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1. New World Indigo (indigo@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 04:57:21 JST New World Indigo
   Just finished Metroid Prime 1 for the first time (Wii version).
   I first played this game on the Gamecube when I was about 13. I could never get past the Omega Pirate.
   Good game. I think it's admirable that despite the change to a first person shooter presentation it's still very unmistakably a Metroid game.
   Finishing a game you couldn't finish as a kid is a very uniquely fulfilling experience, I don't have that many left at this point, so it's becoming an increasingly rare one for me...
   :samus_thinking:
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   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 05:08:12 JST xianc78

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     @Indigo I still haven't played it. I'm pretty sure it's good but I feel like part of the charm of Metroid was that it brought non-linearity to a perspective that is normally for linear games which is why I get that a lot of people were uneasy about the change.

   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 05:29:06 JST xianc78

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     @Indigo That game almost killed Retro, especially after laying off 3/4 of their employees and cancelled 3 other games they were working on. Also, during development the CEO of Retro Studios got caught hosting a porn site which I find absolutely hilarious.

     https://youchu.be/watch?v=4i7P9nbOTvA

   • New World Indigo (indigo@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 05:29:07 JST New World Indigo

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     • xianc78
     @xianc78 Yeah, that's about what I remember about the press when it was first announced, people were scared Nintendo/Retro Studios were going to turn Metroid into Halo or something.
     Most of that worry died when the game actually came out and it was still a proper Metroidvania game, just adjusted to an FPS perspective and a 3D map; which I think turned out very well overall. There are certain things that didn't translate too well, they kept a lot of the platforming aspect of Metroid, and they didn't make the jump to first person too well; judging distance with the grapple beam is probobly the worst offender.
   • New World Indigo (indigo@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 05:31:33 JST New World Indigo

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     • xianc78
     @xianc78 Also, while I haven't played it, I'm very morbidly curious to try Other M, since I've always wondered why they seemed to just give up on the idea of a 3D Third person Metroid game after that one.
     :02_think:
   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 05:31:33 JST xianc78

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     @Indigo I've heard that the biggest problem was making Samus into an emotional cry-baby with PTSD. The gameplay was extremely linear and used the Wiimote on it's side for a 3D game.