Samus Aran in all her Nintendo Switch 2 glory.
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<\/p>\n Nintendo<\/p>\n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Metroid Prime 4 stumbled multiple times before being completely scrapped and restarted over the decade it took to make. Although it found its way back to Retro Studios, the team behind the original trilogy, the scars of this protracted and troubled development are clear.<\/p>\n Despite beautiful art direction, graphics, and sound design, Metroid Prime 4 is a baffling game to play. It focuses too much on action instead of puzzle solving and exploration. It has annoying side characters who won’t leave you alone. Its desolate overworld lacks personality.<\/p>\n The result is a game that feels antithetical to the carefully curated mood that makes this series work: and one of the weaker Metroid games in recent years.<\/p>\n \n The first-person mode you’ll spend most of the game in. Nintendo<\/p>\n <\/b> toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n Nintendo<\/p>\n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n All of this is frustrating because Metroid Prime 4 is a technical marvel. I played primarily on the Nintendo Switch 2’s handheld mode. I toggled between two graphical modes: a higher resolution option that runs at 60 FPS, and a 120 FPS option that runs at 720p. Colors pop, light dances off surfaces, particles drift, and choir vocals layer on top of ambient soundscapes. What Nintendo has done here is a model that the rest of the industry needs to take note of. Great art and music should take priority over unnecessarily taxing graphical “innovations.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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