Metroid Prime Remastered, a huge bombshell announcement that got shadow dropped during the Nintendo Direct no less. As a gargantuan Metroid fan, especially for the first Metroid Prime game, I was absolutely overwhelmed with the news and knew immediately that I had to play it.
I've played the original Metroid Prime close to thirty or so times now, so I'd like to think I have a pretty decent grasp on what this game should feel, play, and sound like. Metroid Prime Remastered hits it out of the park and refines the experience to such a high degree, I know for sure this is the definitive and most enjoyable experience I've had playing Metroid Prime 1.
With a plethora of control options, including legacy options for both Prime Trilogy and original Gamecube version, the one issue I had with the original is erased. I opted for dual stick controls as that's my preference for most First-Person Shooters, and the difference it made was substantial. Accuracy is increased, general control of movement and positioning is much better, and platforming feels super polished and easy to perform compared to the original. Granted these were all issues fixed in the trilogy version, but did force you to use motion controls, Daul Stick controls feels more comfortable for me personally, so I'm praising the Remaster for it anyways.
Visually stunning. For a long time I held Luigi's Mansion 3 in high regard to graphical fidelity and detail, until I played this. Environments are breathtaking, the entire game was rebuilt from the ground up, with tons of new small aesthetics, brilliant lighting effects, and other smaller details that added up to make me feel the most immersed I've ever felt playing a Metroid game, and that's saying something. Tallon Overworld in particular blew me away as I traversed it, I couldn't even believe how good it looked for the Switch, while maintaining a stupendous sixty frames per second without a single dip below that for the entire game from what I experienced.
For as much as I loved this game, I find myself hoping Metroid Prime 2 and 3 receive remasters of this caliber, because I couldn't even begin to fathom how they would look in this style, all I know is, I want to see it, and badly. Here's hoping this game is a sign for that, as well as a first look of Prime 4, my standards for which have soared thanks to this game.
I absolutely, wholeheartedly recommend this remaster for any hardcore fan like myself. Especially recommend this to newcomers as it fixes any potential jank or flaws from the original that might've turned a lot of people off initially, please try this for yourself. I normally don't recommend or advocate for remasters or remakes, but this to me is the new standard going forward, as you can tell a lot of love, attention, and care was put into this to truly lift the experience to a whole new level, and it succeeded with flying colors. You owe it to yourself to experience this, and for $40 no less, a very fair price for a remaster in my opinion. Physical copies are extremely hard to come by as of now, so I recommend getting it digitally, however you might get lucky like me and find a copy somewhere, but it's unlikely as of making this review.
I've played the original Metroid Prime close to thirty or so times now, so I'd like to think I have a pretty decent grasp on what this game should feel, play, and sound like. Metroid Prime Remastered hits it out of the park and refines the experience to such a high degree, I know for sure this is the definitive and most enjoyable experience I've had playing Metroid Prime 1.
With a plethora of control options, including legacy options for both Prime Trilogy and original Gamecube version, the one issue I had with the original is erased. I opted for dual stick controls as that's my preference for most First-Person Shooters, and the difference it made was substantial. Accuracy is increased, general control of movement and positioning is much better, and platforming feels super polished and easy to perform compared to the original. Granted these were all issues fixed in the trilogy version, but did force you to use motion controls, Daul Stick controls feels more comfortable for me personally, so I'm praising the Remaster for it anyways.
Visually stunning. For a long time I held Luigi's Mansion 3 in high regard to graphical fidelity and detail, until I played this. Environments are breathtaking, the entire game was rebuilt from the ground up, with tons of new small aesthetics, brilliant lighting effects, and other smaller details that added up to make me feel the most immersed I've ever felt playing a Metroid game, and that's saying something. Tallon Overworld in particular blew me away as I traversed it, I couldn't even believe how good it looked for the Switch, while maintaining a stupendous sixty frames per second without a single dip below that for the entire game from what I experienced.
For as much as I loved this game, I find myself hoping Metroid Prime 2 and 3 receive remasters of this caliber, because I couldn't even begin to fathom how they would look in this style, all I know is, I want to see it, and badly. Here's hoping this game is a sign for that, as well as a first look of Prime 4, my standards for which have soared thanks to this game.
I absolutely, wholeheartedly recommend this remaster for any hardcore fan like myself. Especially recommend this to newcomers as it fixes any potential jank or flaws from the original that might've turned a lot of people off initially, please try this for yourself. I normally don't recommend or advocate for remasters or remakes, but this to me is the new standard going forward, as you can tell a lot of love, attention, and care was put into this to truly lift the experience to a whole new level, and it succeeded with flying colors. You owe it to yourself to experience this, and for $40 no less, a very fair price for a remaster in my opinion. Physical copies are extremely hard to come by as of now, so I recommend getting it digitally, however you might get lucky like me and find a copy somewhere, but it's unlikely as of making this review.