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Better Trilogy: Halo or Metroid Prime

Posted on 6/8/15 at 2:55 pm
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 6/8/15 at 2:55 pm
Both of these trilogies had entries released in the same year, both had graphics that blew people's minds, and both have been critically praised. So which one is better? Personally, I'd go with the Prime series simply for how flawlessly it was adapted from it's 2D counterpart. Along with Zelda and Mario, it's really part of the holy trinity of games that have adapted well to 3-D environments. I think the environments are better in Metroid as well, but any sequence with the Flood in Halo I think is creepier than anything in Metroid. Plus I think I like adventure games more than shooters, and Metroid really is more of an adventure than a shooter game.

So which is your favorite?
Posted by BulldogXero
Member since Oct 2011
9775 posts
Posted on 6/8/15 at 3:09 pm to
Halo invented the FPS genre, so Halo.
This post was edited on 6/8/15 at 3:10 pm
Posted by DukeSilver
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 6/8/15 at 3:23 pm to
Halo, and it's not close.
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 6/8/15 at 4:03 pm to
Metroid Prime was so fun and innovative. I remember playing it as a kid along with the halo games and they were both really good.

Halo is a lot different from Metroid obviously in the sense that its a bit more rigid and realistic. Both protagonists are virtually unstoppable and both are insanely overpowered at times. Halo has always had a bigger budget than the Metroid series and is an American made franchise. They both have great and riveting stories. I think Halo beats out Metroid in the story and complexity part of it, but I think Samus as a whole, character and weapon wise, beats out Master Chief.

I prefer the Metroid games though for the sheer fact that they were never really mission based and the cinematics and what not was kept at a minimum. Even though I'm a bit young, I'm all about some old school elements if it calls for it. I guess you could say that Halo is more "epic" and Metroid is more...."fascinating."
Posted by RTR America
Memphis, TN
Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 6/8/15 at 4:13 pm to
Halo easily.
Posted by Josh Fenderman
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Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 6/8/15 at 4:19 pm to
Metroid Prime
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27104 posts
Posted on 6/8/15 at 4:34 pm to
Halo series is the better trilogy,

But Metroid Prime is a much better game than any title in the Halo franchise.

This post was edited on 6/8/15 at 4:35 pm
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
68600 posts
Posted on 6/8/15 at 4:37 pm to
Halo easily
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 6/8/15 at 5:23 pm to
quote:

Better Trilogy


quote:

Metroid Prime


Not close.
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
15761 posts
Posted on 6/8/15 at 11:01 pm to
quote:

both had graphics that blew people's minds
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halo CE
not for me
Posted by GeauxWarTigers
Auburn
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 6/8/15 at 11:54 pm to
Metroid Prime. The first game was absolutely phenomenal. The second game was also very impressive even while living in the shadow of the first. The third game was really fun and one of the first "FPS" games to provide a solid use of the Wii controls.

Halo was great, but was really known for its multiplayer. I did have great multiplayer, but multiplayer FPS games are nothing new. Metroid Prime did to Metroid what Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time did to the Mario and Zelda series.
Posted by goldennugget
Hating Masks
Member since Jul 2013
24514 posts
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:23 am to
Metroid Prime is my favorite game of all time

I remember not even being interested in it, but my mom got it at a garage sale for some reason for my 16th birthday back in 2004. Why, I don't know. I didn't ask for it.

Anyway, I decided to play it and was hooked on it. It had that addictive type of gameplay where you see some door or ledge or area that you can't get to yet, and have to figure out how to get there. And solving puzzles, and all of that. It's a game where using a guide or walkthrough would destroy it, because the fun is figuring out the shite yourself.

I think they nailed the atmopshere and music and environments. The prime example being when you go underwater to the crashed frigate. I remember being blown away by that whole area.

My only issue with the game is the final boss. Instead of being creative they just decided to make a mega boss with a shitload of HP and have you grind it down, rather than figuring out some clever way to defeat it.

What a great game. I usually play it about once every 4 years. Last played it in 2011, so I will probably be booting up the Game Cube soon
Posted by schexyoung
Deaf Valley
Member since May 2008
6535 posts
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:35 am to
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So which is your favorite?


Singleplayer = Metroid Prime hands down

Multiplayer = Halo hands down

Pretty easy.
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