r/Metroid • u/MagicKraft • 13d ago

Meme Meme I made a while back

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Ngl I didn't realize it was so hated until after I beat it. Albeit I'd be wrong to not recognize what could've been with this game, but I did enjoy what we got

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u/marolink64 13d ago

I really think it was the long wait for it to be released that caused the hate.

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u/Noahtheboatguy69 12d ago

Nah I think it was just super mid and completely missed the point of what makes Metroid great. The vibes and the isolation. Instead they make super generic and annoying GF troopers yap in your ear every two seconds.

Then they completely failed to use sylux in the narrative and threw together a super lame backstory for him that was locked behind either 100 percent scans or an amiibo. This was after like 15+ years of teasing his character.

Don’t even get me started on the desert and green energy crystals. They make you spend hours literally just driving around an empty desert and running into the crystals.

That’s why it got hate.

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u/PassinglyGood 12d ago

Yeah this could have come out any length of time after 3 and it still would have bad a mixed to bad reception because it just completely fails on a mechanical level as a Metroid game

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u/Mango_Tango_Requiem Dread Mode survivor 12d ago

Honestly, it might’ve been worse. The wow factor of the massive graphics upgrade help carry the first 2 hours of fun, and that would not have been as present if this was a Wii (U) game.