It's been a couple weeks since I've finished up Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, so I think it's time I put my thoughts down here. To my surprise, I recognized much more of the game than I expected, so I must have been farther along as a kid than I gave myself credit for.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game, going so far as to get 100% item completion - a feat I didn't feel inclined to perform for the others. The game isn't without gripes, of course, but what game is?
First off, the obvious topic: motion controls. I must admit, I was not a fan of aiming with the Wii remote initially; after an hour or so, though, it wasn't a big deal. They were otherwise inoffensive.
To the meat, though: I appreciate Prime 3 for building out more of the world of the Galactic Federation in particular, as well as providing other bounty hunters as peers to Samus (more on them later). To this point, the lore entries felt fitting, much more-so than in Prime 2, though it still lacked environmental storytelling via the non-collectible lore that Prime 1 had (particularly re: the space pirates, in that case).
Given the ending, I'm a little unsure how Prime 4 will continue the story - surely Dark Samus and the Phazon wouldn't make a return, so I'd expect something more fresh, but we'll see.
On a thematic level - hoo boi. I love me some character tragedy, and while it's not a major emphasis in the game, it's still there and at least okay. I mean, Corruption is in the name and holds a major mechanical position - you literally die if you let it get bad enough. Seeing Samus's face get more and more fucked up as the game goes on is a nice bit of juice, in that regard. How this corruption affects her, her peers, and the resulting action (and inaction) is probably my favorite part of the game.
Specifically, having to fight and witness her peers perish in front of her while she's powerless to do anything? She's strong enough to best them, but not to save them - man, that hurts good. Especially when 1. she's the blueprint for Dark Samus, who kinda caused this whole situation, and 2. she was in a coma for 5 months while the rest of them were sent out alone, left to the hands of Dark Samus.
Oh also fuck the Galactic Federation for fucking with the phazon and trying to use it - classic Human behavior of "oh this is dangerous - let's weaponize it". And also modifying Samus's suit without consent, though to be fair it may have very well been important in keeping her alive. shrug.
Anyway now I have to wait for Prime 4
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