I know giving out 10s to a lot of games is a no-no to a majority of you out there. I give out 10s because I can, and if I like a game, it'll get a 10. That doesn't necessarily mean the game is perfect, it just means you'll have an exceptionally good time playing it. Having said that, Metroid Prime is damn near perfect.
The visuals are stunning, you'll stop for a second just to look at the impressive detail that went into this game. Hell, the visor you look through is impressively done. Everyone talks about how great these graphics are, but you don't know the half of it, until you get some bug splattering off your visor to know the jist of it. The enemies are great, and well details, and the monsterous bosses are creatively and wonderfully designed. The environments are superb, and the terrains are just as so. Honestly, it is hard to put into words how great these visuals are, bottom line, they are the best graphics on the gamecube.
The gameplay is great, its not only fun and exciting, but it focuses on everything you'd expect in an adventure game. You scan unknown creatures and life forms with your visor to get a description of set object and a visual, this is handy for checking out the enemies you'll encounter. It will also help you determine that enemy's strenghts and weaknesses, by telling you where the soft spots are, and what kind of things it is prone to. The great part about Prime's gameplay, is that it doesn't focus on just gathering and collecting data, but it offers you a slew of bosses and enemies to plow through on your way to Prime-time. The auto-aim is helpful, and the multi-faceted suit of Samus is very grand indeed. There is a large variety of weaponary that can be used with the blaster, and the third person ball is done exceptionally well. The boss fights are fun, the boss fights can be tough, but most importantly (like most Metroid games), the boss fights come by the many. You may take a few minutes to grasp the controls of everything involved in this game, but once you do, you'll enjoy it to the core.
The replay value is good, but could have been better. Sure, it would be nice to go through the game as many times as possibly to get yourself a perfect completion rating and fastest time possible, but not everyone likes doing that, and its not all that necessary, really. A multiplayer aspect would have been nice; whether it had been co-op or death match style, it would have been welcomed by many with open arms. However, because it is Metroid, it is excusable, and you'll log so many hours in the single-player story, you'll forget how to even say multi-play. The game is worthy of gracing any gamers collection, even those who don't particularirly enjoy FPS games or Metroid games. I for one didn't enjoy the previous Metroid games, but this game is on a level of its own.
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