
I was expecting the hints to feel cheap, and thought I would do well without them. If you deactivate this option in the settings menu, the game won’t ever tell you where to go.

I got distracted exploring and ended up having to backtrack to obtain it.
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It never reaches a point where it feels grim or gratuitous, but the writing doesn’t skirt around some gruesome details regarding the Space Pirates, how awful they are, and the way some of them meet their end.įor instance, I initially missed the Charge Beam upgrade that you can get early on in the Chozo Ruins. It really surprised me how dark and foreboding most of the entries, lore, and the overall narrative of the game are. You do this by using your scan visor and checking text entries, Space Pirate logs, and Chozo diaries. Metroid Prime Remastered doesn’t offer much more in the way of motive, instead relying on the player choosing to explore the mystery of what happened in Tallon IV.

Otherwise, the game throws you right into the action. Some light exposition is available if the player enables the new narration setting, previously exclusive to the original Japanese and European GameCube release. The game opens with a short cutscene of Samus Aran landing on a Space Pirate vessel. During her mission, Samus discovers that the remaining Space Pirates are using Phazon to experiment on their soldiers and, with the titular Metroids, trying to create a dangerous army to conquer the galaxy and transcend life.

She arrives at Tallon IV, a former Chozo colony that was hit long ago by a meteorite containing a dangerous and enigmatic substance called Phazon. After the destruction of Zebes in Metroid: Zero Mission, Samus Aran sets out to pursue the remains of the Space Pirates she fought. Metroid Prime Remastered is set between the events of Metroid: Zero Mission and Metroid: Samus Returns, both remakes of Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus.
