It’s a fantastic remaster of an already-fantastic game.
first level, a mysterious space station, remains a master class of an introduction. The first thing it teaches you is how to usedistinct lock-on system, which you’ll rely on throughout the game to defeat enemies and solve puzzles.
, these first moments can teach you something new, too: the game’s excellent new dual-stick control scheme. Don’t worry, you’ll still be doing a lot of locking on in, but it’s now much easier to actually move around while doing so. The original GameCube release had you turnmove with just one control stick, and while I remember it worked fine at the time, I’ve grown a lot more accustomed to dual-stick shooters since then.
The space station also teaches you about scanning things, which, in retrospect, is a clever system. Yes, scanning forces you to slow down and investigate the places around you, but that’s whatis all about. Metroid Prime isn’t a regular shooter, and this mechanic helps it channel the moody exploration of the 2D games.
As you advance through the station, you get to test much of Samus’ arsenal, like the morph ball, missiles, and, briefly, the grappling hook. In, and it was fun to return to some of these familiar tools. Sure, in a now commonplace trope, you lose much of your gear early on — in this case, while trying to escape the station after beating the parasite queen boss .
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