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I'm being pedantic like usual but it does feel like people are overinflating the "wait" for this game just to exacerbate their opinions of "therefore it's disappointing and bad"

Prime 3 was clearly an end to that story. Retro moved on to DK. you were not waiting on MP4 that whole time

One last thing that's entirely a nitpick but holy fuck is the conversation around this game annoying

suddenly it's "we waited 18 YEARS for this???" no the fuck you didnt it was announced in 2017 and was never promised or guaranteed beforehand. god damn

For sure this game is messy. Damn good, gorgeous, the most technically impressive game I've ever seen. Amazing visual design. It will maybe sit with me more than any other Prime game

I'm left confused, pretty satisfied, very interested in the story of development. I do really hope we see a followup

Again, I think the game does her character a lot of justice, for the most part. It just doesnt explore that as much as I think it should have

And Sylux, man ... I watched that secret full origin cutscene and somehow left with more questions. It doesn't really ... explain anything

At times silence is perfect. That last scene, wordlessly mourning while at the same time planting the seeds for a new future. That is who Samus is.

But for a game that wants to explore grief, PTSD and the purpose of fighting, the person who's seen the most has no words to share. It's a shame

This, I think, is the narrative's biggest flaw.

The game wants to explore Samus, as a legend, a hero, a soldier, a victim. Carrying the weight of millions on her shoulders.

But she doesn't say a word.
We needed her insight, even just a little bit, to explore her perspective. We got silence.

Especially with Sylux's backstory it feels like they're exploring the folly of war. The pointlessness of it. Blood and death for the sake of it. How it breaks people ...

The soldiers let themselves die to save a legend. But Samus is just a woman with a mission. Grieving, warrior, human. Imperfect.

I don't dislike the parallels between the soldiers and Samus herself, though. The sacrifices they're willing to make for someone they view as a legend mirroring the sacrifices Samus makes every day, putting her life on the line. But it feels like the game is trying to say they die for nothing ...

I get the point of the ending is that she can't save everyone, and that the ending is supposed to be uncharacteristically bleak, but I don't like the choice. It should have just been so sudden that no one had any chance to react, like a real tragic loss.

I don't get why Miles takes a shot for Samus in the end. It felt so out of place and wrong. The game tries so hard to show Samus as a guardian and protector, and she just lets soldiers get shot by Sylux in the opening ...? What are we saying with these details, is so unclear

It's not a wide scale "the writers are to blame!!" problem, tho. I think writers should be treated better. Writing is hard!!! Again, my biggest gripe is framing. Little things that add up and contradict the themes

spoilers, I guess