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offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-04-27 10:29 [#01162614]
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Hey, if you don't like it, you don't like it. If you played
it for two hours and STILL didn't like it, I doubt you ever
will. I can't see why, though! To me, it was the perfect
transition over to the third dimension, totally kept the
feel of the best Metroid games. Just dropped you on an alien
world and sent you on your merry way to hunt down this item
to open that door or jump over that gap. And the Phazon
Mines gauntlet was intense.

My only gripe was the single analog control. I felt so
constrained, not being able to look around at will with dual
analog.

I just bought Gunvalkyrie for Xbox, which reminds me of
Metroid, but more action-oriented. Anyone play it? Holy
shit, what a smooth soundtrack, and the graphics just SCREAM
''Sega''. You know what I mean, their games have a feel you
can't mistake. Old school, tough as nails shooter, great
fun. I got it for 14 bucks, and I got Jet Set Radio with
Future (Xbox) for just 7! Both games are awesome. Every Sega
game I see now goes for value prices, and nobody gives a
shit about them. Otogi, for example. And every one of them
is classic. What the fuck is going on?



 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2004-04-27 11:18 [#01162718]
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"Hey, if you don't like it, you don't like it"

Yeah fair enough but...

"I can't see why, though!"

... I can't either :-s
I've read all the reviews, all the descriptions... and it
sounds like such a cool game. I think my biggest problem is
probably the 1st person perspective. I've never liked 1st
person shooters all that much. I think/hope I just need to
get over that. Especially since it's more an
adventure/exploration game than a shooter. And the
atmosphere is obviously amazing. The introduction part (in
the space-station I think it was?) was pretty cool already.
I liked how they managed to build the tension with all the
dead space-spirates and detailed descriptions of their
injuries, haha. Also all the mutatns that were locked away
in those cells (and one of them banging on it's door)
freaked me out.

But when I first landed on the planet, that's where the
atmosphere really amazed me. They captured the
metroid-feeling perfectly. Better than in the 2D-adventures
even. It really felt like being totally isolated on that
strange planet. Wondering around that first zone with the
raindrops gently falling on your helmet... it was really
amazing. If only you would have the option of also viewing
the action from a 3rd-person perspective. With a camera and
all... like Zelda or something.

Ah well... I have a vacation coming up. I'm gonna give it
another try anyway :-) If only to compensate for the fact
that I paid good money for it, ha!


 

offline uzim on 2004-08-20 12:43 [#01310293]
Points: 17716 Status: Lurker



this game was bloody fucking awesome...

i still have to beat the final boss though, it's annoying me
(i'm not very good and it's a bit desesperating to go all
the way through the impact crater with the fissio-metroids,
beat the first form, then get killed at second form without
even having managed to take 25 or 50% of its life off -_-
i hope i will make it someday before i pine away and give
up!!)...


anyway i'm eagerly waiting for Echoes = )
(but is it me, or do the screenshots seem less
beautiful than Metroid Prime 1?!)


 

offline uzim on 2004-08-20 12:45 [#01310294]
Points: 17716 Status: Lurker



Ophecks > O-To-Gi and Jet Set Radio Future made me almost
wish i had an x-box (even though i've only played the second
one)...


 

offline afxNUMB from So.Flo on 2004-08-20 13:59 [#01310322]
Points: 7099 Status: Regular



NOO metroid Fusion...i am so stuck!! i need help---i need
help bad. im stuck under water with no place to go, theres
no door to get me through to the navigation room!!!!! HELP


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-08-20 15:26 [#01310377]
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I dunno, I think the screenshots look pretty much the
same... maybe less beautiful in the sense that we've been
there, done that. I think the first one pushed the 'Cube
pretty much to its limits, there's not much room for
improvement. I think it'll be even better, though... the
''dark/light world'' thing sounds a bit generic, but I
really like idea of being hunted by the Dark Samus... the
SA-X scared the shit out of me in Fusion, and there's
potential for some really scary scenes in 3-D... imagine
climbing up a steep cliff while she's tailing you just a few
leaps behind, or behind chased through a claustrophobic
maze. Should be intense. I'm not really interested in the
multi-player, never have been. But somebody will enjoy it.

Dana Scully- there's got to be a block or a spot on a
floor/wall somewhere that you can bomb open. Try
superbombing every room you step into. There's some tricky
hidden passages around there, I think I remember being stuck
for a bit too.


 

offline uzim on 2004-08-20 15:56 [#01310396]
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hmm, i don't know anything about the scenario...

two Samus?! o_O


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-08-20 16:57 [#01310432]
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jet set radio future is well worth the price of admission


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-08-20 17:58 [#01310487]
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Yeah, I picked up Jet Set Radio Future for peanuts... a lot
of those obscure Sega games sell for nothing. Gun Valkyrie
cost me a few bucks, a great little action game. Otogi,
Shenmue 2, they're all in bargain bins around here. Might
not be good news for Sega, but it's good news for me...

And yeah, there's going to be an evil Samus coming after
you. It's cliche, but being chased by evil doers that are
stronger than you is ALWAYS fun, especially if done right...
and it sounds like they're doing it right.

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offline optimus prime on 2004-08-20 18:35 [#01310507]
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i'd say that panzer dragoon orta is the best game on xbox,
and is one of my all-time favourites.


 

offline thecurbcreeper from United States on 2004-08-20 19:45 [#01310561]
Points: 6045 Status: Lurker



i really enjoyed metroid prime.

echoes should be good as well. although i don't really like
the idea of light and dark worlds where in the dark world
you constantly take damage from just being there.


 

offline uzim on 2004-09-19 13:40 [#01339664]
Points: 17716 Status: Lurker



i'm looking for stuff i haven't found yet, to get a better %
now... i only have 11 life cells and 130 missiles max....

i noticed in Phendrana there is a big "room" in shape of a U
(i think with a sheegoth in it but i'm not sure) with a sort
of very thin horizontal cradle emerging from it on the
map... in the game though i can't see this horizontal
cradle, but when i'm very close to it on the map i hear the
"w-w-w-w... w-w-w-w...." sound i've already noticed (but i
don't know what it means)..... haven't found anything here
though, i've tried every vision, benzedium bombs or
everything i could think of but nothing ' _ '


 


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