Metroid Prime: Trilogy (Wii)

This compilation contains three games: Metroid Prime, Metroid prime 2: Echoes, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
The first two games have been released on the Nintendo gamecube quite some years ago, while Corruption has been released for the Nintendo Wii just a couple years ago or so.

Since all the games have been released already, it is important to review what is new.

Nothing has changed in Metroid prime 3: Corruption, as far as I can tell.
Regarding Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, the obvious big difference is in the control scheme, which takes advantage of the Wii remote to aim on screen. The result is honestly great. There are three control settings, and I advise to play with the professional-advanced settings, which are very responsive and really a blast to play with.
Controls are very tight and the whole experience is really enhanced by the quality of them.
There are some graphics enhancements to the 2 games: specifically the inclusion of 16/9 support and progressive scan.
These cosmetic changes are welcome, and round up a presentation of the compilation which is really good.
The graphics of the first two games appear to be crisp and very nice, although I can spot a general feeling of low resolution texture mapping here and there. The 3rd episode on the other hand solves this problem and looks technically amazing.
But forget the number of poligons or the texture effects. Tech is great, but here, all the three games deliver an artistic view, where attention to details is really the amazing point.

If you never played any of the titles in the compilation, this is really the best way to enjoy one of the best games of all time (Metroid Prime), plus its incredibly good sequels.
If you played already one or more of the games, consider that the new controls are so good that in my opinion it is worth playing the games again.

Three amazing games for the price of one is really a great value, especially when the games share this level of quality.
This compilation is really recommended.

There is almost no limit on the amount of praise that can be given to these games. The breathtaking scope , spanning vast areas of expansive landscape, every corner of which begs to be explored, along with the great variety of settings, make for an immersive experience beyond the reach of sheer graphical power. Each of these games will take you at least twenty hours to beat, and that is only if you rush. To get the maximum enjoyment out of them, you will want to take your time, exploring every area, gathering every collectible you can find and wringing every last drop of puzzle-solving, mind-taxing, skill-straining enjoyment that you can out of them. Do that and you are looking at well over a hundred hours of hypnotically engrossing gameplay, to say nothing of replays on harder difficulty settings. Indeed, the sheer amount of time that you will spend on these games will make you feel emotionally attached to them, and will only increase your level of immersion and the sense of realism that these games have to offer. There is no game collection that I know of that offers such value for money, still less that gives some of the highest qualities of entertainment ever to grace a disk-drive.

I got this little beauty for my wii recently (A console by the way, that I've only recently discovered an appreciation for). Having never played any of the other Metroid games (Yes, I know I've missed out), I wasn't sure what to expect, what attracted me initially was the value, three "epic adventures in a single deluxe package," for the price of one game. And the packaging, OK maybe not the making or breaking of a game, but like any product its important, the case comes in a nice sleeve, simple, subtle cover art that dosen't give too much away, it comes with a nice artwork and history insert, it all adds to the feel of what it is, a nice, neat, definitive collection, perfect for newbies to the Metroid series like me.

So, I got it home and wasted no time starting her up. On the main menu, you have three slots to create game profiles, you can then choose which Metroid Prime title you want to play, so for me... I thought "Well, let's start at the beginning." My initial reaction was, well I wasn't blown away, I thought "Its OK," this was partly due to my inexperience with the wii controller, which made my first experience with Metroid Prime a frustrating one, which made me turn it off and walk away having not even managed to get through the frigate (With the intention that I'd come back to it later),after reading the manual more, reading an online walkthrough, watching a few walkthrough videos to get me started, I did indeed come back later, in a much more prepared frame of mind. My next attempt was a bit more satisfying, I'd started to get the hang of the controls, I cleared the frigate (Which is the first "level" I put that in quotes because, as I soon discovered, this game doesn't have levels as such), and got down to the planet. And this is where MP1 really blew me away.

Not long after I got into the nearby ruins I realised that this wasn't just a standard linear first person shooter (As I'd thought it might be), but is a full blown adventure, with an exploration and puzzle solving elements and "Quest" style similar to that of the Zelda games (Among my favourite series), and well..... That was my weekend gone, I've already spent solid hours on this, playing until my wii remote batteries were flat, then simply replacing them and carrying on! And I'm still on the first game! The controls, now that I've got the hang of them, are incredibly responsive, you use the wiimote and the nunchuck, the graphics, while a little dated (At least on the first one, 1+2 are Gamecube ports, while the third one is exclusively for the wii), are still gorgeously rendered and highly detailed, so you are treated to some wonderful scenery whenever you go through a door, or to a different part of the world, the world is.... HUGE, there are so many places you can explore, forest, waterfalls, groves, ancient ruins, temples, fire caves, ice caves, mines.

The difficulty can sometimes be a bit unforgiving at times, it is certainly challenging, especially at later stages. the boss battles are.... Epic, to say the least, you'll end the battle with heart pounding and hands trembling and sweating! The sound and music is perfect. My only gripe so far is all the backtracking you have to do can become a little tiresome, but its only a minor complaint.

Its been a long time since I was this entheusiastic about a game, to the point where I'm driving home from work excited about getting in and playing!

Overall, really good fun, very challenging and great value for money. What are you waiting for?