/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.9644914]

We are here to discuss one of the greatest achievements in the field of digital interactive entertainment.

[Anonymous No.9645009]

What's your favorite environment? I really like Phendrana Drifts.

[Anonymous No.9645065]

>Tallon IV's atmosphere is gone
>The nebula doesn't even look similar and is moved; now the scene is too dark to even see the asteroids
Even the logo wasn't safe from the NINTENDO HIRE THIS MAN treatment!

[Anonymous No.9645067]

>>9644914
So thoughts on the remaster? It looks surprisingly ambitious and even lets you choose the original controls

Probably what MP4 will look like

[Anonymous No.9645074]

>>9645065
>>9645067

[Anonymous No.9645075]

>>9645065
They fixed the awful pixel leaves in the cutscene and low res water so I'm optimistic

[Anonymous No.9645078]

>>9645074
That's a case of differen't not worse. Also the low poly ring in bottom looked bad

[Anonymous No.9645082]

>>9645078
>That's a case of differen't not worse.
It's the same game; different is worse as it's supposed to be a recreation.

[Anonymous No.9645084]

>>9645078
Mate they didn't even care, the proof is in the asteroids.

[Anonymous No.9645095]

>>9645078
bro the top is 21 years newer and doesn't even look as good as a 360 game. wake the fuck up.

[Anonymous No.9645098]

>>9645067
I can't play anything but the original NA version, the changes to the lore confuse and enrage me. I want to try emulating with an HD texture pack, though.

[Anonymous No.9645108]

>>9645074
Top looks a lot better and actually like a planet instead of an old low res orange

No one distrusts remasters more than I do but I will start complaining once there are actual reasons and not just autism. Plus it's not final yet

[Anonymous No.9645112]

>>9645108
I always thought MP1 was ugly while everyone else was raving about how beautiful it is. Not surprised the same people now complain about obvious technical improvements. It's just a silly fanbase

[Anonymous No.9645118]

>>9645075
>>9645078
>>9645108
>low res
>low poly
Nobody is arguing the original game was pushing more teraflops; the purpose of the remaster should be to make what was there look better, instead of missing the point/removing it outright.

[Anonymous No.9645127]

>>9645108
>Plus it's not final yet
it's as final as it gets, it's available for purchase right now

[Anonymous No.9645312]

>>9645118
>the purpose of the remaster should be to make what was there look better
Which they did, see >>9645108
Metroid Prime had a lot of poor geometry and puke textures

[Anonymous No.9645454]

>>9644914
it's funny how i posted threads about Prime several times for a week last month, and here we are, remaster time

[Anonymous No.9645467]

>>9645108
Soul and soulessness, two sides of the same coin. Looks more like two cheeks of an ass from here.

[Anonymous No.9645471]

>>9645009
>>9645065
>>9645067
>>9645074
>>9645075
>>9645078
>>9645082
>>9645084
>>9645095
>>9645098
>>9645098
>>9645108
>>9645112
>>9645118
>>9645127
>>9645312
>>9645454
>>9645467
There's already a thread up. >>9644470
Migrate to it, retards.

[Anonymous No.9645494]

>>9645471
>some dumb attempt to talk about the remaster instead of just saying in straight up
No thanks

[Anonymous No.9645496]

>>9645108
It's literally a video game rule that
better means worse and
worse means better
It could look like real life and people would say the GC game looks better

[Anonymous No.9645504]

>>9645496
real life is a shit game

[Anonymous No.9645510]

>>9645108
Right shows the Impact Crater which is a critical part of the game's story.
Left shows nothing.

[Anonymous No.9645521]

>>9645108
>Plus it's not final yet

[Anonymous No.9645675]

>>9645312
>Which they did
>Can't see the asteroids
>The nebula, geometrically, doesn't even look like it's calling you to the planet
>The planet's atmosphere is very thin now
Am I insane for saying the artistic decisions are inferior?

[Anonymous No.9645693]

>>9645675
Unironically take meds. It's obviously better overall

[Anonymous No.9645695]

>>9645693
Damn, original Samus looked like an Ayy, puts Anja Taylor Joy to shame

[Anonymous No.9645719]

>>9645693
But you agree that the things I've described are true?

[Anonymous No.9645773]

>>9645719
The thinner atmosphere around the planet is literally more realistic in the remaster. You sound autistic

[Anonymous No.9645780]

[Anonymous No.9645791]

>>9645773
We're not describing realism, never remind that Tallon IV may not have the same atmosphere as the Earth, never mind that you can actually see the Earth's atmosphere from a similar distance.

[Anonymous No.9645798]

>>9645780
Oh yeah, I'm the one who's been bitching about the intro level but so far I'll be the first to say the rest of the remaster is great

[Anonymous No.9646091]

>>9644914
Overrated AF.
/v/ tourist detected

[Anonymous No.9646092]

>>9645095
It looks like a switch game you fucking idiot

[Anonymous No.9646213]

>>9646091
Feeling like a big man?

[Anonymous No.9646248]

>>9645693
Aside from making her facial structure uglier (heavier jaw, lower cheekbones, more slope to her forehead), I just think it's ironically sexist to give her blush and mascara when before she didn't have makeup before. Why is Samus putting her face on when she spends 99 percent of her time alone in the suit?
It's not even that it's the only less than beautiful depiction of Samus, it's just the depressingly banal predictability of the current year mandate of using technology to make games realistically uglier when they could be using it to make better games.

[Anonymous No.9646338]

>>9646248
Well the top one looks like a goblin and the bottom actually like a fit woman

[Anonymous No.9646346]

>>9645773
And how does that improve the game in the slightest way?

[Anonymous No.9646495]

>>9645108
Right is a result of upscaling
Not a problem at original resolution

[Anonymous No.9646507]

>>9646248
Be lucky they didn't just transplant her current "Zero Suit" head into the scene.

[Anonymous No.9646541]

>>9646507
Yeah that's why I was trying to be fair, it's not like she's gorgeous in every game, it's just this remaster has that certain strain of modern realism that is immediately identifiable as trying to homogenize female characters to a standard of ugliness. If they had plugged in the Dread head it would be low effort, this is putting in a lot of effort to make something worse.

[Anonymous No.9646649]

>>9644914
Now remastered!:
https://litter.catbox.moe/wqnha9.webm

[Anonymous No.9646706]

>>9645798
I thought the intro looked fine? What was wrong with it?

[Anonymous No.9646768]

>>9646706
Here: >>9645065
>>9645074

[Anonymous No.9646773]

Badly-maintained ship? Nope, now it's all perfect down to the pipes

[Anonymous No.9646775]

This scene is just embarrassing

[Anonymous No.9646869]

>>9646775
>>9646773
>>9645074
These all look fine. Stop seething you fucking autists.

[Anonymous No.9647880]

>>9646775
I like it, puts a lot of emphasis on this room having windows and it just feels nice and warm

[Anonymous No.9647883]

>>9647880
>windows
?

[Anonymous No.9647919]

>>9646773
Why the fuck does that image say "textures" when not a single asset is remotely the same?

[Anonymous No.9647926]

>>9647883
Yes, windows.
>a window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light
They are holes in the roof which exist to let in light.

[Anonymous No.9648373]

>>9646775
most soulless new pic yet

[Anonymous No.9648420]

>>9646775
i want to like the bottom but I know I'll be a cuck

[Anonymous No.9648467]

>>9644914
I thought the original was pretty dull, no idea why this game is jerked off so hard. I expected something much better.

[Anonymous No.9649248]

Do you hate the control scheme?

[Anonymous No.9649370]

>actual dev who worked on the original metroid prime
hahahahahahahahahaha
Well it's on the Switch, it's going to sell millions no matter what

[Anonymous No.9649386]

>>9649370
>that tweet
go back to discord and stay there. just look at the replies, i dont get why he chose the blurriest lowest resolution picture to nitpick

[Anonymous No.9649846]

>>9649370
The pompousness of assuming you know this was a mistake and not an intentional change.

[Anonymous No.9651387]

>>9649370
I mean he got a point. The doors opening when you shoot the hologram barrier makes more sense than shooting a primitive metal door
Is the texture completely gone in the remaster or just very transparent?

[Anonymous No.9651403]

>>9649846
this

[Anonymous No.9651406]

>>9651387
the door is now illuminated by that light

[Anonymous No.9653141]

>>9645693
What's her ethnicity?

[Anonymous No.9653259]

>>9653141
Looks German/Dutch and a bit of Slav

[Anonymous No.9653478]

>>9653141
>Seamus
sounds Irish

[Anonymous No.9653526]

>>9653478
If first names are an indicator of ethnicity then at least a third of the global population is Jewish

[Anonymous No.9653567]

>>9653526
Do you not know that each county uses their version of Christian names?

[Anonymous No.9653578]

>>9653567
Samuel is pretty consistent across languages

[Anonymous No.9653579]

We are here to discuss one of the greatest achievements in the field of cuisine.

[Anonymous No.9653581]

>>9653578
except jewish?

[Anonymous No.9653583]

>We are here to discuss one of the greatest achievements in the field of digital interactive entertainment.

[Anonymous No.9653613]

>>9645067
I just pirated it. The new dual stick controls make it worth playing alone.
I have no idea if they've added any new content, so far it looks like a texture pack and better controls.

[Anonymous No.9653615]

>>9645067
I think it looks great but I saw someone talk about how the beam weapons have that thing like Hunters had: Where you hold the fire button to autofire for a few shots, THEN you start charging. I'm not sure I like that change.

[Anonymous No.9653627]

>mods get pissy if you criticize their retarded hyperbole
Metroid Prime is a bad game and no amount of deleting messages or bans will change that fact.

[Anonymous No.9653873]

>>9644914
>fps
>can't strafe

[Anonymous No.9654650]

>>9653873
Metroid Prime is explicitly not a first person shooter

[Anonymous No.9654736]

>>9644914
Generic.

[Anonymous No.9654754]

>>9654650
That's pretentious as fuck, it's a first person shooter.

[Anonymous No.9654780]

>>9645496
Realism, even done well, can detract from the experience. Its why the book is always better than the movie adaptation- the world exists exactly as the end user wants it to.

[Anonymous No.9654842]

>>9654754
You could call loot shooters rpgs since they have level up mechanics, doesnt make them one. It was a great design choice to solve the problem of shifting a traditional 2d game to 3d.

[Anonymous No.9655045]

>>9649846
>>9651403
he worked on the door for months originally. it seems natural to see it all fucked up and call it how you see it.

[Anonymous No.9655052]

>>9651387
the one on the left is the original.
the image is unfair because of the compression on the video grab for the remaster even.

[Anonymous No.9655068]

>>9654650
>Game is in first person perspective
>You shoot things until they die
It's an fps.

[Anonymous No.9655075]

>>9654650
>source is wikipedia page
You lost

[Anonymous No.9655102]

genres aren't mutually exclusive. it seems pathetic when fans jump up and down demanding it not to be an FPS too.

[Anonymous No.9655337]

>>9645074
They could have just done a straight port with new controls, the graphics were good as is and still look good

[Anonymous No.9656398]

GoaT after ocarinna

[Anonymous No.9656404]

>>9654650
Lmao you must be really retarded, and not just because you are using Wikipedia as a source

[Anonymous No.9656631]

>>9654842
They are literally marketed as RPG's. The difference between Destiny and Final Fantasy is that one has actual gameplay. Anyway, Metroid Prime is a first person shooter, just one with bad combat

[Anonymous No.9657923]

>>9655045
the whole game is graphically different

[Anonymous No.9658125]

>>9656404
>not old enough to remember interviews with the developers and Nintendo itself calling it a "First Person Adventure"
Come back when you're old enough to drink

[Anonymous No.9658150]

>>9654650
It's a fps but it's also an action adventure. It definitely doesnt follow a lot of the norms of a FPS game.

[Anonymous No.9658809]

Are those Metroid Prime threads subtle shilling for the remaster, or did it just cause such a rise in interest for the game?

[Anonymous No.9658976]

>>9658809
Both.

[Anonymous No.9658979]

>>9658809
Both. Zoomers are paying full price for goyslop demake and infecting /vr/ with their stink.

[Anonymous No.9658994]

>>9658979
>goyslop

[Anonymous No.9659409]

>>9645693
She looks like Kim from BCS in the remaster (in a good way)

[Anonymous No.9659418]

>>9658976
>>9658979
it's not both. you faggots threw money at the screen the moment they shadowdropped

[Anonymous No.9659451]

>>9644914
This game is foundational to my interest in video games, I first played it in 2002 when I was like 8. Every inch of that world is seared into the deepest parts of my memory. IMO the greatest thing Nintendo ever published, and I'm so glad the remaster is as amazing as it is.

[Anonymous No.9659454]

>>9645009
Probably Tallon Overworld. The comfy rainy weather and atmosphere, and that god-tier music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAfMUZR3_m8

[Anonymous No.9659548]

>>9658979
I thought the goyslop thing was funny when it was actually about food, using it to refer to video games is so retarded its unbelievable. The meme leaving /ck/ and /fit/ was a disaster.

[Anonymous No.9659597]

>>9645693
>>9645693
I really love this design, I hate how the smash ZSS looks like a model, this actually looks like how old Samus would canonically be.
>>9646248
Youre insane if you think her facial structure in the remaster looks worse, she barely even looks human in the original.
The makeup is a slightly more valid complaint that I honestly wouldntve noticed if not pointed out. I can excuse it since its an extremely light amount of makeup that youd usually see in movies and Samus is supposed to be inspired by Ellen Ripley even if she doesnt look much like Sigourney Weaver.

[Anonymous No.9659615]

>>9645693
the real question is why is the gravity suit now blue

[Anonymous No.9659630]

>>9659451
>I'm a zoomer

[Anonymous No.9659632]

>>9645108
>actually like a planet
Realism fags truly need to be gassed

[Anonymous No.9659640]

>>9659597
>I hate how the smash ZSS looks like a mode
Samus was always a model
>this actually looks like how old Samus would canonically be.
Metroid Prime is chronologically early when she's young

Why do you guys let your headcanons run rampant?

[Anonymous No.9659646]

>>9659640
Some people just don't want characters to be hot.

[Anonymous No.9659702]

>>9659615
Prime gravity suit was always more blue than purple for some reason.

>>9659646
it's just weird how people blame Smash when Metroid games did this to themselves.

It has made me start to think that a lot of this discourse originated because many people's first Metroid is Prime, which clouded a lot of people's view when they saw that Samus, even though Prime Samus is actually an outlier.

[Anonymous No.9659703]

>>9659630
1994 is late millennial. I'm gonna be 30 next year

[Anonymous No.9659705]

>>9659640
I hate ZSS but for a completely different reason: her Fusion appearance was easily hottest of them all and it got replaced too quickly!

[Anonymous No.9659709]

>>9659703
ah, my bad. you're a protozoomer

[Anonymous No.9659713]

>>9659705
Yeah I hear you. A part of me dislikes ZSS due to it's standardization, and we no longer get unique outfits every game now.

[Anonymous No.9659880]

>>9658125
Kek I was too busy playing games then reading about them. Plus it doesn't change the fact it's a fps.

[Anonymous No.9659919]

>>9659880
Myst is a first person adventure, Metroid Prime is a shooter

[Anonymous No.9660109]

>>9644914
I've never played Prime, should I play the original or just get the remaster?

[Anonymous No.9660130]

>>9660109
The remaster is fantastic and the most accessible legit way to play the game unless you have a GameCube copy or manage to get your hands on a copy of Trilogy. The visuals and controls are great, and the sounds, music, progression, map layout and overall content are 1:1 to the original, unlike the Dead Space remake. Essentially, if you play the remaster, you're getting the full experience, and a good representation of it at that.

If you're a purist and want something closer to the untouched experience, download PrimeHack for Dolphin and play the Trilogy through that. Also a great way to play all three games. But keep in mind that the Trilogy lacks some of the minor touches the original GCN edition had.

[Anonymous No.9660146]

>>9660130
>unless you have a GameCube copy
I have a softmodded Wii with Nintendont, so availability isn't a concern. Are the new controls and other improvements enough to warrant playing the remaster instead?

[Anonymous No.9660148]

>>9660146
>I have a softmodded Wii
play the wii trilogy

[Anonymous No.9660171]

>>9660146
The new controls are certainly more intuitive, but the game was originally designed around the more involved aiming controls and stuff. So when you play the remaster with twin stick control, it's super fucking easy. Like I am on Normal and have not come even close to dying at any point. I think the remaster supports a control option that mimics the original though, but I haven't tested it. It also has the Wiimote aiming controls if you're into that. If you have a Switch-compatible GC controller, it can be used to control the game exactly as it was on the original hardware. Visually the remaster is exceptional, and runs at 60FPS somehow despite the Switch's dogshit hardware.

Ultimately, I would recommend the remaster without any caveats, unless your mission is specifically to play the original code of the game in its purest form. The remaster is a straight visual upgrade without sacrificing any of the original's art direction or atmosphere. Control options are varied enough to give you whatever you want. It's got extra accessibility options, and some bonus features like concept art and 3D model viewers that the original didn't have.

TL;DR The remaster is definitely worth the purchase

[Anonymous No.9660218]

>>9644914
Really I don't know which is the best version between the original and the remaster. It's weird.
Some places obviously look better. Some places are just NINTENDO HIRE THIS MAN level of soulless, looking like shitty unreal engine garbage.
>>9646773
>>9646775

Some things in the original actually look better too (left door) >>9649370

The thermal vision looks worse too in the remaster.
The vibe of Phendrana is slightly different too, not worse it seems just a bit different with those textures.

[Anonymous No.9660230]

>>9645074
>How to convince people that the remaster looks better

[Anonymous No.9661102]

>>9645074
I don't understand the people saying the remaster looks better in this image. The original's colors pop more, there's more stars in the sky, and the nebula looks a lot more pronounced and center stage while the remake's looks more like an afterthought

[Anonymous No.9661115]

>>9660171
Is the concept art gallery the same as the original game?

[Anonymous No.9661139]

>>9661115
They have both.

[Anonymous No.9661146]

>>9661139
>31 images just for that section
And also the original one? that's fucking great

[Anonymous No.9661241]

>>9645693
>>9659597
I half-remember one of the devs saying that Prime's Samus was modeled on Uma Thurman, though that could be something I read on GameFAQs eons ago.
New one looks closer to Gwen Christie.

[Anonymous No.9662092]

I'm replaying the trilogy version because of the remaster. I think this is my 3rd or 4th playthrough since the Trilogy version came out. Going for a 100% playthrough.
The "Hunt down twelve artifacts" quest is pointless and adds nothing to the game except forcing you to backtrack. A lot of the fun of backtracking in Super Metroid is that most of it is optional: you're not forced into it, but you can get tons of new items and the 100% completion bonus. Progression to Mother Brain is tied to defeating the 4 main bosses.

But the Prime artifact quest is just needless padding. The game would benefit if you just cut the whole thing out. There's so much going back and forth between empty rooms.
I like Prime 2 better, but I remember it being even worse in that game.

[Anonymous No.9662507]

>>9644914
Loved it

[Anonymous No.9663613]

>>9644914
it's good

[Anonymous No.9664038]

>>9661139
>An attractive, blonde, white, feminine-looking woman in a western-developed game in 2023
>It's a remake of a 20 year old product

Figures

[Anonymous No.9664083]

>>9644914
The remaster is dogshit. Why are people incapable of making good remasters?

[Anonymous No.9664093]

>>9645780
Oh boy I sure do love having an obnoxious pulsating light with bloom in the corner the entire playthrough, what a magnificent improvement to my gaming experience!

[Anonymous No.9664108]

>>9664038
Go back to your containment board.

[Anonymous No.9664114]

>>9664108
Lurk moar

[Anonymous No.9664190]

>>9662092
i dropped 1 and 2 at the artifact quest. good games but that is just dogshit

[Anonymous No.9664510]

>>9664083
>the doors
>beam lights on the environment
>the fake reflections in Chozo ruins on one prop

Without mentioning these three things, why is the remaster dogshit? What makes it top-to-bottom, universally bad? Not even worthy of playing? What is a remaster you would hold in higher regard and why?

[Anonymous No.9664528]

>>9662092
>The "Hunt down twelve artifacts" quest is pointless and adds nothing to the game except forcing you to backtrack.
Funny, this is exactly what makes Prime better than the sequel. In Prime you can organically collect these throughout your playthrough, and you're actually encouraged to with the hints you get a couple hours in. In the sequel, the hints and the item that allows you to even pick the fuckers up are the absolute last things you get in the game. It was, undeniably, designed to pad game time. And that's why 1 is better than 2.

[Anonymous No.9664557]

>>9664528
As a kid, I always found it fun to have that chunk of the game to go back to every area of the game while completely maxed out with upgrades and equipment. Like rather than the game ending too quick after you get the Phazon suit, I got time to enjoy the fully geared version of the character and play around with it.

[Anonymous No.9664565]

>>9664557
You can use that time to round up any final missiles or energy tanks you're missing. Being forced into a tedious scavenger hunt just as the game is climaxing is an egregious misstep, and they're going to have to fix that if they remaster 2.

[Anonymous No.9664741]

>>9664510
>>9664093

[Anonymous No.9664768]

>>9664557
>I always found it fun to have that chunk of the game to go back to every area of the game while completely maxed out with upgrades and equipment.
Yup. I always love an excuse to go back to previous areas. Also why I liked the green stars in Galaxy 2

[Anonymous No.9664787]

>>9664768
Green stars at least remix what you're doing in those same locales. Prime 2's scavenger hunt is just forcing you to retread covered ground with nothing new in it.

[Anonymous No.9664798]

>>9658150
It's a jank fps. Were it anything but metroid it'd have been forgotten instantly.

[Anonymous No.9664817]

It was different than super metroid, so i hated it. I watched a buddy play some of it when it came out and was never interested enough to play it. Also, its on the gaycube.

[Anonymous No.9664827]

>>9645074
The bottom image is not from the original Gamecube game.

[Anonymous No.9665603]

>>9664827
Yeah it looks worse than the original GameCube game since the low polys and textures aren't masked by a 480i composite output

[Anonymous No.9665650]

Did they re-do the music for the remaster or is it the original stuff?
I hate music redos on remaster games.

[Anonymous No.9665664]

>>9665650
Nope, sounds and music are the same as the original game.

[Anonymous No.9667169]

>>9644914
Didn’t think it could be better than Super but it kinda is

[Anonymous No.9667237]

>>9644914
>pew pew but now with text boxes
>greatest achievement
yikes

[Anonymous No.9668445]

>>9644914
based

[Anonymous No.9669014]

>>9644914
>We are here to discuss one of the greatest achievements in the field of digital interactive entertainment.
I'm in.

[Anonymous No.9669171]

>>9645074

[Anonymous No.9669174]

>>9664510
>IF YOU'RE SO SMART TELL ME WHAT 2+2 IS, AND DON'T SAY 4!!!

[Anonymous No.9669179]

>>9649846
The pompousness of not knowing who that is.

[Anonymous No.9670647]

>>9669174
>those three things on their own with no other factors render the game completely unplayable to you

Genuine autism, imagine having to live this way

[Anonymous No.9670854]

>>9664528
>And that's why 1 is better than 2.
Once you get to the keys fetch quest, you can basically just drop Prime 2 and not miss much of anything. Emperor Ing failed to impress me: seemed surprisingly easy.
But I still prefer Prime 2 to 1.
I think Metroid games are at their best with a horror edge, and Prime 2 takes things in a direction no other game in the series really has.
It's a totally unique aesthetic.

[Anonymous No.9671226]

>>9660171
I'd just beaten Prime 1 on Primehack with M+KB yesterday, and I can concur on that. I remembered my first playthrough being difficult on the GC, but it was a breeze after I played with the default Primehack controls. Only fight that lowered my energy significantly was Meta Ridley, bastard was tricky to shoot his mouth at.

[Anonymous No.9671228]

>>9671226
>bastard was tricky to shoot his mouth at.
I beat the Trilogy version of the game two days ago. The hype from the remaster made me want to play it again.
Meta Ridley was kicking my ass with the Wii controls until I switched off "lock on free aim". He's much easier to hit if you play with the original controls. Go figure.

[Anonymous No.9671546]

>>9645693
I miss this samus

[Anonymous No.9671905]

Just testing if you can actually post webms above 3MB now

[Anonymous No.9672334]

I was bored and felt like asking chatGPT to write a script for Star Trek TNG about Dark Aether. Multiple takes of it were made, feel free to call me a faggot for being overly polite to the bot. I don't know why I practice nice mannerisms to an algorithm but whatever.

Enjoy (or don't)

https://pastebin.com/raw/CztBtUft

[Anonymous No.9672337]

>>9671905
what the fuck, since when?

[Anonymous No.9672354]

This thread illustrates to me plainly why bluepoint have jobs instead of bricks thrown through their abandoned office's windows.
Expected better of /vr/. Can't spot the art direction's forest for technically improved trees.

[Anonymous No.9673575]

>>9672354
I don't think it's so cut and dry. There's things I dislike about the remaster for sure. Mostly lots of little details like beams no longer lighting surfaces, lighting being off, door shields not functioning the same way (and being harder to read because of it), computer panels and screens having way less detailed textures, the triangular grid pattern on Samus' visor, Samus' face in the ending cutscene...
Phendrana really bothers me actually. It was the one area they should have nailed, and I think the original looks superior. The lighting, the rock textures they used, and the snow textures as well: it all has a greener tint, where OG Phendrana was much bluer/whiter.
But personally I really like the Chozo Ruins area. Yea the lighting is different in some places, but the enhanced detail of the architecture is genuinely cool. Having everything be at a higher resolution in general is nice. Rain dripping off the arm cannon now in Tallon Overworld is very nice. In terms of broad strokes, the remaster does give a good impression at a glance. It's fans like you and me who notice all the little details that are off.

This is a case where it's hard for me to be upset about it. I honestly have never seen a remaster that I really liked or thought was superior to the artstyle of any original game. If I'm eternally critical of remasters anyway, why should I be particularly upset about this one?

[Anonymous No.9673597]

>>9670854
>Once you get to the keys fetch quest, you can basically just drop Prime 2 and not miss much of anything.
This is what I did when I recently replayed.
>But I still prefer Prime 2 to 1.
And I also agree with this. It's just sad that you basically have to have a separate file just to fight the last boss.

[Anonymous No.9673962]

>>9644914
game is fun but bosses are not v good, stopped after ridley

[Anonymous No.9674019]

>>9673962
>stopped just before the final boss
why?

[Anonymous No.9674026]

>>9674019
cause I attempted the final boss two times and couldn't bother with the bullshit multi coloured metroid room a third time. might've stuck with it if i played it with double stick controls

[Anonymous No.9674034]

>>9645074
I'm not seeing a problem from a remastering perspective here. Do you enjoy low res planet textures and brown space dust smears or are you just nitpicky by default?

[Anonymous No.9674102]

>>9674026
You got filtered, be honest with yourself.

[Anonymous No.9674116]

>>9674026
literal definition of filtered

[Anonymous No.9674431]

>>9645009
100% Phendrana Drifts, best music in the game

[Anonymous No.9674436]

>>9645009
Sidehopper Station

[Anonymous No.9674440]

>>9646248
>Why is Samus putting her face on when she spends 99 percent of her time alone in the suit?
Many 3D females wear some amount of makeup 24/7

[Anonymous No.9674445]

>>9674431
The original, or the upbeat remix in the second half?

[Anonymous No.9674704]

>>9646775
I always assumed the lighting was intentionally dim on tallon iv because it was a dying planet

[Anonymous No.9674719]

>>9647883
You are one stupid motherfucker. I hope you get raped to death.

[Anonymous No.9674734]

>>9645108
they actually destroyed the lore by removing that giant line across the planet

[Anonymous No.9674930]

>>9674034
I'm talking about the scene CONCEPTUALLY. Mise-en-scene exists regardless of texture resolution

[Anonymous No.9674936]

>>9674734
Been a while since I played Metroid, what does the line represent?

[Anonymous No.9674954]

>>9674936
>Tallon IV has a noticeable scar, left by the collision of the Leviathan on the planet 50 years before Prime. This Leviathan, of course, would later become the Impact Crater. The scar can be seen from space on the planet, and is mentioned in the Galactic Federation Data entry regarding Tallon IV in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (see below). The log states that while the scar is still visible, the planet has largely recovered from the damage done to its ecosystem by Phazon and is once again capable of sustaining life.
https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Tallon_IV

[Anonymous No.9675028]

>>9645074
>planet going to be an uninhabitable wasteland in 25 years
>DUUURRRHHHH PLANET HAVE CLOUDS HUUURRRRRRRR
BRAVO REMASTER TEAM!!! WELL DONE

[Anonymous No.9675073]

>>9675028
rainclouds in Tallon Overworld? clouds over Phendrana?

[Anonymous No.9675091]

>>9675073
those are just isolated localized climate anomalies from the planet being in utter turmoil which is why they're so extreme. It's not like those places are entire continents or anything so it certainly shouldn't show up from space

[Anonymous No.9675732]

>>9645074
The original never made sense anyways. It looks like fucking Mars, as if the whole planet is a barren rocky desert, which is obviously not the case.

[Anonymous No.9675736]

The Gamecube enthusiast.

[Anonymous No.9675754]

>>9646773
>>9646775
Having not played this game and only glancing through the thread I have no clue if these posts are trying to say the remake looks good or that it looks bad.

[Anonymous No.9675764]

>>9675736
>itoddler
>worthless shitpost
Ban phone posting please

[Anonymous No.9676574]

>>9675754
I finished it, so I'll post a mini review for you.

There are a few things that look a little different, but for the most part it looks like what I remember it looking like, so I think they did the job well. It's not like Demon's Souls where lots of things were glaringly different with completely ruined music. It's definitely running the same engine underneath all the new models, textures, and lighting work, so it really does feel the same to play it.

The dual stick controls are really good compared to the original and the Wii remote. It feels better to play than the original.

The only unfortunate thing is that the game is way too easy, but that's how it was for me before so it's not like the difficulty has changed in any way. I've also played it several times, so I'm not exactly sure how to gauge actual difficulty for a new player, but I'll share my experiences. On normal mode, I died only one time and it was because I jumped down a shaft filled with electricity. I thought the electricity would do hardly any damage and there is no fall damage, so I just misjudged. I got fried almost instantly. On hard mode, I did die twice to Omega pirate, and once to Meta Ridley. The hard mode is locked until you beat normal mode though, which is pretty stupid.

On Normal mode I beat the game in 15 hours, but a lot of that time was me reading logs because I like getting into the lore stuff. Second time around on hard mode it took 9 hours. I already pretty much knew everywhere to go too, so I made few mistakes when navigating, I think it would take a first time player a while longer to beat it than that.

Overall, I think it's worth a purchase.

[Anonymous No.9677212]

>>9645074
As someone whose favorite game of all time is Prime 1, both look really good, and neither invalidates the other.
Stop cockfighting. I do wish they ported the Trilogy untouched in addition to the remaster but unfortunately that wasn't going to happen, and thankfully the originals are far from inaccessible on an authentic level
The only two sins Remastered commits is not using the NTSC-U Phazon Suit cutscene, and also seemingly not having Fusion Suit whatsoever, though who knows, maybe they'll add the latter as a patch hopefully alongside Dread suit too, but that's getting too hopeful

[Anonymous No.9677223]

>>9676574
2 cents have been wired to your nintendo wallet

[Anonymous No.9678952]

>>9644914
the best

[Anonymous No.9679116]

>>9674954
That sucks but it is literally just a line.

They're going to feel silly once they get to 3 and read that lore though lol.

[Anonymous No.9679125]

>>9670854
The light suit is my favourite in the entire metroid franchise. (After the orange fusion suit)