Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Echoes is right. A paler, distorted version of a once clear sound.

Metroid Prime was nothing short of a miracle. Taking that series into 3d was impossible and Retro did it.

4 stars easy

So, um, let's take Metroid Prime, but make it a Light and Dark world, like Zelda. Then we don't have to design as many maps and the game will be longer dude to all the "shoot object in light world, go to dark world, door is open" puzzles. Then let's take the beam weapons, make them suck and have them run out of ammo.

So we go from a supremely executed tribute and sequel to Super Metroid with zero missteps, to a fucking purple and black world full of teenage tribal tattoo monsters and me having to worry about ammo conservation?

1 star