Saturday, September 8, 2007
I'm Still Runnin' this Monkey Farm!
I know that this my my first post in like, three weeks, but since no one really reads this thing I don't really care too much. If you really do read this blog and think I died or something, don't worry. I'm still runnin' this Monkey Farm!
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
I've just rented Metroid Prime 3 for the Wii, and the only word I can think of to describe it is "incredible". Okay, so there are another 6 paragraphs of words used to describe it in this post, but you know what I mean.
The controls are amazing. I really wonder what those fools were thinking when they made Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, when the Wii Remote or Wiimote is capable of such complex movements. Twilight Princess offered the following movements of the Wiimote: swing it to perform a pre-programed sword swing, aim it to fire your bow, slingshot, clawshot, ect., and move it around as a cursor on menus. C'mon Nintendo. We saw that coming. It just feels so generic and unthoughtful. You disgrace the concept of updating video games.
Metroid Prime 3, on the other hand, is simply astonishing. You begin the game in the cockpit of a gunship, looking through Samus' visor. You can point the Wiimote at different control panels and press A to zoom in on them. But once you zoom in, Samus' left hand appears on the screen with her index finger extended, and you control her hand with the Wiimote, moving it around to different switches and touch-screens. And when the time comes to pull a lever, guess what? You really put the Wiimote out to reach, press A to grab, then pull back on it. On the Screen, Samus's hand reaches out, grabs, and pulls the lever back.
Shooting is amazing, as it is an incredible system that allows you to run, jump, double-jump, strafe or turn, and look up or down while your shooting enemies and dodging their shots.
It's also fun to use the grapple beam by jutting the Nunchuk forward to launch it, then jerk the Nunchuk back to reel it in.
But of course good controls don't make an entirely good game. Luckily, Metroid has a fairly good graphics level, with details such as the reflection of Samus' eyes in her visor which actually move to follow where the Wiimote is facing, and isn't ridiculously hard so that you have to be some kind of war god to be able to play or so easy that you get bored playing it. This is the first game that I've played in a very long time that didn't bore me or make me so frustrated i tried throwing my controller into the TV screen and missing in my haste and fury. Plus turning into the morph ball and rolling around is just fun.
And finally there are the enemies. Nothing too spectacular. A bunch of bizarre aliens running around shooting at you. It really hasn't changed since the first Metroid game, the way the morph ball and doors that have to be shot open haven't. Oh, and the first boss looks like someone took parts from the thing from the Alien movies, Orga from Godzilla 2000, and Diamondhead from that retarded show Ben 10, stitched them together, then put the result on steroids and cut off its supply of breath mints.
Monkey farm Judgement:
5 out of 5
The controls are amazing. I really wonder what those fools were thinking when they made Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, when the Wii Remote or Wiimote is capable of such complex movements. Twilight Princess offered the following movements of the Wiimote: swing it to perform a pre-programed sword swing, aim it to fire your bow, slingshot, clawshot, ect., and move it around as a cursor on menus. C'mon Nintendo. We saw that coming. It just feels so generic and unthoughtful. You disgrace the concept of updating video games.
Metroid Prime 3, on the other hand, is simply astonishing. You begin the game in the cockpit of a gunship, looking through Samus' visor. You can point the Wiimote at different control panels and press A to zoom in on them. But once you zoom in, Samus' left hand appears on the screen with her index finger extended, and you control her hand with the Wiimote, moving it around to different switches and touch-screens. And when the time comes to pull a lever, guess what? You really put the Wiimote out to reach, press A to grab, then pull back on it. On the Screen, Samus's hand reaches out, grabs, and pulls the lever back.
Shooting is amazing, as it is an incredible system that allows you to run, jump, double-jump, strafe or turn, and look up or down while your shooting enemies and dodging their shots.
It's also fun to use the grapple beam by jutting the Nunchuk forward to launch it, then jerk the Nunchuk back to reel it in.
But of course good controls don't make an entirely good game. Luckily, Metroid has a fairly good graphics level, with details such as the reflection of Samus' eyes in her visor which actually move to follow where the Wiimote is facing, and isn't ridiculously hard so that you have to be some kind of war god to be able to play or so easy that you get bored playing it. This is the first game that I've played in a very long time that didn't bore me or make me so frustrated i tried throwing my controller into the TV screen and missing in my haste and fury. Plus turning into the morph ball and rolling around is just fun.
And finally there are the enemies. Nothing too spectacular. A bunch of bizarre aliens running around shooting at you. It really hasn't changed since the first Metroid game, the way the morph ball and doors that have to be shot open haven't. Oh, and the first boss looks like someone took parts from the thing from the Alien movies, Orga from Godzilla 2000, and Diamondhead from that retarded show Ben 10, stitched them together, then put the result on steroids and cut off its supply of breath mints.
Monkey farm Judgement:
5 out of 5
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