 Nintendo did it, the mad lads pulled it off, I am stunned. You see, masterpieces, it is something that is happening more frequently in the video game industry where old video games are coming back and sometimes some of those games are best left alone, they're just masterpieces from a bygone era and you're kind of afraid that new age video game development might ruin it with micro transactions or just not really maintain the core of what made such a game great and Nintendo has actually done a pretty good job with some of their ports and remasters but they haven't really touched a lot of their old school library bringing it back and paying it the proper respect it deserves so you always wonder what's going to happen when you hear something like the Metroid Prime remaster is here, well obviously we know at this point they did it. The Metroid Prime remaster is utterly fantastic, there's credits to a billion studios including retro studios so we're going to stay out of who to really credit for all of this other than saying that hey Nintendo published this game they're the ones that made it happen. So here's the deal, the Metroid Prime remaster has a 95 on Metacritic, that's utterly amazing, stunning and just unheard of, right? We don't get a lot of 95 plus rated games, Elden Ring was the last one to pull that one off from the AAA space, obviously we know Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey pulled that off but even Nintendo doesn't get a lot of games rated this high and yet a remaster of a 2002 game is sitting here with a 95 overall rating. People are utterly impressed, in fact I finally started playing the game for myself, thank you Nintendo for sending me a copy, sorry it took a little extra time to get to it, I've been busy, I haven't felt good but dude the Metroid Prime remaster is fantastic. 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Hi, starting with context, I'm on the older side as in I'm in my 30s, me too buddy, I'm not what you would generally call a gamer by any means, casual gamer at most, I'm a lawyer and extremely busy and satisfied with my career. Now from time to time as I do own a Switch I will try to game here and there in my spare time and I will always get the same feeling. That feeling is my time is better spent elsewhere. I never seem to get the same kind of enjoyment that I used to get when playing. I'll be honest, I was sure the problem was within me. As you grow older and wiser your perspective changes, that's true, but then came Metroid Prime. Solitary, being a lone hunter in a foreign hostile environment, that's it, nothing more. Turned off the tips under the display settings and set out to explore. I was completely blown away, learning about the world through my visor, backtracking, trying to find new access points that were unavailable before, etc. I've found that same enjoyment that eluded me for decades honestly. It was right there, waiting on talent for and then it hit me. I'm not the problem, modern game design is. At least for me, it's as simple as that. I felt a game that respects me, never holds my hand, pushing me to explore while threatening me with a loss of progress, forcing me to choose between pushing forward and backtracking. I may never feel that kind of enjoyment out of a game ever again. This is a relic, after all, of a bygone era, brought to light to have one final swan song, but it left me feeling nothing but elation. I'm now sure that my sense of wonder, my ability to enjoy losing myself in a game and all those fantastic things I was sure was lost to time are still here waiting and just knowing that is enough. Edit I'm kind of surprised that this got subtraction, still getting subtraction buddy. So first, thank you for reading my post. Now since it turned into somewhat of a recommendation post for me, I've got more games that has both exploration and solitude, as in I don't want NPC interaction whatsoever even as a radio in my head then fire on for Switch or PC, though it's something outstanding I don't mind buying an Xbox as well. I've really enjoyed Metroid and I'm chasing that high. Obviously this is a very specific use case where somebody really likes a very very specific form of gaming and Metroid Prime just scratches that itch just right, but that's the thing. I wanted to read this post because Metroid Prime is sort of a game from a bygone era. How many games are honestly like this in today's world, right? There's basically no NPC interaction whatsoever. If you die, the game punishes you by losing progress. This is just a bygone era that as we're seeing with game reviews is still highly respected and desired. So hopefully with Metroid Prime remaster doing its thing and being utterly amazing and I'm having such a great time with it, it reminds the gaming industry of a certain type of game that still should exist. Now of note, obviously Metroid has always been a bit more of a niche franchise, I mean so is Castlevania, so the whole Metroidvania genre has always been sort of niche, but it's a niche that has some very very passionate gamers. I do think if we got more games like this, not just Metroidvania style games, but these 3D solitude experiences, I do think that a lot of people that are missing games of the past will be very very happy with this. See we're getting old school JRPGs back, we're getting those HD 2D experiences, so people are getting really happy with that. We're starting to see a revisiting of all these old genres and bringing them back again, but this is the one, like the way Metroid Prime did things that hasn't really been anything else to match it, so I'm hoping that maybe Metroid Prime 4 can do that and if not Metroid Prime 4 then some other new IP or new idea from somebody else. All I know right now is Metroid Prime Remaster came out about a week and a half ago and it took me this long to finally talk about it because I've been so focused on Tears of the Kingdom, all I can tell you right now in my brief time playing the game is so far it is utter perfection. People might think I have something against the game after the last podcast episode when I was trying to tell Anders Restart that well it's not really that impressive, it's not that impressive and I still stand by that statement in so much that people are acting like this is like the God's greatest gift to visuals or something. There is definitely some nostalgia involved in talking about how good the Metroid Prime Remaster looks. It does look really good for a Switch game and that's how I feel playing it, but the bottom line is the gameplay, the world design, it's utter perfection, it was utter perfection back in 2002 and it still holds up to this day letting you know it was utter perfection back then. Oh they've made some improvements they've changed a little bit how the doors work they've obviously added a lot more effects in, I get it, okay they've made some changes, controls, holy crud, but man Metroid Prime was a masterpiece and still is and I'm glad that we have it now, I can't believe Nintendo is only charging 40 bucks. So do yourself a favor if you've never played a Metroid Prime game or the first time you touched Metroid was dread, go get Metroid Prime Remaster, it releases physically here in 4 days or you could just go and get it on the eShop right now. Anyways folks, that's my Metroid Prime video, had to cover it, sorry I made you guys wait so long, I'm just blown away, thank you guys for tuning in and I'll catch you in the next video.