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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 137 / 150
Date: November 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004.) The second game in the Metroid Prime series.

People were widely skeptical about Metroid getting put into a three-dimensional universe at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Fortunately, any doubts people had were shattered by 2002's Metroid Prime, the first full-3D, first-person Metroid adventure. The game was well-received by almost everyone, and Nintendo promised a sequel. At long last, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes arrived in stores two years after the release of the first Prime game. Read on for my review.

PROS:
-THE GRAPHICS ARE SOME OF THE BEST EVER SEEN IN A VIDEO GAME. The original Prime's graphics were nothing short of excellent. This game uses very similar graphics to the first Prime game, and that's a very good thing. Everything's got excellent detail, period.
-THE STORYLINE IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THE SERIES HAS EVER HAD. You find yourself on a world that exists in two parallel universes - light and dark. After a while of searching, you'll find yourself on a quest to eliminate the dark world, in hopes that you'll be able to wipe its inhabitants out so that they can't spread their evil onto other planets. In some ways, this is reminiscent of the light and dark worlds from The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past (another great classic Nintendo game.)
-PLAY CONTROL IS VERY GOOD. The Gamecube's controller is the best consular controller ever devised, and Nintendo has put it to very good usage in this game. The controls are extremely easy to learn. This way, you can spend less time in the instruction booklet, and more time actually playing.
-THE GAME IS SO SIMPLE, YET SO COMPLEX AT THE SAME TIME. It's easy to learn how to play this game, but mastering it takes lots of time and effort. This isn't one of those games that's "holding your hand" the whole way through - you've gotta work to succeed at it.
-CHALLENGING. If you're looking for a good challenge, you've come to the right place! The original Metroid Prime was challenging, and this game, likes its predecessor, will certainly challenge you.
-IT'S GOT A MULTIPLAYER MODE! The Metroid series is probably the LAST Nintendo game series I would ever expect to have one, but they do now, and I've gotta say, I'm pretty impressed.

CONS:
-THE GAME IS JUST TOO SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL METROID PRIME. Don't get me wrong, the original game was nothing short of excellent, but I was hoping for something a little more different. To give you an example of what I mean, if you see screenshots from the two games, it can be tough to tell them apart.
-ONCE AGAIN, NINTENDO FORCES GAMERS TO USE SAVE POINTS RATHER THAN GIVE THEM THE OPTION TO SAVE WHENEVER THEY WANT! Why, Nintendo? This was one of the biggest problems of the original game, and it's an even bigger problem here. With the world being bigger, you'd expect there to be a lot more save points - THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE. I simply can't forgive Nintendo for this - if they're gonna make us use save points, there should be an abundance of them, not a shortage! Appropriately, I dub this problem Metroid Syndrome (MS.)
-THE CHALLENGE MAY TURN OFF POTENTIAL PLAYERS. I love a good challenge, but I won't kid you - I've had the game less than twenty-four hours and already there have been several moments where I've wanted to heave my controller at the screen (don't do that, by the way - it's likely to void your warranty.)

OVERALL:
Overall, I am very impressed with Metroid Prime 2, I just wish Nintendo would have fixed the game save issues. If you've got a Gamecube, I can almost guarantee that this game will satisfy you. It's well worth purchasing.

As a final note, please stop mentioning Halo 2 in your reviews! If you want to review that game, go to the item's respective page.

Samus returns with a vengeance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 38 / 42
Date: November 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I remember when the hype for the first Gamecube Metroid was buzzing. All the talk about the fps mode, all the sneers and the scowls regarding not actually being able to see Samus...and then the game came out. And maybe I'm just looking in the wrong circles, but I haven't met a single person who disliked the first Metroid Prime. It was, for all intents and purposes, a perfect game.

From what I've played of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (I'm a little stuck at 9% in the Agon Wastes, and gamefaqs doesn't have anything up yet), I can definitely say its much of that same excellence with a little more added on for good measure. Once again, the most impressive aspect of the game seems to be the environments. Best example I've seen so far is the lightening that pours from the sky in the Wastes...lightening which can actually hurt you in the off chance that it does hit you. And the array of new enemies doesn't hurt the overall look of the game. But the real outstanding feature are the light and dark worlds, which are the "echoes" referenced in the title.

Reminescent of Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, every environment has its mirror image. The difference is that Aether's other half has a little bit of a goth complex, and as a result the enemies there are not only darker, but stronger. The environment is inhospitable to even Miss Aran, who is forced to hop from Luminoth beacon to beacon to minimize time in the miasma. Such is the life of a bounty hunter. And honestly, it gets a little irritating, but that's probably my biggest complaint. I will also agree with EGM's Shane that the plot seems like more of a Rare-style fetch quest than the average Metroid game, and nowhere near the incredible Metroid: Fusion plot. As for multiplayer, the experience hasn't been amazing. Fun for a while, as most multiplayer games are, but if you don't have a full group of people, you're going to get bored pretty quick.

But look on the bright side. The cinemas are brilliant, better than the first game (especially when Dark Samus gets into the fray). I wish I could provide feedback on a final boss and an ending, but I've still got some ways to go, and with a game like this, I gotta be honest...I wanna take my time and enjoy this.

Better than Metroid Prime one, by a long shot.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: September 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

To start off, I'm going to contradict what that other guy said about the Metroid series because from the sound of things he sucks at video games... First, Metroid was an excellent game for the day and the hardest part about it was getting some paper to write down the password. Then, Metroid 2 for the Game Boy was pretty good, but it had a few flaws... namely the story, there were no real bosses/mini-bossess till the end. Super Metroid is an excellent game, and one of the top ten SNES games, and I'm not trying ot sound like a best-game-of-all-time groupie, but face reality, that game was worthy of at least a 9.8/10. Metroid Fusion was short, which is a fact, but for the most part is was really fun, but the replay value is indeed extremely low. Metroid: Zero Mission, was just a redone version of the first Metroid with an extended ending where you get to run around with out your suit on, which is really cool. It is in no way confusing because when you get a new item, a stone Chozo character tells you where to go, as if that isn't giving the game away, but thankefully you can turn that option off if you get sick of it. Then there was Metroid Prime which was a fun 15 hours for me first time through, and I've played througha couple more times since I then, which was a few days after I acquired the game.

The new Metroid Prime game is fantastic. It's sheer brilliance, and the thought of giving this game a score below 4 stars (unless you dislike the Metroid series because the thought of a chick running around in a space suit kicking as* is against what video game principles you believe in which are that the main character has to have a red hat, or a gun, which makes you a video game trendy) is just an inane thought. I bet some of you are thinking, "Oh man, I hope they never make a movie out of this! I hope they make another redundant movie about drug king pins in the mid 1900s and movies that include Tom Cruise where he pretends to be some one he's not..." well, suck the big one cause it's being made, so all people who are fans of the series can rejoice over that.

Now if you've read all this, maybe you'll read a little further as to why I think the new Metroid Prime game is going to rule. First, the demo leaves the first MP game in the dust, and second the game concept is a slight copy of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but hey, that was also one of the ten best games...well, maybe 20 best games of all time, but still, it means new guns and new worlds which is a bonus. Plus there's the new multi-player mode function which is going to be awsome. So buy this game if you have fifty bucks, if not, well, mow some lawns before the snow falls, it's worth the effort (unless you have a steady job, save a few bucks).

Metroid PRime Echoes: A Real Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: November 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Intro: I'm sorry guys. I've been reading some reviews, and they are horrible. No one who wrote the reviews have even played it. And that guy who complained about the commercial- what does marketing have to do with a game? We know you're an xbox fan boy.
Review: Grade: *****
Why: Well, I startec the game up, and the first thing I liked about it was the music. Great music. I always find Metroid games to have great music. I played the 1 player game, and it was pretty good. You feel like you're actually facing a big challenge, even if you know what you are doing, which lacked in the first Metroid Prime game. The graphics are superb, and the controls are great. You can tell Nintendo liked the buttons from last time, because most of them did the same thing as they did in Prime. They added some new weapons too, that are good enough to get excited about. I'm not going to go around saying Metroid Prime 2's multiplayer is better than Halo 2, but it's pretty good. If for some reason you can't get Halo 2, or you're too young for it, Metroid Prime 2 is a great choice. I'll even go and say it's Story is better than Halo 2's. And that's why I give it a 5 out of 5.

This game will kick some serious...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: November 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

No kiddin. The graphics are splendid. Kenji Yamamoto's score is eerie and awesome, and the story is said to surpass all other metroid games. Pre order it now.

PS... I am sick of all these Halo fans sayin Nintendo is going to die down after MP2:E, and how their marketing scheme is weird. Nintendo's got the GUTS to do things like these, unlike the PS2 and the XBox, where all the do is get your attention by "hot" and "sexy" people in their games, advertising uncreative junk to all.
I am OK with Xbox and PS2. The games are sometimes fun, decent, and entertaining, but when some people try to destroy other because of lame reasons like "weird commercials..." is just... lame.

Go buy MP2:Echoes, beat it, and prove my review wrong, if you must, any metroid-hating fan. The thing that matters is if it made people happy. Like nintendo always does. So does xbx, and PS2.

VERY SIMPLY THE BEST NINTENDO GAME EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing Metroid games since the first one came out for NES in the 80's. It's always been my favorite Nintendo game series, and this is the most perfect one so far. The graphics are incredible (Samus and her ship are SO much sharper and more detailed than in MP1), the storyline is way cool, and the game in general is challenging and *REALLY* fun to play. There are tons of new weapons and other toys, and they even updated the scan visor, logbook, and morph ball boost (among other things) in some really cool ways - you can now use the morph ball boost as a weapon! And I can't even express how great it is to have the screw attack back in the game.

I brought it home last night and played until it was really late and I had to get to bed. Can't wait to get back home tonight and continue the journey! They really outdid themselves this time - it's gonna be hard to go back and play any of the earlier Metroid games now, even MP1!

Opinion of the Demo

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: October 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've recently played the Metroid Prime 2 Demo Disk. From what I can tell, the main style of Metroid Prime remains the same, theres no big surprise there. However, I found the new scanner interface interesting, and perhaps a little unappealing. While the old scan visor "marked" objects with a red symbol if it was scannable, the scan visor in Metroid Prime 2 changes the colors of objects that are scannable (the objects are changed to a solid, non-blending color that, to me, looks a little bit out-of-place in the Metroid world).

Metroid Prime 2 also features a new "ammo" system, but it really isn't that revolutionary; infact, it isn't revolutionary at all. For the "light" and "dark" weapons, each shot simply uses "1" from a stock of "light" and "dark" weapon ammo that you have accumulated, similar to how missiles deplete your missile stock after each shot.

Charging the "light" and "dark" weapons use additional amounts of ammo.

Getting your ammo back is pretty standard, it pops out of enemies and boxes as we are already familiar from Metroid Prime.

The game does introduce new enviroments though. Some that cause damage to Samus over time (but must be transversed anyway) and some that automatically heal Samus while she is in them, once again, over time.

The game stacks up to have a LOT of potential, and despite a few turn offs when it comes to some of the new graphics, I plan to buy this game when it's price drops. I haven't seen Nintendo screw up a Metroid game yet, and this one will certainly present challenges none of us are use to.

This is awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: November 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Metroid prime 2 is a very good game for the cost. I've barely got into it and i'm already having more fun on it than the first one. One cool thing is that there is actually another living thing on the planet that is good. The graphics on this game is a 10 right off the bat. The gameplay is a 10. and the storyline is also a10. One con is that you don't have all the suits of the last game or the beam weapons. the only same beam weapon is the power beam which works well at first. Also the visors are different including the scan visor which is easier to use. There are two new suits. the light suit and the dark suit. the dark suit is not as good as the light suit but it is easier to get.Also the only way to get the light suit is to get 100% by the end of the game I think i'm not sure though. Another way to get it is to have an action replay cheat device. One other thing that would be good to have is the walkthrough boolklet so you can find all the upgrades. So for anybody thinking about getting this game, buy it it's awesome.I give it a 10

The Sequel to One of the Best Games of All Time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: July 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Metroid Prime, in my personal opinion, was THE best GameCube game out there, with its stunning graphics and awesome gameplay. Now, Samus Aran makes what looks like an absolutely fantastic return in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
In this game, Samus journeys to a planet called Aether, which is split into two worlds - the Light World and the Dark World. In the Dark World, Samus can't survive for very long unless she's protected by small transparent domes of light. As she makes her way through the light and dark worlds of Aether, Samus will take on an alien race called the Ing - a race which is at war with each other - as well as an adversary that she will battle throughout the game...Dark Samus, an obviously evil version of Samus.
Even with the awesome storyline and gameplay that's coming with this game, that aspect isn't the only thing that has me excited about MP2. What's exciting me is the new multiplayer mode. That's right - Metroid Prime's coming back with a brand-new multiplayer mode in which you can frag your friends with the various kinds of beams and missiles that Samus has packed into that arm cannon of hers.
With all of this in mind, make sure that you all check the shelves of your local video game store on November 15, because this sequel is sure to be even better than its predecessor. Good Metroid hunting!

Not much different second time around

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Many praised the first Prime as godlike and a modern masterpiece. The game was a beaut to look at but it was hard as hell and there was a lot of backtracking. Now the sequel comes and while it's not a failure on all fronts, the developers still haven't addressed some issues from the first one.

Story: What little story there is anyway. On the planet Aether, a race called the Luminoth is thriving, much like the Chozo on Tallon IV. They discover a massive meteorite is about to hit and when it does, the resulting energy causes a dimensional rip that provides 2 Aethers: Light and Dark. Afterwards, a Federation ship crash lands on Aether and a distress signal is sent to Samus. She must now stop the Ing, the race that occupies the Dark world.

Graphics: Improvements over the first one, which was beautiful anyway. Particle systems are better and levels seem more expansive. Bosses take up a huge chunk of the screen which makes it a bit annoying when you're trying to dodge.

Sound/Music: No voice overs except for Luminoth's weird voice(kinda like Zelda, no words just gibberish). The music is still the same: ambient textures with an otherworldly feel.

Gameplay: Basically the same as the first. 2 new visors: Dark Visor, allowing you to see objects and enemies that are in the dark world when you're in the light world. And the namesake Echo Visor, which looks like Ben Affleck's power from Daredevil. They took out some beams and added the Light and Dark beams, with get this: ammo. Instead of going nuts, you have to preserve your ammo, which got really irritating.

As for the difficulty, if you've never played the first one, I suggest you beat it first. At least then you'll know what to expect with this. For players who long for a harder difficulty, you'll enjoy this. For the rest of you, you will have your *** handed to you on more than one occasion. Even with standard enemies. One enemy early in the game took a huge chunk of my life with each hit and I wasn't even half an hour in.

I'd suggest renting first just to see if you're ready for the game cause this can seriously make you wanna throw your controller against the wall.

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