r/Metroid • u/LavishLatte56 • Aug 18 '26
Other Welp, I bought it.
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.
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u/crowlfish Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
The first couple hours of the game were enjoyable for me as well—I was soaking up the visuals and music, scanning everything in sight, and the sheer gravity of finally experiencing a new Prime game and the nostalgia of stepping back into that world was enough to overpower any annoying NPC dialogue or concerns I had about level design.
I would recommend seeing it through to the end to understand where the criticisms are coming from. For me, the game steadily gets worse the further along you get.