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Sorry, I didn't mean a literal Metroid. Just a sci-fi, first person Metroidvania but next (current?) gen.
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I don't know who this is aimed at. Is there confused outrage in the thread? Seems like a couple of us found the trailer less than exciting, and I at least felt I should explain why since the convo seemed to be talking about graphics and Switch hardware instead of gameplay, etc. If anything, I'm confused that some people's reaction to that is akin to "lol, you crazy". Like I said originally, I'm happy to let them cook. Maybe the release trailer will change my mind, but at least thus far I'm not excited for this title, and that's a valid feeling to have after watching that trailer.
Like, that Zelda game looks like Link's Awakening, until the reveal you play as Zelda and then the introduction of the mechanics associated with that.
The Prime 4 trailer didn't really highlight anything that you can't find in a previous game, hence why people are kind of disappointed.
OMG you people have GOT to be trolling with these takes
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It's absolutely bonkers. What did you expect from Metroid Prime 4, Assassin's Creed???
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By extension Dread is a side scroller and much easier to design against and the last side scrolling Metroid game was in what... 2017 on the 3DS? So we're going from the 3DS power to the Switch which is a large step up. A FPS game by design also uses up more resources.
Zelda is 100% unique in that it's one of their higher selling products so they definitely put in more love for their trailers. Compare how long Tears of the Kingdom reveal was to this.
I'm suspecting they are still earlier in development than they'd like (possibly because of the Switch 2) hence the 2025 date (could be December 31st and then they can easily bump it back) and we're seeing a glimpse of the tutorial area they haven't quite finished. All Metroid games start off like that and generally don't show off any of the cool shit until the end. I still don't think it's a problem for myself. I'm glad to see it in working form and even though people say it's "too much like the old one"... I don't understand how this is a problem. I guess I'm weird in that I'm glad a game looks like the previous ones? I'm glad I can shoot and lock on and dodge around (and really, that's all we saw for now).
No, but I would have liked to see what's going to set this game apart. LIke the shadow/light stuff from Echos or the wiimote stuff from Corruption.
Without showing us what the hook of the game was, you just showed a trailer with footage that could be from any Prime game, really. Not really something to get excited for and certainly not something worth getting exasperated about when people aren't enthused by it.
If I was clever with editing, I'd do something with this.
I'd flip that around.
What's the one thing people knew for reletive certainty about Metroid Prime 4 before today? That it'd be a Prime game. You would have been shocked if it hadn't been.
So when the trailer shows up and confirms that, yes, it'd going to be a Prime game.. that doesn't really give us anything we didn't already heavily suspect, if not outright knew in our hearts.
Hence why, IMO, it's a fairly unexciting advertisement. It's alright, it happens, it's not the end of the world.
To be honest though, I don't even remember what 3's "gimmick" was. Other than it was more voice acted and story driven? I don't remember anything like the light/dark thing 2 had going.
I forget if they pushed the supporting cast of fellow Hunters much in the trailers
It had in-engine footage this time. Were the previous trailers more than a logo? I only remember a logo.
And like no duh it looks like the metroid prime 1 remaster, they were almost certainly making that as a project to make the tools and train the team to make MP4.
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I agree it's kind of underwhelming because it literally just looks like (remastered) MP straight out 2002, with the kind of clunky lock-on strafe and such. In reality I'm sure it will feel much better to play. I'm hoping MP4 is to MP as Dread was to Super, built around the exact same bones but much improved in the 'feel' of playing it (although Super is still much better than Dread tbh, that's more down to superior map design and atmosphere).
I expect after the troubled development and complete scrap & restart they probably just went to play it safe and hew very closely to the original. It might end up with a bit of a retro feel to it even.
And to me, it's pretty big fucking reveal for somebody on the Space Pirate side to show up sporting a couple pet Metroids and power armor. The fear of Space Pirates figuring out how to tame and control Metroids has been a basic premise since the first game and now it looks like they've actually done it. They've also been working on anything comparable to the armor Samus wears since forever and they may have that now too. That's some fucking heavy-duty shit for the setting.
At this point I'm more interested what MercurySteam is cooking up for the follow up to Dread.
Sorry my dude Sylux is not a space pirate. He's one of the bounty hunters from the DS game Metroid Prime Hunters and 3DS game Federation Force. Probably the two worst games in the Prime franchise. So no, the space pirates didn't figure out metroid taming or power armor tech, no big revelations here, nothing heavy duty, and Federation Force already had Sylux yoinking metroids so that's not really a surprise either.
People: Ugh it looks like Metroid Prime!
By what? Its literally a teaser its not meant to do anything but show the game is in a playable state
Sylux is likely an experiment. Their armor and ship were federation attempts to reverse engineer Samus and her tech
It has failed to tease me in any meaningful way.
Them: I was a bit disappointed with that trailer.
People: Unbelievable! Also, that's not really a trailer, it's a teaser! It's proof of life! It's not supposed to show off anything! It's a new version of a game that's 22 years old, why would you expect any innovation!? Stop with the confused outrage!
I can be reductive and dismissive too, but I don't think that's what anyone wants this thread to be about. If the thread's really excited about the trailer, why don't you talk about the parts that excite you? Maybe I'll come to appreciate that and get hyped.
Prime 1's Remaster has a completely new and more modern dual stick setup.
Isn't Wish Dashing that thing from Smash Bros?