getting it. Doesn't sound like something that will bother me I think. But man people seem worried ha ha.