I've just gone out and brought a new gaming console!
No its, not an X360, its a GameCube. They're so cheap now and the lure of finally playing Metroid Prime is simply too much to resist.
Wow! How damn good is MP? I can't believe that none of my friends have played this, its so good. I find myself comparing the game to Halo:CE and Halo 2 a lot. Graphically it outshines H:CE in every aspect and comes damn close to H2. The gameplay is smooth, intense, intriguing and immersive. In fact I'm strongly reminded of Half Life, its the same type of design that draws a player in but its even better here. There's no loading, you can examine and scane almost everything in sight, there's an great mirror effect where you'll see Samus' face after standing near a large explosion, hell this game has seemingly everything.
I can wait to play MP2: Echoes, and I am seriously considering buying a Nintendo Wii when they come out. I'm buying a PS3, that is definete but the Wii is so tempting now. I've downloaded a 113MB video of MP3 and it looks great. Graphically, I've seen a lot better, but the game seems to have a stronger focus on action (which is great in my opinion) and the way it controls! By god you can't understand how damn amazing the Wii Controller is until you see it action. This baby is gonna change the way people play FPS games on consoles. It does the impossible, it is actually a more effective control mechanism then the "mouse and keyboard combo" on PCs. Seriously, thats how good the set up is. Console owners are actually going to have a control methond for FPS that outshines the PC, its unheard of. But to be more accurate, Wii gamers will have it, those going with X360 and PS3 will be stuck with that inferiour two control stick configuration, bah I'll take the Wii anyday over that.
This in turn leads to the big question, could MP3 actually beat Halo 3? It seems imossible to believe but there's a great chance that Nintendo will have the best FPS shooter in the next-gen console wars. Granted, don't count Sony out just yet, if they can come through with KillZone 2 then things are going to get really interesting. The fact is, anyone of these games is going to amazing, outdoing all FPS shooters we've seen recently.
I can't wait!!!