Metroid Prime Echoes, Reviews? Options

[unitself]

With all the (ex?) PSO'ers out there in AT land, I know we have a large GC base here!
Has anyone picked up the new Metroid Prime Echoes yet? If I wasn't knee deep in Covanent blood right now I would have.
I was pleasently surprised at how cool the first game (Metroid Prime) was, and this one looks and sounds even cooler. The light AND dark suits... the spookier environments...

So, if you bought it, or wanna buy it, or even like to dress up as Samus and run around your backyard, let's here it!


Now... if I could just get past that damn rock monster from the Metroid Prime, then I could feel good about myself again. That !@#$ing thing just beats the snot out of me everytime!

[donkeybeatz]

Well I bought this game yesterday night and so far its the same as the first one (which isn't a bad thing). The box art caught my eye =\

The graphics are a bit more refined and the game still holds its 60fps. You graphic designers out there will be pretty impressed how the menus and stuff are laid out. It almost puts PSO Episode III to shame. Its almost like looking at a cleverly designed flash site. Reminds me of that movie, Minority Report.
And just like the first one, it supports progressive scan!

Upon starting up the game, you're greeted with some in-game gameplay showing off some of the enemies and power-ups (one of which shows her doing some old school ninja gaiden style wall jumping). Music's pretty awesome during the intro.

Some things that I like so far (other than the graphics):
-The music really sets the mood. Some classic jingles return.
-When scanning certain items, logs, etc., a robotic voice comes up and says, "log acquired". It adds a nice touch to the game :D (EDIT: OK actually, it says, "Recording to logbook")
-Oh yea multiplayer! Though its not online, its still a blast to play. Locking on and strafing is awesome! Then your friend morphs into a ball and you can't lock on anymore! Then you gotta chase the guy and he jumps into this machine thing and starts shooting at you and you take like a bunch of damage!
There's different power-ups through out the areas like invinsibility and unlimited ammo. There's also different types of gun power-ups. Though it doesn't seem you can change between weapons. Of course, you can shoot missles and acquire super missles.
You can also double jump and use the grapple beam!
I haven't checked out all the maps yet but the one's me and my friend played were laid out pretty well.
I can only imagine how the DS version will be like.
-There's some voice-overs but not too much.
-Oh yea the enviroments are a bit creepy.

More later!

This post has been edited by DJ_Donkey: Nov 18 2004, 08:51 PM