I wanted to love this game so much. I didn't expect it to be amazing but it far exceeded my expectations. The world is open and there are always new things to explore, but with no sprint button, it feels very empty when you have to repeatedly press B to use the equivalent of a combat roll to get anywhere in under an hour. And don't think about using quick travel, because the loading screens take upwards of five minutes.
Written by the Halo trilogy's Joe Staten, the story is relatively enjoyable... until the end. I'm not one to call a game bad just because of the ending, but it does so little to wrap up any of the threads and concludes about two minutes after the boss fight, and given the game's reception (that it rightfully earned) and Metroid Prime 4 being in production, a sequel is highly unlikely. The protagonist Joule Adams is very likeable, but lacks depth (like just about any video game protagonist, to be fair) but seems very optimistic and cheery despite how dire her situation is and being surrounded by killer robots, booby traps, quicksand, the impending doom of the human race, and other hazards.
On top of that, collectibles are needed to progress through the final dungeon. Collectibles that the antagonist wants, but ordered his minions to build dungeons around, which is one of the many flaws the story has. The final level(s) is also plagued by a near-impossible platforming section that comes completely out of left field, and again, makes no narrative sense that the antagonist controlling the platforms would even set them up for someone he's trying to stop. Until this point, all the platforming sections were optional, but suddenly you're thrown into an hours-long dungeon of rage-inducing jumps with a margin for error near nonexistant.
All in all, it's an okay game that sometimes feels empty and as if game design legend Keiji Inafune didn't have his heart in it. If you can get it for under $20, I'd recommend it. I don't regret spending money on it, but I would've if I had to pay the retail price of $40.
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If Star Wars The Force Awakens ever had a prequel tie in game revolving around Rey; this basically much describe the world of this game. You're a scavenger, Joule in a desert planet searching for parts while encountering 4 (technically 5) robot AI which accompany you on your journey.Gameplay is split up into 3 parts: world/dungeon exploration, platforming puzzles, and the other a fun arcade third person shooter.Exploration and dungeon crawling is okay, you can scavenge for core and parts/blueprints for upgrades whether it's your gun or your robot companions. Down side is if you're not used to old school open world adventure games then it may be off putting especially during fetch quests where you have to collect 6 or 7 of the same items to open a door. There's no hint system like in Uncharted 4 for example where they tell you where the last item or hints to solve the puzzle. This can be frustrating at times when you have 5 out of 6 items to progress through the dungeon and you have to keep wandering around the map for minutes to find it or look it up online. One item took me maybe 15mins of wandering around to find on my own. Also certain areas have you use 2 of your 4 robot companions (the 5th one is just a transporter/fast travel) to get through the level or mini-dungeon, this is a hassle when you only can have 2 at given time instead of 3 and you have to go back to your base to swap them out. Basically in terms of puzzles and exploration the game doesn't hand hold you, and you have to figure everything out yourself or play an advance game of hide and seek. Also some story missions are locked until you find certain item/core requirements so there' a lot of item grinding involved.There's a lot of platforming puzzles in the game where you use your abilities to jump though timed levels to get a specific item/finish a quest. If you're not good at 3D platforming or have fast reactions speed this may be frustrating alsoCombat in this game is very fun, as you have to switch to different colored bullets, dodge and call your robot companions to build combos for exp.There's an auto-aim feature, but the combat is very fast pace where you have to prioritize enemies and dodge incoming attacks testing your reflexes. Once you get into it it's very exhilarating. Too bad the game have to go through a lot of fetch quests, if it was just combat all the way through i'd say it would be a better gameGraphics are okay. Not top of the line graphics but pretty decent. There are some frame rate stutters at times when there's a lot of enemies on screen.Overall this is not a casual game that you pick up and play through the story. There's a lot of exploration, Easter egg (parts/cores) hunting and weapon grinding.
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Sean 1995
Has potential but feels unfinished
Reviewed in Canada on May 10, 2017Platform For Display: Xbox OneEdition: StandardVerified Purchase
Brad Mills
Preordered months ago, but not that impressed.
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When terraforming goes wrong, make a great game.
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