When I had played the original Metroid Prime back in the early 2000s I was amazed and loved the game to death. the graphics were beautiful, the world felt vast, and it was an amazing adventure...that said, I realize before playing the remaster, I had only played the original once back then and never played it again after I had beat it. This is kinda important to state because...
Starting Metroid Prime Remastered I had a weird sort of blending of reality versus memory. For the first time ever, my brain was actually making me think the remaster was still the same game with almost no real changes...I was remembering the original game to look exactly like the remaster was as I was playing it. I know that wasn't the case, but it was a feeling I couldn't shake...
The graphics were still very beautiful, the world felt so alive and everything felt so clear. I loved how the world looked and every little particle just added onto the beauty. While yes I could tell the very rare low texture in very few spots, but you would REALLY have to look for them to see them, which because I was sooo invested with looking at every little thing, it was bound to happen.
I remember the music to the game being very well done, like most of the series, the music is down to tones that blend so well with the area that it almost sounds like ambience that just happens to fit the music. This combined with the very clear sound of everything, I honestly was kinda shocked hearing Samus' footstep, I don't remember hearing that in the original.
I'd say the one thing in the game that was actually very frustrating throughout was the controls...it's not entirely the game's fault per se, but I kept switching the controls A LOT because I felt it's default controls weren't ideal and had certain actions in areas I wasn't comfortable with...while the classic controls for from the original game...well...that control style was 20 years ago and was a product of it's time and was extremely uncomfortable to use, because of how archaic it was, ironically I did find myself accidently pushing the wrong buttons due to thinking the modern controls were the classic...apparently I still had 20 year old muscle memory locked away.
All of that combined, this remaster was amazing to revisit, and enforced even more why I love the Metroid series no matter if it's the 3D games or 2D, this is still an amazing series.
Starting Metroid Prime Remastered I had a weird sort of blending of reality versus memory. For the first time ever, my brain was actually making me think the remaster was still the same game with almost no real changes...I was remembering the original game to look exactly like the remaster was as I was playing it. I know that wasn't the case, but it was a feeling I couldn't shake...
The graphics were still very beautiful, the world felt so alive and everything felt so clear. I loved how the world looked and every little particle just added onto the beauty. While yes I could tell the very rare low texture in very few spots, but you would REALLY have to look for them to see them, which because I was sooo invested with looking at every little thing, it was bound to happen.
I remember the music to the game being very well done, like most of the series, the music is down to tones that blend so well with the area that it almost sounds like ambience that just happens to fit the music. This combined with the very clear sound of everything, I honestly was kinda shocked hearing Samus' footstep, I don't remember hearing that in the original.
I'd say the one thing in the game that was actually very frustrating throughout was the controls...it's not entirely the game's fault per se, but I kept switching the controls A LOT because I felt it's default controls weren't ideal and had certain actions in areas I wasn't comfortable with...while the classic controls for from the original game...well...that control style was 20 years ago and was a product of it's time and was extremely uncomfortable to use, because of how archaic it was, ironically I did find myself accidently pushing the wrong buttons due to thinking the modern controls were the classic...apparently I still had 20 year old muscle memory locked away.
All of that combined, this remaster was amazing to revisit, and enforced even more why I love the Metroid series no matter if it's the 3D games or 2D, this is still an amazing series.