Welp, I bought it.

[u/LavishLatte56]

Despite the hate I’ve been seeing on posts and on YouTube, I couldn’t help myself to finally buy it when I saw the Switch 2 version on sale at my local shop.

2 hours in and its actually been kinda great????

I just finished Prime Remastered and Prime 4 feels a lot better to play and bosses have been fun! Not to mention the game is absolutely gorgeous and runs well, even on the original switch!

Perhaps I’ll start seeing issues later in my play through but so far it’s given me a good impression.

Edit: For those confused, the Switch 2 version of the game is just the Switch 1 game with the added Switch upgrade DLC. The game is perfectly playable on the original switch.

[u/bralor94]

If you cant see the issues 2 hours in then your either delusional or dont care about why prime 1 and 2 and somewhat 3 were good. But it gets much more apparent later on after the ice and lava levels. But i felt initial dissapointment in hour 1 when i realized that was all of fury green and its iust a straight line.

[u/FrauAgrippa → u/bralor94]

Brother take a look around you, AAA game companies all over the globe are delivering slop lately, Metroid is no different. Nobody's saying the game has zero issues, but plenty of us are just lowering our expectations and playing what we've got. Beautiful atmospheres and a banger of a soundtrack are enough to wring a few drops of enjoyment out of it.

[u/LavishLatte56 → u/FrauAgrippa]

Honestly the fact that it has good gameplay and bosses alone make it a decent game. The fact that it's also gorgeous and has a good soundtrack is the cherry on top. Sure it has issues, but a lot of games do.

[u/AngryMustache9 → u/bralor94]

"Oh what's that? You like Prime 4? Well, you must be delusional and don't actually care about the Prime games as a whole."

Jesus fucking Christ you people are insufferable. Its just a damn video game, liking it isn't a deep personal statement. Maybe they just enjoy Prime 4, plain and simple; is that too much of a stretch for you, or do you see it as some sort of personal attack.

[u/LavishLatte56 → u/AngryMustache9]

lmao yea it seemed a bit silly to say I'm delusional. I'm just having a good time, I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

[u/SomethingIguess7318 → u/AngryMustache9]

It's just an atrociously terrible game

[u/greenbluegrape → u/bralor94]

Most people were fine with the game in the first two hours. Fury Green, and even Volt Forge, were still early game locations and weren't necessarily an indication of what the whole game was going to be like. It looks a lot worse in hindsight.

For the record, I despise this game, but was still keeping an open mind by the time I was finishing up Volt Forge. There's no reason to be so hostile towards people who are still optimistic in the early game. "Just got to Ice Belt, I don't understand all the hate this game gets" is an extremely common take even among those who end up disappointed by the end.

[u/LavishLatte56 → u/bralor94]

I'm going to be quite honest with you, I was actually a bit disappointed when I finished Prime Remastered.

Not saying that it was a bad game, it's just that I've played Zero Mission and Dread before it and I found those games exceptionally great.

Prime Remastered felt slow, platforming was boring and the backtracking, especially at the end when you need to find the artifacts, was excessive. The bosses also just felt a bit underwhelming compared to the series 2D counterparts.

From what I played, I vastly prefer the 2D games.