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  • "It's not a first-person shooter.Metroid Prime doesn't play like any other game that's come before it.." (as I was adamantly pointing out before) and "it's also the best game yet in Nintendo's highly acclaimed Metroid series". Now do y

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
 #31464  by Zeus
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 12:10 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/re ... ogames.com review</a>

"It's not a first-person shooter.Metroid Prime doesn't play like any other game that's come before it.." (as I was adamantly pointing out before) and "it's also the best game yet in Nintendo's highly acclaimed Metroid series". Now do you want it?</div>

 #31468  by Tortolia
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 2:28 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I was sold a while ago, but the absolutely glowing reviews I've read have only cinched it.</div>

 #31469  by Torgo
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 3:56 am
<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>It's been a long eight years. All we can do now is wait.</div>

 #31471  by Zeus
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 7:58 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I WAS gonna wait for a used one, but I think I'll be ordering it tonight online</div>

 #31474  by SineSwiper
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 12:51 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/299/l ... +.shtml</a>

And here is a review of the incredibly funny Jackass.</div>

 #31475  by G-man Joe
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 2:01 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Not a FPS? Sure played like one. This is where the FPS Pong anology kicks in. "It's Pong but in first person!"</div>

 #31476  by Julius Seeker
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 2:44 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>It's an Action Adventure shooting game from the first person. Just like previous Metroid games are action adventure shooting games from the third person. It does not play at all like other First Person shooters, it plays like a 3D Metroid game, that's what everybody has said so far.</div>

 #31479  by G-man Joe
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 4:02 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>"It's an Action Adventure shooting game from the first person." = "Pong but in first person." =8^)</div>

 #31480  by Julius Seeker
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 4:05 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>That's an interesting concept, an Action Adventure Shooting Pong game in the first person =P</div>

 #31481  by G-man Joe
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 4:07 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>But you have to avoid the pongs. =8^D I think we should hire some programmers, Seeker! Think of it as.....Dodge Pong! =8^D</div>

 #31485  by Julius Seeker
 Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:03 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Well, lets see, we got Sine here, Kupek, they can do the coding shit that we know absolutely nothin' about, but we need some art designer, someone who can put it all into 3D and make it run at 60 frames per second, hmmmm, Barret, go to arts school!</div>

 #31487  by Zeus
 Sun Nov 17, 2002 9:15 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Might and Magic played like one too</div>

 #31494  by G-man Joe
 Sun Nov 17, 2002 12:12 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Sine? Everything'll be in reverse! We got Zhugee Lee-Ang, Ish, Kupek..... =8^)</div>

 #31504  by Julius Seeker
 Sun Nov 17, 2002 3:40 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Alright, we'll throw Sine into Manufacturing</div>

 #31516  by SineSwiper
 Sun Nov 17, 2002 8:15 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I'll admit that I'm no VG programmer.</div>
 #31530  by kali o.
 Mon Nov 18, 2002 11:02 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah, that was an insult...

If you think M&M plays anything like a FPS, the only thing you've proven is that you have no idea what a FPS is...

KO-</div>

 #31533  by SineSwiper
 Mon Nov 18, 2002 11:47 am
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>FPA?</div>

 #31595  by kali o.
 Tue Nov 19, 2002 10:16 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Hardly. Turn-based, no reflex needed, roll-rules...</div>