Metroid Prime

this game is one of the best games of the last generation. the music is awsome, the gameplay is awsome, the graphics are awsome, this game is awsome! you must buy this game.

Metroid Prime is one of my favorite games. It's the first Metroid game to use the First-Person style of gaming. I think it was a good idea, personally. This has to be one of the top ten Gamecube games existent, next to Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker.

The game starts out with Samus Aran searching for a Space Pirate Frigate somewhere near the planet Tallon IV. Samus ends up destroying the Parasite Queen, chasing her target, Meta Ridley, out of the frigate, and later, finds herself in the ruins of this Frigate. She lands on the planet Tallon IV to search for Meta Ridley. Instead, Samus discovers that her friends, the Chozo, inhabited this planet at one time, but have all died out. She must seek Chozo Artifacts to unlock the passage to Meta Ridley, who she'll see often in her epic journey, but not encounter. Along the way, she'll discover a deadly radiative mutation substance known as Phazon. Eventually, she will encounter a Metroid that has fed on so much Phazon it has become the prime Metroid, otherwise known as the Metroid Prime.

●Graphics●
These are the best graphics I've ever seen on a Gamecube in my life! I absolutely had to give it a 10! There's not much else to say about it.

●Sound●
The soundtrack of this game is absolutely brilliant! When there are suspensiful moments, the music is calm. When the environment is calm, so is the music. When there's a monster in the room, the music is deep and frightening. When you're battling a boss, the real thing, the music is very intense. Whoever created this music is a genius, and whoever put the music with the areas, I owe them something. The music gave me a feeling of what was going on.

●Gameplay●
Gameplay is one of the best parts! My favorite part of video games is the opportunity to explore, and Metroid, very much so, has given me this. My other favorite thing is getting objects and discovering their uses. This also takes place often in Metroid, so I enjoy this series very much. Controls are easy, and your reflexes obviously improve with this game. I am able to fire several shots within one second. The only problem is that sometimes, First-Person can get to be a small problem

●Length●
I would have to say that length is at the perfect range. I think more games should be about this length. And it only takes up 2 blocks! It is worth hours of gameplay. I haven't yet had the opportunity to complete it yet, just due to the fact that it isn't that hard to not want to keep playing the game after you get stuck at a certain point where you just can't seem to get past. I rated Length 10!

●Final Score●
As I usually do, I came up with the average of the scores. It gets a 9 out of 10!!!!

It was this incarnation of the smash hit series that got me sucked into the world of Samus Aran. This was also the first time i heard of Nintendo's second party developers' Retro Studios. Boasting gorgeous colourful, realistic 3D graphics of huge Worlds, and a frame rate that never drops. This game takes you to back where it all started. A meteorite has crashed upon a planet known as Tallon VI which was once inhabited by a bird-like race called the Chozo and Samus investigates. Although it's not as straight forward as it seems as during the course of all this, she encounters space Pirates and a highly radioactive substance known as Phazon which is slowly degrading what's left of a beautiful world. The source of Phazon, how the Space Pirates are mixed up in this is what makes up an adventure of which is chapter one the Prime Trilogy. The there's been a lot of changes from the previous games that came before. The transition from 2d to 3d graphics is a huge one although just as was the case with Mario 64, it truly is a breath taking innovative , realistic and seamless adjustment. Another risky move by retro studios was turning the game from a 3rd person to 1st person action adventure, however once again pulled off almost seamlessly. One small crticism would be the fact that travelling around from place to place in this game usually involves traversing dark, long-winded claustraphobic looking tunnels as against the more open outdoor expanses of Metroid Prime 2. That aside, controlling Samus is both fluid and very responsive.You have the choice of manually aiming at the target using the L button while shooting with A on your gamecube pad. shooting a target or pressing the R button on the gamecube pad which allows you to auto-target.This is a more accurate method of dispatching foes and enables you to straff around them and shoot during a battle. The only niggles that i have with the control system would be during Boss fights or melee attacks, she has the tendancy to throw her hands in front of her face if she receives alot of damage which causes her to waste time when bringing out her gun again and continuing with the battle. Niggles aside this is a beautiful game both in looks and controls. Gathering artifacts and finding out the Fate of the Chozo race is all part of the fun and will ensure that when you finish you'll be coming back for more. this is by far one of the best games on the Gamecube possibly on any system in this generation. It's what Mario 64 was to the N64, an authentic enjoyable gaming experience. It's that bit better than Metroid Prime 2, gives the likes of Resident Evil 4 a run for it's money. The only game that may truly beat it outright might be Zelda Twighlight Princess.

I hated this game due to the dull nature of the gameplay. Walk round, shoot spend thirt minutes scanning pointless crap and repeat.

Definitely not one for anyone looking for a 3D metroid of super metroid quality.

10 out of 10

everything is good about this

i really like this game.....but perhaps it was a bit easy (my opinion) its also gets boring if u keep scanning stuff and also kinda repititive but it does feature great graphics and some fun boss fights and rather than playing it like many fps its based more like a adventure game so exploring and going back to places are necessary. Its also quite long, the sound and music is 1 of my fave it has many clasical music from past metroids and also new 1s, so i recommend this game to any1 tht has a GC cos its a addictive game (unless if ur stuck :/)

For an immersive, adrenalin-charged experience unlike anything you've played before, get behind the visor and live the adventure.

Metroid Prime - landing on planet earth in 2003, exclusively on Nintendo GameCube.

It starts off slow, but once you get into it, it's well worth it.

It's more of a piece of art than it is a game, and it's a piece of art I recomend to all.