finished my leon playthrough on re2r and decided to take a break instead of jumping right into claire, so now I'm playing metroid prime remastered.
i rented metroid prime when it first came out and played through the first section on the space station, and that was it. unfortunately this was around the time where my relationship with video games got really funky. actually, most hobbies and interests i had as kid, outside pro wrestling, got really funky. looking back at it now, it was absolutely my undiagnosed adhd beginning to rear its head in a way more intrusive way. i would start games but only ever play them for a quick session initially, and then never go back, cause when it came time to decide what to do with my free time, i would fall head first into choice paralysis and instead not do anything.
this struggle is something i've only just started to break through in the last couple years. since november of last year, when ragnarok came out, i've managed to start playing and finish 6 games(ragnarok, dead space, hogwarts, re4r, dredge, re2r leon), which is insane pace for me.
anyway, i love the metroid series. on a more macro level, metroidvania's are probably my favorite kind of game to play. so with all the whispers of a metroid prime trilogy release for the switch, i kept holding out on attempting to play them any other way. i'd though about buying the trilogy on the wii u, but i just had this feeling the controls might put me off. when they finally announced the remaster of the first prime, i was excited as fuck, and now was a perfect time to play it.
it's sooooooooo fucking good. i obvs can't speak to the original or any of the other console versions outside of having watched them, but the dual stick control scheme is seamless and it plays so nicely. lock-on is still the best way to face enemies, but exploration and general movement is so fluid now. the story you get from all the space pirate and chozo lore you scan is actually really awesome, and it's surprising how little the game holds your hand or directs you. a couple times now i've had to look up a walkthrough cause I've been stumped on what exactly i should be doing next, and each time i was like ohhhhhhh, cause i just wasn't picking up on the environmental storytelling, which in a 3d world is so much more open compared to the 2d games.
i just got the ice beam, and it's already one of my favorite games ever. hopefully it keeps up for the remainder of the playthrough.
and speaking of metroidvania's, i'll probably sign up for a month of ea play pro and install jedi survivor and see if it runs on my pc before the weekend is out.
