Man, I don't know what to think. I hated the pacing in Echoes and the game-breaking fetch-me-a-key-a-thon at the end, but after playing through the first hour or so of Corruption last night on a friend's system and witnessing how expertly paced the intro is, I'm leaning towards a buy on this, despite having vowed not to if Retro put another lame fetch quest in.
Besides the wonderful pacing, the controls are wonderful -- perhaps the best use of the remote yet. And it isn't just the fundamentals, like moving and shooting, but the way your movement mimicks Samus' on the screen when she's operating a lock,fiddling with the ship's controls, or using the lasso.
This is also easily the graphical showpiece for the system. Seriously, 3rd parties have had plenty of time to acclimate to this hardware (since it isn't all that dissimilar from a Cube power-wise), it's an embarrassment that so many third-parties have shipped games that look half-baked on the system when it's clearly capable of delivering some immensely satisfying visuals. Seriously, this is a pretty game. Prime games always are, but when you consider that I played Corruption fresh off of a Bioshock bender, that really says something. What is lacking in power is made up for with creative art design.
So, yeah, I dunno. I was hellbent on holding off on this game, but after playing the beginning I just don't think I can. Consider this a glowing endorsement from someone who was getting really jaded with the series after Echoes and is playing the cream of the crop of shooters on the 360. This game looks, controls, and (at least thus far) plays great.
EDIT: The only real knock that I can make against the game so far is the assigning of missiles to the down arrow on the d-pad. When I read about this, I thought you simply assigned them with the d-pad, but fired them with "A." Firing missiles is ungainly seeing as you have to shift your thumb down too far to hit the down arrow, which screws up the aiming of the remote.
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