GameCube User Reviews

Its incredibly fun really good game but its a lot harder than the first one if you just wanna relax and play videogames do not play this

This dame is absolutely **** everything worst of metroid prime 1 just 1 ability not in metroid prime 1 sorrow attack but not very mush enmy trash bosses very bad just dark samus is good boss world darkness very mush of bloodborne monsters is disgusting ugly i hate this game and i se this game worst of metroid 1 nes and this is worst metroid ever in the series

Yet another great first person samus sus metroid uhh movie game uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah alright good game

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Better than the first, and one of my favorite games of all time. If you've been avoiding this game because of complaints about beam ammo, the dark world, etc, play it anyway. The complaints are overblown. This game has the best level design, atmosphere, and music in the prime series

This game had some pretty cool elements to it. Like the first game, it does a good job with its world building and allowing you to explore a large world with a bunch of hidden secrets. Unfortunately, the way they have you progress through the game is more linear than the first title. While I did appreciate the difficulty spike for the bosses, I did not appreciate how they went about it. Some of these fights feel frustrating, whether it's figuring out how to damage it or the way they want you to go about doing it. I also am not a fan of how the different blaster types were handled. Every blaster type except for your normal one has a set ammo to it, like the missiles do. This is likely due to how powerful the blaster types are, but I much prefer the first game's method of doing this, where you could use them as many times as you wanted, but they each had their advantages and drawbacks. Having come from the remastered version of the first game, I also was not a big fan of the control scheme. Although I got used to it, I much prefer the twin stick control scheme over the way it was handled here. I also felt that the different biome areas were not as large as the first game, which may be due to them all having dark world variants, but I don't feel like this was a great way to expand the world overall. I still did enjoy this game, and new additions like the screw attack were actually nice. This is still a Metroid Prime game, but one that unfortunately is not as good as its predecessor.

Metroid prime was a 9 cause 10 it's impossible to give to a game. But this game deserve a 10 cause it was made IN 1 YEAR. Ye 1 year no joke. And i **** love it (the keys in the end was disgusting but meh)

Metroid Prime 2 Echoes is the best game ever for me. The level design and game design are amazing. The experience is better and rich than the first game.

This game did not age well, but it still has it’s fun moments. The premise, lore/worldbuilding, and concepts are new, exciting, and fresh. Light/dark ammo is a cool spin, and travelling to the dark dimension gives it’s own sense of otherworldliness. The bosses are in a weird place, as some of them are really enjoyable, while the others are SO frustrating. Not even hard, just frustrating, which is even worse. Unfortunately the backtracking is tedious, somehow they messed up this core feature of Metroid games. Witnessing everything for the first time was definitely worth the play, but because of some frustrating elements I will not do the usual Hard difficulty run again.

It’s a difficult game, no doubt about it. It’s a real challenge. Even more so if you’re aiming for 100%. It has a ridiculous number of puzzles, many of them hard to figure out and extremely punishing. If you fall, you’re starting from zero most of the time. You need surgical precision. It can feel frustrating at times, but that’s exactly what makes it a 10/10 game. As an experienced gamer, that’s what I want: a game that doesn’t go easy on me and pushes me to my limits. Hard Mode is genuinely hard. The music and atmosphere are fantastic, maybe it doesn’t quite reach Prime 1 in that department… but Prime 1 doesn’t come close to this one in terms of puzzle complexity.

Fantastic. The only minor drawback is the fetchquest near the end but it doesn't really detract from the game as a whole

El mejor Prime, lleva el mapeado de lo que puede hacer un metroidvania al extremo en diseño y dificultad. Ambientes como siempre alucinantes.

I love everything about this game, the atmosphere, the vibes, the contrast between the light and dark world. It is so close to being my favourite Metroid Prime game, but this is always the Prime game I struggle to get through the most. I always play around half, then just stop playing. I think it's mostly due to the Temple Keys, I never had an issue with finding all of the Artifacts or Energy Cells in the other Prime games, but something about finding the Temple Keys feels like a slog. That and some of the back tracking in this games feel worse due to the loading zoneswhen switching worlds. There is so much I love about this game and when I do play it all the way through, I see so much charm and atmosphere that I thinkeven rivals that of Metroid Prime 1, but there is just something about this entry that just misses being perfect for me.

The atmosphere and setting is a lot more video gamey than the previous entry. It doesn’t feel that immersive and isolating as prime 1.I am not a fan of the dark world / light world changes all the time.

(Beaten on WiiU with the GameCube version) Prime 2 have a different vibe than its predecessor, and most games in general... The Dark world is a very good idea well executed. I think its less frustrating than Prime bc you dont have to collect 12 chozo artifacts, you still have to collect keys for the different temples (3 for each regular temple, and 9 for the sky temple), but (the regular temple keys) you dont need to find them, you will get them just by looking around in the dark world. I liked Prime 2 even more than Prime (1), even though i had to use GC controls instead of dual stick controls from Prime Remastered (at the beginning, it was painful but now i love these controls and i even use these on Prime Remastered) If you heard "Prime 2 is too difficult on its gc version...", except for 1-2 bosses (one near the end of the game and the final boss), it's not that hard and you will beat them if you persevere. If you're searching for a good retro game to play, this game is awesome (you should play Prime 1/Remastered before playing Prime 2 if you haven't yet, to understand basic MP mechanics)

Die Atmosphäre die Kämpfe das Spiel die Story alles toll unbedingt kaufen!!!

Dieses Spiel ist super! Die Musik ,Das Leveldesign und die Gegener mit interessanten Hintergrundgeschichten lassen dich in aether eintauchen . Die Bosskämpfe sind episch und bleiben in deinen Erinnerungen. Die hellen und dunklen Weltenkönnen nervig werden aber bringen auch coole Rätsel. Die welten sind schön designt . Der Scanvisor erzählt die Story aus verschiedenen Perspektiven und Informationen zu fast allem. Metroid Prime 2 ist ein episches Abenteuer das man gespielt haben sollte . Bitte kaufen!!!

Metroid Prime 2 is a slog. The backtracking is ridiculous and the map is deceptive too. Many times I didn’t know where to go or what to do, so I would consult my useless map only to be led astray. Oh look there’s a coloured door that I haven’t been through which requires super missiles. I just acquired super missiles. Let’s go! (A few moments later) Looks like I also need the spider ball to access that unreachable door. Thanks for nothing map! But don’t worry folks, this is part of the Metroid process. You would’ve never found those hidden missiles without backtracking to the same room 5 times right? Don’t question it. Hey it looks like I’m missing a translation. Let’s head over there! Yeah sorry there is ANOTHER unforeseen barrier in the hallway that your map didn't warn you about. You’ll need the grapple hook this time. Don’t worry, this is all part of the process. Are you enjoying the dull environments? It was a design choice! You can’t criticize the dark world because it fits the theme of the game! Spider Guardian was a fun boss fight too, wasn’t it? 30 minutes of starring at the screen while trying to find the proper timing. Amazing fight! And the best part is you can brag to your friends about how you beat it on your first try in 30 seconds. 4/10. That’s what this game deserves.

Прошёл игру Metroid prime 2: echoes на эмуляторе gamecube. Первый метроид прайм считаю отличной игрой и адаптацией классической 2D игры под консольный 3D шутан, от второй части ожидал позитивного экспириенса. Вторая часть очень разочаровала. Помимо того, что это классический нинтендовский капипаст, которым первая часть не была, потому что первая. Локации стали однообразными, одинаковыми и максимально задрочеными. В первой части тоже было много бэктрекинга и непоняток особенно в конце когда начинается поиск предметов по загадкам, но во второй части это возведено в абсолют, помимо того что как-бы это должны были наоборот исправить - лютый кошмар. Геймплей – полная стагнация, может даже стало только душнее и менее интересно. Финальный босс (метроид непосредственно) по крайней мере не имеет 10 стадий как в первой части, а всего лишь 3. Графически игра не изменилась, ну а если и изменилась, то человеку без лупы и экспертного мнения бати Ваномаса не разобрать, видимо первая часть высасывала мощности геймкуба по полной. Я нереально душился пока её проходил, меня удерживала только симпатия к серии и первой части. Отдельно стоит сказать, что геймдизайнеры добавили изрядное количество неимоверно душных механик, которые, наверное, как они думали сделает игру интереснее, но на самом деле только выбешивают игрока. Однако музыка очень атмосферная и доставляющая. В целом игра для своего времени, наверное, не говно, но разочарование полное – 5.5/10

E um jogo excelente e uma sequência digna do primeiro,unico problema é caçar as chaves pra chegar no último chefe

The world with its light and dark sides is exciting. It's often a bit difficult to find out exactly what you have to do or where the next destination is. Sometimes it's even very frustrating. The sandy, dusty world is less varied than in its predecessor. The saving stations are very rare, luckily I'm playing on an emulator. Sometimes it's really annoying that the locked doors have to be opened again with special weapons, but there's no ammunition available. Then you can go everything back again. As player, this game is sometimes more like a labyrinth than a shooter. For those, who really like to walk, search, walk, search and walk again, it's good. But I by myself liked the game more when watching it to streamers.

My favorite Metroid game and one that I think is underrated. The game was actually challenging unlike most Nintendo games made after the N64. Dark world was a cool concept and was executed amazingly. I was never scared of when I found a portal to the dark world I was just exited.

O jogo metroid mais difícil da trilogia, porém traz gráficos deslumbrantes, uma gameplay recheada batalhas épicas em uma trama bem elaborada. Um adicional aqui foi o modo multiplayer pra até 4 jogadores local.

The sequel to the best game ever made which even more amazing glorious level design done by one of the best studios ever retro studios.

This game had the potential to be equal to Metroid Prime, which is one of the greatest games ever created, by being a perfect counterpart. Its strengths are the higher difficulty, more focus on combat and the better use of the morph ball ability by combining spider and boost ball. However fans mention the reduced backtracking first, as strong point, when they argue, why Metroid Prime 2 is better than it's predecessor. This is true, yes, unfortunately it is one of the reasons why Metroid Prime is the better game, because Metroid Prime was built with the backtracking in mind, which leads to more options to play through the game, the more powerups and abilities you gain. This is not the case here, so the replay value suffers of the more linear design to reduce backtracking. Furthermore the game is more action paced, with way more bosses to fight. The problem here is, that the higher amount of bosses in total doesn't add the quality value as it should to compensate the los of atmosphere compared to the first Metroid Prime. But the worst thing is the endgame. After beating Quadraxis this game reaches it's low point. The backtracking comes back with the sky temple keys, which are the equivalent to the chozo artifacts, only worse, because it is always the same scheme and you are not able to collect them sooner in the game unlike the chozo artifacts. The other reason the endgame is so bad are the two remaining bosses. The Empereror Ing is horrible, at the first phase of the fight targeting his tentacles to open the core is simply frustrating due to the fact that you are not able to look and shoot up that high. Because of these control limitation, the light beam is the only option that works and even that not in a reliable way. The second phase is completely unnessecary. The last phase is a confusing mess, where the hitboxes are strange and the Empereror Ing only acts like a bigger version of the Warrior Ings. After you defeat this frustrating and disappointing boss you face the other one with a time limit. The last Dark Samus fight is easily the worst of the three in the game and suffers from the same control limitation. You can only look and shoot up to certain height before the control becomes inaccurate. Empereror Ing and the last Dark Samus fight are exceeding these limit which results in frustrating fights that are not fun. This game make some good choices and offers a complete new experience instead of being a simple clone of it's predecessor. Unfortunately there are more bigger problems than solved one's in total.

Metroid Prime was a brilliant reinvention of a brilliant series with the sole flaw that there were not enough save points; this is doubly so for its sequel. It's very easy to be exploring for an hour, stumble into a boss battle and die before you have worked out what it is you are supposed to be doing and with no checkpoints you are sent back a literal age. It can be hair-tearingly frustrating and a testament to just how good the game is that you will actually start again instead of throwing it out of the window! Again, a superb piece of game design but again, not for the impatient.

It's like Metroid Prime, but better. If Metroid Prime is already a 10, this is a 11. Challenging game with lots of puzzles and exploration, graphics couldn't be better, creative boss fights, platforming, and deep story.

This game takes every aspect and element from the first Prime game and improves it's formula in every single way. One of the greatest games ever created.

Imagine if Metroid Prime 1 was a lot harder, way cooler bosses/enemies and a more interesting story? Well that is MP2. But to be honest the worst part about it is exactly it's difficulty that is sometimes even unfair. But if you have a lot of patience you're going to love this one

I wrote a review for Metroid Prime Remastered recently, saying it is my least favourite in the trilogy. I immediately take that back after revisiting Prime 2. This is my least favourite playthrough of Prime 2 (my 3rd playthrough) and it reinforces my feeling that as I keep revisiting older games I start to notice I like them less and less as time goes on. Metroid Prime 2 is a good game. I think it's the worst in the trilogy (I'll play Prime 3 afterwards but I don't think it will change this time around) but it's still fun. 2 however comes with the most problems: If I was complaining about Phendrana Labs in Prime 1, well, the underwater section of Torvus Bog blows it out of the water completely. It's so much worse. And in general Torvus Bog is just really bad and really boring. The constant 10 second transitions between Aether and Dark Aether, the multiple encounters with invisible enemies, far before you get access to the Dark Visor in order to deal with them (also they close the doors during several of these encounters to force you to defeat them), the cumbersome beam ammo management, the multiple poorly designed boss fights. Oh, how I hate Boost Guardian so much. Chykka, Amorbis, Alpha Blorg and many others aren't much better tbh. The final boss battle against Emperor Ing is so painful to go through. Thankfully, Sanctuary Fortress is really good. It almost makes up for how bad Torvus Bog is. Fortress is honestly one of the best locations in all of Prime, it's really fun. Prime 2 is still bogged down by a lot of annoying little things and this last playthrough of mine really disappointed me, but I still recommend the game although like I said it's easily the worst in the trilogy imo.

Arguably the best of the trilogy. It is darker, harder, and more oppressive than the first. Some of the best boss battles of its era.

great game, it got awesome gameplay, graphics and story. it's definetly my favorite game of the trilogy

Bad gamedesign ruins this game for me. I wish this game was better and that tedious to complete.

In my opinion, this is easily the best Metroid prime game. I honestly do not understand why some others think so negatively of this game compared to the first one when in my opinion, Metroid Prime 2 improves on almost every aspect of the first game. First of all, the story is better. The luminoth make for a interesting new addition to the Metroid franchise, and give Samus a interesting new enemy to fight, instead of just making us fight Ridley for the hundredth time. The second thing that is better is the gameplay. The combat feels so much better designed for the gamecube controller, and fights are more focused. I also love the new light world and dark world mechanic because it makes for some very interesting puzzles. One thing that I personally think makes the game better is that it is much harder than the first game. However, I can understand how this may not be a positive for some people. The boss fights are also way better. They are much longer and have cooler objectives. The last thing I think the game does better is the world. I can understand why someone would like the world better in Prime 1, but I think that Torvis Bog, and especially Sanctuary Fortress, are 2 of the most unique locations in the entire series. Agon Wastes is meh, but you rant there for a super long time and I think the other 2 locations make up for it. This one thing that I think this game doesn't do as good as the first game is the soundtrack. Prime 2 has some killer songs but they just don't hold a candle to the songs in the first game. Overall, I think that this game is much better than the original, and its a shame that it gets overlooked so often. If you have played the first Metroid Prime, then this game is a must play.

I can't stand this game. Anyone giving this more than a 4 is goddamn insane. The game is gorgeous, some of the best graphics of any gen 6 games. But that doesn't mean anything when the gameplay is so terrible. The Dark World, which is half of the world, literraly hurts you. You'll see yourself run from one secure light source to the next, trying to figure out where to go at the same time. Since the world itself hurts you, you'll also spend nearly 5 minutes waiting in each light source you come accross to restore your health. So, walk for 1 minute, stand still for 5, rinse and repeat. The game might have been good it not for the Dark World but it ruins the game. Please Metroid, stop trying to be Zelda, you really fail at it. Ennemies also take forever to kill. Not that they pose a threat. They're all so predictable and easy to dodge. But they have so many HPs they take forever to die. I know you get light ammo to kill ennemies faster (which you need to replenish...seriously, replenishing BEAM AMMO in Metroid?! What were they thinking?!) and a light armor, which prevents you from losing life energy in the Dark World. But you get the armor near the end of the very long and boring game. I never could endure the game long enough to reach it, not once in the 3 tries I gave it over the years. Also, I know backtracing is an issue in most Metroid games but this world basically having 2 duplicate maps just makes it so much worse. Seriously, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 3 and yes, even Metroid Prime: Hunters on the DS are all masterpieces in my book. But Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is the black sheep of the series. One that seems to be there just to remind you of how amazing the other 3 are. Here's hoping that Prime 4 will not be like this one.

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Pretty dang good game I'd say, had a lot of fun. I liked every location in this game I've been in so far(I haven't beaten it yet, I'm up to power bomb guardian), and the core concept of a lot of things this game does it great. It rivals prime in it's music design, and while prime has great graphics compared to modern games, it doesn't compared to the other 2 prime games, because this game looks GOOD. The controls are... well, you know gamecube primes controls, but they do work thanks to the lock on. This games puzzles are awesome(and I don't like puzzle games). I enjoyed getting lost here. But that's the problem, I DID get lost. And while, especially in the second main area, it was fun at first, it DOES get annoying after a while, and this game is way easier to get lost in then in every other game. The enemys were all fun to fight, BUT they were definitely spongy without the light and dark beams. The bosses are also great, SUPER fun, but they have quite a bit of waiting to them to get the weak spot(I didn't really have a problem with that personally but other people did) I only really had a problem with 3 of the bosses, but even then I still had good fun. I LOVE the dark world to death, apart from the times it nodded me in the wrong direction which was more then once but other then that it felt awesome. This game uses different takes on combat and exploration than prime, making it a fresh experience. But I've mentioned quite a few problems in this, so it won't get to high. On a tier list it'd probably be near the bottom of A tier, and for an out of 100 review score, I'd say I'd give it an 81 at minimum and an 83 at most. but since I have a scale of 10 here, I'll give it a 8.

Its not as good as Metroid Prime, but it still is one of the best games the Gamecube has to offer. Its the perfect sequel for the perfect game. No es tan bueno como Metroid Prime, pero aun así es uno de los mejores juego que la Gamecube puede ofrecer. Es la perfecta secuela para un juego perfecto.

Masterpiece in atmosphere, level design and environments. It's a very difficult game. But it's not too hard to overcome.

I'll admit that the switching between worlds thing confused me a bit at first, but this game is still just as good as Prime 1 in every way. Hopefully Prime 4 will be just as good as these

Each game in this trilogy is an absolute masterpiece, but Prime 2 is my favorite Metroid of all, having played a version of all the games. As with all these games, Prime 2 has excellent environments and the combat mechanics are essentially perfect (I play the trilogy version with motion controls, which is a night and day difference for aiming). While there are some cooler upgrades in the other games, this one I think has the most compelling sense of exploration, which is obviously what Metroid games are known for. Prime 1 might just edge this one out of the number one spot, but it’s a close call. This is a must-play for anyone who enjoys the genre. Total work of art.

No sé a quién carajos dejaron la tarea de diseñar los jefes de este juego, algunos son puzzles y eso está bien, pero la mayoría son tan absurdamente frustrantes que no recomendaría este juego para nada. ¿Que es esa mecánica de que el jefe pueda quitarse el fijado de la cámara? Es ABSURDO, no tiene ningún sentido si tenés en cuenta que en este juego muchos jefes se mueven muy rápido. Y el diseño de la batalla contra Samus oscura es un completo asco. El juego en general es ridículamente laberíntico y se pierde mucho tiempo sin conseguir progresar.

I don’t think it’s as good as the first game but it’s still an amazing game my only problem is that the light and dark world swapping can be a bit repetitive because it plays a cutscene everytime you swap

Very good game, but it is hard to be a sequel of one of the best games of all times, still an excellent game, but I hated that dark world and those pylons

The first metroid prime was the fondest memory i had as a child. Its music made my skin tingle and its bosses produced fear that I had not experienced up until that point. Likewise echoes doubles down on these positives with added variety to its madness. The only con i had was some areas feeling washed out in terms of aesthetics and color

The "Forgotten" sequel to metroid prime, a sequel that not only measures up, but far exceeds its prequel. Perhaps the only negative point is how completely difficult it can be for some, but I say it from now on, it is totally worth it, from its setting, its history and its exploration. Another point to mention is the fact that beams have ammunition, a correct way to balance it for some and perhaps a nuisance for others.

Metroid Prime 1 and 2 are my favourite games of all time for two reasons. Atmosphere and Gameplay! Echoes can be pretty hardcore in being a Metroidvania. But if you like the genre, Prime 2 might be the best in the series.

perfeito!! só digo isso, perfeito!!!!musicas, exploração, toda aquela mecanica , e o mais importante, samus é foda!! no final aquele tchau de costas é demaaais!!!

The game is great, with a fun distraction with multiplayer. The loading takes seconds, and the dark-light world gimmick is fun to mess around with. I like the less handhold and faster travail of the linearity. Even though it has flaws, I can look them over.

Slightly less than Metroid Prime, it is a 9. Great music again but game on the darker side. Some bosses were programmed too difficult too. The saturation factor does not allow for a 10 too.