I loved this game, and just beat it about 3 days ago. Since I don't get a lot of free time to play my GC, it took me two months to do so (I tend to play one game exclusively until I beat it or give up); I would estimate that was about 30 hours of play time. Money well spent.
Some of the bosses are admittedly hard, but the best thing to do is go out and get as many of the hidden energy tanks as you can find. And keep in mind that each boss has a specific strategy you need to use to beat it, you can't just mindlessly go in and try to kill it with firepower -- you need to discover the boss's weakness and exploit it (whether that means a certain beam weapon combo, or taking advantage of the boss's mobility limitations, etc). The walkthru from gamefaqs.com can be helpful if you're at the end of your rope, but don't overuse it and let it spoil your game. I will warn you, though, the hardest boss is the spider ball guardian. It just takes an amazing amount of dexterity to manipulate Samus properly to beat this boss, and you have to think incredibly quickly.
Also, I wouldn't put Metroid Prime in the same category as Halo. Sure, they both offer first-person shooting perspectives, but the auto-targetting combat of Metroid is focused less on precision aiming and firepower and more on discovering the specific strategy for beating a given opponent/boss. I think of Metroid Prime as actually very true to the original games, as a puzzle/platform game with action elements. It's just been updated for the 3D trend.
Actually I'm kind of glad it's over because I've been dying to try Resident Evil 4 (heh heh). I just started it two nights ago, and I must admit it doesn't have the same level of polish as the Metroid Prime games -- but it is definitely creepy! So far so good.
by Erik — Mar 05
Some of the bosses are admittedly hard, but the best thing to do is go out and get as many of the hidden energy tanks as you can find. And keep in mind that each boss has a specific strategy you need to use to beat it, you can't just mindlessly go in and try to kill it with firepower -- you need to discover the boss's weakness and exploit it (whether that means a certain beam weapon combo, or taking advantage of the boss's mobility limitations, etc). The walkthru from gamefaqs.com can be helpful if you're at the end of your rope, but don't overuse it and let it spoil your game. I will warn you, though, the hardest boss is the spider ball guardian. It just takes an amazing amount of dexterity to manipulate Samus properly to beat this boss, and you have to think incredibly quickly.
Also, I wouldn't put Metroid Prime in the same category as Halo. Sure, they both offer first-person shooting perspectives, but the auto-targetting combat of Metroid is focused less on precision aiming and firepower and more on discovering the specific strategy for beating a given opponent/boss. I think of Metroid Prime as actually very true to the original games, as a puzzle/platform game with action elements. It's just been updated for the 3D trend.
Actually I'm kind of glad it's over because I've been dying to try Resident Evil 4 (heh heh). I just started it two nights ago, and I must admit it doesn't have the same level of polish as the Metroid Prime games -- but it is definitely creepy! So far so good.