Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Switch, Switch 2) (December 4, 2025)

[$$$HotBoyRonald$$$]

Collecting green crystals on the bike is NOT fun and one of the most pointless and tedious fetch questing in any game lol. Game starts off strong but falls apart and the later worlds have absolutely no exploration elements and just a long linear corridor setup.

 

[GambinoMakeItWork]

definitely a 7 game, I'd give it a 7.5-8 if not for the end

biggest thing that stuck out to me is Sylux might have the most low effort backstory/motive I've ever seen

even for Nintendo standards, that being the best they could come up with in 18 years

also annoying that you get nothing for completing the second set of green energy crystals, I spent way too much time finding the last few

performance was smooth though, played on 4k/60 fps

 

[tgu]

This game doesn’t deserve to be stickied

 

[Volt]

Finished it. Game is pretty fun, all things considered. It scratches that Metroid Prime itch. But it's definitely below average.

Here's an example, these are the first areas of Prime 4 (Fury Green) and Prime 1 (Chozo Ruins)

Spoiler: Raw maps, no big spoilers

So yeah, the game is pretty fun until the last segment, but it's not generational like the other ones.
Visuals and soundtrack are pretty dope tbh.

The end tho? A steaming pile of unadulterated, gluten-free, organic, homegrown ass.

Last major area is complete dogshyt, the desert crystal quest is the worst bullshyt I've ever seen, and the ending is just ridiculous. The ending alone is about as bad as Other M's whole story.

 

[King Sun]

Tbh I think tis more to do with Nintendo not wanting to put real money behind Meroid for decades created this issue.

 

[Jaguar93]

I’ll support once I get a Switch 2…eventually