[Anticitizen One]

So I've finally gotten around to playing through Metroid Prime Trilogy and it has truly been an awesome experience. I had beaten MP 1 several times on Gamecube and I loved the improvements made in the trilogy version. MP 2 I had bought when it first came out but every time I tried to play it I got bored at Torvus Bog and then stopped but the Wii version I finally ended up beating (the game really takes off once you get to Sanctuary Fortress btw)

So now I'm finally ready to tackle MP 3. I had also played this game when it came out and I got up to where you fight the purple girl in that elevator thing before giving up. So now I'm starting over fresh and this time I intend to 100% it like I did the previous two. Before I begin I was wondering if there are any missable items in this game?(I read somewhere that there were items that you can't get if you miss them the first time). Is it as long as the previous games? Also if you had any advice or general thoughts on the game feel free to share!

[Madao]

there's no missable items but there's several missable scans (first 2 games are the same)

the game is the longest of the 3 in the trilogy.

[Locklore64]

So good!! MP3:C never gets the attention it deserves, by far my favorite Prime. I know I'm one of the only one's, but hey I LIKE TAKING DAMN SCREENSHOTS OF MY GAME!!


Also you can access a machine late in the game that shows all the items, missiles, upgrades on the map iirc.

[AzaK]

Loved the game. Played on hardest but couldn't finish the last boss. :(

[Currygan]

great game indeed. Loved it much more than MP2, which is not to say MP2 is a bad game at all

[Johnas]

Not a bad game, but I found that it got considerably worse toward the end. The first 2/3 to 3/4 are a good time, though.

Skytown, so awesome.

[TruePrime]

It's a decent length. Can't remember if it's longer then the first two on my first play time going through the game though.

Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of Retro, I tend to think that people very much overrate Prime 1 and 2. All that being said I do think that Prime 3 was fucking amazing and one of the single best games to come out this gen.

[Chopper]

I fucking loved this game. It absolutely convinced me that pointer controls etc etc...

[ChaosInTheRain]

I've been playing Metroid since the days of the nes and MP3 is the only game in the series I haven't finished (well, also Other M but that doesn't count). I love MP 1 and 2, but Corruption just didn't sit well with me. It felt like it lost some of the organic, coherent nature of the design of the first two games. Didn't like the other bounty hunters, they broke the feeling of isolation and loneliness. I also think I made a mistake by playing it on hard cos the enemies were bullet sponges and that made it less fun. Might revisit it someday.

[GrotesqueBeauty]

Good game with great art direction and production values, but the core structure is a poor representation of the franchise imo. It's a shame too, because using the IR pointer felt great and many of the environments had brilliant little touches of fan service. The segmented nature of the maps, being ordered around on missions by a computer, and the God awful NPCs were all major boner killers though.

[MidnightCowboy]

The art in this game, mmmmm

[Kai Dracon]

there's no missable items but there's several missable scans (first 2 games are the same) the game is the longest of the 3 in the trilogy.

Hmm, is it really the longest? I thought Echoes was...

[BlackJace]

My second favorite of the trilogy.

A bit too linear for my tastes. And the Fuel Rod hunts are assy.
Fixed what Echoes did wrong, but both are vastly inferior to Prime.

[KarmaCow]

I don't get the thought process behind Hyper mode. You pretty much have to use it unless you want the encounters to take forever, but it also turns Samus into walking destruction with little drawbacks.

And there is a escort sequence. Why.

[TheCongressman1]

The segmented nature of the maps, being ordered around on missions by a computer and the God awful NPCs were all major boner killers though.

True that. I also hated the fact that weapon upgrades had to be stacked. Switching between beams was one of my favorite mechanics from the other Primes.

[drspeedy]

Fantastic, fantastic game, starts strong and finishes like a house on fire. Perfect all the way through.

I spent more time in MP2, but that's probably because I'm a sucky gamer. I recall MP3:C taking around 18 hours, and that was 100%.


+1 for proof that pointer controls are superior. This game alone forced me to buy the Trilogy, and I don't regret a thing, owning the best games ever made twice is OK with me.

[Magicpaint]

I adore this game, though it does have some obvious faults. I think for what they were going (a more streamlined, accessible experience, more action heavy, less backtracking etc) they managed to successfully still give this game a very cool Metroid vibe and sense of progression. I'd take this game over Other M any day of the week.

The pointer controls are great, though I think the emphasis on aiming really sucked out the creativity the series is known for regarding boss fights. I think overall, this game reminds me more of the 2D titles than the other two Primes.

there's no missable items but there's several missable scans (first 2 games are the same) the game is the longest of the 3 in the trilogy.

I thought it was easily the shortest of the three when judging first playthroughs.

[bsb]

Hmm, is it really the longest? I thought Echoes was...

Echoes certainly took me the longest.

[GrotesqueBeauty]

True that. I also hated the fact that weapon upgrades had to be stacked. Switching between beams was one of my favorite mechanics from the other Primes.

Stacking weapons was a double edged sword for me. I was relieved not to have to swap weapons every time I wanted to open a door (a terrible design choice from MP1&2), but it also reduced some of the strategy involved in disposing of enemies (cant' say corruption mode scratched that itch either, unfortunately). Like most aspects of the series, I think Super Metroid provides the best possible template: stacking weapons where every new layer can be toggled on or off individually, allowing for a variety of combinations.

[RagnarokX]

The only down side to Metroid Prime 3 are the boss fights. Easily the worst in the trilogy. The first boss is the hardest.

[Anticitizen One]

Metroid Prime Trilogy was probably the best use of the wii controller and I think the only actual game game that used the controllers properly. In most of the other wii games its either a gimmick (mario galaxy, dkc returns), casual ware, or not used at all (Murumasa, Smash bros, etc.)

[Seda]

I liked it a lot.

[Gummb]

Such a brilliant game (like all Prime Games). Better than Prime 1 and 2 in pacing, and the design is top-notch. A pitch-perfect game for the experience and it's different enough from Prime 1 and 2 to make it fresh and appealing the whole way through.

[tkscz]

Great game, and while there are missable scans, there are no missable items. All items can be gone back and gotten.

Do me a favor while playing, through every cutscene where the other hunters are involved, pay attention to Samus and tell me if you see any emotion in her actions, even the smallest ones.

[Gummb]

The only down side to Metroid Prime 3 are the boss fights. Easily the worst in the trilogy. The first boss is the hardest.

No. Do them on the hardest difficulty and don't rely on corruption Mode and they are some of the most fun ever. Gandraya is my favorite boss of all time, I think.

[heringer]

My favorite Prime game. Haters gonna hate.

[GrotesqueBeauty]

The only down side to Metroid Prime 3 are the boss fights. Easily the worst in the trilogy. The first boss is the hardest.

"Sammy" was "the baby" before "the baby" was "the baby". Damn low rent Cortana.

[Exeunt]

I had a blast with Prime 3 when it first came out but I feel like it doesn't hold up as well as either the original or Echoes after repeated runs. Playing Prime and Echoes with the updated control scheme makes them much better in my opinion and also evens the playing field as far as controls are concerned—this takes away one of the advantages the third instalment had on release. I still think Corruption is a great game but it feels a bit more fragmented than the others while the bosses and items don't seem as strong coming off the previous two games in the series. While the fights are certainly built around the Wii control scheme, I don't feel like there were many that stood out—I feel like the best bosses in the game are out of the picture relatively early on. The action sequences are a mixed bag I suppose, with infinitely respawning enemies feeling a little odd but definitely adding some tension to certain parts.

On the other hand, the Grapple Beam feels better than ever before in this instalment and the ability to mark unobtained items on the map late in the game is a great way to make the experience a little more accessible. The art is still great and I thought the voice acting was well-handled even if the first part of the game was a little NPC-heavy. Unlike Echoes, it's quite well-paced once you're off on your own and you can chip away at the "key quest" throughout the game. It's still great fun and when I say I think it's the weakest in the trilogy, I should also qualify that I think the trilogy is comprised of three fantastic-to-great games.

As for 100%, you can get all the items in a single playthrough but there are several logbook entries (mainly bosses) that you can miss if you aren't diligent in your scanning. Though it doesn't count for the individual file completion, you can also miss a number of Friend Vouchers if you don't complete certain tasks (such as making it out of a fight without taking any damage) during your playthrough. Given that you made it quite far during your first playthrough, it might be worth consulting a guide to see what credits (and possibly scans) that you can miss if you would really be bothered by skipping certain things. That said, you need to beat the game on multiple difficulty levels to get all the credits anyway and I believe that scans carry over to a new difficulty at least in the Trilogy version so it's not the end of the world if you miss some things the first time around.

[tkscz]

"Sammy" was "the baby" before "the baby" was "the baby". Damn low rent Cortana.

Whoa whoa whoa whoa now, Thems fightin words.

[BoatAck]

I found a pristine copy of this game in a bin in the alley behind my apartment. Even the Club Nintendo code was unused. Still haven't played it though....

[iirate]

Haven't played in 4 or so years and it's my least favorite of the 3, but this game is still a blast. I really loved the grapple beam mechanics and wished that they'd push it even further. The (minor location spoilers) G.F.S. Valhalla is a definite highlight, and the linear nature and boss fights are weak (I really am not a fan of most humanoid boss fights in Metroid and they're all over the place here).

[Shikamaru Ninja]

It was a good game. I definitely enjoyed it. But I find the Prime Trilogy has a really boring generic overall premise. Shadow Samus is as it again. Yawn.

But the game played well. The control was used perfectly.

[Spring-Loaded]

I liked Corruption a lot; truly a great game. Overall, I felt it moved away from the exploration/progression the series is no for, except in the amazing derelict ship level that you revisited throughout the game.

To me, the Valhalla was exactly the kind of experience I was looking for in a Metroid game: coming across a torn apart vessel, piecing together what happened to it bit-by-bit, finding bodies/char marks/broken machinery that all told their own stories, making your way through it alone, etc.

Finally reaching the Aurora Unit and hearing it's last message about "darkness coming" was electrifying foreshadowing - hearing that come from a halfway-sentient supercomputer made it all the more ominous.

Just a great part of the game. That alone makes me want to play through it again.

[PinkCrayon]

Definitely the weakest in the trilogy, but still a good game. Gave me a reason to buy a Wii.

[tdrdrgn]

Metriod prime 3 is the only prime game i could play through without using a guide.

[Sothpaw]

Wish I could play it with the gamecube controller.

[ElectricBlanketFire]

What a great game.

Pirate Homeworld.

[Murrah]

The only down side to Metroid Prime 3 are the boss fights. Easily the worst in the trilogy. The first boss is the hardest.

I'd agree with this wholeheartedly. The bosses in Prime 1 and 2 are (mostly) so, so good, then the majority of 3's feel really...I dunno the word I wanna use. Uninspired? I liked Rundas and Gandrayda's (though Rundas's theme being one of my favorites in the whole series doesn't hurt), but nothing else but the first Ridley boss fight really stick out to me. Aside from the final boss sticking out because of how disappointed I was with it that is. And yes, I did play on Corruption mode or whatever the hardest mode was called

Still, I think Corruption's a great game. Not the instant classic that the original was or the mad genius that Echoes was, but still awesome

[The Technomancer]

Oh man, the sky world is so gorgeous. One of my favorite game settings.

[RagnarokX]

When I said bosses I meant full bosses. The others are more like minibosses. The main bosses are all fought in pretty much the same arena and aren't all that interesting. The first boss has an amazingly annoying attack that makes the fight take waaaaaay too long.

[Neki]

Great game. Boss fights were epic because of the control scheme.

[stuart]

I have this game sitting on my shelf unplayed, you're an inspiration OP.

[secretanchitman]

excellent game. they need to make metroid prime 4 or a sequel to metroid fusion.

[Meatvillain]

I really need to revisit the Prime series. I've only replayed the original since getting MP Trilogy, and I never played a whole lot of Corruption when it first came out.

[Ramirez]

I felt it focused way too much on the shooting, Prime's weakest aspect, IMO. Felt the first 2 games were head & shoulders above it, still a good game though. Skytown theme & Rundas battle theme are two of the best tracks in the series. :)

[Franchuzas87]

What a great game. Pirate Homeworld.

Yes! Also, SkyTown.

It's just a shame there isn't any aquatic localization in the entire game. I freaking love Crashed Frigate Orpheon in MP1 and Torvus Bog Temple in MP2.

[kayos90]

Great game but the first prime felt much better.

[Shiggy]

Never finished the game as I had huge trouble getting the Wii pointer point towards the sky, where the enemy was located. Also didn't like that all of my energy was taken away :D

Still much better than what I've played of the other two MP titles. Much more focussed and a better travelling mechanism.

[Chuckpebble]

Yep this one's my favorite. Love the corruption mechanic.

You can bookmark rooms on the map screen, highlighting them in green, to remind yourself that there's something in there that you can't access yet. I wish the other games on the trilogy had that feature added.

The first boss is not as hard as everyone says. You just have to switch in and out of hyper mode while in ball form and bomb the dude's feet. You don't take damage that way, as long as you leave hypermode before firing your weapon or overloading.

[Spieler Eins]

Replayed it recently. Outstanding art style, especially in skytown obviously. But in golem town too. I didn't mind the linear approach. Still had enough for me to discover outside the main road, good puzzles and great controls. Ship landing points were a blessing for shortcuts and so was a more tolerable fetch quest, which was just outright trolling in MP2.
Too bad some of the human interactions ruined quite a bit of the atmosphere in the late game, pretty much everything involving this generic commander.