![]() Retro Studios didn't need to reinvent the wheel, when that wheel is so unlike anyone else's in the first place. On a very superficial level it definitely is a case of more of the same, but the more time you spend with Echoes, glib statements such as these get under your skin. ![]() Roughly the same visual sheen, identical controls, a similar array of power-ups and weapons, and the whole "scan everything" gameplay mechanic, enemies that respawn from previously cleared areas, hard as nails boss encounters. Reducing Echoes to its basic form, it wouldn't be unreasonable to surmise from a quick glance that it's more of the same with multiplayer tacked onto it. The failure of Echoes to perform commercially will blacken the hearts of many gamers for years to come, and for good reason.īut in a way, its current failure isn't all that unexpected. Few games have warranted such evangelical praise yet fallen on so many deaf ears. The chances are you'll have rushed out and bought Echoes already - probably on the strength of the fantastic GameCube predecessor, in which case you'll be as exasperated as we are that this has been trampled in the Christmas rush. If you've played any of the previous Metroid games then this will be old news. The whole game world is too intricately designed and elaborately constructed into a coherent environment that the only option available to you is to soak up everything you see, learn your way around, read everything, make endless mental notes about the areas inaccessible to you, and remove any expectations and bad habits you may have from the countless other games that make things easier, less frustrating but far less exciting and involving in the long run. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is one of those games that you couldn't hurry if you wanted to you'd only come a cropper in the end. There have been less concerted campaigns to free wrongly accused terrorists and less angry fathers denied access rights, but some things in life it would be irresponsible to rush. Samus, or should we say shame us, for taking so long to review this game. Remember: don't be a sinner, be a winner! Buy this game and set yourself free. When such anomalies occur you feel like packing it all in and strapping a megaphone on your face and annoying Christmas shoppers in a Scouse accent with talk of football and Jesus. In with a bullet at No.33 in the UK charts, gone the next week. ![]() ![]() Shame on you for passing up on the opportunity to play one of the games of the year. ![]()
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