GameSpot Reviews

Player Reviews

Average Player Score
Based on 16275 ratings
9.3
Please Sign In to rate Metroid Prime
Score Breakdown Based on 16275 ratings
  1. 10 (10505)
  2. 9 (4191)
  3. 8 (930)
  4. 7 (275)
  5. 6 (99)
  6. 5 (64)
  7. 4 (22)
  8. 3 (30)
  9. 2 (26)
  10. 1 (133)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

  • Rating:9.9

    This game surprised the hell out of me. I’ll admit that I was one of those who scoffed the instant I learned that the new Metroid would be first-person. A Metroid first person shooter? That can’t be done. There’s no way ... Read Full Review

    11 of 11 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Metroid Prime

  • Rating:7

    King of backtracking

    Good- it feels great to use items to reach new areas. Going back to open new areas with new abilities is fun.- the different beam attacks with their properties are cool.- scanning things for info is a neat way for the g... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    The Definitive Version of Metroid Prime

    Over the weekend, I finished my playthrough of Metroid Prime Remastered. I'd first played the game on the Nintendo Wii. While I enjoyed it quite a lot, my biggest gripes were with the motion controls it uses. They worke... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    Even 20 years later, Metroid Prime is a highly addictive action-adventure game that once redefined the genre.

    When it comes to Nintendo, rarely to I purchase "remastered" games for the Switch. It never sat well with me when a remastered games was announced, at a full $60 price point, that provided "enhanced" graphics...especiall... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Metroid Prime

    I originally played Metroid Prime on the Gamecube back in 2002, and have now replayed it on the Wii in 2020. At the time, many critics gave the game a perfect score, but I never thought it was as good as that. Even thoug... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    Everything you could want and more almost.

    Isolated worlds, high poly graphics, bump maps, first person perspective, exploration, Metroidvania,challenge, strong female protagonist, hours of gameplay, puzzles. So why don't I love this game?Well here's the thing it... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    My review of Metroid Prime

    Very few game series have made a transition from 2-D to 3-D and do it successfully, two of them was Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for N64, now Metroid Prime can be added to this list. When I pla... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    My review of Metroid Prime

    Very few game series have made a transition from 2-D to 3-D and do it successfully, two of them was Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for N64, now Metroid Prime can be added to this list. When I p... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    Outstanding. A one of a kind sci-fi thriller.

    When I first played this game it was so enrapturing so atmospheric and so immersive that by the time the end credits rolled I was already exited to go back and play it again. I have played this about three times or more ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    Freaky and terrifying, but that's what makes it good

    Have you ever fantasized about donning a space suit and going down into a radioactive abyss, filled with mutated Lovecraftian entities that you can't even see coming when they jump on you, trapped, ALONE, with no escape ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    The best GameCube game ever made! Can never get any better Metroid than this!

    My 5th review after a bad animated game by Global Star, Carnival Games.OH MY GOD, WOW! This game is the bomb! It makes Samus looks cool in 3D. She is finally here in her first 3D Metroid game and she made a hit. In this ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful