It is a game that grows on you. And once you learn the quirks of how to solve the puzzles it becomes very addictive!!!
So, I have always had nostalgia for the Metroid games clear back to the original Nintendo. While we never owned these games growing up I remember trying to play them at friends/relatives houses as well as the game station in the Sears store (the only relief to shopping for a young boy in the mall...you know what I am talking about).
Anyways, I never really caught onto what the story was but man was I in for a treat. I bought this game for $6 at a local Game Stop in California during pest control over a year and a half ago and thought that I would give it a try. This game looks like a First Person Shooter game (for those new to this lingo, it means the view point of a Doom or Halo game). What I found after 4 hours though was a very confusing planet and controls that I didn't understand and ultimately got frustrated with. A couple of months ago I put the disc back into the Wii to give it another try.
I finally learned about a tool in the game to scan the environment for clues. Holy Cow!!! Much much better now. Once I caught on to this new idea of gaming controls everything ran much smoother. I was able to find where I needed to go and the story line actually became very intriguing. While I will not ruin the story line here I do recommend this title for play mostly to the male audience of our family. The more I played the game however, the more of a Zelda feel it had with puzzles galore. Overall I give it a 5/5 and highly recommend this title to those who like Zelda or the previous Metroid games in the series. Metroid Prime 2&3 are definately going to the Christmas wish list so that I can finish out the trilogy.