Metroid Prime Remastered So Good it's FRUSTRATING

[@betafishjeremy7454]

My only complaint is the lighting change from you beam

[@esmooth919]

Yeah. This game is dark as hell sometimes

[@DRum886]

The only problem, other than all of the fun sequence breaks from Ver 0.00.

[@Macadamian111]

@@esmooth919 darker than echoes which is surprising sometimes

[@mersunarytigre]

@2:15 I know it's a joke, but I'm surprised that not enough people have pointed this out before.

[@trashaimgamer7822]

Metroid Prime 2 was the best in the trilogy cause your health bar had an actual function.

[@lo4tr]

Metroid Prime 1 was designed to mimic a lot of the 2D Metroid games in terms of area locations, music, etc. It was done this way because the shift from 2D to 3D, along with the more shooter focus over platforming, was enough to case concern among fans. Prime 2, however, feels like the first Prime game to BE a Prime game, rather than a 3D variation of Super Metroid. I think that's the main reason why I like Prime 2 more than 1. It went more toward actually utilizing the change to 3D than Prime 1 did and, thanks to the Wii, Prime 3 spent more time trying to integrate the motion function than expand on the Prime gameplay. To me: Prime 2 > Prime 1 > Prime 3 Although, I think the trilogy as a whole is one of the more consistently good game trilogies there is and I don't dislike any of the trio.

[@chalybee8689]

Prime 2 is goat Fights are way more fun amd challenging.

[@PresidentEvil2]

Metroid Prime is one of those games that I could just keep replaying over and over and I have to make myself not do that

[@popnlocknes]

Every time I finish the game I start a new one immediately. It’s so good

[@lucidvalidity7056]

They need to patch in beam charge lighting up your surroundings

[@YouB3anz]

I think the reason we got this awesome of a remaster was because Retro was behind it, them being a western studio with western sensibilities. Nintendo of Japan doesn't seem to care much about its old library.

[@esmooth919]

0:07 I've been playing with twin sticks since the PlayStation 2 era. Not even I can get used to the original GameCube control scheme.

[@esmooth919]

With that being said, I am so glad that we are allowed to aim with gyro a la Splatoon.

[@gadeonmusic]

Golden era of Nintendo. I remember playing Smash, Metroid Prime, RE4, Mario Kart double dash. Good old days. Now we have Smash Ultimate, Metroid prime Remaster and RE4 Remake coming up soon.

[@popnlocknes]

I’m pretty stoked for that RE4 remake

[@AndehX]

The burst fire when charging is actually a really bad change. There was mods to revert it back to how it originally was, on day one of release.

[@popnlocknes]

Why is it bad? I like it…

[@HeroC14]

Yeah it's shit and limits your options fighting. Thankfully beams still charge after firing a missile, imagine if that was broken. Combat now revolves around either alternating missiles and beams to save missile ammo, or going full missile spam for efficiency.

[@TheCarash]

​@@popnlocknes makes bosses go slower. You could just charge beam, charge beam, charge beam the bosses. Now it's charge beam, 3 shots, charge beam, 3 shots.

[@anttitenhunen4725]

Yeah, it is pretty annoying when you want to ambush space pirates and you first have to intentionally miss the target to ambush them with charge beam :D

[@Terron29]

Agreed, it slows down the pace of combat especially if your constantly charging your beam. If I want to quickly charge a beam to kill that metroid going for my face its annoying to have that process slowed down. I try to see it as a way to make the game a smidge more difficulty though as a result of having better control with dual stick now though lol

[@stormtrooperjon9212]

The last 30 seconds of this video made me wanna smash my computer monitor! Ness is from Pokémon!? Samus IS a girl! HEAVY BREATHING GOTTA CALM DOWN GOTTA CALM DOWN

[@Victorinot]

That Negan edit is noice.

[@popnlocknes]

Thanks brother

[@TheMor3epic]

Fantastic video 10/10

[@popnlocknes]

Thanks brother

[@blakes8901]

oooooh you got me good for a second when you started mentioning those other titles that haven't been remastered.

[@PJBgamer]

"No more motion controls." *(laughs in gyro aim)*

[@popnlocknes]

Why are you playing with the gyro aim? Yuck

[@PJBgamer]

@@popnlocknes Allow me to introduce you to Nerrel, and why gyro aim is awesome. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJrRgXVqjseKo68 TL;DW: sticks suck at precise aiming, and while Metroid Prime almost never really requires it, gyro aim makes precision shooting without lock-on so much easier because you can fine-tune your aiming just by tilting the controller a tiny bit.

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@popnlocknes If you aren't playing with gyro aim you're objectively worse than those who do play with gyro aim. Oh well, you'll find out once Metroid Prime 2 makes it over with multiplayer when all you dual-stick only scrubs get completely obliterated by gyro players.

[@DRum886]

ITT: Motion control idiots stan for motion controls.

[@popnlocknes]

@@thenonexistinghero I don’t care about being better especially if it means I have to move my controller around while playing

[@geneericname7138]

You're right about backtracking through the Research Labs in Phendrana. It's _always_ a slog. That's why I always take the Magmoor Workstation elevator to Phendrana Drifts after getting the Spider Ball. It lets out right outside of where you fight Thardus and provides an alternative path both back to the beginning of Phendrana Drifts _and_ to the places you'd normally have to pass through the labs to get to, except the Control Tower when you need to get the artifact there. Even with the awkward beam switching the Prime remaster was fantastic and I sincerely hope we get the other two remastered, or at least ported to Switch.

[@quadraxisdominator7364]

I’m just glad the early Control Tower artifact exploit still worked so I didn’t have to go back

[@geneericname7138]

@@quadraxisdominator7364 I just saw that recently. I wish I had known about it earlier. I'll definitely be using it for future playthroughs once I get it down.

[@josephburke2234]

Without Back Tracking we would probably only sink like 10 hours into the game. It is extremely satisfying when you finally progress tho.

[@chalybee8689]

I felt like the thermal visor wasnt so bad in the OJ. Also prime 2>1 The boss fight suck in mp1. Boss fight and ambiance is better in mp2 and so is the backtracking. It will be criminal mot to have prime 2 remastered.

[@IIARROWS]

There is a huge problem: controls. Especially changing beams.

[@popnlocknes]

The controls are extremely customizable but yeah the beam change timing kinda blows

[@Alex-pk1iy]

Change to GC controls; changing beams with the right stick

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@popnlocknes They are not extremely customizable. There isn't even basic button mapping. Anyhow, changing beams can easily be fixed. Just switch the visor and beam switching around so that the beam switching is on the D-pad while visor switching requires holding a button. Standing still for a short moment when switching visors isn't as big a deal as standing still when needing to switch beams. And if you really can't afford to stand still, you can always do a quick switch to claw grip so you can keep moving while switching visors.

[@Thegeckengineer]

Use motion controls. All the buttons have a proper home

[@BeeWaifu]

What I hate about remastered is that they destroyed the beam cannon forms and removed any and all explosions. Aerotroopers that kamikaze you just poof out of existence. Small things like the ice walls you destroy to access Phendrana drifts do the same, and the platforms taken to get the boostball just evaporate. It becomes all the more awkward during the ending when Samus watches the temple get destroyed. In the original the whole thing is on fire and exploding while the hunter watches on. The remaster just has her looking at the Impact Crater entry platform burn. Boring. For some fucking reason NO ONE talks about this! Why?! For these reasons I'm sticking with the original simply because destruction is more fun. 1:09 I thought this video was about Prime 1 and not Prime 2.

[@DanielMazahreh]

Metroid prime originally had dual stick, but Miyamoto change the controls. Nothing wrong with the original control setting. Takes getting used to.

[@popnlocknes]

Idk man. It’s not THAT bad I guess but I can’t stand playing it that way

[@DanielMazahreh]

@@popnlocknes It simply takes time and practice. Not that bad once you master it. If you cannot handle tank controls, that’s really unfortunate. Another Gamecube masterpiece uses the same tank controls in Resident Evil 4. At least a RE4 remake is coming.

[@The_Ostrich]

Thats just wrong, Miyamoto didn't have anything to do with the controls, thats just a false claim on the internet for decades without any evidence. Go and watch the KiwiTalkz podcast with Mike Wikan from late 2021, somewhere in that podcast its mentioned who was responsible for the controls mapping (Karl Deckard).

[@DanielMazahreh]

@@The_Ostrich My source is exactly the same as yours. I heard this from a KiwiTalkz podcast confirming Miyamoto contributing from changing dual stick to tank controls as well as L targeting. Perhaps my memory is off, but I'm certainly confident about Miyamoto's L targeting. So you are most likely right about the dual stick.

[@The_Ostrich]

@@DanielMazahreh Thats not true, Miyamoto was hardly involved with the game in general, a lot less than both he and Nintendo publically communicated. He only reviewed a few things within the game and gave some minor feedback, but was never hands-on durring development. Kensuke Tanabe was the one that had a lot more creative influence, but neither had any input on controls, that was all Retro.

[@thenonexistinghero]

Can't say I think this is truly the definitive edition. It plays well, especially if you use dual-stick PLUS GYRO and not just the completely garbage dual-stick only control scheme... but I think they should've brought back the glitches from the original US version. Quite honestly, it seems like the creators of Metroid Prime basically tried to do everything to avoid players from sequence breaking. And because of that, the sequence breaks that are left pretty much require an extreme amount of precision or out-of-bounds glitching. Early space jump is now not just a lot less early, but is so hard and precise that even speedrunners can take a few minutes to get it, for example. I think it would've been nice if they brought back some of the original mechanics to allow for an easier time for sequence-breaking. I always hated how being a European just prevented me from doing many of them and they removed even more in the Trilogy version (which this one is based on). It's a very nice graphical upgrade with perfect controls... I just think it's a shame there just isn't much fun to be had sequence-breaking unless you're willing to spend hours trying to get them.

[@francescov.3610]

Apparently I read somewhere that the reason why they patched a lot of the sequence breaking glitches in the original North American 2002 release in the international, players choice, Wii, and Switch versions is because the sequence breaks would occasionally cause crashing issues, especially in certain rooms in the Chozo Ruins.

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@francescov.3610 It's a trade I gladly would've made. And they could've just fixed the cause of the crash instead. Quite frankly, sequence breaking in this game is now so obnoxiously hard and annoying I don't bother with it.

[@TheAdventGamer]

Said it before and I'll say it again, I need Prime 2 and 3 remastered. Though after having went through Metroid Prime Trilogy on Wii after playing Prime Remastered. Starting to think the first game was indeed the best of the bunch. The Elemental Beams, I just have a thing for the holy RPG trinity of Fire, Ice and Lightning which Metroid Prime delivers better then Prime 3 in my opinion. Different Visors though part of me kind of wishes it had a low light visor or something for especially dark rooms.

[@shawnd4415]

Love the remaster but am super bummed they didn’t keep the dynamic lighting effects from all of Samus’ beam weapons.

[@bronyferienminuet2125]

your damn right its so good its frustrating, so frustrating that nintendo fans are gonna fuckin riot when they don't hand over the other two games as remasters, even if we understand that its because retro studios is now working on metroid prime 4.

[@einbaum411]

ness is from pokemon lmao

[@popnlocknesLIVE]

Isn’t he?

[@Ciccigreen]

I am NOT a gamer, like at all. And FPS? Eeeeeeeh…. Not for me. But all the hype (and some Nintendo points meaning I only had to pay $16 for the game) made me curious and I’ve been exploring it leisurely on casual mode and.., yeah… it’s as good as everyone says!

[@popnlocknes]

Hell yes glad you’re getting to experience. Def not a typical FPS

[@omegapirat8623]

my favourite installment is prime 2 not prime 1

[@popnlocknes]

I can see why. Echoes is incredible

[@omegapirat8623]

@@popnlocknes do you also hope for an echoes remaster?

[@popnlocknes]

@@omegapirat8623 obviously but I’ll settle for a port with dual stick controls

[@erikilnero]

@@popnlocknes i don't get why you hate motion controls so much. I played the trilogy wii version on pc with dolphin and using the mouse to move the cursor around feels really good

[@popnlocknes]

I played them too. Don’t hate them but definitely would prefer to play normally 10/10 times

[@Emet.V]

Wind Waker did get a remaster was called Zelda Wind Waker HD 2:03

[@popnlocknes]

Yep and so did twilight princess. I’m talking about for the switch

[@christoph560]

It's frustrating because they didn't remaster MP2 Echoes and MP3 Corruption

[@popnlocknes]

True. An echoes/ corruption remaster would be so awesome

[@christoph560]

@@popnlocknes all three remastered for 60€$ instead of 40€$ for only the first game would have been so cool... I didn't play MP2 and three, my first Metroid game was Metroid Dread, and I love this series. Then I also bought Metroid Samus Returns for 3DS and now Metroid Prime (which is also a fantastic game) I even finished Dread in Dread Mode, without taking damage.

[@diegog1853]

Not sure if I want nintendo to start producing tons of remasters like this. They take a lot of time and money and they are risky, I rather have a ton of hd ports than occasionally one borderline remake. But well... Nintendo in recent years has been terrible in rereleasing old content.

[@ajaykraym1576]

Remake video games, not movies

[@fatkidsgettinghurt]

Unless if it makes sense. It makes sense to remake something like "King Kong" because of the advance of special effects. It doesn't make sense for "Casablanca" because it's all about story and at this moment nostalgia. The acting and filming bring you back to that era. I remake would ruin it.

[@getalper]

FIrst person shooter snow bros?

[@TheTurnipKing]

Honestly I don't think you're playing Prime right if you're not using the original control scheme. The emphasis in Prime isn't, and never has been aiming. The Lock on and limited look around options are reminiscent of the shoulder buttons in earlier Metroid games. What's important is locking on and using the second stick and d-pad to make sure you have the optimal weapon and visor selected.

[@popnlocknes]

Yuck no thanks

[@nerdzone]

I actually do not agree. I would always prefer motion aim to right stick. It is night and day. It did not have a great implementation in Prime and still it is by far the option I prefered.

[@dis_inferno9173]

Chozo Artifacts ruins this game. It's just not fun to replay.

[@popnlocknes]

Definitely fair

[@deshawnwilliams503]

1:09 Disagree. I think Prime 2 is overall better.

[@yoshi1981]

Wind Waker Literally already got a HD Remaster. not Nintendo's fault if u didn't bother to play it.

[@popnlocknes]

I’m talking about for the switch… of course I own wind waker HD. And it IS Nintendo’s fault if I didn’t play

[@wantsome-zs5sq]

It's not the best Prime game. Prime 2 was better.

[@popnlocknes]

I love 2 but 1 is more Metroid formula abiding. Dark world honestly wasn’t my fave

[@wantsome-zs5sq]

@@popnlocknes Dark World reminds me of A link to the past. I feel like more creativity went into the environment of echo's.

[@popnlocknes]

That’s a pretty great analogy I never considered. I need to replay prime 2. I haven’t played since trying the Wii U trilogy oof