Topic: Metroid Prime 3 Revolutionized

[Luigi Dude]

Professional 666 speaks the truth.  Anyone that hasn't beaten the game on Veteran has no right to complain about anything in this game being too easy.  And anyone that's beaten it on Veteran and complains about it being too easy, then there's Hyper Mode for you people.

And if anyone for some reason says Hyper Mode is too easy, well then that person should just stop playing video games all together because they're too good and there is no game on earth that can challenge them.  

[PaLaDiN]

People started this game on normal?

Somebody tell me what the stupid subtitle-less disembodied woman voice was saying over the credits or whatever. My only complaint with the game: occasional uncaptioned blathering.  

[UERD]

I'm going to see how badly Hyper Mode makes a fool out of me, starting this afternoon.

[Bill Aurion]

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Originally posted by: PaLaDiN
Somebody tell me what the stupid subtitle-less disembodied woman voice was saying over the credits or whatever. My only complaint with the game: occasional uncaptioned blathering.

I had no problem understanding what it said...Basically that this marks the end of Samus' fight against Phazon...  

[Mashiro]

God I hate double posts . . .

[Mashiro]

The only boss fight I consider a push over was the final boss on normal mode. Dark Samus was way easy but as it was said above, this is because of how the hyper mode system was set up for that whole final portion of the game.

Normal mode should be just that . . . normal. Not easy mode.

But with that said, again, I found most of the boss fights to be quite challenging and even though the AU fight at the end was pretty easy, it was still a close fight.

As for what is said at the end, it's something along the lines of that the phazon threat is over, yet this victory is but a "twinkle of a star" spreading hope through the darkness or something. Pretty much, the fight against the phazon is done but it's a small victory lol. There is a large universe out there filled with darkness and Samus will eventually have to kick that darkness' ass . . . if you know what I mean.

[mantidor]

I'm playing on normal, but this is the first time I've ever used a remote, and I hold it in the left hand so I'm also for the first time using the stick in my right hand, with this I've had a somewhat long learning curve, and I've find the difficulty just fine. The good thing is that this gives more replay value, I always try to start with the lowest difficulty possible in games unless is just extremely easy, because once you play in a higher difficulty level it makes no sense to go back.

[Maverick]

I agree that Normal was too easy.  I haven't played Veteran, but people are comparing it to MP2's difficulty.  I thought the amount of damage you could take/deal out was pretty well balanced in MP2, the reason I found the game frustrating was that I got frustrated and bored with the map and backtracking a lot, which was not the case at all with MP3.  

Then again, I always play through a new game the first time on its "normal" or "medium" difficulty.  I enjoy games for their story/plot the most, so I play through normal to get the story.  If I go back later and want more of a challenge, I amp it up on the play through.  Most of the time I'm content with normal difficulty, but with MP3 I might have to at least go back with Veteran.

[Adrock]

I beat it last night. Normal, 100%, 20:01

Great game though I was a little disappointed. The controls are clearly the best part of the game (and the best of the series) and I'd love to see Retro used similar controls in an actual FPS. However, it was just too familiar. The controls are new, but that doesn't make the whole experience feel new. The first MP is still my favorite.

Summary of thoughts:
1. Load times... *shakes head in disappointment*
2. Weak story.
3. The new hunters were all lame, though at least Retro tried to give Gandrayda a personality.
4. Samus still looks like a toy doll though maybe not as much as in Echoes.
5. Samus's gunship was awesome.
6. Pacing after Elysia was off. I kind of felt bored at parts, especially on Valhalla.
7. Dark Samus in Echoes >>>>>>>>>>>> Dark Samus in Corruption
8. 75% and 100% endings = failure
9. Voice acting was pretty good if kind of pointless for the most part ("Can we talk later? This is really complex."). I know I'm in the minority here, but I wouldn't have minded if Samus talked.

[UERD]

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Then again, I always play through a new game the first time on its "normal" or "medium" difficulty. I enjoy games for their story/plot the most, so I play through normal to get the story. If I go back later and want more of a challenge, I amp it up on the play through. Most of the time I'm content with normal difficulty, but with MP3 I might have to at least go back with Veteran.

This is also what I do, for the same reasons. Only I was expecting Normal to be a bit harder.

I'm playing Hyper Mode now.


1. It's a lot more intense.
2. The airlock door in the very beginning (where you can save the Federation trooper from being sucked into space) seems to close a lot quicker. (The guy's grip is also a lot looser, if you don't nail the target he flies away into oblivion.)
3. You don't get green vouchers for kills the second time through? Although I think you only need 15 green credits to begin with.
4. It seems a lot more difficult to suck up powerups (you have to be closer, or they won't start moving towards your charge beam)?
 

[GoldenPhoenix]

Could it be possible the game's normal mode is "easy" because you guys have beaten the previous two Metroid games?

[Maverick]

I don't think so GP.  It just seems like you take very little damage throughout the game when you get hit, and that you can kill most enemies rather quickly.  I don't think it has to do with my experience from the previous Prime games.

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: Maverick
I don't think so GP.  It just seems like you take very little damage throughout the game when you get hit, and that you can kill most enemies rather quickly.  I don't think it has to do with my experience from the previous Prime games.

I dunno, because frankly I didn't find Metroid Prime 1 that hard either, it was just the scavenger quest that kept me from beating it and this is coming from someone who is not good at all at First Person games.

[Kairon]

An update on my veteran mode antics!

Hahahahaha! I beat Ghor without dying once! PUSHOVER!

... but I DID die on the friggin' Boost Ball Guardian, oops, I mean, Defense Drone once, then I figured out how I'd deal with the homing balls of brown goo and the second time I was able to down him.

[Dirk Temporo]

So I played this for a bit in Gamestop, and I think it's definitely the strongest entry in the Metroid Prime series. Actually having other people around you, and not just dropping you alone in the middle of an alien planet and saying "Here, go figure stuff out" definitely improved the game as a whole. But I have one question... WHY ARE SAMUS' EYES SO GODDAMN BIG?

[Kairon]

They barbie dolled her.

[Mashiro]

I don't think it had to do with beating the last two titles, I think normal mode was just a lot easier.

Though I think hyper mode can attribute to that. Hyper mode makes so many enemies push overs in MP3 that on normal mode where you aren't taking tons of damage it just seems a lot easier.

The more I think about this game the more I want to go back and replay MP1 just to see how they stand up compared to one another.

Metroid Prime 3 had it's moments. I have to give credit to it's introduction stage. Probably the most fun intro stage and boss battle in the series (very arcade shooter-esk at some parts but it was a lot of fun). The voice work they pulled off very well and I wouldn't have minded seeing Samus talk actually. I think they could have done it right. The whole zero suit thing still annoys me but w/e I guess it is here to stay ::rolls eyes::.

If this game has one real negative it's the ending. It really was terrible. Like absolutely awful. I'm sorry but whomever was in charge of the ending portion of this game should be fired I mean seriously. So much effort was put into these titles, so how the hell do you end a trilogy so poorly? Metroid Prime 1 beats Metroid Prime 3 in this regard as it had a fantastic ending compared to this.

Sorry for complaining about the ending so much but for a series that is so good it's just shocking at how piss ass poorly it ends.

With that said I would love to see Metroid Prime 1 be remade to have wii controls <3.

Edit: I think the biggest shocker is how the game goes from being easily the best in the series to once you get to the end being . . . maybe as good as the first. I went into this game saying confidently this is the best in the Prime series but now . . . I'm just not sure. Time to boot up Prime 1 to find out.

Double Edit: Another thing that was severely disappointing was the power up system. Did anyone else feel like it was SEVERELY lacking? I mean come on . . . 2 beams that seemingly don't make you that much more powerful? Big let down..  

[Kairon]

Yeah, I was also very disappointed with the secret endings... and actually with the very last level in the game... it had so much potential and they could've done soooo much more with it, but they just failed.

[Bill Aurion]

I've determined after analyzing all the data in this thread that all gamers want to do after playing a game is complain...

[Maverick]

Well, I've already sucked the fun out of the experience, so now it's time to bitch!

[Bill Aurion]

Nup, you're going to have to make another thread for it...There's already too much failure in this one as it is!

[ShyGuy]

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
I've determined after analyzing all the data in this thread that all gamers want to do after playing a game is complain...

Welcome to the internet.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I guess I'll make a video showing the damage difference between Normal and Veteran.

[Mashiro]

Wait wait wait.

So you're saying Metroid Prime 3 is perfect Bill? Come on get off it, any complaints I have listed are more than valid. This isn't to say the game SUCKS because of these faults but they are faults none the less. The game isn't perfect.

[Kairon]

Besides, everyone knows that TRUE internet fanbois complain BEFORE playing the game.