markderoos Posted February 2, 2019 Posted February 2, 2019 7 hours ago, Hogge said: Yeah, my intention wasn't to start a debate on drought or nought (lol), but express my curiosity of just how much of a train wreck the canceled MP4 version must've been. I heard all they had to show was an HD render of a mine cart. 3
ArtMediocre Posted February 2, 2019 Posted February 2, 2019 Hahaha, brilliant Sadness reference @markderoos 1
Dufniall Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 Hmm, if they are looking for an art director, I think the game is still a looooong way away: 1
Ronnie Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 Between this getting restarted from scratch and Retro's general lack of anything in 5-6 years it seems like a big waste of resources. Credit to Nintendo for not shipping subpar games though, especially in a franchise that's kind of on thin ice. 1
MindFreak Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 But then again: Quote "And lastly, Mr. Tanabe I can't not ask you about a certain other project you're working on - Metroid Prime 4. We haven't seen anything of it at all this E3. Do you have an update for fans waiting patiently for it? Tanabe: I shouldn't say, it's a little tricky... To be completely honest, at this E3 I just want people to pay attention to Luigi. If I mention something about Metroid Prime 4, people will focus on that. But when the time comes, I am so ready to talk about it!" https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-06-18-luigis-mansion-3-developers-talk-cut-ideas-labo-and-birdo So it seems that they could have shown something this year had they chosen to. What does an art director do that impacts gameplay? Isn't it more stuff like how the world looks that can be changed within a few weeks and doesn¨t affect the gameplay?
Jonnas Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, MindFreak said: But then again: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-06-18-luigis-mansion-3-developers-talk-cut-ideas-labo-and-birdo So it seems that they could have shown something this year had they chosen to. What does an art director do that impacts gameplay? Isn't it more stuff like how the world looks that can be changed within a few weeks and doesn¨t affect the gameplay? If i'm not mistaken, the art director is responsible for a game's visual aesthetic, which is pretty major. It's him/her who decides the exact brand of creepy/serious/realistic/wacky a game is going for. Consequently, how well an animation or model gels with the gameplay, if only aesthetically. For example, in Fire Emblem Awakening, it was the art director, not the artist, who decided that Armour Knights should have enormous shoulders and cavaliers should have toilet helmets. These decisions easily take me out of the game, since they're so ludicrous. Metroid depends a lot in aesthetic to be memorable. If they haven't settled on an art director yet, then MP4 is very far away. Might be they worked on the gameplay engine and level structure first, then want to build a world around that... But it's still a big chunk of the game.
Aperson Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 If they have worked on modelling the environments first then that would constitute some progress, especially if Nintendo wants to make sure the gameplay foundation is there before anything else. If that's the case they are probably on Retro's computers as massive grey shaped objects with no detail. A game like this probably isn't going to be out until 2022 at least anyway. Nintendo wanted to focus on things coming up this year and next year, Metroid Prime 4 was scrapped entirely and restarted again so I think that's why they didn't show anything. 1
Sméagol Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 We need to bury this thread for our own sake. There's won't be any substantial news for at least a year. 1
Julius Posted February 17, 2022 Posted February 17, 2022 So I'm not saying that this is a sign that we'll see the game this year... ...but I'm also not saying that it's not a sign that we'll see the game this year 1 1
Ronnie Posted February 17, 2022 Posted February 17, 2022 Wow. Twitter might be about to crash from the hype.
Kav Posted February 17, 2022 Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Julius said: So I'm not saying that this is a sign that we'll see the game this year... ...but I'm also not saying that it's not a sign that we'll see the game this year I love how everyone on Twitter is going crazy from this!
Glen-i Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Kav said: I love how everyone on Twitter is going crazy from this! I despair at the thought that people are going crazy over something so trivial. I want more Metroid Prime, man, but there's plenty of other games to tide me over.
Ronnie Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 27 minutes ago, Glen-i said: I despair at the thought that people are going crazy over something so trivial. I want more Metroid Prime, man, but there's plenty of other games to tide me over. People have been waiting for news about this game for nearly 5 years, it's ok to be excited that it's finally happening.
Glen-i Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 Just now, Ronnie said: People have been waiting for news about this game for nearly 5 years, it's ok to be excited that it's finally happening. Not when it confirms absolutely nothing!
Ronnie Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 Just now, Glen-i said: Not when it confirms absolutely nothing! It's not supposed to confirm anything. It's a tease that news is coming soon. It's ok to be excited about that.
Glen-i Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 44 minutes ago, Ronnie said: It's not supposed to confirm anything. It's a tease that news is coming soon. It's ok to be excited about that. It's not though? At most, it's a tease of some artwork existing.
Hero-of-Time Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 8 hours ago, Kav said: I love how everyone on Twitter is going crazy from this! People also went nuts when Retro Studios posted about BBQ and started theorizing that it was Metroid Prime (rib) related. People be crazy. 4 hours ago, Glen-i said: ...but there's plenty of other games to tide me over. Indeed. Although it is easy for me to take this stance as I'm not huge on the Prime series. 1
Dcubed Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 But what does it MEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN?????????????????? Looking forward to the 10 hour long Gamexplain dissection video. 2
MindFreak Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 It means that they just felt it was time for a new banner, and this is the project they are working on.
Julius Posted June 18 Posted June 18 We go Beyond -- in 2025! Quote Samus Aran is back! Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will be released on Nintendo Switch in 2025. 1
Dcubed Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Looks utterly stunning, and (thankfully!) like a proper Metroid Prime game and not horrible open world garbage. Kensuke Tanabe finally gets to live his 19 year long dream of bringing Sylux into a proper Metroid game as well. Good for him! While I do think it's a waste to put it out on the current Switch, I'm sure it'll get the BOTW treatment and end up being the Switch 2's big marque launch day title as a cross-gen release. 1
Dcubed Posted June 19 Posted June 19 (edited) Calling it now. This game’s story is gonna be centred around the creation of the Mochtroids. Sylux in the trailer is seen standing alongside a pair of Mochtroids (note the reduced number of nucleae and thinner skin compared to normal Metroids). They appear to be under his direct control and aren’t acting wildly like a normal Metroid either. Mochtroids debuted in the Maridia section of Super Metroid, which fits the series timeline here; since the Prime games take place between Metroid 1 & 2… and you know what’s the only other game to feature the Mochtroids? The Metroid Prime Hunters First Hunt demo, that’s right, the DEMO. Not even the full game lol. Metroid-likes under the direct control of an antagonist would make for a pretty cool plot line here, and it would also fit in nicely with the series’ overarching theme of foolish people messing around with biology and supernatural phenomena in an attempt to control said phenomena to disastrous consequences… including the Chozo creating the Metroids to control the X-Parasites, the Space Pirates and Federation trying to control Phazon, the Federation trying to control the Metroids themselves after wiping out the Space Pirates (who themselves tried to control Metroids) and indeed… Spoiler Raven Beak creating and failing to control Samus Edited June 19 by Dcubed 1 2
dwarf Posted June 19 Posted June 19 This aint it fellas. The gameplay and graphics are from a bygone era and it doesn't seem to have a clear identity, which isn't a surprise given all the development complications. Prime remains in my top three games of all time, but I made my peace with the series after the disappointment of Corruption - very glad I didn't have any emotional investment in how the series would pan out! 1
bob Posted June 20 Posted June 20 It does look very dated. It's presumably an early build though, so it'll probably look better when released.
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