I fell in love with Metroid Prime's exploration-based gameplay the day that I started playing the game. Heck, I even started playing the game all over again but am starting to resist temptation to play the masterpiece to make sure Prime 3 is fresh to me.
When watching Metroid Prime 3's gameplay videos, certain things start to worry me. Firstly, I see that the game has some sort of objective system, where you are told to get a city's defenses online. The whole "planet" system also worries me. Is each planet basically a mission or level, or will they just act like the regions in the past games? I'm just starting to worry that the game will become pretty linear, whereas the story progressed by exploring a well-designed world on your own in the past games. Make me feel better.:oops:
No its a demo, it cant not be linear because it has to be so. They have to show a certain number of places and features in a small amount of time. They are not indicative of the final products layout. Matt Cassamassina from Wii IGN has stated past Prime demos were just as linear as Prime 3s.
Plus all Primes have had objectives that you have to do, and just like 1 and 2 you can choose to do those thing immediatly or explore around some and do other things first before them. It will have its share of story progressing objectives and free exploration like the previous two games. Retro has said a number of times they have not sacrificed the exploration aspect of the game or made is any more linear.
No its a demo, it cant not be linear because it has to be so. They have to show a certain number of places and features in a small amount of time. They are not indicative of the final products layout. Matt Cassamassina from Wii IGN has stated past Prime demos were just as linear as Prime 3s.
Plus all Primes have had objectives that you have to do, and just like 1 and 2 you can choose to do those thing immediatly or explore around some and do other things first before them. It will have its share of story progressing objectives and free exploration like the previous two games. Retro has said a number of times they have not sacrificed the exploration aspect of the game or made is any more linear.
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I hope so. I have just been getting the feeling that it might just be an FPS with morph ball puzzles.
I hope so. I have just been getting the feeling that it might just be an FPS with morph ball puzzles.Emmenite7
Nahh all the old good stuff will be there with a lot of new stuff too, I mean I think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the wii-mote as Samus's hand and kind of interaction theyll have with that. There have been probably a dozen previews for the game so far and not a one has been anything but stellar, especially from those who have review code or near final code and have actually been playing through the game and not just a demo.
Yeah, I hope so. Retro is making a sequel to my favorite game of the generation, it just worries me, especially when the second game didn't slide for me.
It would be pretty cool if they had bosses and items that you didn't need, like those Super Metroid fans always talk about. That probably won't happen though.
im sure im gonna get flamed but, what do you mean by linear, cause there is pleanty of possibilites that can associate with the word linear. I just dont know what one it is
i think he means in the gameplay trailers it seems that samus is taking one straight path. Like shes just heading down the hallway opens up a door kills some bad guys and goes through another door to kill more bad guys. But usually the begining of the metroid prime games have been linear. Remember Mp1 how you had to pretty much go through a straight path through that space station. and in MP2 you had to go through a linear path to get to the GF ship. But after the very begining area it opens up. That's what will probably happen in Prime 3.
They say that it is more "linear", but at the same time it still features the same exploration elements of the last games... my guess is that the game is just more varied in worlds, meaning you won't need to be backtracking as much.
They say that it is more "linear", but at the same time it still features the same exploration elements of the last games... my guess is that the game is just more varied in worlds, meaning you won't need to be backtracking as much.REVOLUTIONfreak
Hm. I guess I'll just have to wait and see. If this game doesn't deliver, the Wii will have nothing.
I fell in love with Metroid Prime's exploration-based gameplay the day that I started playing the game. Heck, I even started playing the game all over again but am starting to resist temptation to play the masterpiece to make sure Prime 3 is fresh to me.
When watching Metroid Prime 3's gameplay videos, certain things start to worry me. Firstly, I see that the game has some sort of objective system, where you are told to get a city's defenses online. The whole "planet" system also worries me. Is each planet basically a mission or level, or will they just act like the regions in the past games? I'm just starting to worry that the game will become pretty linear, whereas the story progressed by exploring a well-designed world on your own in the past games. Make me feel better.:oops:Emmenite7
just a demo aint it? cant be too certain can we? why am i asking u these questions?
Hopefully so. I've been playing through Metroid with the hint system off. It's amazing how well the game holds up, the gameplay is simply flawless. Maybe I shouldn't be playing it so Metroid Prime 3 will feel new.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see how the game turns out. I want to feel like I did when I first landed on Tallon Overworld and could explore freely. I'll have no problem with a linear beginning if it's there mainly to teach controls.
I dont mind if there's backtracking in MP3, i just hope thats its more 1-dimensional-world backtracking ala MP1, rather than the annoying dual-dimensional backtracking ala MP2 (dark and light world). Plus i hope that they ditched the ammo system from MP2 (except for missiles and corruption mode). (wow...mp2 really was a black sheep, huh?)
No, it's not more linear. If you think about it, adding planets and a visor that controlls your ship adds extra exploration, and more choices of where to go next!
No, it's not more linear. If you think about it, adding planets and a visor that controlls your ship adds extra exploration, and more choices of where to go next!Gavman4
Yeah, I'm just hoping each planet isn't just a "mini" Tallon IV that you visit, beat the boss, get the item, and go to the next planet in a linear fashion. I want the space ship to act as sort of an elevator.
It never fails to amaze me that when people want to know about the specific design of a game that they haven't played, they ask other people who haven't played it either.
We really don't know, we haven't played the game. Honestly we've probably seen the exact same footage you have. We can only assume what it will be like. Anything else is a lie. We've had Skyworld and the Federation Ship shown off to us in detail and thats pretty much it. Its difficult to judge how the whole game will work based on two demonstrated levels. Also, Metroids aren't freeroaming until the end. You don't have infinte possibilities when you step off the ship, you usually can only open one door and get to one type of platform. TallonIV is not the wide open area you remember it to be, at least not until about 3 to 4 hours in.
Unless its Super Metroid, then we can all wall jump!
Just got my first free issue of Nintendo Power and in their MP3 preview they did say it will be more linear than the past few games, but overall they seemed really enthused with the whole experience. I'll be picking it up either way ^_^
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