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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Official thread of HOLY FREAKING CRAP
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DragonGirl
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Duderz said:
Depends, have you beaten the last Seed Boss? Remember, you also get items from bosses and they obviously don't show up on the maps.
But yeah, other than the locations already mentioned, all other items show up on the maps.
Well I finally got back into this game. I was about 15% in for the longest time, got Halo and stuff and I just couldn't be bothered to play anymore. It's not like I wasn't enjoying it, so I have put a couple more hours into it, and I am enjoying it a lot.
Great game. Hope I can actually finish it though.
Great game. Hope I can actually finish it though.
Just so you know, the same thing happened to me, had 99% and both the hidden areas taken care of. I just had missed a dot, the oneDuderz said:
where you fight Rundas. You need the Nova Beam and the Hazard Suit.
Felt like an idiot, too. Had spent a good amount of time searching =/
Version 3.0
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Code_Link said:
That's funny. I wondered that myself before. In fact, in the first game, I was a little paranoid about it because of log entries that said they were looking for it or something like that.
DragonGirl
Member
mclem said:
Once again, the missile expansions are for the ship to make bombing runs on enemy groups. These are not the mandatory uses of the missile, where you have to clear a barrier to proceed. You can call in your ship to make a bombing run on the enemy in almost any location that's wide open to the sky. This is simply an additional strategy you can use or ignore, as you prefer. I found it a nice way to immediately take out large groups of annoying enemies, like the
hopping metroids on Norion
This isn't a well documented function of the ship. I didn't learn about it until my second play through and didn't figure out how to actually use it until my fourth play through. You just lock onto a location while in the Command Visor and a missile icon will appear if you can bomb the area.
You kind of have to stumble upon the ability on your own, but undocumented abilities do have precedence in the Metroid series. Super Metroid, for example, had a large number of abilities you don't need to beat the game, but are incredibly cool. You'd never know they were there unless you just messed around with the beam combinations and controls...or let the title screen cycle a few times.
BudokaiMR2
Member
So yeah I finished this last night.
Was absolutely amazing. So glad I bought this. And now my schedule is almost free for when Mario gets here.
The last bosses were really exciting and a decent challenge. I was on the edge of overload most of the time.
The last level looked amazing too.
Oh and the parts in the Valhalla where you get sucked through the doors like an air lock opened were amazing. The visor effects were just so well done.
Was absolutely amazing. So glad I bought this. And now my schedule is almost free for when Mario gets here.
The last bosses were really exciting and a decent challenge. I was on the edge of overload most of the time.
The last level looked amazing too.
Oh and the parts in the Valhalla where you get sucked through the doors like an air lock opened were amazing. The visor effects were just so well done.
UpperCaseN
Member
dock UK said:
I did this (USA though). I recently went on an anime/tv show kick, so I stopped playing MP3 and have been watching several shows in my free time. When I realized Galaxy was coming out soon, I sat down and finished MP3 cuz I don't like leaving games unfinished. I played for 16 hours that day and finished it. I was sure not to rush through and to enjoy it, but afterwards I still had like an entire week before Galaxy came out!
MadOdorMachine
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I just beat the game w/100%. I know it's propbably been asked a dozen times, but does the Prime series take place between Metroid & Metroid 2:Return of Samus or between Metroid 2:Return of Samus and Super Metroid?
Anyway, I was really impressed with MP3. The controls were perfect and the graphics were damn good. I only have a few minor complaints, but overall it's a great game. I guess my main complaint is Samus's face model. I prefer the face from the original Metroid Prime the best. Oh well.
Metroid Prime Samus
VS.
Metroid Prime 3 Samus
Anyway, I was really impressed with MP3. The controls were perfect and the graphics were damn good. I only have a few minor complaints, but overall it's a great game. I guess my main complaint is Samus's face model. I prefer the face from the original Metroid Prime the best. Oh well.
Metroid Prime Samus
VS.
Metroid Prime 3 Samus
D
Deleted member 1235
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dock UK said:
yeah I'm only on the world beginning with B (bryyo or something, about 2nd - 3rd boss in) and Galaxy showed up in the Mail today.
Sorry Samus
DragonGirl
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MadOdorMachine said:
The Prime Trilogy takes place immediately after the first game and before Metroid 2.
As for Samus' face, I've been saying that since forever. I loved her facial model in Prime, loathed her in Echoes and while her model in Corruption is better than Echoes, it's still pretty poor. Hmm, I'm going to elaborate on this tonight when I have time to make a longer post.
Where is the information on the location of the Energy Cells?
I collected loads of info from the Valhalla, but I don't see anything on any of my maps. I get the feeling I need to hunt down four more energy cells, but I don't know where to start. Even if I follow an FAQ I would surely be heading to a bunch of locations where I already found energy cells.
I collected loads of info from the Valhalla, but I don't see anything on any of my maps. I get the feeling I need to hunt down four more energy cells, but I don't know where to start. Even if I follow an FAQ I would surely be heading to a bunch of locations where I already found energy cells.
Jade Knight 08
Member
Does Metroid Prime 3 have a collections required in this game like the first two games i listed below? Thanks!
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I don't want spoil this gems for those of you who never got a chance to play the first two games.
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Metroid Prime have
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes have
I hope it's not as bad as it was in MP 2: Echoes.
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I don't want spoil this gems for those of you who never got a chance to play the first two games.
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Metroid Prime have
"12 Artifacts"
"3 energy keys per level" including "9 energy keys" all over the map.
I hope it's not as bad as it was in MP 2: Echoes.
biodegradablebean
Banned
Jade Knight 08 said:
Yes, it's 9 energy cells this time, though it is a lot better done than in Echoes. You really only need 5 to complete the game (other 4 energy cells are required to get a few expansions) and I got 6 cells on my 1st playthrough without ever re-traversing. This collect-a-thon is not bad at all.
radioheadrule83
Banned
Jade Knight 08 said:
Yes and no.
To progress through an area later in the game, you need Energy Cells to power sections of the area. You can collect these as you find them, at any point in the game... and chances are you'll be missing few or none at all when the time comes for you to venture to the end.
MadOdorMachine said:
VS me!
Code_Link
Member
Awesome. Finished the game with 100% (though I missed out on some scans, weird...).
Anyway, the game was fantastic, although
I've been reading on this thread and some say that the
Anyway, the game was fantastic, although
the final bosses -- Dark "Sammy" and The Aurora were too easy.
I've been reading on this thread and some say that the
ship at the 100% ending is Sylux's from MP:H, but the first thing that came to my mind when I saw it wasn't that, but rather that it was a clone ship made from Phazon, similar to how Dark Samus was a clone of the Varia Suit made from Phazon. I dunno, though, but the Sylux theory doesn't make a lot of sense.
18% percent into the game and I've had enough, fuck this. It took some time to learn the controls and I was enjoying playing it, but fighting whatever it is with the red globes is horribly unfair.
Maybe I'm predisposed to give up early as I bailed on Echoes at about the same % but this is terribly unfun.
Maybe I'm predisposed to give up early as I bailed on Echoes at about the same % but this is terribly unfun.
DragonGirl
Member
8bit said:
I didn't care for Mogenar either but seriously, it's by far the most annoying boss in the game but he's only tough until you realize how to take him down easy. I had more trouble with him on my very first play through (on Veteran Difficulty) than I did on my Hypermode run because by then, I knew how to beat him.
Try this:
Blast his orbs, then when it comes time to finish an orb and you go into hypermode, make the corrupted hyper mode last as long as possible. You're only in trouble if you let the corruption bar max out. Shoot to drain it a little. Take a hit to fill it up more quickly. You are invincible while in hypermode. By keeping the hypermode going, it's much less frustrating to hit his orbs because if he closes the shielding, you can just wait for your next chance to shoot them rather than drop out of hypermode and waste another energy tank.
Need energy? You can get it by shooting the red orbs when grabs them to repair his damage. Shoot his green hand attack for energy too. Also, when you bomb his "phazon boots, those drop energy as well.
Also, when Mogenar opens his mouth, like when he laughs or shoots his laser, you can blast his head with an ice missile. Succeed and he'll be frozen for a few seconds and his orbs will all be exposed.
Need energy? You can get it by shooting the red orbs when grabs them to repair his damage. Shoot his green hand attack for energy too. Also, when you bomb his "phazon boots, those drop energy as well.
Also, when Mogenar opens his mouth, like when he laughs or shoots his laser, you can blast his head with an ice missile. Succeed and he'll be frozen for a few seconds and his orbs will all be exposed.
SouthernDragon
Member
Oh, anyone notice that a scan in the
I thought that'd make you all explode or something, seeing how everyone here thinks it's vaporware. Or is it a joke by Retro?
Pirate Homeworld says "Status on Metroid Dread Project: Nearing Completion."
I thought that'd make you all explode or something, seeing how everyone here thinks it's vaporware. Or is it a joke by Retro?
I have to agree. Horrible boss. I suffered from a Minimeltdown in this very thread because of that fucker.Saitou said:
8bit, if you're still around to read this, persevere.
It gets SO MUCH better (again) after that stupid boss. Trust me, I'm a shamefully inept gamer and even I killed him with lots of health to spare at my third attempt (although I was bored to tears by then). It's saddening how shitty this tedious boss fight is in relation to the rest of the game. Just grit your teeth and bear it.
I'm with you on this. Personally, I liked the Prime 1 Samus. They somehow lost all the will to make at least non-shitty humanoids after Prime 1. The marines in Prime 3 look like ugly Tron rejects, and Samus seems to get uglier the higher the number behind "Prime" gets. *shudder*AniHawk said:
DragonGirl
Member
Well, it took me longer to get to this than I initially thought, but here's my take on Samus' face. I really liked her appearance in Prime. You only get to see her head, but it captured how I felt she'd look perfectly. She looks serious, contemplative, reserved, and well, the head model is just really nice. She doesn't smile for the camera or look cute. She looked professional. The only problem I had with the Prime 1 head was, it was too realistic to really match her armor. It had a little too much subtle detail while the suit was a little to computer generated clean. I'd have bumped back some of the head's finer details to match the graphical style of the rest of the game. It's also an issue of lighting. The lighting on the head was too subtle, either that or the suit just came off too bright in the shots where we see her with her helmet off.
At this point in time, Samus didn't have a set look. She never really looked the same in any game. Her model sheet was her Chozo armor, that was relatively consistent, but Samus herself never looked like the same person. Her outfit and hair color in particular went through some radical variations. When Retro designed her face in Prime, I'm pretty sure it was before Zero Mission came out. Zero Mission changed everything.
With Zero Mission, it seems like Nintendo finally settled on a particular look for Samus outside of her armor. She gained the Zero Cat Suit, blindingly bright yellow hair, and that awful hairstyle. No, I don't like the design much at all.
Then came Echoes. This time around much more subtle detail was added to the graphic style. The Chozo armor was no longer cartoon clean either. I really like the look here. Stylized but with that extra level of detail. The head from Prime would have looked perfect with the suit from Echoes. Instead, we got a somewhat cartoonie looking Samus, dressed in her Zero Suit digs. She had a "cute Asian chick" baby face that, fine in and of itself, was NOT Samus Aran. She was a "Kimmie Lee" or an "Ami" but not a Samus Aran. She just looked wrong standing there, like somebody had stuck an anime girl in a Silver Age DC comic. The word here being juxtaposed. Art styles clashed and it wasn't pretty.
Finally we get to Corruption. The artists at Retro are absolutely amazing at creating environments and aliens. Some of my favorite character designs are here, like Rundas and Ghor. Unfortunately, at this point I think they fired everybody who could do humans. Compare Samus to the generic humans and Admiral Dane and they don't look like they were quite from the same model sheet. Again, Samus is looking a bit more clean and stylized than the five o'clock shadow infested crew. We got a painfully close look at one woman and other than the oddly vertically stretched face, Samus and that lady would have looked odd standing next to each other. Maybe it's just the lighting, but aside from the first game, Samus always seems (color) over saturated. Again, she's dressed in the awful Zero Suit. It was fine on a tiny sprite, but in 3-D it could use some work. It's skin tight so at the very least give Samus some muscle tone. The lady doesn't strike me as a delicate flower type.
Probably the second best face model I've seen of Samus is her look in Smash Bros Brawl. The hair is still awful but at least the facial proportions are nice.
At this point in time, Samus didn't have a set look. She never really looked the same in any game. Her model sheet was her Chozo armor, that was relatively consistent, but Samus herself never looked like the same person. Her outfit and hair color in particular went through some radical variations. When Retro designed her face in Prime, I'm pretty sure it was before Zero Mission came out. Zero Mission changed everything.
With Zero Mission, it seems like Nintendo finally settled on a particular look for Samus outside of her armor. She gained the Zero Cat Suit, blindingly bright yellow hair, and that awful hairstyle. No, I don't like the design much at all.
Then came Echoes. This time around much more subtle detail was added to the graphic style. The Chozo armor was no longer cartoon clean either. I really like the look here. Stylized but with that extra level of detail. The head from Prime would have looked perfect with the suit from Echoes. Instead, we got a somewhat cartoonie looking Samus, dressed in her Zero Suit digs. She had a "cute Asian chick" baby face that, fine in and of itself, was NOT Samus Aran. She was a "Kimmie Lee" or an "Ami" but not a Samus Aran. She just looked wrong standing there, like somebody had stuck an anime girl in a Silver Age DC comic. The word here being juxtaposed. Art styles clashed and it wasn't pretty.
Finally we get to Corruption. The artists at Retro are absolutely amazing at creating environments and aliens. Some of my favorite character designs are here, like Rundas and Ghor. Unfortunately, at this point I think they fired everybody who could do humans. Compare Samus to the generic humans and Admiral Dane and they don't look like they were quite from the same model sheet. Again, Samus is looking a bit more clean and stylized than the five o'clock shadow infested crew. We got a painfully close look at one woman and other than the oddly vertically stretched face, Samus and that lady would have looked odd standing next to each other. Maybe it's just the lighting, but aside from the first game, Samus always seems (color) over saturated. Again, she's dressed in the awful Zero Suit. It was fine on a tiny sprite, but in 3-D it could use some work. It's skin tight so at the very least give Samus some muscle tone. The lady doesn't strike me as a delicate flower type.
Probably the second best face model I've seen of Samus is her look in Smash Bros Brawl. The hair is still awful but at least the facial proportions are nice.
I finally got my copy today (I live in PALanistan under the smelly rule of NoE), played three hours straight.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
60fps! Perfect controls! I really like what I see.
It's very un-Metroidish so far, except for the ridiculous morph ball parcours, but that's okay, it's an amazing game anyway. It's very immersive though. Love the design.
The one thing I'd have suggested to change is the scanning. They've (again, #2 was the same deal) made it far too easy to fuck up your own game by just swiping every room clean with the scan visor on. It's not just secrets, they always reward you for that, there's constant changes and opportunities to re-scan stuff, so it's easy to fall into that habit, but it totally counters the pace of the game, slows everything down and diminishes the visual impact of their designs.
That's not really a gripe about how the game is put together, but more about exaggerated incentives to "play it wrong".
Wanna play some more.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
60fps! Perfect controls! I really like what I see.
It's very un-Metroidish so far, except for the ridiculous morph ball parcours, but that's okay, it's an amazing game anyway. It's very immersive though. Love the design.
The one thing I'd have suggested to change is the scanning. They've (again, #2 was the same deal) made it far too easy to fuck up your own game by just swiping every room clean with the scan visor on. It's not just secrets, they always reward you for that, there's constant changes and opportunities to re-scan stuff, so it's easy to fall into that habit, but it totally counters the pace of the game, slows everything down and diminishes the visual impact of their designs.
That's not really a gripe about how the game is put together, but more about exaggerated incentives to "play it wrong".
Wanna play some more.
Deputy Moonman
Member
I was late in purchasing a Nintendo Wii, but I finally caved in so that I could play Super Mario Galaxy. Well, long story short, I finally finished SMG and let my friend borrow it, and he let me borrow Metroid Prime 3.
I LOVE the feel of Metroid Prime 3. In fact, I woulds say I'm enjoying the exploration and sounds of Metroid Prime 3 far more than I did playing through Call of Duty 4 on the xbox360. First party games for the Wii are the schizzle!
I LOVE the feel of Metroid Prime 3. In fact, I woulds say I'm enjoying the exploration and sounds of Metroid Prime 3 far more than I did playing through Call of Duty 4 on the xbox360. First party games for the Wii are the schizzle!
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
skinnyrattler said:
Need friend vouchers from North America. Any takers? I have like 8 of them.