r/Metroid

I started playing this game about 2 months ago at this point. I’ve been dragging my feet because it just doesn’t entice me to want to keep playing. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t a horrible game. It’s just boring, linear and mindless.

That said, I was going to finish the game until I came to the green crystal quest. I had heard in reviews about this quest so I made sure to go out of my way to smash as many green crystals as possible throughout my playtime. However, when I went to the alter after beating the mines area, I only had enough crystals to fill a quarter of the required amount.

I don’t get it. Is it because I never deposited them the whole time and maybe there’s a limit of how many you can hold at once? Also, nowhere that I’m aware of tells you how many you have or how many you need. It’s super ambiguous. I’m not opposed to a late game fetch quest (I didn’t mind Wind Waker’s), but this just feels like throwing on a pointless task to pad the total game time.

Overall, I enjoyed moments of this game but it just didn’t feel like a Metroid prime game. I don’t even think I’d consider it a metroidvania in general. It’s just a linear single player FPS that takes place in the Metroid universe.

My favorite part of the game was the boss fights which were all great. The graphics are obviously nice, but other than that, it’s just a mid game. I’d say 7/10. If I could sum up this game in one word, I’d say shallow.

Mina the Hollower, here I come!

Hello all,

I finally finished Prime 4 today (~20 hours, 100% items and scans)

Sat through the credits and saw >!Samus's wonderfully rendered face as she plants the memory fruit. !<

Then it took me to the ending stats screen, etc. until I eventually just saw the game loop back to the title screen. I took to YouTube to see the secret 100% ending.

So, what gives? Did I miss something?

Edit: I also got 100% of the green crystals.

Edit: It is visible in the gallery!

I'm talking about games like the Prime series, and also the more recent 2D entries since Fusion. I like to have a guided experience despite most fans wanting to feel isolated and lost in the game. Getting some upgrade after a boss fight and then not knowing where to go because I forgot where the single room where I can use this new upgrade was is infuriating to me and feels like the game is wasting my time as I scan the map endlessly and go to rooms I haven't visited only to find it gives me a single missile tank upgrade.

I actually like when in Fusion, Dread, Corruption, and Beyond they give me an objective right away so that I can work towards it without aimlessly wandering the whole world until the hint system kicks in. I know I'm probably a "dumb" fan because I can't remember exactly where to progress every time, but having this guided experience makes it more frictionless and enjoyable for me.

I also prefer games like Echoes over Prime because you stay in one area for a time until you collect all Dark temple keys and beat the major boss so the progression is more obvious compared to Prime's constant movement between areas.

Not necessarily the worst, but the most controversial.

For our purposes, the definition of “controversial” is provided here by Dictionary.com. It reads:

“of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical.”

So there you go. Which Metroid game do you think best fits this description?