I've been playing Metroid Prime 3 and it's amazing. I'm like 2 hours into the game but I can say it has by far the most kickass beginning, and the planets to explore are amazing. Hope someone has that insider, I'm curious about what it says.
First of all, before we crown an overall winner, I have a confession to make. Metroid Prime 3 is the first Prime game that I've played. After picking up the Wii controller and getting totally wrapped up in the world of Samus Aran in Corruption, I had to go back and play the first of the Prime games to see how far the series had come. Sadly that lead me to the largest of Corruption's problems when being compared with BioShock: Corruption is a fantastic gameplay experience that everyone should try for themselves, but it doesn't differentiate itself from the previous Prime games enough. The visual differences are essentially indiscernible and the gameplay is essentially the same aside from a few requisite additions that have been put in place. The biggest change is its flawless adaptation to the Wii's control scheme, and it should be rewarded for that.
BioShock on the other hand is unlike any other first-person shooter on Xbox 360. It effortlessly blends RPG elements with some awe-inspiring action and movie-quality storytelling. At the end of the day, when the dust has settled and both of these games have been shelved in favor of greener gaming pastures, it will be BioShock that sticks out in everyone's mind.
I don't see how you can look at Prime 1 and then 3 and not see the outstanding differences in gameplay, style, graphics (even if it is Wii), and sheer number of things to do and to do it with. I'm apauled by reviewers.
The guy's an idiot if he thinks the graphic differences between MP3 and the first two are "indiscernible". I've played the Bioshock demo, and about 2 or 3 hours of MP3, and so far I like MP3 better; the controls just suck you in.
First of all, before we crown an overall winner, I have a confession to make. Metroid Prime 3 is the first Prime game that I've played. After picking up the Wii controller and getting totally wrapped up in the world of Samus Aran in Corruption, I had to go back and play the first of the Prime games to see how far the series had come. Sadly that lead me to the largest of Corruption's problems when being compared with BioShock: Corruption is a fantastic gameplay experience that everyone should try for themselves, but it doesn't differentiate itself from the previous Prime games enough. The visual differences are essentially indiscernible and the gameplay is essentially the same aside from a few requisite additions that have been put in place. The biggest change is its flawless adaptation to the Wii's control scheme, and it should be rewarded for that.
BioShock on the other hand is unlike any other first-person shooter on Xbox 360. It effortlessly blends RPG elements with some awe-inspiring action and movie-quality storytelling. At the end of the day, when the dust has settled and both of these games have been shelved in favor of greener gaming pastures, it will be BioShock that sticks out in everyone's mind.
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I'm not sure if that line of reasoning is completely fair. After all, MP3 had two prequels in the Prime series, while Bioshock had none (System Shock II is a spiritual prequel at best). IGN uses one of my pet peeves here. I've always believed that games should be judged on their own merits and not whether it's better or worse than its prequels, or whether it adds anything new to the series. If you always base games on their prequels (or lack thereof), then games which are the first entry in a series, like Bioshock or the original Metroid Prime will almost always be judged as "better" than games woth two prequels behind its belt, like MP3. Then again, I'm not convinced that even if the games were judged on their own merits that MP3 would be deemed the better game.
No surprise there. Bioshock is more "fresh".Dreams-Visions
Exactly, but its doesnt really take anything away from MP3. I am continually baffled how people expected the final entry in a Trilogy to completely change the formula. Bioshock is certainly a gem, but so is the Prime trilogy.
[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]No surprise there. Bioshock is more "fresh".enduin
Exactly, but its doesnt really take anything away from MP3. I am continually baffled how people expected the final entry in a Trilogy to completely change the formula. Bioshock is certainly a gem, but so is the Prime trilogy.
Excellent point. And to be honest, from what I've played, MP3 adds enough to the Prime mix to make it a perfect sequel: The same interesting gameplay and artistics style, but a bunch of newcontrol innovations thanks to the Wii.
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