Anyone else playing Metroid 3?

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MRi6000

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Anyone else out there besides me playing metroid 3? I had to take a quick break, but I figured a lot of people would be discussing it. So far its a really great game and i'm super happy with this purchase (maybe my first truly pleased purchase on the wii).

Lets discuss!
 
Would I be able to jump right into this game without knowing much about the Metroid world?
 
Yes the story isn't anything special or complex. Your a girl who is a bounty hunter in space. The only thing you might not pick up on are cameo appearances from previous characters.
 
MRi6000 said:
Anyone else out there besides me playing metroid 3? I had to take a quick break, but I figured a lot of people would be discussing it. So far its a really great game and i'm super happy with this purchase (maybe my first truly pleased purchase on the wii).

Lets discuss!
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Aside from the control scheme, how, if at all, has the gameplay changed from the two gamecube games?
 
Aurora is in this one no? is "she" the final boss again?

my copy should be here by Wednesday.. no rush though.. i got plenty of work to do..
 
I got my copy at Circuit City.

Also, I never played completely through the first two, but the gameplay does seem to be very similar (besides the nice point and shoot shoot wii remote).

I'm getting into just fine w/o having played the first through completely.
 
So is this out today in Canada or what??

Future Shop's flier says the 29th. Best Buy says the 28th. Both websites say yesterday the 27th!

I am deciding what to do with my lunch break please hurry lol :)
 
Saloma Teale said:
My copy is in the car taunting me while i'm forced to work.

DAMN YOU WORK!
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funny thing... without work you cant play because you dont have the money... but with work you cant play because you gotta work...

sad


btw its available in canada at futureshop right now
 
Oh my god, I just got done fighting Meta-Ridley (the second boss) and fooling around with my new PED suit, this game is fucking balls to the wall awesome. The Metroid Prime games have always had great boss fights, but that fight was up their with some of the best I've ever played.

And the controls, absolutely sublime. I've hated the dual analog setup for a long time now, but after playing this there's no way I could go back to such a sloppy control scheme. Not only is it highly accurate, but with the shooting control set to the B trigger, it really feels like you're shooting, something not even the mouse and keyboard can match. Coupled with the ingenious grapple beam control this game sucks you in like no other.

This is the game I was looking for from the Wii, the game that perfectly uses the controls to suck you into the experience. It never feels gimmicky or tacked on, it never fails to work, it's just the perfect evolution of an already great formula.

I've only played for an hour or so, but I can already wholeheartedly recommend this game. An absolute must buy, if you own a Wii you owe it to yourself to play this game.
 
I am at teh same part you i just fought ridley and got the ped suit
then i saved and iam now here posting taking a break
the part were you fight ridley was really intense and kinda caught be by surprise how teh graphics looks so good and how it got b lurry and your like trying to shoot shit flying at you as your speeding down a generator shaft at like 200mph

this is one of the best games ive played in years !
 
This is another one of those "oh yeah it is all about the gameplay" type games. The control scheme is simply the best I've seen in a console shooter. I'm using the advanced control scheme which means as you move your Wii remote your reticle moves freely within the frame but the frame itself also pans around as you approach the edges of the screen. It takes some getting used to but once you get the hang of it you'll wonder how you ever played a console shooter without the Wii remote.

The controls are customizable. There is one setting in particular that deserves mention. The target lock on has two modes. The first mode allows you to lock on but also freely move your reticle at the same time, so you still have to aim at your target. The advantage of locking on is simply that it keeps the enemy in the frame--it keeps you facing what you are locked on to. This mode makes the game a lot harder because you always have to aim your shots. The second mode is the traditional lock on where as long as you are locked on, you are aimed at your target. You can't move the reticle while locked on when you use this mode. You don't have to aim in this mode, just like the old school prime lock on. The game feels really different depending on which you choose. If you really want to challenge your Wii mote skills, the free aim mode is pretty cool. Both work well.

The sound is very good but I wouldn't say it has improved much from the original prime. They are using the same palette of sounds that they used in the original prime. One thing that has improved is the inclusion of voice acting and it really enhances the game. It helps keep the narrative of the game coherent and does a better job of involving you in your mission than just reading the text.

Graphically, this game is better than the original prime. Of course this is the Wii and so the graphics don't have anything on a game like Bioshock, but there is plenty of eye candy here. I like it and I have an 8800GTX so graphics matter to me.

Gameplay wise, the game is constantly making use of the Wii's motion controls. I don't even want to tell you how because I don't want to spoil it for you. The game is hard too, set on Veteran.

One last thing, finally, some of the old school music from Super Metroid is back!

If you have a Wii this is a must play, if you like shooters.
 
Mines still sealed, gotta' make some time to play tonight or tomorrow.
 
went to circuit city at like 2:03 to see if it wasn't in stock ($20 gift card). it was in stock, so me and a coworker both picked up a copy.

haven't opened it yet, just plugged in the wii again tho lol
 
I'm not going to waste anyone's time by echoing all the other positive comments about Metroid Prime 3 other than to say this: if you own a Wii, buy this title. The game is amazing.
 
i tried play prime tonight on my girlfriend tv wth madcatz compoent cables and the picture didn't come in so i used AV cables and it looks better on her 20inc reg tv than my 24 lcd hdtv computer moniter by LG on compoent. wondering if the cables are bad any ideas i know this is a little off topic

oh yea did you guys fight ridley yet pretty amazing the graphics were killer in that fight
 
The game's controls are amazing, I was very surprised. I love the whole grapple lasso, something about yanking it back and tearing off an enemy's shield is very satisfying.

The opening was a little odd for me-- it wasnt very... Metroid-like. I'm not sure if I like all the changes going on... voice acting, objective based gameplay. It makes it seem very lienar, and it seems like they're straying a little too far from the normal Metroid atmosphere for my liking-- at least for the first few hours anyway.

I think I'm going to bust out the original Prime after I get done with this game... mmm.
 
I tried to buy it this morning but the stores said they didn't have it yet, guess I'll check back tomorrow.
 
i bought a gamecube for prime and echoes... am i going to have to buy a wii for corruption?

and xerus, your sig is awesome
 
123Lanoix said:
i tried play prime tonight on my girlfriend tv wth madcatz compoent cables and the picture didn't come in so i used AV cables and it looks better on her 20inc reg tv than my 24 lcd hdtv computer moniter by LG on compoent. wondering if the cables are bad any ideas i know this is a little off topic

oh yea did you guys fight ridley yet pretty amazing the graphics were killer in that fight
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It isn't your imagination. I have a really fancy NEC glossy PC monitor with a native resolution of 1680 x 1050. It has component inputs, and the Wii looks terrible on it. I think the reason is that you aren't running a native resolution so the monitor has to scale.

Another reason is that you probably sit closer to the PC monitor and the Wii doesn't have a high enough resolution for that. I find that the Wii looks better on my normal standard definition CRT TV than in 480p on my LCD HDTV monitor in general. I use the component cables with both, however.

What is strange is that in all the demo videos I see of the Wii they are using a flat panel LCD screen and what seems to be 480p resolution, but when I attempt a similar setup it doesn't look as good.
 
yea i hooked up av cables to my 27inch standard tv and prime looks alot better than my

LG 24inch hd computer monitor on compoent. The computer monitor you get alot of jaggies. The graphics on are awesome in this game and there is virtual no jaggies on a standard tv. So i guess i will play on my 27inch tv since it looks 100times better lol
 
Right, jaggies, that is the problem with my PC monitor too. I'm not sure exactly why that is the case.

I once played through Twilight Princess on my PC monitor but I had it set up more like a normal TV and I was sitting really far away, so it looked really good and the jaggies weren't really an issue until I moved closer.

By the way, I have two CRT non HD televisions. Neither do 480p, but one is a 20inch that accepts component inputs and the other is a 27 that only accepts composite, and the image quality on the 20incher is so much better that I can't even play on 27incher. The component cables really make a big difference, even if you aren't using 480p.
 
ya but the their are no jaggies on the standard tv

on my 24inch monitor its just a mess

iam looking into finding a used tv with component
 
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