quarantine 'em

I find it vaguely amusing that in Metroid Prime 2 Samus saves the entire Luminoth world from destruction because she has nothing better to do while she waits for her ship to repair itself

One day I'll figure out that lady's geometry. Nobody is actually shaped like that

The absolutely incredible brick joke in Metroid Prime 2 is that the peaceful Luminoth people are tall, moth-like bipeds, and their culture is obsessed with light

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Another great, subtle bit of characterisation is the fact that Samus Aran's gunship has no name or consistent design, presumably because she is unsentimental and frequently outright replaces it between games

The Metroid Prime games hold up so dang well though. Maybe the polygon count is low by modern standards, but they're still crisp and slick and beautiful to look at, and immersive and challenging and rewarding

I love how you can look up and have rain fall on your visor. I love how when you go underwater, nothing happens except for mildly impaired movement and vision, because like hell were you EVER breathing the actual ATMOSPHERE on this planet