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Darren Waters of BBC News Online said:
> Nintendo's GameCube continues to be the most overlooked of the three
> gaming giants currently battling it out for world supremacy.
> Part of the problem is the lingering suspicion that the little cube is
> for children.
> This perception is not helped by a wealth of first party titles from
> Nintendo that, while excellent, are aimed at the younger end of the
> gaming age spectrum.
Hasn't said anything about MP yet but has b!tched about the GC being a kiddies console.
> When is an FPS not an FPS?
> So hopes are high for Metroid Prime, particularly as Nintendo itself now > recognises it needs to pitch the machine at an older audience.
> On first impressions, the game comes across as a first person shooter
> (FPS) in the mould of Halo on the Xbox, or Red Faction on the
> PlayStation 2.
> A futuristic adventure, your character looks out on the ruins of a
> crashed spaceship with a familiar-looking weapon for company.
Doesn't seem to have done any research into the plot or even acknowledge that Samus is a franchise character in the making.
> Graphically, the game is a treat and is easily the best-looking title on > the GameCube.
> But the controls are counter-intuitive and take some time to get to
> grips with, especially having to switch between visors, which dictate
> whether you are scanning objects or shooting at them.
"Oooh, its a little different and it wanted me to learn something before playing. It's different and I fear change"
> Click, click, bang
> On occasion it really inhibits a sense of interaction with the world.
> The combat too falls short, with targets locked onto automatically. It
> just becomes a case of click, click, click, explosion. But Metroid is
> not designed to be a FPS.
> Combat is very simplistic
> If anything, the game is one of exploration. You must scan your
> environment, looking for clues and ways to access new levels.
> The puzzles, however, are pretty basic and there is little incentive to > keep moving forward, other than to be given a fresh new graphical treat.
anyone think that he has bothered to finish it yet?
> The key problem is that the game falls between two stools.
> FPS fans will recoil at the simplistic and unrewarding targeting system > and the reliance on scanning endless numbers of objects, while platform > fans may find the first person viewpoint unfamiliar and awkward.
> And that is a pity, because the energy and creativity put into the game > is tremendous and there is a great amount of depth.
> But you will only discover that depth if you have the tenacity to find
> it and I was greatly put off.
> Sometimes re-writing the rules of a genre pays off, and sometimes it
> does not.
> Metroid Prime came close to the former but ultimately achievers the
> latter.
> Metroid Prime is out now in the UK for Nintendo GameCube.
I'm not convinced this nonce has played the game more than a couple of hours. Maybe I'm being stubborn because I want to believe the hype, but this is one review from a guy who I have never heard of, versus countless magazine reviews which all say it's the mutt's nuts.
> Nintendo's GameCube continues to be the most overlooked of the three
> gaming giants currently battling it out for world supremacy.
> Part of the problem is the lingering suspicion that the little cube is
> for children.
> This perception is not helped by a wealth of first party titles from
> Nintendo that, while excellent, are aimed at the younger end of the
> gaming age spectrum.
Hasn't said anything about MP yet but has b!tched about the GC being a kiddies console.
> When is an FPS not an FPS?
> So hopes are high for Metroid Prime, particularly as Nintendo itself now > recognises it needs to pitch the machine at an older audience.
> On first impressions, the game comes across as a first person shooter
> (FPS) in the mould of Halo on the Xbox, or Red Faction on the
> PlayStation 2.
> A futuristic adventure, your character looks out on the ruins of a
> crashed spaceship with a familiar-looking weapon for company.
Doesn't seem to have done any research into the plot or even acknowledge that Samus is a franchise character in the making.
> Graphically, the game is a treat and is easily the best-looking title on > the GameCube.
> But the controls are counter-intuitive and take some time to get to
> grips with, especially having to switch between visors, which dictate
> whether you are scanning objects or shooting at them.
"Oooh, its a little different and it wanted me to learn something before playing. It's different and I fear change"
> Click, click, bang
> On occasion it really inhibits a sense of interaction with the world.
> The combat too falls short, with targets locked onto automatically. It
> just becomes a case of click, click, click, explosion. But Metroid is
> not designed to be a FPS.
> Combat is very simplistic
> If anything, the game is one of exploration. You must scan your
> environment, looking for clues and ways to access new levels.
> The puzzles, however, are pretty basic and there is little incentive to > keep moving forward, other than to be given a fresh new graphical treat.
anyone think that he has bothered to finish it yet?
> The key problem is that the game falls between two stools.
> FPS fans will recoil at the simplistic and unrewarding targeting system > and the reliance on scanning endless numbers of objects, while platform > fans may find the first person viewpoint unfamiliar and awkward.
> And that is a pity, because the energy and creativity put into the game > is tremendous and there is a great amount of depth.
> But you will only discover that depth if you have the tenacity to find
> it and I was greatly put off.
> Sometimes re-writing the rules of a genre pays off, and sometimes it
> does not.
> Metroid Prime came close to the former but ultimately achievers the
> latter.
> Metroid Prime is out now in the UK for Nintendo GameCube.
I'm not convinced this nonce has played the game more than a couple of hours. Maybe I'm being stubborn because I want to believe the hype, but this is one review from a guy who I have never heard of, versus countless magazine reviews which all say it's the mutt's nuts.
I don't see where all the hype and excitement for this one is comming from.
Maybe because I have only seen screenshots of it but from that it dosn't look "that" great.
Perhaps playing it or watching video footage would change my mind but at the moment I am not interested in buying it at all.
Maybe because I have only seen screenshots of it but from that it dosn't look "that" great.
Perhaps playing it or watching video footage would change my mind but at the moment I am not interested in buying it at all.
Not everyone is going to like it so one opinon shouldn't suddenly change everyone elses.
Only makes me want to buy it more, to be honest.
News flash: Darren Waters: "I know nothing about games" shocker!
*chuckles to herself*
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