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Graphics: Superb, neon lit corriders, a rainy forest, an Aztec ruin and a space station make up for possibly the best graphics seen so far on the Gamecube. All this happens in the first couple of hours of play!!! and i'm only 11% complete!!! Bugs are huge and spray green goo on your lens so it slowly moves down, making things harder to see, and everything looks extremly polished. 9/10
Music: Scary in some ways, when you defeat the first boss you have to get out of the space station before the time runs out, here you hear eerie world war type sirens and Sci-Fi beats, fast and very cool. 10/10
Controls: The first level tells you easily how to work the controls and from there it's a blessing, superb. 10/10
Levels: HUGE, but surprisignly the map helps you get around. I've come across all of the above and i'm only 11% complete, this game is massive!!! 10/10
Overall so far: This is not your average FPS, but it's superb, you really can't tell this game was nearly scrapped and in my opinion it's much better then any other FPS, including Time Splitters 2. I really can't pin point on why it's so good, but you really just can't stop playing. Even when you have to go back through the levels you come from it's no-where near boring and you'll enjoy blowng up bugs and not humans!!! 10/10
Any questions?? Ask me and I'LL TRY and answer them for you.....
Music: Scary in some ways, when you defeat the first boss you have to get out of the space station before the time runs out, here you hear eerie world war type sirens and Sci-Fi beats, fast and very cool. 10/10
Controls: The first level tells you easily how to work the controls and from there it's a blessing, superb. 10/10
Levels: HUGE, but surprisignly the map helps you get around. I've come across all of the above and i'm only 11% complete, this game is massive!!! 10/10
Overall so far: This is not your average FPS, but it's superb, you really can't tell this game was nearly scrapped and in my opinion it's much better then any other FPS, including Time Splitters 2. I really can't pin point on why it's so good, but you really just can't stop playing. Even when you have to go back through the levels you come from it's no-where near boring and you'll enjoy blowng up bugs and not humans!!! 10/10
Any questions?? Ask me and I'LL TRY and answer them for you.....
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One word. Wow!
That's the only word that springs to mind at the moment. Everything. The control-mechanics, the presentation, the sound, the game itself. It's all magnificent. It feels like a Metroid title.
Best GC title yet!!
Kudos to Retro Studios :)
That's the only word that springs to mind at the moment. Everything. The control-mechanics, the presentation, the sound, the game itself. It's all magnificent. It feels like a Metroid title.
Best GC title yet!!
Kudos to Retro Studios :)
Bleeders wrote:
> One word. Wow!
>
> That's the only word that springs to mind at the moment. Everything.
> The control-mechanics, the presentation, the sound, the game itself.
> It's all magnificent. It feels like a Metroid title.
>
> Best GC title yet!!
>
> Kudos to Retro Studios :)
WHAT??? The control-mechanics??????
Gahh! Fundamentally one of the most important things to get right! It's all wrong!
K, well it's ok, but there are some servear issues. The main one being that you CAN'T look up and down while moving! example;
You run into a room and there an ememy in the top corner of the room shooting you. You have to STOP, press R, look up at it, then press L if you want to auto target it. Where as in most other console FPS you could just run around press a button to look up while moving and then shoot the blighter. Not in MP tho! Fatal flaw!
(unless there's an option to allow you to change the controls properly is there?)
That's my only gripe about the game. Other than that, it's FANTASTIC!
:)
> One word. Wow!
>
> That's the only word that springs to mind at the moment. Everything.
> The control-mechanics, the presentation, the sound, the game itself.
> It's all magnificent. It feels like a Metroid title.
>
> Best GC title yet!!
>
> Kudos to Retro Studios :)
WHAT??? The control-mechanics??????
Gahh! Fundamentally one of the most important things to get right! It's all wrong!
K, well it's ok, but there are some servear issues. The main one being that you CAN'T look up and down while moving! example;
You run into a room and there an ememy in the top corner of the room shooting you. You have to STOP, press R, look up at it, then press L if you want to auto target it. Where as in most other console FPS you could just run around press a button to look up while moving and then shoot the blighter. Not in MP tho! Fatal flaw!
(unless there's an option to allow you to change the controls properly is there?)
That's my only gripe about the game. Other than that, it's FANTASTIC!
:)
Also, you can't circle strafe. You know, move round an enemy while shooting em. You can only strafe left or right. That's also annoying!
:(
:(
Cooky wrote:
> Bleeders wrote:
> One word. Wow!
>
> That's the only word that springs to mind at the moment. Everything.
> The control-mechanics, the presentation, the sound, the game itself.
> It's all magnificent. It feels like a Metroid title.
>
> Best GC title yet!!
>
> Kudos to Retro Studios :)
>
> WHAT??? The control-mechanics??????
>
> Gahh! Fundamentally one of the most important things to get right!
> It's all wrong!
>
> K, well it's ok, but there are some servear issues. The main one
> being that you CAN'T look up and down while moving! example;
> You run into a room and there an ememy in the top corner of the room
> shooting you. You have to STOP, press R, look up at it, then press L
> if you want to auto target it. Where as in most other console FPS you
> could just run around press a button to look up while moving and then
> shoot the blighter. Not in MP tho! Fatal flaw!
> (unless there's an option to allow you to change the controls properly
> is there?)
>
> That's my only gripe about the game. Other than that, it's
> FANTASTIC!
>
> :)
Agreed :)
But at the risk of being pedantic, it isn't a First-Person Shooter is it really?
At first, I couldn't get used to not using the C-Stick, but after a short while, it all fell into place.
Af
> Bleeders wrote:
> One word. Wow!
>
> That's the only word that springs to mind at the moment. Everything.
> The control-mechanics, the presentation, the sound, the game itself.
> It's all magnificent. It feels like a Metroid title.
>
> Best GC title yet!!
>
> Kudos to Retro Studios :)
>
> WHAT??? The control-mechanics??????
>
> Gahh! Fundamentally one of the most important things to get right!
> It's all wrong!
>
> K, well it's ok, but there are some servear issues. The main one
> being that you CAN'T look up and down while moving! example;
> You run into a room and there an ememy in the top corner of the room
> shooting you. You have to STOP, press R, look up at it, then press L
> if you want to auto target it. Where as in most other console FPS you
> could just run around press a button to look up while moving and then
> shoot the blighter. Not in MP tho! Fatal flaw!
> (unless there's an option to allow you to change the controls properly
> is there?)
>
> That's my only gripe about the game. Other than that, it's
> FANTASTIC!
>
> :)
Agreed :)
But at the risk of being pedantic, it isn't a First-Person Shooter is it really?
At first, I couldn't get used to not using the C-Stick, but after a short while, it all fell into place.
Af
Bleeders wrote:
> Agreed :)
>
> But at the risk of being pedantic, it isn't a First-Person Shooter is
> it really?
Honestly after playing it, I couldn't class it as anything else!
What's the differnece between it and say Armourines?
:)
> Agreed :)
>
> But at the risk of being pedantic, it isn't a First-Person Shooter is
> it really?
Honestly after playing it, I couldn't class it as anything else!
What's the differnece between it and say Armourines?
:)
Cooky wrote:
> Honestly after playing it, I couldn't class it as anything else!
> What's the differnece between it and say Armourines?
>
> :)
Metroid Prime is at the top end of the scale, and Armourines is at the bottom, like this
AM <------------------------------------------------------>MP
> Honestly after playing it, I couldn't class it as anything else!
> What's the differnece between it and say Armourines?
>
> :)
Metroid Prime is at the top end of the scale, and Armourines is at the bottom, like this
AM <------------------------------------------------------>MP
Whitestripes wrote:
> Cooky wrote:
>
> Honestly after playing it, I couldn't class it as anything else!
> What's the differnece between it and say Armourines?
>
> :)
>
> Metroid Prime is at the top end of the scale, and Armourines is at the
> bottom, like this
>
> AM <------------------------------------------------------>MP
Yes, but the point was that there both FPSs!
:)
> Cooky wrote:
>
> Honestly after playing it, I couldn't class it as anything else!
> What's the differnece between it and say Armourines?
>
> :)
>
> Metroid Prime is at the top end of the scale, and Armourines is at the
> bottom, like this
>
> AM <------------------------------------------------------>MP
Yes, but the point was that there both FPSs!
:)
Is it perfect? I do not like the idea of the no strafe thing. But apart from that it does sound perfect! Cooky is it perfect? well worth buying?
Surposedly you can lock onto an enemy and when you use strafe you actually strafe round em. Haven't done that myself, but if you can it'd be slightly better. I just need to play it a bit more. I'm sure I'll be in love with it soon!
:)
:)
I was really hyped about TS2 and then that turned out crappy (single player) So I hope my hype for metroid is not going to be let down!
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