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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
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3.7325
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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
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1UP
The multiplayer game in Echoes isn't anywhere near half the fun. It's a noble attempt to translate the single-player control scheme to a head-to-head game, but that attempt fails in a mess of cheap deaths and constant struggles to wrench the view in the
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Yahoo! Games
You can almost set your watch by the way a Metroid game unfolds. First you have a short tutorial style level, then Samus loses all her cool equipment, then you recover it one piece at a time (morph ball, double jump, new beam, etc.). With most upgrades,
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Thunderbolt
An awesome game. It takes everything fans loved about the previous installment, and amplified it ten fold to create another vivid adventure for one of Nintendo's most celebrated characters.
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Gamecritics
True, nearly everything in Echoes was also in its predecessor, but the merit in maintaining that game's superb balance whilst still making careful additions (Echoes bears the burden of flawlessly updating the screw attack into 3D with great élan),
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HonestGamers
Make no mistake about it, Metroid Echoes is a very by the books sequel. I certainly don't have a problem with that, but if you weren't a fan of the overdue revival Metroid Prime, you'd do well to steer clear of its successor. Superfluous additions like a
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Jaded Gamer
Fortunately, Retro was also clever enough to change many of Samus' weapons and visors in order to enhance the experience of Metroid Prime 2. They even tossed the long-lost, beloved Screw Attack into the mix
and threw Samus onto a new planet, Aether,
...read the complete Metroid Prime 2: Echoes review at Jaded Gamer
GameShark
The save system is also a major weakness. Unlike so many games now that allow the gamer to save at any time, Echoes employs the save-point method that only allows saving at specified locations that must be reached.
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Netjak
I was both blown away and extremely disappointed by Echoes.
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My Gamer
Second verse, same as the first... a little bit longer and a whole lot worse.
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Sydney Morning Herald
will find the controls unwieldy and the difficulty unforgiving. Fortunately, they should soon enjoy traversing the varied environments, scanning for clues, blasting enemies and becoming the marvellous morph ball.Players spend most time exploring, analysin
...read the complete Metroid Prime 2: Echoes review at Sydney Morning Herald
Detroit Free Press
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