Did you like Metroid Prime 2 Echoes? Why or why not? [POLL]

Personally, I think this game is sweet. I know it did not sell as well as MP, but it still had all the elements of Metroid that I love.

I am currently playing through it again so I can catch up on the story and series before Tuesday.

I have heard a lot of people did not like this game and I just want to know why. I agree there is some tedious backtracking and the difficulty is higher than Prime 1, but I still think it rocks.

Please post what you think.

personally, i thought that it was one of the most boring games i have ever played. I played for a total of like 6 or 7 hours, and it just didnt work for me. All the backtracking, and even worse, the dark/light world, just didnt give me the metroid imporession i wanted.

personally, i thought that it was one of the most boring games i have ever played. I played for a total of like 6 or 7 hours, and it just didnt work for me. All the backtracking, and even worse, the dark/light world, just didnt give me the metroid imporession i wanted.

cricket_foreva

Honestly: Never played it.

I didn't really enjoy the first one, so I never bough the 2nd.

But I will be picking up Corruption. According to NP, they've made the back-tracking less painful this time around. And it's sounding like a masterpiece in terms of gameplay and atmosphere. I'm very excited for MP3.

i think it was a bad game compared to the first one.Haziqonfire

ANY game is bad compared to Prime 1

Yeah the light/darkworld and all that back tracking and the ammo thing I thought that killed what I called a Metroid game.Metroid Prime 1's back tracking was awhole lot easier seeing how u didnt have to keep switching from light to dark world and vice versa so no I didnt like this game

I don't understand people who liked Prime but hate completely Echoes. Ok I prefer Prime 1 me too but it's a lil bit exagerated to say that a very similar game is boring ormediocre.

No, I hated the Light and Dark World theme from the game, also the Ammo and spotty aiming drew me away from the game complety.

I don't understand people who liked Prime but hate completely Echoes. Ok I prefer Prime 1 me too but it's a lil bit exagerated to say that a very similar game is boring ormediocre.

Ablasio

I kinda liked the Dark World. It was rougher on the gamer, and seeing as MP2 is a SEQUEL, it should be harder. The backtracking was a little tough sometimes, but there's nothing wrong with difficulty. And you always get light/dark ammo when u need it. Who cares? I played and beat both of them. And 3 sounds like the best yet. Sure beats Halo lolDannyRice

I don't think so... Metroid Prime doesn't even feel like a FPS to me. Just another adventure game, Sure it has FPS looks, but it's still not like Halo.

I don't understand people who liked Prime but hate completely Echoes. Ok I prefer Prime 1 me too but it's a lil bit exagerated to say that a very similar game is boring ormediocre.

Ablasio

I agree 100%. Can one of you explain how this is possible?

I personally loved both games thoughI liked the first better. But Prime 2 had awesome boss fights and so many memorable scenes. It had all the great aspect as the first one, but it just wasn't executed as fluidly I guess.

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I don't understand people who liked Prime but hate completely Echoes. Ok I prefer Prime 1 me too but it's a lil bit exagerated to say that a very similar game is boring ormediocre.

Rocky32189

I agree 100%. Can one of you explain how this is possible?

I personally loved both games thoughI liked the first better. But Prime 2 had awesome boss fights and so many memorable scenes. It had all the great aspect as the first one, but it just wasn't executed as fluidly I guess.

I can see people liking prime 2 less, but not actually disliking it and liking prime
prime 2 was a bit less interesting and the overworld could have done with being a little less linear (with the parent system of the middle area and 3 branching areas off that). Also the dark world could have done with a bit of work, but overall it played the same with a few additions, and had some of the best boss fights ever (and FAR more than prime ever did!)

so people love metroid 1 and hate metroid 2 because of the dark world and ammo not being abundant? wow what lame excuses

not that beat metroid 1 or 2 but i found the second one easier cause it had a story to tell me where to go not metroid 1's random energy spikes appearing for 5 seconds on the map and then never to be seen again and metroid 2 had different looking worlds unlike metroid 1 it all seemed to blend together no change no nothing

either way hating one or the other and loving the other one is about as stupid a statement that can be made since they are nearly identical.

I liked it. I was ok with the dark parts unlike most people but they were a bit boring and unoriginal.

But I got frustrated playing MP2 alot more than the original (Boostball Guadian) and I beleive there is a fine line between challenge and frustration that a game should never cross. I thing MP2 just liked to push my buttons.

It's interesting to me that most people don't like the ammo for the beam weapons. In my playing of the game it never once crossed my mind that it was a hassle. I guess it might be better if there was no ammo, but it is not a problem for me. Just like someone else just posted, you have ammo for missles and power bombs, so it's not really like this is something new. I think it also adds another level of strategy to the game.

As far as the Aether/Dark Aether thing, I also don't have a problem with that. Someone also said it is similar to Zelda A Link to a Past. I agree. There have been plenty of great games that have implemented that type of light/dark theme. Some Castlevania and other Zelda games have implemented some sort of light/dark theme where things are different depending on light or dark.

I'm not bashing anyone's opinions, though. I just wanted to see what people thought in general.

I think the Prime games are awesome and I look forward to playing and completing Metroid Prime 3 Corruption. I think they are incredible video game achievements and it will be nice to see how Nintendo and Retro Studios have implemented Wii controls to the series. If anyone is going to get FPS controls right on Wii, it's going to be Nintendo.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]i think it was a bad game compared to the first one.EmperorIng

ANY game is bad compared to Prime 1

Haha, somewhat true. I liked Echoes, i thought the story with Dark Samus was cool and it kept me wanting to play more. The Beam ammo was a let down, but the game was still a great game overall i think. Of course it's not as good as Prime1, which is my favorite game of all time, but it's still fun and enjoyable. Prime3 does look much better then Prime2 though, but will it be better then Prime1? Eh, that's gonna be a tough thing to do, but from what I've heard and seen it's possible.

so people love metroid 1 and hate metroid 2 because of the dark world and ammo not being abundant? wow what lame excuses

not that beat metroid 1 or 2 but i found the second one easier cause it had a story to tell me where to go not metroid 1's random energy spikes appearing for 5 seconds on the map and then never to be seen again and metroid 2 had different looking worlds unlike metroid 1 it all seemed to blend together no change no nothing

either way hating one or the other and loving the other one is about as stupid a statement that can be made since they are nearly identical.

kayne2000

i dnt think thats true(about the different looking world parts), MP2 had pretty much the same areas over and over again it got annoying to me. Theres a desert, a bog, a fortress, and then there is all of those repeated but in the dark. and all of them were pretty dark so they kinda looked a little duller to me then the vibrant, rainforest, volcanic underground, tundra, deserted ruins, and some other areas in the orignal MP.

I prefer Metroid Prime over Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, but it was still a fun game to me.KeeperofDingo

Ditto.