I love how this entire trailer tried to pull the "ok, Metroid Prime isn't that good," and the entire comment section says "10/10, Masterpiece, one of the best games I've ever played."
That's because this game somehow found the "fun button" and it mercilessly presses it. Of course it's a giant fetch quest, that's pretty much what all games are. It just has such an amazingly enjoyable and pleasurable way of doing it. I've been thinking about classical games, the kinds that will probably transcend generations. Not because they were novel, but because they were simply f u n. The original Prime is just that. Prime 2 was OK, it didn't have the magic of the original and some of it felt more tedious. But I do remember enjoying Prime 3.
Yeah, Im roughly half way through it and having sooo much fun again. However not having auto save really showed me how spoiled we have gotten by it. Prime 3 was my first Prime game, I was thrilled when they released all 3 on the Wii.
@@robhulson it's also because complaining about a Metroidvania being a metroidvania is weird. Nintendo also never marketed this game as a shooter either, but it's still somehow more engaging than actual shooters. And the platforming point is a bit weird when one of the key selling points for Metroid Prime is that the platforming feels good.
@@robhulson I guess it just comes down to personal taste but in my opinion Prime 2 is the best of the trilogy with 3 being the worst. Prime 2 refined what 1 was already good at like the atmosphere and storytelling while making serious improvements to previously less great design choices like the Magmoor problem. I also really like the ammo system because it gives more depth to the choice of weapon and makes finding capacity upgrades actually great unlike missile tanks which become kinda unnecessary at some point. I understand that people don´t like the energy drain of the dark world but that is also because many people will fully heal in every bubble of light even though that is completely unneseccary with health pickups being not rare. However I can see how that is the designers fault since people are known to optimize the fun out of games with the designers having the responsibility to make sure the game is never not fun.
@@JustAWildSkullKid in all fairness if he came right out and said "if I sound bitter, its because of those damn chozo ghosts!" I would find that completely understandable!
To be fair you can't even cal her Doomgirl... Because Metroid as series are even older than DooM. So Doomguy is the first "Mr. Metroid" and Master Chief is "Mr. Metroid Jr"
Seriously. This is how I know the video was written by someone who didn’t play the game and/or was just trying hard to be edgy. The platforming feels really comfy in this game.
Yea I'd say the same, even to the point where it makes the first two games a bit too easy lol almost never used lock on cause the motion controls were so fast and accurate.
The problem is, Switch pointer controls are purely gyro, no IR sensor, no Wii Motion +, less precise, and so they're a LOT weaker than the original Wii control scheme. It de-synchs a LOT. It's just a button press to re-center, sure, but it's tedious and frustrating compared to the Corruption/Trilogy version.
As someone who played it for the first time 2023, I can confirm I did not bounce off of it. Great game, I loved it and it was the first Nintendo release in awhile to really pull me in
"the game's singular Metroid" Either they somehow didn't notice all of the Metroids attacking Samus in the space pirate labs and Impact Crater or they didn't play the game. That explains why they think people only like it because of nostalgia, too.
@@cellphonescience actually, Metroid is the right name moving forwards, since Samus is indeed a Metroid. But I guarantee you didn't play it and wouldn't understand... So...
@@samy29987 Unfortunately you don't understand irony. I know my Metroid Dread and played it to the end. But I would never spoil such reveal here as you did. But knowing since Fusion that real Metroids are extinct I made an ironic joke. Please be more careful and don't estimate someone else or what this person would understand. That's rude.
This video feels like it was written by someone who tried to play Prime on the GameCube, didn't have a great time with it, and is now venting his frustration based off of hazy memories.
Like... insulting the platforming? Really? I don't know how they pulled it off, but the platforming actually works great. There must be a touch of auto-aim, and maybe it lets you jump just after walking off the edge? I don't know. I just know it's way more casual and seamless than platforming in a first person game has any right to be.
@@Tylendal242 SAME! Finally somebody agrees! I was amazed by how fluid the platforming was! I thought there was no way they could make it work in first person, let alone work well! But it’s so fluid! And any jump you think you can make, you can! You don’t even have to spend much time looking up and down. Sure it’s not fast platforming like 2D games or whatever but it’s still really good!
The comment about the Wii controls is stupid as well. The Prime games are great with the Wii controls. I actually prefer it over the gamecube controls (played Prime on Gamecube, Echoes on Wii).
Yes the wii controls were great. But these unfortunately aren’t them. The wii controls had the infra red sensor which didn’t have to be recalibrated every 30 seconds. The motion controls here are gyro and do have to be recalibrated.
Double-Jump? Rapid-fire gun that can be charged for a more powerful shot (pistol)? Oh, I definitely had the thought “this is oddly similar to Metroid Prime” while playing Doom 2016! Not necessarily a bad thing though!😁
I wonder if they meant 'titular' and somehow derped on it. Also, calling Samus 'lady Halo' comes off as a bit sexist. If anything, Master Chief is 'mister Metroid'.
@@Jeorin I don't know when I heard Lady Halo 2 things come to mind. 1. Lady Palutena, and just like Samus both are Divine. 2. He is speaking Xbro language, the easiest way for them to understand (rather than explaining sci-fi, space, aliens etc, etc...) and catch their attention.
"...blast your way closer to the heart of the planet's mystery, and your fight with the game's singular actual Metroid." You're forgetting the larval Metroids in the Space Pirate research center in Phendrana Drifts, the adolescent Hunter Metroids that show up in the Tallon Overworld, and the larger Fission Metroids in the Impact Crater. It's like you didn't even play the game.
@@ASquared544 You are correct. The Hunter Metroids are (according to the wiki) located in Phendrana Drifts and Phazon Mines. I was going off a 20+ year old memory.
2:39 ...The Wii motion controls were praised as the _best_ way to play Metriod Prime when they came to that system. Skip to today, and suddenly they should only be used "if you hate yourself"?
Apparently I really hate myself because I love the motion controls so much. I only bust out the pro controller whenever my wife wants to cuddle. Tbf some parts of the game are actually harder with the motion controls. The game give you tons of options to make the game easier or harder on yourself depending on your play style. I always choose the latter. The suffering and consequences of dying keep me coming back. Few games these days have real consequences for dying as severe as Metroid Prime has. Damn I love this game.
@@ramonandrajo6348 honestly if you like emulating i say go for it but i also want them to release new metroid games so i dont want to emulate games i dont own. just my opinion.
Of all the bitching they had done about the game being old, this was the biggest miss. The gamecube original controls are what you would play if you hated yourself and what has aged the worst from the game. The Wii controls and the new control scheme were great!...I don't think they even knew the controls were changed.
@@ramonandrajo6348 Yeah, and? Piracy being a good way to stick it to the industry while still getting your video games doesn't relate whatsoever to Wii-style pointer aiming being good or not.
Honestly, I can't decide if my favorite way to play Prime 2 is Wii controls or keyboard and mouse (thanks to Primehack). I did both not too long ago, it was fun. This remaster I enjoyed the classic controls again. It's basically the old Goldeneye controls, you give it enough time and it ages like wine haha.
@@MrWhygodwhy I dunno why, but for me I'm more of a fan of the gamecube controls. Not for remaster, but with the original, when I have a gamecube controller in my hands, it's like putting a glove on and my brain just instinctively gets all of it like I've been playing for 20 years straight. Wii controls though, without a doubt, are THE best motion controls for any game I've played.
@@TheEveryDayC Probably because it was what the game was designed with first and because it was how you got used to playing the game. It also made more sense on the gamecube controller, which wasn't a controller that had a particularly great setup for first person games. (it had dual analog, but no one would be comfortable playing Halo for instance with that C stick and those triggers). Today however, first person controls have been figured out and standardized. While I think both control schemes work for the game, if you forgot or haven't played before, you would have to learn a fairly cumbersome control method just for this game and without a lot of benefit to it. So that's why I say it has aged the worst and that it would be the control scheme where "hating yourself" makes more sense.
Bounce off? No way, I'm a first time player and loved it. Compare to the Crysis 1 remaster which I tried recently and bounced off immediately. Metroid Prime may not be an outstanding fps, but that's not even the point, most of the time it feels more like Portal than Doom or Halo. They were definitely right to advertise it as a 'first person adventure'.
If you don't find the scanning interesting, which it often isn't, and the backtracking tedious, which it can be, then you're kinda left with a subpar FPS. They could've updated it a bit more gameplay-wise.
Exactly. If you're thinking of it as an FPS in the Halo model, you're simply not approaching it the right way. It's about transposing the classic Metroid experience into 3D, not building an 00's sci-fi shooter for Nintendo.
It doesn't feel like the first few Doom games, but Doom 2016 and Eternal definitely felt like they borrowed a lot from Metroid Prime, and that's fine with me.
1:11 - refers to Metroid Prime (the creature) as "the game's singular actual Metroid". Wait, that doesn't sound right, I'm sure I remember... 3:17 - shows the player fighting a regular Metroid. Yep, that's what I thought. It's one thing to get a minor fact wrong, but to do it and then be debunked by your own footage? Get it together, people. 🤦♂
I never actually got to play this when it first came out, so I was really excited when they remastered it. Even if it was still showing it's age a bit with the relic hunt at the end, I had a blast playing and hope they remake the other two games before Prime 4 comes out. It's certainly better than some of the other triple A games that have come out recently.
Well let me tell you it is confirmed they are giving 2 and 3 some love and will be dropping them before 4. Hopefully the success of this remaster will lead to them giving 2 and 3 the same treatment.
To be fair, you can start the relic hunt as soon as the game loops you back to the gunship (which is basically as soon as you get the space jump), and it's not difficult to get caught up (especially since you're gonna be going back to those places for powerups anyway).
I got the original last year when I bought a gamecube since it was on the shelf with it. It's identical with the different controls improving combat when aiming(I use the Hybrid controls) with one slight change with some pirate logs to make the Metroid Prime be less confusing with it's involvement with the Space Pirate and getting pass the impenetrable barrier holding the Phazon.
This channel was more forgiving with the Forspoken Honest Trailer than with Metroid Prime. And for all the people saying "oh it's because it's a joke video", saying weird wrong things about a game or a movie isn't the point of the honest trailers. They are supposed to point out or exaggerate the things we already see, not make up flaws or complaints.
I'm surprised I didn't laugh more, this one wasn't actually very funny. Not because you made fun of Prime, but because the things you poke fun at are actually what make the game _fun._ Plenty of things to make fun of Prime about, and the Saw death trap joke was absolutely hilariously spot-on. But platforming and item scavenging and using the part of your brain responsible for finding an obstacle, noting it, and remembering it after you've learned a new skill or got a new weapon is a deeply human experience. This game is such a breath air compared to other FPS games that tried to mimic it, or went another route entirely.
@@Alianger Someone talks about the joy of exploration and you relate it to finding your car keys. Kinda shows the extent you like to explore and discover honestly, you are missing out.
@@MrWhygodwhy Exploring is fun, backtracking and remembering can get tedious and does at times in this one. It was a fun vid that made some good points, as a fan of the Metroid games.
You should also look into AM2R, a fabulous fan-made Metroid game that is, honestly, better than Samus Returns on the 3DS. It plays a lot more like Fusion or Zero Mission. Don't get me wrong, Samus Returns is a lot of fun, especially if you like Dread, as it plays similarly. But AM2R rocks, and shame on Nintendo for shutting it down. It honors what they created.
Definitely not a masterpiece. All you do is navigate a labyrinth maze and try to memorize where things are to go back to it when you have the right power. The combat is so basic and pretty much non existent. And the scanning thing is so repetitive useless and annoying to do
Wii controls were fire! Everyone knew that when it came out. But as some of the comments are saying, it's more a first person adventure than an FPS. Also, backtracking is actually enjoyable when the atmo is like it is in this game.
The 'review' is completely wrong. It's easy to roast Metroid Prime but he decided to pick on the lock on feature (tons of games copied it), the platforming (which is simply great) and the Wii controls (that work better in these games than the gamecube controls). Metroid sold about 3m copies total 20 years ago. Claiming that the nostalgia factor plays a huge role in the rating is pretty much impossible.
@@Zornicater They stopped making 2D Metroid games for a long time. Dread is a fantastic game though. Super Metroid is still one of the best in its genre. Ocarina of Time is one of the best games of all time. Nintendo never made a sequel...
@@olsonbryce777 MM was hated at the time bc it wasn't anything like OoT. Nintendo explicitly said in later interviews they didn't want to create a new OoT game so soon after. The same happened with TP. The devs wanted to make another game of the same genre but had to make Crossbow Training instead.
Is it me or this honest trailer sounded salty? like the person who made the script hate the game and didn't play it enough. Is sad such a good game got wasted in such a bad honest trailer
Looking forward to playing this for the first time. I hear Metroid Prime is one of the best games in the series. My favorites are Zero Mission and Dread.
Yeah, Super is essentially the golden standard for the 2ds and just gaming as a whole and Fusion's story and atmosphere are immaculate! I recommend those 2 as well. Honestly metroid as a series is highly consistent in great quality and fun (excluding like 2 of them maybe)😅 definitely has been a slept on series by general masses.
Only issue I had with dread is the same issue I have with all other metroids except super metroid. We can't turn our abilities on and off. I miss being able to mix match beams and do powerbomb combos. It honestly annoys the crap out of me they don't allow that anymore.
@@seriousbismuth2173 Not really when Symphony of the night did the Metroidvania style gameplay much better than Super but it's not by Nintendo so Nintendo fans ignore it, while Fusions story is literally nothing special while being as atmospheric as Super Mario Bros on NES. The series isn't slept on but it's as praised as it deserved, that is ONLY praised by nostalgia filled fans who don't get lost because they have played the games so many times they can beat the games blindfolded, while everyone else without nostalgia just say the games are okay to good...
I've probably played through MP1 10+ times since it was released. I've played it on GC, MP Trilogy on Wii, PrimeHack (dolphin emulator that allows mouse & keyboard controls), etc. It's been so long since I've done a casual playthrough where I sit and read all the logs as I scan them. It made me realize why I fell in love with this game in the first place back when I was 9yrs old. Idk man, it might be pipe dream, but I would absolutely love to see MP2: Echoes remastered given the success of the MP1 Remaster.
First time Prime player here, first Metroid game was Samus Returns, have 0 nostalgia for the series: Prime was a Masterpiece, one of the best games I’ve played. There’s a reason it’s so beloved and timeless, and nostalgia isn’t the reason. If you’re gonna satirize the game, make fun of it accurately. Like backtracking to find the 1 missile tank you missed. Or missing a scan of an enemy that doesn’t respawn. Or constantly being gangbanged by a gaggle of Metroids.
They need more staff, which they refuse to get. They're still operating with a handheld staff which those days are long gone. Their full priced Pokémon games feel like indies.
Um. Not to be off putting. But whomever wrote the script for this. Must have had a rough time. Metroid Prime was fantastic 20 years ago. And still is now with Remastered. It was one of the games back then, when you explore, it challenges you with everything you have learned thus far. Upon obtaining new gear, you can put that ability to use, unlocking more of the world.
i think whoever wrote this played a bit of the beginning, didn't like the combat and then watched a youtube video of the ending or something. there's a lot of stuff in this that is just legit incorrect lol.
@@beagle626 Totally agree. I think they were trying to dig at something that is non existent. Sure you can get lost, but you eventually find your way. There are times I enjoy an Honest Games Trailer. But this one, was trying too hard to be funny. And just sucks the air out of a room. All the other notes at the end is just fluff.
Damn this video is getting shredding in these comments - as it should. As much as I love a good roast, the way they decided to make criticisms and jokes about this masterpiece of a game were just wrong/lazy/not funny. Kinda made me wanna see an honest trailer making fun of the writing process of this honest trailer
Yeah, it's one thing to poke fun at the game. But this felt less like a good natured roast and more of a 'only nostalgia goggles could make someone like this.' It's fine for someone to not like a game, but trying to insinuate the 'real' reasons people like a game or reducing it to just 'nostalgia' is lazy and insincere.
I mean, the real purpose of the scan visor is to fill you in on the lore, since the game's cutscenes don't spell it out for you, and getting lost can easily be avoided by checking the game's 3D map.
The scan visor is such a weird thing to criticize. It’s mostly optional, but it’s also there for the lore freaks that want to discover everything. It’s a win win
Sure feels that way. Singular Metroid? Wii controls suck? What? Even them complaining about the platforming, which was surprisingly good for a FP game! “You only like this game because nostalgia” is what this boiled down to. Super weird after coming off the positive trailer they made for Dread too
the script reads like it was written by somebody that was largely frustrated with the game, which is a shame. rolled my eyes when he called out the glowing reviews. EDIT: More specifically, the script reads like it was written by somebody that played Prime a long time ago, had a bad time, and didn't actually even play the remaster. It's hard to imagine how that "singular Metroid" comment could have happened at all unless this person's memories of the game are really hazy. Pretty much no time was spent talking about the visual upgrade either, which is strange since it's the most striking thing about the remaster.
As a long-time PC Gamer who has only owned PlayStation consoles, I think Metroid Prime on GameCube may be the only Nintendo console game I actually played to completion.
Remember when Honest Trailers were actually funny and not just pessimistic comments on every game ever interspersed with insults aimed at the audience? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
the game literally tells you where to go by default lol. the game has a ton of metroids. the game isn't really for children, it's even rated T and is pretty obtuse for the average kid. the lock on button helps you shoot in the right direction but you fire slow moving projectiles and need to focus on dodging. The game is an adventure game not a shooter anyway. did the person who wrote this even play the game? honestly the repeated dismissal of the game as being for children is the biggest red flag that whoever wrote this had no idea what they were talking about.
@@Significantpower yeah I mean it’s not doom or resident evil or something but the design of dropping a player into an isolating world and letting them figure things out for themselves is closer to dark souls than like a traditional Nintendo kid game (and even Mario or Zelda isn’t “for children” or whatever, they’re for everybody).
The lock on is kinda necessary too, considering how many targets in this game move at lightning speeds. Which isn't the case for the majority of other first person shooters out there where the main enemies run on two legs.
Please say "Now that we did Stardew Valley, we should do Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons." Then please do an Honest Trailer for Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons.
Never mind the questionable opinions, there is so much plain wrong information in this video that it actually hurts. I couldn't finish it. Edit: I finished it. Didn't help.
Ah... the good old "I don't care for this thing, so everyone who loves it is either blinded by nostalgia or just doesn't know better". If you're going to take shots at the game maybe come up with some that aren't so lazy. Though, considering some of the material here, I question if the writer actually played the game.
The game is good but I agree with every thing he said in this video. It's funny how this civilization perfectly created all of these weird puzzles and places that fit into Samus exact powers. And the backtracking and being confused is mind numbing and unexciting.
@@WELLbethere I'm sure that factored too, but was Metroid Prime Hunters not primarily designed for Multiplayer. Seeing that control scheme that the DS had, the developers probably realized multiplayer would work better than the campaign.
HT: "Work your way to the center of the planet to fight the game's single actual metroid" Also HT: shows footage of other metroids Samus fights throughout the game. C'mon guys, this was a real weak one. This is game is beloved for a reason. At least (re)play the actual game before writing the script.
"The game's singular actual Metroid" Sir, this game has a lot of normal and special Metroids, too. You're probably thinking of one of those other Metroid games that doesn't have Metroids in it.
This was my absolute favorite game for a long time. Now I can see that it's become a bit dated, but it's still pretty good. I would even say Doom Eternal felt like the same kind of game. It had first person platforming, it had exploration and simple puzzles for upgrades, it had largely arena based combat. The only real difference was the lack of significant back tracking. Though I will point out, the areas don't connect as much as they could in Prime. In the 2D Metroids, getting new powers opens shortcuts between areas, or within areas. Prime does that a bit, but nowhere near as much, the areas aren't as interconnected. That's one of the few things I hope they can change with Prime 4.
The platforming in Metroid Prime has always been damn good for a first-person game. And it's especially great with the new control scheme giving access to proper camera controls. Not sure what the writers were on about. And "singular Metroid" is just factually incorrect. Sure, this mutation is weaker than the ones in the 2D games, but they're still Metroids. I'll give "completionist nightmare" a pass since there are some missiles tanks that are just...out there in places no one would think to check, and getting 100% scans is actually rather challenging.
@@beagle626 Uh-huh, after you have enough time to go from the very start of one map till the very end of the other. And lose a part of your mind a little.
@@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253 I don’t really think it takes that long. And the map is dense enough that you’ll usually find power ups and upgrades hidden along the way even when wandering around.
To me, the saddest part about honest game trailer, it's that, If they don't like the game, they will not be "honest" about It, like in honest trailers, but rather, they will Just s**t the game and that is It. And c'mon, the "starring" part is complaining about backtracking? Metroid is know for that! Heck, they created backtrack in games. Don't see that complain in Doom, or Castlevania... I love Honest Trailer, but idk How much the "Fandom Games" messes with their script, because even when they hate a movie, they give a honest Trailer in all points, not just "free hate" It.
If there's one positive thing I can say about this video is that a lot of people are going to watch it and then Metroid gets even more exposure. The more exposure, the bigger the chances are that we get a steady healthy dose of Metroid games for the next few years. At this point the switch has quickly become the system to get if you want to play Metroid.
" a completionist nightmare " I had 100% items on my last PrimeHack play, without guides and without playing the game for.... 10 years maybe ? It's designed for completionist, everything is written and logical, you just have to remember what upgrades destroys which wall, easy
The ONLY thing we can all agree on for complaints is that one missile hidden through the morph ball tunnel behind that one bush in the Chozo Ruins. You know the one, the one that no visor actually picks up on, the one with no visual indicator.
I didn’t care for the motion controls of the wii but on Metroid prime trilogy they actually worked well, I only have a switch lite so I wonder how the joy cons are compared to the wii mote and nunchuck
I understand Honest Game Trailers are critical, it's why I usually find them funny and even this one, there's aspects that are still amusing - the being a big SAW hell puzzle and no wonder the Chozo went extinct trying to get to the bathroom! But this is a much loved, classic game and this seemed overly negative. It's a truly brilliant game which is still eminently playable now with this remaster. I agree it seems easy to modern audiences but I suspect that's also because of the new control system too. Each to their own, but when people were asking you to do a Honest Game Trailer for this, I doubt this is what they were on board for.
This is one of the few games that Nailed WII controls perfectly, the switch motion isn't as solid as the wii's but it is serviceable and still my preferred way to play this game. Those that say motion controls suck has not given prime a shot.
I get that some stuff is altered or exaggerated for the sake of jokes, like talking about the controls while leaving half of the options out, but saying things so blatantly wrong like 'singular metroid' is strange. This video feels like somebody saw the hype and wanted to be contrarian for no reason. Considering the blatant misinformation, the slant of the video doesn't even feel like the writer was personally invested in it, so contrary opinion isn't coming from a place of passion. I don't even mind being critical about the game, but if you're going to, at least do so without being objectively wrong.
You guys might need to "remaster" this honest trailer. It feels like it's written by a person frustrated with Halo and need to vent on a Nintendo exclusive for shits and giggles.
I love how this entire trailer tried to pull the "ok, Metroid Prime isn't that good," and the entire comment section says "10/10, Masterpiece, one of the best games I've ever played."
That's because this game somehow found the "fun button" and it mercilessly presses it. Of course it's a giant fetch quest, that's pretty much what all games are. It just has such an amazingly enjoyable and pleasurable way of doing it. I've been thinking about classical games, the kinds that will probably transcend generations.
Not because they were novel, but because they were simply f u n. The original Prime is just that. Prime 2 was OK, it didn't have the magic of the original and some of it felt more tedious. But I do remember enjoying Prime 3.
Yeah, Im roughly half way through it and having sooo much fun again. However not having auto save really showed me how spoiled we have gotten by it.
Prime 3 was my first Prime game, I was thrilled when they released all 3 on the Wii.
@@seanhayes9056 and how many games get credit for not having it now like they invented it
@@robhulson it's also because complaining about a Metroidvania being a metroidvania is weird. Nintendo also never marketed this game as a shooter either, but it's still somehow more engaging than actual shooters. And the platforming point is a bit weird when one of the key selling points for Metroid Prime is that the platforming feels good.
@@robhulson I guess it just comes down to personal taste but in my opinion Prime 2 is the best of the trilogy with 3 being the worst. Prime 2 refined what 1 was already good at like the atmosphere and storytelling while making serious improvements to previously less great design choices like the Magmoor problem. I also really like the ammo system because it gives more depth to the choice of weapon and makes finding capacity upgrades actually great unlike missile tanks which become kinda unnecessary at some point.
I understand that people don´t like the energy drain of the dark world but that is also because many people will fully heal in every bubble of light even though that is completely unneseccary with health pickups being not rare. However I can see how that is the designers fault since people are known to optimize the fun out of games with the designers having the responsibility to make sure the game is never not fun.
One of the writers at Honest Trailers was clearly hurt by this game as a child and never forgave it
Honest trailers is littered with a history of butt hurt writers tearing apart things they simply didn’t understand.
It's the ghosts, I'm sure
@@JustAWildSkullKid in all fairness if he came right out and said "if I sound bitter, its because of those damn chozo ghosts!" I would find that completely understandable!
Singular Metroid?
There are tons of metroids in the game. And mutations of them too. You even showed footage of it.
Yeaaaa. This felt very off
Yeah that was another strange inaccuracy, amongst many. This vid was bad.
It felt like they watched a review where an old dude just complained the whole time and made a video based off that
those "metroids" could be blasted by charged power beam, they arent the same metroid.
@@rubemartur8239 Yeah, but then that disqualifies Metroid Prime as well.
Technically Metroid came out over a decade earlier than Halo, so Halo should really be called "Mr. Metroid."
To be fair you can't even cal her Doomgirl... Because Metroid as series are even older than DooM. So Doomguy is the first "Mr. Metroid" and Master Chief is "Mr. Metroid Jr"
Lol try by like 20 years 🤣 John definitely needs to thank her for paving that path 😋
I'm sure they know, it's just a joke.
Compromise with Haloid? (Miss you Monty)
@@No_More_Eyes545 I'm not sure about that...in other videos stand by claims similar to those
Metroid Prime is the ONLY first-person shooter I have ever played that had good platform jumping. I loved it.
Seriously. This is how I know the video was written by someone who didn’t play the game and/or was just trying hard to be edgy. The platforming feels really comfy in this game.
@@denimchicken104
Yes! It does! I don’t know why but platforming in this game makes me happy! I just like jumping from little platform to platform!
Space jump boots really help out.
It's as good in Exhumed/Powerslave
The camera also tilts down a bit when you jump; this makes it way easier to land exactly where you want to.
As someone who played the Wii port, I would say Metroid prime with a Wii remote works great.
Yea I'd say the same, even to the point where it makes the first two games a bit too easy lol almost never used lock on cause the motion controls were so fast and accurate.
It sure does
Best way to play!
I'm struggling to enjoy the new dual stick controls cuz I had the Wii controls nailed down.
The problem is, Switch pointer controls are purely gyro, no IR sensor, no Wii Motion +, less precise, and so they're a LOT weaker than the original Wii control scheme. It de-synchs a LOT. It's just a button press to re-center, sure, but it's tedious and frustrating compared to the Corruption/Trilogy version.
As someone who played it for the first time 2023, I can confirm I did not bounce off of it. Great game, I loved it and it was the first Nintendo release in awhile to really pull me in
"the game's singular Metroid"
Either they somehow didn't notice all of the Metroids attacking Samus in the space pirate labs and Impact Crater or they didn't play the game. That explains why they think people only like it because of nostalgia, too.
Should play "Metroid" Dread, there you can go Metroid hunting, not.
@@cellphonescience actually, Metroid is the right name moving forwards, since Samus is indeed a Metroid. But I guarantee you didn't play it and wouldn't understand... So...
@@samy29987 Unfortunately you don't understand irony. I know my Metroid Dread and played it to the end. But I would never spoil such reveal here as you did. But knowing since Fusion that real Metroids are extinct I made an ironic joke. Please be more careful and don't estimate someone else or what this person would understand. That's rude.
Worse, at 3:46 they show another Metroid briefly. I'm guessing whoever wrote the video didn't discuss it previously with whoever edited
@@cellphonescience first time on the internet that I see facts and logic used in argument, and I’ve never been more happy
This video feels like it was written by someone who tried to play Prime on the GameCube, didn't have a great time with it, and is now venting his frustration based off of hazy memories.
Indeed
Like... insulting the platforming? Really? I don't know how they pulled it off, but the platforming actually works great. There must be a touch of auto-aim, and maybe it lets you jump just after walking off the edge? I don't know. I just know it's way more casual and seamless than platforming in a first person game has any right to be.
@@Tylendal242 SAME! Finally somebody agrees! I was amazed by how fluid the platforming was! I thought there was no way they could make it work in first person, let alone work well! But it’s so fluid! And any jump you think you can make, you can! You don’t even have to spend much time looking up and down. Sure it’s not fast platforming like 2D games or whatever but it’s still really good!
The comment about the Wii controls is stupid as well. The Prime games are great with the Wii controls. I actually prefer it over the gamecube controls (played Prime on Gamecube, Echoes on Wii).
Yes the wii controls were great. But these unfortunately aren’t them. The wii controls had the infra red sensor which didn’t have to be recalibrated every 30 seconds. The motion controls here are gyro and do have to be recalibrated.
The irony is that Doom 2016 copied a lot of Metroid Prime's homework.
Double-Jump? Rapid-fire gun that can be charged for a more powerful shot (pistol)? Oh, I definitely had the thought “this is oddly similar to Metroid Prime” while playing Doom 2016! Not necessarily a bad thing though!😁
@@tyleranderson5183 don't forget the map screen
@@Tounushi And optional lore dumps via flavor text
@@tyleranderson5183 Not a bad thing at all. As they say, "good artists borrow, great artists steal."
I definitely felt it.
And it was fine with me.
Singular actual metroid? You kill dozens of metroids in metroid prime wtf.
And technically Metroid Prime isn't a true Metroid. But there are 3 varieties of Metroid you fight throughout the game.
I wonder if they meant 'titular' and somehow derped on it. Also, calling Samus 'lady Halo' comes off as a bit sexist. If anything, Master Chief is 'mister Metroid'.
@@Jeorin
How is lady Halo sexist lol
Came here to say this, did they play the game?
@@Jeorin I don't know when I heard Lady Halo 2 things come to mind.
1. Lady Palutena, and just like Samus both are Divine.
2. He is speaking Xbro language, the easiest way for them to understand (rather than explaining sci-fi, space, aliens etc, etc...) and catch their attention.
"...blast your way closer to the heart of the planet's mystery, and your fight with the game's singular actual Metroid."
You're forgetting the larval Metroids in the Space Pirate research center in Phendrana Drifts, the adolescent Hunter Metroids that show up in the Tallon Overworld, and the larger Fission Metroids in the Impact Crater.
It's like you didn't even play the game.
Wait, Hunter Metroids on Tallon Overworld? I never found those. The only Hunter I found outside of Phazon Mines was in Phendrana. What?
It’s very noticeable that they made this with what they remembered from the original that they played years ago
@@robertj2085 The babies...
@@ASquared544 You are correct. The Hunter Metroids are (according to the wiki) located in Phendrana Drifts and Phazon Mines. I was going off a 20+ year old memory.
Imagine if YT still showed the downvotes.
This video deserves them
745 and counting.
its over 1k now
@@chancepaladinwhere can you view the downvotes?
2:39 ...The Wii motion controls were praised as the _best_ way to play Metriod Prime when they came to that system. Skip to today, and suddenly they should only be used "if you hate yourself"?
Apparently I really hate myself because I love the motion controls so much. I only bust out the pro controller whenever my wife wants to cuddle. Tbf some parts of the game are actually harder with the motion controls. The game give you tons of options to make the game easier or harder on yourself depending on your play style. I always choose the latter. The suffering and consequences of dying keep me coming back. Few games these days have real consequences for dying as severe as Metroid Prime has. Damn I love this game.
the "reviewers" didn't play the game
One of the greatest video games on the GameCube is back! Samus looks better than ever!
@@ramonandrajo6348 the uplift they did with this remaster makes it worth playing on switch.
@@ramonandrajo6348 yeah until you dont get no new games no more
@@ramonandrajo6348 honestly if you like emulating i say go for it but i also want them to release new metroid games so i dont want to emulate games i dont own. just my opinion.
@@jamesfreeman9049you're seriously falling into his bait lol
@@No_More_Eyes545 its okay.
Ok Wii motion controls are literally the best way to play the Metroid trilogy. It's just so fun.
Of all the bitching they had done about the game being old, this was the biggest miss. The gamecube original controls are what you would play if you hated yourself and what has aged the worst from the game. The Wii controls and the new control scheme were great!...I don't think they even knew the controls were changed.
@@ramonandrajo6348 Yeah, and? Piracy being a good way to stick it to the industry while still getting your video games doesn't relate whatsoever to Wii-style pointer aiming being good or not.
Honestly, I can't decide if my favorite way to play Prime 2 is Wii controls or keyboard and mouse (thanks to Primehack). I did both not too long ago, it was fun. This remaster I enjoyed the classic controls again. It's basically the old Goldeneye controls, you give it enough time and it ages like wine haha.
@@MrWhygodwhy I dunno why, but for me I'm more of a fan of the gamecube controls. Not for remaster, but with the original, when I have a gamecube controller in my hands, it's like putting a glove on and my brain just instinctively gets all of it like I've been playing for 20 years straight. Wii controls though, without a doubt, are THE best motion controls for any game I've played.
@@TheEveryDayC Probably because it was what the game was designed with first and because it was how you got used to playing the game. It also made more sense on the gamecube controller, which wasn't a controller that had a particularly great setup for first person games. (it had dual analog, but no one would be comfortable playing Halo for instance with that C stick and those triggers).
Today however, first person controls have been figured out and standardized. While I think both control schemes work for the game, if you forgot or haven't played before, you would have to learn a fairly cumbersome control method just for this game and without a lot of benefit to it. So that's why I say it has aged the worst and that it would be the control scheme where "hating yourself" makes more sense.
Please say: “We admit it. We didn’t actually play Metroid Prime before making the Honest Trailer”.
Thanks. 😂
This is God tier.
No joke 🤣
Dishonest Trailer
Haha great comment 😁
@@broshi1752 bruh.
If you think people only like Prime because of nostalgia then you're missing the appeal
Literally I first played it last year in October and it’s one of my fav games ever
right? they like it because they have terrible taste in video games and can't aim.
Fr I went into the series in 2017, instantly loved it
Case Proven
I know this video is a joke video, but for a game as good as this, it deserves better
Bounce off? No way, I'm a first time player and loved it. Compare to the Crysis 1 remaster which I tried recently and bounced off immediately. Metroid Prime may not be an outstanding fps, but that's not even the point, most of the time it feels more like Portal than Doom or Halo. They were definitely right to advertise it as a 'first person adventure'.
Nailed it
Lol nahhh, it's pretty outstanding 😅
If you don't find the scanning interesting, which it often isn't, and the backtracking tedious, which it can be, then you're kinda left with a subpar FPS. They could've updated it a bit more gameplay-wise.
Exactly. If you're thinking of it as an FPS in the Halo model, you're simply not approaching it the right way. It's about transposing the classic Metroid experience into 3D, not building an 00's sci-fi shooter for Nintendo.
It doesn't feel like the first few Doom games, but Doom 2016 and Eternal definitely felt like they borrowed a lot from Metroid Prime, and that's fine with me.
1:11 - refers to Metroid Prime (the creature) as "the game's singular actual Metroid". Wait, that doesn't sound right, I'm sure I remember...
3:17 - shows the player fighting a regular Metroid. Yep, that's what I thought. It's one thing to get a minor fact wrong, but to do it and then be debunked by your own footage? Get it together, people. 🤦♂
What happens when you make scripts from memory and don’t double check
Playing this for the first time remastered and it's been an absolute blast. Just got the gravity suit and I'm in love lol 🔥
As an OG player, welcome to the club! This game has mostly aged very well.
OG player here as well. Welcome fellow Entrusted One. Glad you're enjoying one of the Best!
The music for Magmoor Caverns alone earns it a 10/10.
Yeah, this soundtrack is pretty phenomenal to me. I'm not typically a Metroid guy, but musically, I can seriously dig it.
That's just lower Norfair
funny because that song wasn't even originally from metroid prime lol
this entire soundtrack is top tier
@@flavorgod I was about to say the same thing
I never actually got to play this when it first came out, so I was really excited when they remastered it. Even if it was still showing it's age a bit with the relic hunt at the end, I had a blast playing and hope they remake the other two games before Prime 4 comes out. It's certainly better than some of the other triple A games that have come out recently.
Well let me tell you it is confirmed they are giving 2 and 3 some love and will be dropping them before 4. Hopefully the success of this remaster will lead to them giving 2 and 3 the same treatment.
To be fair, you can start the relic hunt as soon as the game loops you back to the gunship (which is basically as soon as you get the space jump), and it's not difficult to get caught up (especially since you're gonna be going back to those places for powerups anyway).
Rumor has it they’ll be porting them, but not remastering them.
I got the original last year when I bought a gamecube since it was on the shelf with it. It's identical with the different controls improving combat when aiming(I use the Hybrid controls) with one slight change with some pirate logs to make the Metroid Prime be less confusing with it's involvement with the Space Pirate and getting pass the impenetrable barrier holding the Phazon.
@@Walebaren source?
This channel was more forgiving with the Forspoken Honest Trailer than with Metroid Prime. And for all the people saying "oh it's because it's a joke video", saying weird wrong things about a game or a movie isn't the point of the honest trailers. They are supposed to point out or exaggerate the things we already see, not make up flaws or complaints.
I'm surprised I didn't laugh more, this one wasn't actually very funny. Not because you made fun of Prime, but because the things you poke fun at are actually what make the game _fun._
Plenty of things to make fun of Prime about, and the Saw death trap joke was absolutely hilariously spot-on. But platforming and item scavenging and using the part of your brain responsible for finding an obstacle, noting it, and remembering it after you've learned a new skill or got a new weapon is a deeply human experience.
This game is such a breath air compared to other FPS games that tried to mimic it, or went another route entirely.
Yeah, Prime lets us all reminisce about those times we couldn't find the remote or the keys. Transcendental.
@@Alianger Someone talks about the joy of exploration and you relate it to finding your car keys. Kinda shows the extent you like to explore and discover honestly, you are missing out.
@@MrWhygodwhy Exploring is fun, backtracking and remembering can get tedious and does at times in this one. It was a fun vid that made some good points, as a fan of the Metroid games.
Yeah I mean they were pretty much just like "prime sucks because it does that metroidvania thing" which, like, yes...?
Haven’t played the remaster, but this game is 10/10. Absolute masterpiece. Highly recommend the whole series.
Not just the Primes either! Like, literally the *Whole Series!* 🥰
@@seriousbismuth2173 I completely agree!
You should also look into AM2R, a fabulous fan-made Metroid game that is, honestly, better than Samus Returns on the 3DS. It plays a lot more like Fusion or Zero Mission.
Don't get me wrong, Samus Returns is a lot of fun, especially if you like Dread, as it plays similarly. But AM2R rocks, and shame on Nintendo for shutting it down. It honors what they created.
@@seriousbismuth2173 Except other m
I think people don't like Federation Force either
Definitely not a masterpiece. All you do is navigate a labyrinth maze and try to memorize where things are to go back to it when you have the right power. The combat is so basic and pretty much non existent. And the scanning thing is so repetitive useless and annoying to do
Wii controls were fire! Everyone knew that when it came out. But as some of the comments are saying, it's more a first person adventure than an FPS. Also, backtracking is actually enjoyable when the atmo is like it is in this game.
I was laughing my ass off at this, but hot damn, this is the harshest review of a masterpiece I’ve ever come across. 😅
The 'review' is completely wrong. It's easy to roast Metroid Prime but he decided to pick on the lock on feature (tons of games copied it), the platforming (which is simply great) and the Wii controls (that work better in these games than the gamecube controls). Metroid sold about 3m copies total 20 years ago. Claiming that the nostalgia factor plays a huge role in the rating is pretty much impossible.
"masterpiece" yeah bro it's just so good they stopped making them.
@@Zornicater They stopped making 2D Metroid games for a long time. Dread is a fantastic game though. Super Metroid is still one of the best in its genre. Ocarina of Time is one of the best games of all time. Nintendo never made a sequel...
@@gwenwalravens8030 Ocarina of Time literally got a direct, pure sequel on the same console in the same engine. Majora's Mask
@@olsonbryce777 MM was hated at the time bc it wasn't anything like OoT. Nintendo explicitly said in later interviews they didn't want to create a new OoT game so soon after. The same happened with TP. The devs wanted to make another game of the same genre but had to make Crossbow Training instead.
I was one of those 13 year olds who got the original on the GameCube back in launch day! 😁
GameCube was outstanding... they'll never be a better console
Same!
Is it me or this honest trailer sounded salty? like the person who made the script hate the game and didn't play it enough. Is sad such a good game got wasted in such a bad honest trailer
Looking forward to playing this for the first time. I hear Metroid Prime is one of the best games in the series. My favorites are Zero Mission and Dread.
Dread was absolutely amazing and the best since Super. Prime is its own beast. I’m glad to be able to play this remaster
Yeah, Super is essentially the golden standard for the 2ds and just gaming as a whole and Fusion's story and atmosphere are immaculate! I recommend those 2 as well.
Honestly metroid as a series is highly consistent in great quality and fun (excluding like 2 of them maybe)😅 definitely has been a slept on series by general masses.
Zero Mission and Dread are pretty great! Enjoy Prime. It may feel a bit slower since it's a 1st person game, but it is good.
Only issue I had with dread is the same issue I have with all other metroids except super metroid. We can't turn our abilities on and off. I miss being able to mix match beams and do powerbomb combos. It honestly annoys the crap out of me they don't allow that anymore.
@@seriousbismuth2173 Not really when Symphony of the night did the Metroidvania style gameplay much better than Super but it's not by Nintendo so Nintendo fans ignore it, while Fusions story is literally nothing special while being as atmospheric as Super Mario Bros on NES.
The series isn't slept on but it's as praised as it deserved, that is ONLY praised by nostalgia filled fans who don't get lost because they have played the games so many times they can beat the games blindfolded, while everyone else without nostalgia just say the games are okay to good...
I've probably played through MP1 10+ times since it was released. I've played it on GC, MP Trilogy on Wii, PrimeHack (dolphin emulator that allows mouse & keyboard controls), etc. It's been so long since I've done a casual playthrough where I sit and read all the logs as I scan them. It made me realize why I fell in love with this game in the first place back when I was 9yrs old. Idk man, it might be pipe dream, but I would absolutely love to see MP2: Echoes remastered given the success of the MP1 Remaster.
First time Prime player here, first Metroid game was Samus Returns, have 0 nostalgia for the series: Prime was a Masterpiece, one of the best games I’ve played. There’s a reason it’s so beloved and timeless, and nostalgia isn’t the reason. If you’re gonna satirize the game, make fun of it accurately. Like backtracking to find the 1 missile tank you missed. Or missing a scan of an enemy that doesn’t respawn. Or constantly being gangbanged by a gaggle of Metroids.
Yeah, they probably made the script from memory from the first time they played the original then never changed it
Ha ha, this is the first Honest Trailer that I feel they really missed it and are a bit out of touch.
As someone who played Prime as a teenager, it eases my heart to read this after the Honest Trailer made me worry it was all nostalgia goggles.
The fact that they complain that it doesn’t play like Halo but didn’t even mention the artifact hunt kinda shows how much they played
Honest Trailers: There's only one Metroid
Reality: These Fission Metroids won't stop spawning
The absolutely most necessary remaster ever. Gamefreak should take notes.
They need more staff, which they refuse to get. They're still operating with a handheld staff which those days are long gone. Their full priced Pokémon games feel like indies.
@@No_More_Eyes545 Exactly that. That’s the problem. They still think small and don’t want change.
@@triggeredcat120 Take what notes considering Gamefreak hasn't remastered any games on Switch?
@@V-Jes Gamefreak brought back Diamond and Pearl. GF needs to get with the times and hire more people.
@Triggered Cat Gamefreak didn't make those but ILCA, while those are remakes and not remasters...
Played this game blind for the first time. Absolute joy from start to finish, even the frustrating parts.
Um. Not to be off putting. But whomever wrote the script for this. Must have had a rough time.
Metroid Prime was fantastic 20 years ago. And still is now with Remastered.
It was one of the games back then, when you explore, it challenges you with everything you have learned thus far. Upon obtaining new gear, you can put that ability to use, unlocking more of the world.
Take off those rose tint goggles.
@@dansmith1661 I enjoyed Prime on the GameCube, and now with the Switch. Whatever your beef is. I do not have any
@@dansmith1661Kinda crazy I have rose tinted glasses for a game I first played a week ago but let me take those things off
i think whoever wrote this played a bit of the beginning, didn't like the combat and then watched a youtube video of the ending or something. there's a lot of stuff in this that is just legit incorrect lol.
@@beagle626 Totally agree. I think they were trying to dig at something that is non existent. Sure you can get lost, but you eventually find your way.
There are times I enjoy an Honest Games Trailer. But this one, was trying too hard to be funny. And just sucks the air out of a room.
All the other notes at the end is just fluff.
The platforming in this game was and is amazing. Did you guys play it?
yeah on the gamecube
@@cmdraftbrn and it was great then too! 🤣
@@seriousbismuth2173
Who'd have thought, given today's dual stick games, that 1 stick would work so damn well?
The platforming was pretty hard to get used to, when I was 12.
But it's possible they have the game skills of that Doom Eternal journalist.
Damn this video is getting shredding in these comments - as it should. As much as I love a good roast, the way they decided to make criticisms and jokes about this masterpiece of a game were just wrong/lazy/not funny. Kinda made me wanna see an honest trailer making fun of the writing process of this honest trailer
Yeah, it's one thing to poke fun at the game. But this felt less like a good natured roast and more of a 'only nostalgia goggles could make someone like this.' It's fine for someone to not like a game, but trying to insinuate the 'real' reasons people like a game or reducing it to just 'nostalgia' is lazy and insincere.
I feel like there'll be a fair few negative remarks from how this honest trailer was pitched this time around. 😂
It’s because it’s not so “honest” as it is edgy and contrarian. This video ain’t it.
@@denimchicken104 More of a dishonest trailer than anything lol
In honor of Metroid Prime remastered, say, "And Aran...Aran so far away...Samus couldn't get away..."
@@ramonandrajo6348 Get some help.
I second this motion.
I mean, the real purpose of the scan visor is to fill you in on the lore, since the game's cutscenes don't spell it out for you, and getting lost can easily be avoided by checking the game's 3D map.
The scan visor is such a weird thing to criticize. It’s mostly optional, but it’s also there for the lore freaks that want to discover everything. It’s a win win
Would you kindly make an Honest Game Trailer for Bioshock Infinite?
I can't help but wonder if they actually played this one. A huge miss.
Sure feels that way. Singular Metroid? Wii controls suck? What? Even them complaining about the platforming, which was surprisingly good for a FP game!
“You only like this game because nostalgia” is what this boiled down to. Super weird after coming off the positive trailer they made for Dread too
One day people will realize that not everyone will like a game you like.
the script reads like it was written by somebody that was largely frustrated with the game, which is a shame. rolled my eyes when he called out the glowing reviews.
EDIT: More specifically, the script reads like it was written by somebody that played Prime a long time ago, had a bad time, and didn't actually even play the remaster. It's hard to imagine how that "singular Metroid" comment could have happened at all unless this person's memories of the game are really hazy. Pretty much no time was spent talking about the visual upgrade either, which is strange since it's the most striking thing about the remaster.
Its uh...its Satire
They might as well have done it off of a trailer for all the research they must have done.
I remembered the 1st time I beat it on gamecube it still is a masterpiece
yep absolute masterpiece
I remember being 11 and spending a month of my life trying to defeat Thardus.
don't ever play the phendrana drifts in a cold room, though. holy crap, i swear it makes the cold worse...
@@yeldarb141983 when were you ever in such a specific situation?
Famitsu gave this game a 40/40 when it came out. I give this honest trailer a 1/10.
Indeed. Since it’s at Fandom Games the scripts are terrible.
That should speak more volume on how great the game is, not the channel. They make fun of everything but Metroid Prime is a tough cookie to pick at.
Dishonest trailer.
That was not honest. That was slander.
Yeah, that's what I couldn't get over. This was a case where 'brutal honesty' forgot the 'honesty' part.
Pretty much I actually hated this one
No it was honest
This was honest
LOL Love you guys.
As a long-time PC Gamer who has only owned PlayStation consoles, I think Metroid Prime on GameCube may be the only Nintendo console game I actually played to completion.
Remember when Honest Trailers were actually funny and not just pessimistic comments on every game ever interspersed with insults aimed at the audience? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
"While giant bugs slap your crap hole" ah, so someone's read _that_ Metroid doujin huh...
uh wasn't expecting this to be so negative
"The only actual Metroid"
Yeah, apart from the countless ones you fight throughout the game.
Make an Honest Trailer for Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe
“Fight the game’s singular actual Metroid”
Larval, Hunter, and Fission Metroids that you literally fight in game: 🗿🗿🗿🗿
Looks like Fandom Games has read the textbook, "How to be a Modern IGN reviewer", because this video misrepresents the entire point of Metroid Prime
Me: Bro who hurt you?
HGT: (mumbles) Samus...
the game literally tells you where to go by default lol. the game has a ton of metroids. the game isn't really for children, it's even rated T and is pretty obtuse for the average kid. the lock on button helps you shoot in the right direction but you fire slow moving projectiles and need to focus on dodging. The game is an adventure game not a shooter anyway. did the person who wrote this even play the game?
honestly the repeated dismissal of the game as being for children is the biggest red flag that whoever wrote this had no idea what they were talking about.
Hell, if the graphics were a bit better back in the day, combined with the scan descriptions, I say the game borders on an M rating.
@@Significantpower yeah I mean it’s not doom or resident evil or something but the design of dropping a player into an isolating world and letting them figure things out for themselves is closer to dark souls than like a traditional Nintendo kid game (and even Mario or Zelda isn’t “for children” or whatever, they’re for everybody).
The lock on is kinda necessary too, considering how many targets in this game move at lightning speeds. Which isn't the case for the majority of other first person shooters out there where the main enemies run on two legs.
getting rocket boots to go to the toilet gives a whole new meaning to ''recorded to logbook''
This Honest Trailer is pure heresy! Metroid Prime is a masterpiece! I refuse to hear otherwise!
"Making you play the entire game like your the final form of Dora the Explorer" wasn't expecting that description
That's the charm of nearly every metroidvania.
The 'starring' part was 100% on point with my experience as a kid
Really funny that the missile tank shown in the video is the last one i was missing and i looked for an entire day before finding it -.-
That wasn't _honest_ at all... just *misguided* and *contrarian af!* 😅
"Lady Halo"
... sacrilege
Please say "Now that we did Stardew Valley, we should do Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons." Then please do an Honest Trailer for Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons.
Have fun suffering through the maze of pain and agony that is the Phazon Mine.
Never mind the questionable opinions, there is so much plain wrong information in this video that it actually hurts. I couldn't finish it.
Edit: I finished it. Didn't help.
Ah... the good old "I don't care for this thing, so everyone who loves it is either blinded by nostalgia or just doesn't know better". If you're going to take shots at the game maybe come up with some that aren't so lazy. Though, considering some of the material here, I question if the writer actually played the game.
This vid was one of the worst gaming takes I've seen in awhile, and I visit reddit.
Perfectly put
I love how many comments say they're playing this for the first time and loving it, completely disproving this lazy honest trailer.
bro he makes fun of every game he makes a trailer for quite whining
The game is good but I agree with every thing he said in this video. It's funny how this civilization perfectly created all of these weird puzzles and places that fit into Samus exact powers. And the backtracking and being confused is mind numbing and unexciting.
Honestly I think more first person games should have a lock on feature and strafing. Mostly cause it makes for better combat and boss fights IMO
Maybe for a campaign, but for multiplayer it just feels cheap.
Which is probably one of the reasons prime hunters didn't have lock on.
@@R0-83-RThunters was a game for a portable device with a touch-sensitive screen my man. THAT was the reason it didn't have lock on.
@@WELLbethere I'm sure that factored too, but was Metroid Prime Hunters not primarily designed for Multiplayer. Seeing that control scheme that the DS had, the developers probably realized multiplayer would work better than the campaign.
"Lady Halo"?! Master Chief, aka Guy Metroid, calls Samus "Your Majesty".
HT: "Work your way to the center of the planet to fight the game's single actual metroid"
Also HT: shows footage of other metroids Samus fights throughout the game.
C'mon guys, this was a real weak one. This is game is beloved for a reason. At least (re)play the actual game before writing the script.
This is what happens when you get people that don't like Metroid games in general to make an "Honest" Trailer about one of the very best ones.
"The game's singular actual Metroid"
Sir, this game has a lot of normal and special Metroids, too. You're probably thinking of one of those other Metroid games that doesn't have Metroids in it.
Especially funny when you consider Fission Metroids are in this game who multiply when shot.
the Chozo unlocks their smartphones using a rubik's cube, a 10-sided rubik's cube.
This was my absolute favorite game for a long time.
Now I can see that it's become a bit dated, but it's still pretty good.
I would even say Doom Eternal felt like the same kind of game.
It had first person platforming, it had exploration and simple puzzles for upgrades, it had largely arena based combat.
The only real difference was the lack of significant back tracking.
Though I will point out, the areas don't connect as much as they could in Prime.
In the 2D Metroids, getting new powers opens shortcuts between areas, or within areas.
Prime does that a bit, but nowhere near as much, the areas aren't as interconnected.
That's one of the few things I hope they can change with Prime 4.
For Jerry Richardson, say "I never had any doubt we would play in the Super Bowl."
I don't really get the hate for the motion controls. They worked great for Prime 3/The Trilogy and I think they work quite well on the switch too.
Somebody sucks at Metroid Prime
Not sure where to go? Check the rooms you haven't been to yet. Can get to it? Check the next room. It's not rocket science.
The platforming in Metroid Prime has always been damn good for a first-person game. And it's especially great with the new control scheme giving access to proper camera controls. Not sure what the writers were on about. And "singular Metroid" is just factually incorrect. Sure, this mutation is weaker than the ones in the 2D games, but they're still Metroids. I'll give "completionist nightmare" a pass since there are some missiles tanks that are just...out there in places no one would think to check, and getting 100% scans is actually rather challenging.
Your comment sums it up perfectly
Was anyone else annoyed with the "Ms. Halo" comment when Samus predates first person shooters?
The "Where do I go again ?" part is painfully true.
I know, I love it.
the game literally tells you where to go though lol
@@MrWhygodwhy Oh, oh yeah, me too. It is frustrating, but in a Resident Evil kind of way that doesn't exist much anymore.
@@beagle626 Uh-huh, after you have enough time to go from the very start of one map till the very end of the other. And lose a part of your mind a little.
@@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253 I don’t really think it takes that long. And the map is dense enough that you’ll usually find power ups and upgrades hidden along the way even when wandering around.
Never played Metroid, but man did that Betty quote at the end take me back!
... did you guys even play the game? I love HGT but this one was a miss.
To me, the saddest part about honest game trailer, it's that, If they don't like the game, they will not be "honest" about It, like in honest trailers, but rather, they will Just s**t the game and that is It. And c'mon, the "starring" part is complaining about backtracking? Metroid is know for that! Heck, they created backtrack in games. Don't see that complain in Doom, or Castlevania... I love Honest Trailer, but idk How much the "Fandom Games" messes with their script, because even when they hate a movie, they give a honest Trailer in all points, not just "free hate" It.
If there's one positive thing I can say about this video is that a lot of people are going to watch it and then Metroid gets even more exposure. The more exposure, the bigger the chances are that we get a steady healthy dose of Metroid games for the next few years. At this point the switch has quickly become the system to get if you want to play Metroid.
Hearing 'Lady Halo' triggered me.
"The game's singular actual metroid"
okay that is DEFINITELY not true
" a completionist nightmare "
I had 100% items on my last PrimeHack play, without guides and without playing the game for.... 10 years maybe ?
It's designed for completionist, everything is written and logical, you just have to remember what upgrades destroys which wall, easy
The ONLY thing we can all agree on for complaints is that one missile hidden through the morph ball tunnel behind that one bush in the Chozo Ruins. You know the one, the one that no visor actually picks up on, the one with no visual indicator.
I didn’t care for the motion controls of the wii but on Metroid prime trilogy they actually worked well, I only have a switch lite so I wonder how the joy cons are compared to the wii mote and nunchuck
Imo dual stick is the way to go! Even better than the motion controls, although those do indeed work surprisingly well!
I understand Honest Game Trailers are critical, it's why I usually find them funny and even this one, there's aspects that are still amusing - the being a big SAW hell puzzle and no wonder the Chozo went extinct trying to get to the bathroom! But this is a much loved, classic game and this seemed overly negative. It's a truly brilliant game which is still eminently playable now with this remaster. I agree it seems easy to modern audiences but I suspect that's also because of the new control system too.
Each to their own, but when people were asking you to do a Honest Game Trailer for this, I doubt this is what they were on board for.
The Fact that they didn't mention the Chozo Ghost's as a joke tell you all you need to know about this video...seriously how long did they play iy?
This is one of the few games that Nailed WII controls perfectly, the switch motion isn't as solid as the wii's but it is serviceable and still my preferred way to play this game. Those that say motion controls suck has not given prime a shot.
"The game's singular actual metroid" What? I don't think they played the game lol
Did David Jaffe write this?
Nice!!
'Final Form of Dora the Explorer'
This needs fan art
I get that some stuff is altered or exaggerated for the sake of jokes, like talking about the controls while leaving half of the options out, but saying things so blatantly wrong like 'singular metroid' is strange. This video feels like somebody saw the hype and wanted to be contrarian for no reason. Considering the blatant misinformation, the slant of the video doesn't even feel like the writer was personally invested in it, so contrary opinion isn't coming from a place of passion.
I don't even mind being critical about the game, but if you're going to, at least do so without being objectively wrong.
Backtrack Prime: Why is this so much harder in 3D???
You guys might need to "remaster" this honest trailer. It feels like it's written by a person frustrated with Halo and need to vent on a Nintendo exclusive for shits and giggles.