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  • I think the multiplayer is awesome. Its just that you have to play someone whos also good at the game.

    And it's really hard to tell whether prime 1 or prime 2 is better.

  • i loved majoras mask because it WAS so different from ocarina.

  • which metroid is better prime 1 or echoes???

  • @degaboss definitely prime 1 but get all 3 of them if you really want a treat

  • "It's a hardcore gamer's game!" that describes the game perfectly

  • "It's not like Majora's Mask was to Zelda." Few people realize that MM was deliberately made to not be another OoT; that would be boring. It heavily influenced the much improved designs in later Zelda games such as Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. MM was a revolution and in my opinion, a better experience than the linear games that preceded it. I think people who moan about it never really gave it a chance and expected it to be a re-run of something that Miyamoto knew was going to get old fast.

  • Why was the Tallon Overworld theme from MP1 playing near the beginning?

  • @xXmasterbasserXx I believe that was the Torvus Bog theme from Echoes actually ;)

  • I felt 2,1,3 wher best in that order

  • @INMATE2468 Agree

  • i love this game so much, the main theme stuck in my head ever since i played this with my friend when was 11, 6 years ago

  • worst in the prime series

  • What's the music they have at the beginning? I've been looking everywhere and I can't find it.

  • This guy's horrible he spoiled sooooo much. Did any of you notice that he used the annihilator beam in the multiplayer show-off?

  • i love how ign use to spend more than 3 mins on a review

  • @headshotgod twilight princess is by far the worst Zelda on your list and other m is not better than prime 2. You have a foolish opinion

  • @Gowatch3kb Twilight Princess is an amazing game man. The only Zelda game I don't like is Zelda 2

  • completely agree with you there LoZ 2 sucked

  • @Gowatch3kb "A foolish opinion"? How the fucking hell can an opinion be foolish? It's just an opinion, and it doesn't belong to you. Everyone has their own opinion and it's our job as civilised human beings to accept that without the snide little remarks.

  • When DOESN'T Samus crash land?

  • NO!! NOT THE BOOST GAURDIAN!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

  • @Munchinator777 He is a lot easer in Trilogy...but hell yes...what a guy!))))))))

  • wtf ? it is more like the wind waker of metroid. my list of the zelda games: 1. Twilight Princess 2. Link to the Past 3. Ocarina of Time 4. Majora's Mask 5. Link's Awakening 6. Wind Waker metroid: 1. Prime 1 2. Fusion 3. Prime 3 4. Other M 5. Super, SNES (very good, but HIGHLY overrated) 6. Prime 2 that's why I think it's the wind waker of the series.
  • i own all 3 games sepretly, does that mean i have no reason to buy the trilogy version?

  • I had them all 3 before too, but I bought it anway. have luck getting trilogy now, nintendo stopped sales.

  • @okitroid lol I am just starting this game on trilogy, and my first run through prime 1 was deathless. this one definitely seems harder, what with the dark world and all.

  • The reviewer is obviously reading off a script. His voice is monotone and at points you can hear him continue onto the next line. Samus can't turn back because her ship is damaged...Also, the review mismatches the Temple Ground and the Agon Wastes. He also says you're looking for morphball, sorry but you automatically get that item in Echoes. Takes a little bit before he gets into actual feeling for the game.

  • 8:54 that looks wrong, very wrong.

  • I remember that when  i got the screw attack the game glitched and i was stuck.

  • @Macaca91

    not through my first playtrhough obviously lol. i noted every tactic i could do through the first play through. if i wasn't satisfied with how i did a boss i reloaded the game and did it again, the game was so enjoyable as to not make it boring every time i did this. then on the 2nd playtrhough i did the no death run :)

  • @Macaca91

    i did a no death run of this game a few years ago. seriously try it. it adds A LOT to the atmosphere of playing it and quite frankly is one of the best videogame experiences i've ever had.

  • @okitroid Seriously? You got through the whole game without dying once? You must have some skill, dude!!!

    I love this game, its so dark and atmospheric, im playing through it again to get all the energy tanks and upgrades, but i doubt i could get through it without dying at least once, this will be my second playthrough, on my first i couldnt beat emperor ing, i didnt have enough energy tanks or ammo expansions, but this time im gonna get all that stuff so i can kill the bastard!!!

    Awesome game

  • Oh, and the spider guardian as well!!!

    If you play this game, the spider guardian WILL take your life at least 5 times!!!

  • This game is awesome, but hard as fuck!!!

    To anyone thats thinking of buying it, by all means do so, but be prepared for a challenge!!!

    Its pretty much an unwavering fact that anyone who plays this game WILL die at least once while fighting the boost guardian, amorbis and emperor ing, i know i did!!!

    Still, its a fucking brilliant game.

  • @Macaca91 couldnt agree more with you.. this game is hard as fuck!

  • @Macaca91 Your probally not going to be believe me...I beat amorbis on my first try...well that was my second run through of the game. I started over because I got lost on my old version. I was so happy when i killed amorbis....i hate that boss.

  • this makes other m look like shit.

  • @ouch11 Yeah, i watched a review of it the other day, and it does look good, but one thing that i saw that i think is REALLY lame about it is that samus has to wait for that adam guy to give her permission to use the grapple beam.

    I mean, what the fuck is that about? we spent the last two games being able to use the grapple beam as much as we want when we find it, and NOW we have to wait for some guy to tell us that we are allowed to use it?!?!?!

    Im sorry, but thats REALLY lame isnt it?

  • @ouch11 I mean, why does samus have to wait for some guy to tell her that she can use her OWN EQUIPMENT?!?!?!?

  • @ouch11 I played Metroid Other M its a great game, aside from the potrail of Samus and the underpowered graphics I don't see what your all bitching about.

  • Moral of IGN Reviews

    Fun Game.Not Good Graphics But Great Gameplay 4.5

    Amazing Graphics.Shitty Gameplay.Overrated Game 10

  • @lolidestroyallofu this the old review modern reviews arnt good

  • I like how he used the word "ball play."

  • An overlooked evil-as game, not enough people experienced the mind-blowing difficulty in this game.

  • I'm a HUGE fan of Majora's Mask (In my opinion, competes with Ocarina of Time for the best Zelda game) so when folks liken Echoes to MM I get pumped.

  • hrm...she loses her power again. shocker...

  • "Reward yourself" umm, i would SURE like to see samus "rewarding" herself. :-P

  • Definitely one of the most underrated Metroid games but in my opinion, one of the best.

  • CAN'T..BEAT...5TH...BOSS..MUST­..STOP..PLAYING...NEED...SLEEP­...

  • prime 2 is the best out of the 3.

  • this game is awesome.

  • my only complaints were the soundtrack and the last 10 or 12 keys u had to collect with clues that made little scence

  • Actually Metroid fusion came out before this game so it has been seen since Super Metroid.

  • this is the hardest one

  • I think this was my least favorite in the Prime triology, but nonetheless still a pretty good game. Dark Aether just got too annoying. If you could get the light suit way earlier it would probably been more fun

  • I have been playing through this game, got to the final boss. And this game is nothing short of beautiful, intense, mesmerising, and just a fantastic level of depth that more games like these should invest in.

  • Hey guys, anyone love the awesome music of the Metroid Games? Go the link on my page under Video Game Soundtracks and you can download them for free... And many many MANY other game soundtracks... any song you want or the entire track... Its badass

  • Many say Metroid for the new gen consoles are bad because they didn't capture the escence of Super Metroid or Metroid for NES. But if you were a designer like me, you would see how much effort, detail and exquisite design on the enemies and how organic yet modern or mechanical they look, you wouldn't think that way. I think that yes, maybe they went too far by making it a FPS and they don't look alike, but it still has that Spirit, that feeling of old school Metroid games and that's what matters

  • @SoraXKokiri I think the metroid prime games are unique, they didn't just make a game and slap the metroid tital on the box art, they dove deep into the world and created awesome and unforgetable games...

  • @SoraXKokiri its not an fps its a first person adventure

  • I just got the game recently and i completed prime(1) i was sort of sad to see that there were no multiplayer kind of thing to it like a puzzle that you had to shoot a couple things simotaniously or that you didn't have a power up for that kind of thing. But if i had to rate both together out of 20% i would give it an 18.98%

  • "it's not like Majora's mask was to Zelda" Majora's mask was my favorite Zelda game.

  • @lightningpuppies i agree. it was a nice dark twist on the series, and the other aspects added a air of freshness to it, i loved that game.

  • @lightningpuppies i totally agree amd in fact i just finished it yesterday :D it's not my favorite but definitely on my top 3 zelda games :P

  • @lightningpuppies It's nice to find someone with the same opinion as me. I hear all the time about how great Ocarina of time is, but not enough about how great majora's mask is.

  • @lightningpuppies Yeah well Metroid Prime 2 Echoes is my favorite Metroid game please explain the difference in comparson to there predessors.

  • @MrMetroid1998 it was anoying going back and forth from light and dark worlds

  • @bluballzzz Yeah but thats just minor stuff.

  • @MrMetroid1998 no, it was tedious and boring

  • @bluballzzz In your opinon it was in some of our opsions it was one of the most entertainment Metroid games ever made.

  • @MrMetroid1998 hey, how about i slap your fucking mouth?

  • @bluballzzz Serously you actually hate me for defending a game I actually like, incase you havent noticed I'm a huge metroid fan and I enjoyed all of them almost equally including this one, why do you hate me for liking this game?

  • @lightningpuppies that game gets a lot of crap just because it came after a highly successful game i always hate that

  • @lightningpuppies So not only your taste of Zeldas is questionable, you are bad at metaphors as well?

  • @lightningpuppies Well for some Metroid Prime 2 Echoes is there favorite in the Metroid series so show some respect.

  • @lightningpuppies wrd, mine 2

  • @lightningpuppies Yeah, IMO, I liked OoT better, but MM was not worse or anything.

  • Metroid Prime 1 has the best soundtrack of all the metroids. Especially the song that plays in the Tallon overworld after about a third of the way into the game. I think it starts after you finish the first stage of Phendrana Drifts. Ending song is just as incredible.

  • This is one of my favorite video reviews of all time. It really showcases what makes ign truly special. Sure it may be a bit biased, but the level of enthusiasm and personality make their videos very engaging, but at the same time informative.

  • ugh!! its AR-an not ar-AN!!!! nintendo has said it themselves! in prime 3, people talking to you say "arent you Samus AR-an?"

  • I watched this review before playing the game and didn't get half of what this guy was on about. Now after putting in a solid 10 hours or so (I'm looking for the fourth temple key) I'm recognising all the areas of gameplay from this review, though I'm playing the Wii version. I think its a great game and probably better than the original prime though not by much.

  • i agree with this review 100% i have the wii version, and i love it. except i've never tried the multiplayer (don't think it looks that good, though, it looks like a ripoff of goldeneye's multiplayer)

  • @nerftendo005 thats pretty much it, man. it seems like prime one came out, then halo copied it but added multiplayer, then prime 2 came out and copied halo's multi player. it was a failed goldeneye copy, so they didnt include it in prime 3.

  • @foolintherain100 halo didn't copy metroid. halo's single-player experience is nothing like metroid's. halo is an action-based fps, while metroid prime is an adventure game based on exploring, backtracking, and puzzles just set in first-person

  • @nerftendo005 well, what im saying is that in both games you are set in a futuristic world, shoot futuristic weaponry, your enemies are aliens, etc. but yeah, i know theyre really different story/gameplay wise, i would never label prime as an fps, and halos a straight out shooter. but i do think they both took from each other with presentation.

  • @foolintherain100 first of all, metroid started about 20 years before halo, so (if anything), halo copied metroid. second, those aspects you just mentioned mean shit, a lot of games have those aspects, nobody copied anyone.

  • @nerftendo005 hey im on the metroid side, im a nintendo fan boy, ive played since the originals, but you cant help taking influence from your competetors, people working on the new zelda said they are playing monster hunter tri alot to see what other companies are doing in similar genres.

  • I love this game its my favorite game even better then prime 1

  • game scared the living shit out of me when i was 8 and played this

  • OK let's get something strait metroid prime games kick ass, and classic metroid kicks ass

  • this is one of the toughest metroid games

  • hte one thing i didnt like about this game was the power beam it looked to watered down...

  • I dunno about some music comments here. The music for the prime series was top notch. Super Metroid was also great, but I'm not so certain it beats Prime.

  • I love how personal the review sounds. He uses "I" frequently, seeming very aware that it is all just his opinion. I like that. I like that a lot.

  • i finished the game but i dont remember batling the dark missile trooper wtf?

  • @exoidias1 you battle the dark missile trooper when you reenter the area with all the computers and dead troopers, after getting a few upgrades

  • i beat this game a couple years ago yet i still shudder at the thought of the dark world. and why didnt you show the one save area in the sanctuary fortress where its on a ledge overlooking well..... im still not quite sure what all that is below you (the rest of Aether? there were a lot of lights so i doubt it since i dont remember seeing a lot of lights like that in torvus bog) but it looks amazing

  • There's just something about Prime 2 that wasn't as immersive as the first. I think the main problem is Dark Aether. I mean who really wants to explore the same areas twice?

  • Ings Smasher=Pirate Elite

  • why at about &:05 does Phendrana Drifts from Prime 1 start playing?

  • I'd say Prime 1,2 & 3 are all on par with each other they have their pro's and own con's:

    Prime 1: revolutionized the Metroid series and was just fantastic. Can't really think of a con.

    Prime 2: Better graphics, effects and just one of the best I've played. Mind you I'm not just looking at the story. I'm looking at the big picture. Apart from the same item collecting like spider ball etc.

    Prime 3: Again graphics and amazing game mechanics. Just all around amazing game.

  • IMO Prime 1 is the best, followed by Echoes, and lastly Corruption.

    Prime 1: Absolutely brilliant game. Like you, I can't think of a con (there are some things, but nothing major I can think about right now).

    Echoes: Another amazing game. Gameplay was fantastic, and the design was awesome. Having to go to Dark Aether felt uneccesary sometimes.

    Corruption: Second weakest game in the series. Still a good game. The isolation is completetly gone, and it's way too linear for me.

  • Yeah. Being told everything you have to do made it feel less of a Metroid game. Sure there was some points where you have to look yourself but you mostly didnt have to worry to much about what to do. More like fusion then I guess.

  • Yeah, but Fusion still had the isolation, which is something Corruption lacked.

  • i agree. i think prime 1 was the best. i groaned in the phazon mines cuz of all the computers u can scan but of course the text is well written so i want to read it all.

    Prime 1: cant really think of a con. every moment is a gem.

    Echoes: great but i dont like the limited ammo.(understandable but i still dont like it). as for the dark world, its a love it/ hate it thing.

    Corruption: lacking weapon variety, no isolation(felt like the troopers were just lazy). great scenery but still lacking

  • totally agree

  • The Screw Attack hasn't been seen since Super Metroid? It was in Metroid Fusion wasn't it?

  • Ya it was, I remember.

  • I Actually Like Metroid Prime 2: Echoes better than Metroid Prime like seriuously Prime 2 has better graphics and plus in my opinion is way easier to play maybe it's because I beat Prime 1 already but to me the whole Trilogy is some of the greatest games of all time overall the Metroid franchise is top 5 to me

  • I loved this game alot. At first it was hard but once i beat the first one and got the idea of the set up the second one "MP2E" was a walk in the park. The music in my opinion was very nice and had a nogalistic style to it.

  • 1st one is and always will be the best

  • Super Metroid is way better than Metroid!

    I say:

    #1 Super Metroid

    #2 Metroid Prime

    #3 Metroid (original)

    I can't believe that the Japanese sold their license to an American company...one of the worst discontinuities in the history of gaming...

    Metroid Prime:

    Music - inferior to Metroid and Super Metroid

    Missiles - way too slow compared to Super Metroid

    Loading time between doors - they do load in the background, but the processor is still not fast enough sometimes creating slower gameplay...

  • Super Metroid's music was way better. I wish that Nintendo did not sell their license to RetroStudios. Also, the Prime series lacks the fast rate of missile fire seen in Super Metroid/the classic metroids. Booo for that. But still one of the best games out there nonetheless. I am a very tough critic

  • the best thing about metroid is the music... pure awesome

  • this was the greatest game i have ever played except ocarina of time

  • you know i agree, this game is fun, and the sanctuary fortress is the best area.

  • woot i got trilogy!

  • @CORSONtheBEST woot me too!

  • @asburke95 here to!!

  • woo me too got it yesterday.

  • @Psieucho

    actually, its called Metroid Prime 2 Dark Echoes in JAPAN. everywhere else, its known as Metroid Prime 2 Echoes. there are no difference between them, just a name difference.

  • Ingsmasher=Elite Pirate

  • the trilogy is why i want to sell my xbox360...i've been dreaming about it for a while now

  • wow dont get crazy now.

    the games only 100 dollars aus im sure theres other ways to get the monney

  • lol yeah i know, but although it would be paradise for a gamer to have both the xbox and wii...i would rather have one only...call it discipline if you will =P

  • I prefer the original game, but this is still one of the greatest games of all time. I think the map should allow you highlight a route, so you wont be constantly going back to the map to check if you're going the right way or not.

  • that was game is awesome!

    i preferred the first one though

  • Yeah well at least I have a fuckin penis.

  • Wow, an actually good and enjoyable IGN review? This is madness!

  • madness ?

    THIS IS METROID PRIME !!!!!!!!!

  • @jaisinator THIS IS METROID!!!!!!!!!!!! lol i had to do that.

  • @jaisinator lol

  • @jaisinator

    No... THIS IS SPARTA!

  • @jaisinator This is SPARTAAA !!!

  • @Cyberwolf1995

    NO THIS IS PATRICK!!!

  • @jaisinator Madness? THIS...IS...SPARTAAAA! Sorry, had to do that....

  • lol this was probably one of my favorite fps, and prime 2 is my favorite in the prime series

  • metroid prime ain't a fps, it's an fpa (First Person Adventure)

  • That's what Nintendo marketing would like to tell you, but it's an FPS in every way (which is no contradiction to FPA either, a game can be both).

    Take Deus Ex for example: it features just as much exploration and non-shooting element (maybe more) than Metroid Prime, yet they didn't feel the need to invent a new "genre" just to appeal to FPS-haters.

  • deus ex was such a good game, so is metroid prime though

  • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is definitely for the dedicated. It's not for the casual Metroid player.

  • Its really good... an overlooked game i think.

  • well I'm casual and I love it beat it allmost 2 times.. just the last boss on hard mode I have to beat.. which I can't ... O.O

  • the narrator makes echoes sound like a joke... prime 2 was just as great as prime 1, and it had a chilling, darker them. I got scared when the ings attacked me in grade 4... get the prime trilogy for wii on the 24

  • i really wana get trilogy =D

  • for me the first one was really better but this game is pretty good, although it's quite hard.

  • he said "ball play"

  • It can't be as annoying as how most people pronounce "Marle" from Chrono Trigger as "Marl."

  • Quadraxis isnt that awesome of a boss fight. It was fun and interesting, but nowhere near the best of the series like many people say.

  • I just can`t get over the feeling that the first and 2nd metroid prime games have the most suckish ships...

    I`m deffinatly buying it tho

    after I played ccorruption, it blew me away

    but can someone tell me which one I should get? cuz I only have 10 bucks and that probs could get me one used game at gamestop

  • Uf, I don't know, it is difficult.

  • Get the Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii). It has all 3 games, Wii controls, better graphics, and extras. Its $50. Out August 24th in NA.

  • I like how he said quadraxis is a unique boss because it is!

  • I don't often finish Metroid Prime games because i'm creeped out by the environment, and that's a good thing. If the game reaches out to you and does that, the creators have done a good job.

  • Years ago, i got scared of Phazon Mines on MP1. lol. I couldnt play anymore because of that.

  • :P

    I was scared as soon as I saw Sylux's damaged ship flying overhead on Alinos' second part, on MPH.

  • When i saw that, i was thinking eather "wtf?", or "Great, hes back agian."

  • I was like "Aw shit, he's probably gonna be stronger."

  • i got freaked out when i was in that one dark room with all the stairs when u have to get that one visor that you can see heat with and everything poped out

  • same here xD in the first metroid prime you mean xD that part of the game was so scary

  • metroid prime rocks

  • i know what you mean, i got my ass handed to me after that, but still beat it, and i was proud

  • the first is the best

  • First prime was the best but the overall best in the metroid series is Super metroid without a doubt

  • perhaps

  • Prime Hunters is more of a spin off than an actual metroid game.