Metroid Prime on PC
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Yoss_and_the_Pilfered_Peaches — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 02:04 AM)
I'd comment on the Nintendo 64's general control scheme for shootI mean adventure games, but it seems to set people off, soooooo beep it.
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ScottMerica — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 04:54 AM)
It's not a shooter; yes there's shooting in it but it's primarily an adventure/metroidvania game. It's the same as Portal in that the shooting is only a means to experience the true point of the game rather than being
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Jeorj Euler — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 05:40 AM)
Not important.
(I've been looking around on Wikipedia.) If you think about it, though, standard "shooter" games provide an array of projectile weapons that can be picked up and set down or swapped out for other projectile weapons, if not all accumulated, and the types of projectile weapons may have distinct advantages and disadvantages, like how the usefulness of a "sawed-off shotgun" is distinct from the usefulness of "sniper rifle".
Metroid Prime
doesn't provide this functionality. Samus Aran just has the arm cannon with a few different firing modes, and there's no telescopic sight targeting mode. -
Yoss_and_the_Pilfered_Peaches — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 06:40 AM)
standard "shooter" games provide an array of projectile weapons that can be picked up
Sure, but you also pick up an array of different weapons in Metroid Prime in the form of extensions of Samus' arm cannon.
the types of projectile weapons may have distinct advantages and disadvantages
Which fits with the various extensions or weapon-types that Samus use.
Ultimately, though, I don't really care. You can call it a unicorn for all I care. I called it a shooter because it plays like a shooter. A game can fit more than one genre anyway, so not exactly sure why people are making a fuss about it in the first place.
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Jeorj Euler — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 05:22 AM)
It's not a shooter; yes there's shooting in it but it's primarily an adventure/metroidvania game. It's the same as Portal in that the shooting is only a means to experience the true point of the game rather than being
the
point like COD or Halo.
Who the hell came up with this philosophy? IGN or something? You're the second replier to bring this up. -
Jeorj Euler — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 03:07 PM)
Nintendo. They frequently noted that Metroid Prime wasn't a shooter when they were marketing its release.
That's awkward seeing as how the gameplay is significantly different from the 64-and-onward
Mario
,
Donkey Kong
and
Legend of Zelda
just by virtue of being so shooter-like with the protagonist waling around with her weapon basically always being pointed forward and having to use it in order to complete every objective. Honestly, it feels like it has more in common with shooter games than it does with the other Nintendo games I've mentioned. The main thing that sticks out as non-shooter-like is how Samus Aran only has one projectile weapon albeit with more than one firing mode. -
Shpongoloid_The_Astral_Gnome — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 09:48 AM)
Decided to restart Metroid Prime on PC using a Wii emulator
No way! I loaded Metroid Prime on Dolphin like a month ago. Couldn't get decent controls either. Seriously, what are the odds?My favorite films:
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Yoss_and_the_Pilfered_Peaches — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 09:53 AM)
To be fair, though, I think getting decent controls out of this game would require modifying the actual game code because of how Nintendo it for both the Gamecube and the Wii. This is as good as it gets, unfortunately.
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fingerscut — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 10:12 AM)
For all the talk of difficult console to PC controls
I'd like to once again point out that I unlocked Skate Heaven on THPS2 for the PC.
USING A KEYBOARD. My hand still hurts from that one.
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Yoss_and_the_Pilfered_Peaches — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 10:25 AM)
I'd imagine it'd be quite effective. You can use a finger per direction. Fast and precise. Actually, I have no idea. I don't play fighters.
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fingerscut — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 10:45 AM)
I think you'd need the numpad for MORTAL KOMBAT!.
I had a hard enough time with using Zangrief and T.Hawk on controllers. I'd hate to try the double 360 motion on KB.
Hitman 1 on PC has qwe/asd/zxc or numpad movement, it's handled well but still I find it slightly difficult. The mouse for aiming helps quite a bit to that end, though.
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Harry_Skywalker — 9 years ago(October 04, 2016 12:12 PM)
The keyboard plus mouse combo is the worst gaming controls ever made.
Consoles have much better controllers and PC gaming is totally irrelevant.
If Metroid Prieme was a PC exclusive then it'd be an irrelevant game.
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Yoss_and_the_Pilfered_Peaches — 9 years ago(October 08, 2016 08:44 AM)
So, booted up my old save on the Gamecube at Meta Ridley. I seem to remember this boss fight as a massive chore. Lengthy and dying twice at a point where the boss has, like, a sliver of health left, leaving me with horrible hand cramp and no interest in continuing. This time, though? I just beep him up. Used the red cannon and took him down in about five minutes only losing a bar of health in the process.
Not terribly excited about the next boss fight. Looked at video lengths for this one and the shortest one is, like, fifteen minutes.
I am on fire, but an extinguisher is not required