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Pokemon Z-A/Metroid Prime 4 thoughts
7 months ago
You know its really something when you can have a game as beautiful on Switch as Metroid Prime 4, a more niche title than Pokemon: ZA, which looks like a PS2 game. remind me why gamefreak still has reigns on the biggest ip in the world again? Not saying its gonna be a bad game, it actually looks exactly what I want out of pokemon gameplay wise, but man, gamefreak does not deserve slack for how badly they handle production and presentation of these games. No, it looking slightly better than S&V is not a passing grade in the slightest. To be clear, I'm less talking about graphical fidelity and more so presentation and optimization, even with MP4's detail, it looks like it runs very smoothly, while Z-A still looks like it chugs just not as bad as SV, and the sacrifice to details that make buildings pop is very glaring.
you're gonna be looking at buildings 90 percent of the game, so why do they look so bland? all faces are flat with windows and balconies just being flat textures. This is excusable for throwaway battle backgrounds on the 3ds, not a 2025 home consoles overworld. Presentation does matter especially if this is a full price game from the biggest IP IN THE WORLD. Im tired of these excuses man. The pokemon themselves do look animated better which is good, but the humans still look stilted and im assuming theres still no voice acting which is a shame if so.
Metroid Prime 4 is gorgeous and looks like it plays how it should, not as much to say since they only showed a little bit, but the psychic powers are interesting for a gameplay gimmick but I'll be honest im a little weary of Samus always getting these god powers then losing them. Also, "chosen one?" can we stop with this tired trope please lol. Can it just be an actually new, unrelated to the chozo planet? Im tired of the chozo stuff, its very cool, but it needs a BREAK. Though, the end of it made me hopeful, as we see what appears to be a red and steel colored version of the Light Suit from Prime 2, im all for expanding Luminoth lore if thats actually what theyre going for there.
you're gonna be looking at buildings 90 percent of the game, so why do they look so bland? all faces are flat with windows and balconies just being flat textures. This is excusable for throwaway battle backgrounds on the 3ds, not a 2025 home consoles overworld. Presentation does matter especially if this is a full price game from the biggest IP IN THE WORLD. Im tired of these excuses man. The pokemon themselves do look animated better which is good, but the humans still look stilted and im assuming theres still no voice acting which is a shame if so.
Metroid Prime 4 is gorgeous and looks like it plays how it should, not as much to say since they only showed a little bit, but the psychic powers are interesting for a gameplay gimmick but I'll be honest im a little weary of Samus always getting these god powers then losing them. Also, "chosen one?" can we stop with this tired trope please lol. Can it just be an actually new, unrelated to the chozo planet? Im tired of the chozo stuff, its very cool, but it needs a BREAK. Though, the end of it made me hopeful, as we see what appears to be a red and steel colored version of the Light Suit from Prime 2, im all for expanding Luminoth lore if thats actually what theyre going for there.
