Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

THE GOOD:
The greatist things about this game, are the awesome graphics, the sprawling environments, the cool weopen systems and the amazing booses that will end you. Seriously the booses in this game are giants. The weopens are brilliant but we will get back to them later.

THE BAD:
Theres not much bad stuff in this game, but the multiplayer. Its not that bad. But come on weres the CTF (capture-the-flag).Plus theres not enough stages.

SUMMARY:
The weopens are awesome. For starters, the average power beam is your weopen of choice in most situations. Then the DarkBeam, its good at destroying the light aether. Then the LightBeam, which is amazing at destroying darklings.

More about the story: theres this race called the luminoth. these are at war with the ING. the ING are the darklings. but the start of your mission is nothing to do with it. (the story unfolds). Your mission in the beggining is to locate the federation troopers....

THE GOOD:
you still get to see in her mask
You get alot of weapons or upgrades
The swich bettewn levels is cool to look at.
Great colored envierments to see
dont lose all upgrades the first one

THE BAD:
gets repeative
can get lost
cant find your why around

SUMMARY:
out of this. this has to be one of the best games for the Game cube. great to play with your friends. You get alot of power ups. such as morph ball. the suit is the same as the first one. All ive go to say is to get it and see for you're self. Its like zero mission but in 3-D. Theres alot of good music to listen to. the gun shots sound cool. The cutseens are cool to watch and see. you do have to read every word. thats not really that bad to do. Well all i have to say buy this one a great game to have as a treasure. its $50.00 thats not so bad when you think about it.

THE GOOD:
-Absolutely astounding atmosphere, the sound and graphics are just top notch!
-Controls and gameplay style fit the game perfectly
-The game has a delicate balance between being fairly challenging and yet quite addictive at the same time

THE BAD:
-Multiplayer could have been a little better, more abilities like the screw attack would have been nice

SUMMARY:
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, the sequel to Metroid Prime (also on the 'cube), is an 'out of this world' experience, it is REALLY amazing. The minute you step out of your ship, into the cave on the planet's surface, the detail just springs to life in your eyes; the plant-life scattered across the cave floor, and the way glimmers of light shine through certain environments in the game, revealing the groups of tiny insects suspended in flight... the way the sounds of your gentle footsteps give life to a silent cave...
there is just a great, detailed, realistic atmosphere that...

THE GOOD:
+ Superb Graphics
+ Amazing Storyline
+ Cool weapons
+ and suits
+ Bosses are cool and tough
+ Puzzles are unique and clever
+ Screw Attack is back!
+ Creatures are well designed

THE BAD:
- Backtracking
- You WILL get stuck
- Multiplayer is pretty poor

SUMMARY:
Metroid Prime 2, though not better than Prime, is a fanstastic game with gorgeous visuals, a thrilling story and is challenging. This is why you own a Gamecube, becuase this is the god of the Cube. Well, the semi-god. Prime is the god. Anyways, Prime 2 is an amazing game with so much idead packed into the game disc its unbelievable. From the minute you begin to when you complete it, its awesome all the way.

GRAPHICS

Just look at this graphics! Astonishing!

Metroid Prime 2 is easily the...

Introduction

Welcome to the 2nd Edition of SLAYER Reviews. I'll be reviewing this time Metroid Prime 2 Echoes, probably one of the best Gamecube games of 2004. The games of the Metroid series are excellent full of puzzles and excitement with an eerie feeling of loneliness. The game is only the 2nd 3D Metroid game. Now, I'll take you through my review of Metroid Prime 2 Echoes.

Publisher: Nintendo

Developer: Retro Studios

Genre: First Person Action Adventure

No. of Players: 1 - 4 Players

Release Date: November 15, 2004 (US)

ESRB Rating: Teen (T)

Storyline

Metroid Prime 2 Echoes takes place right here in the Metroid Timeline. (Start to End)

Metroid/Zero Mission - Metroid Prime - Metroid Prime 2 Echoes - Metroid II: Return of Samus - Super Metroid - Metroid Fusion

The Galactic Federation Trooper Squad Bravo goes missing. They last transmitted...

THE GOOD:
~Yummy graphics
~Gameplay just as good as the first
~Good storyline
~Starts good ends better
~2 player mode!
~All new ammo system
~Metroids!
~Power beam!

THE BAD:
~Graphics not as good as Resi 4
~Not enough metroids

SUMMARY:
As soon as you start the game the start screen amazes you. You could swivel it around all day!
But the start screen isn't the entire game. But when you start the game you really see the gamecube's capabilities. The storm is amazing as Samus crashes too the planet. In the first part of the game you witness Zombies and other weird creatures. All this while seeing those great graphics. Learning the storyline is good as you can understand it. When you get the dark and light beams the game gets harder when you collect ammo to keep going. But the two guns are so close in the game when you actully get them. The enemy AI is excellent and the metroids still suck your face. The game...

THE GOOD:
.The graphics, the gameplay, near enough everything
.Pushes every envelope in the field
.Brilliant storyline
.Absolutely HUGE
.Challenging even for the veterans
.Music creates the atmosphere perfectly
.Very, very detailed

THE BAD:
.Could of done with some more voice-overs
.Not many multiplayer options
.People who didn't like Metroid Prime are unlikely going to be converted with this

SUMMARY:
Wow. I recommend EVERYONE who owns a Gamecube to get this game. An absolute masterpiece from start to finish. To me the best Gamecube game yet, and certainly a favourite of many. Superb graphics, atmospheric music, great gameplay and very detailed throughout the whole game. The bosses are AMAZING, trust me, you need to fight them to see exactly what I mean! Also the game is suprisingly challenging, even for the metroid veteran myself. It is definitely longer and harder than Metroid Prime and will take at least 12 hours to...

THE GOOD:
Weapons.
Samus has a Dark Side.
The planet you're in has a dark side too.
It's fully sick.

THE BAD:
Some bosses are too easy if you get too many upgrades.
Upgrades make the game too easy. I should know. I did.
Dark and Light beams have ammo like missiles.
Gets a little hard to use at first then it's easy to use. Getting used to controls is like riding a bike. You never forget.

SUMMARY:
Lastability: Either 5/10 or 7/10.
Less if you get upgrades. More if you rather just get one when you need it.
Graphics: 9/10.
WOW!!!!! This game's graphics is very good as it's pretty realistic.
Sound: 7/10.
Yeah, a bit repetitive.
Gameplay: 8/10.
Same as Metroid Prime, but the two new weapons have ammo like your missiles.
Overall: 4.8/5.0.
Almost there. Just a little more.

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes has been one of the most highly anticipated games of 2004. It was first introduced in 2003 at the E3 gaming expo by Retro studios as a 14 second video. Now, more than a year later, Metroid Prime 2 has turned into a game well worthy of praise.

New weapon systems, new suits, and new enemies make Metroid Prime 2 an incredible First-Person-Shooter. This game is very atmospheric, with 8 different environements each with it's own landscape, you'll be immersed in a very enriched experience.

Though MP2 strays from the other Metroid games in terms of storyline, choosing to move past the normal Space Pirate/Metroid based plot, it still manages to give the same level of excitement. Most of the game involves collecting new suit improvements, backtracking to previously unreachable areas, and using your new weaponry to conquer foes that block your path. As monotonous as some may think it seems, this game is in no way repetitive.

The boss fights are...

THE GOOD:
Great Graphics
Ability to explore everywhere.
Great Scanning abilites (Showing last transmission of Space Troopers)
Amazing Bosses
Introducing Multiplayer
New Powers featuring Dark and Light beams.

THE BAD:
Multiplayer (No co-op, limited areas, no teams, no bots)
Limited powers
Dark Aether's air is annoying
Metroids get annoying plus they are kinda limited for a game called METROID Prime 2.
Save Stations are too far apart.

SUMMARY:
Shortly after Metroid Prime, a group of Galactic Federation troopers were sent to investigate a mysterious planet, named Aether where weird events are going on. They chase a ship of Space Pirates onto the planet where things go wrong. The Galactic Federation doesn't know whats going on on Aether so they get their best Bounty Hunter to find out what's happened to them. Enter Samus Aran. Samus Aran arrives, with her ship damaged by lightning. After finding a mysterious portal,...