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Good to hear it Naito. ^_^ Anything else I can do for you? Rant about Metroid: Echoes maybe?

Oh, time isn't really an issue. Just as long as you try it.

When I first turned it on, I was greeted by familiar, yet modified music, and a lovely title screen akin to MP. The menus are done in a much different style- a single point with branches upon branches of options and data. When you sacn something like Pirate Data, it tells you what percentage of data you've scanned, and more specifically, how much of that type of data. (i.e. Pirate Data, Chozo Lore.)

Samus' initial mission sends her imediately into a plot that's reminiscent of Starsip Troopers, and quickly thickens into something much more. The music and environments add to the game to give you the sense that you are alone; the way it should be in Metroid games. The native creatures attack, as usual, but then suddenly something comes out of nowhere and attacks the creatures, taking over their bodies and directing them once more towards Samus.

Enemies swarm whenever they can, and when they're alone, the smaller creatures tend to hang back and wait for an opening. I spent a couple mintues at one point staring down a lone War Wasp. It attacked only when I wasn't facing it. The sentry guns, wherever there are any still active, will attack anything. I entered one room in time to watch one gun annihilate a small pack of little bug-creatures.

The story is spread out everywhere in the form of scannable objects, like MP, but each type of data has it's own style. The federation troopers are given their own personalities, including one sceptic trooper who believes Samus to be nothing more than a myth, and another one that simply goes mad.

This was a rant, as you can see, and I apologize if everything is unorganized and all over the place. I haven't played much yet, so there is still much more for me to explore and experience. ^____^

Wow, that does sound really awsome, its too bad that Metroid was much more of an action title than an FPS... I think the real Compition for halo2 is gonna be half life 2 this week..

Half-Life is fps. And while not caring much for fps, I would really like to try HL2. It certainly seems as though it would be more popular. Problem is, the system requirements for HL2 are quite high, while H2 is playable directly off the disc on the Box.. But does Halo 2 have a weapon that lets you shoot anything within your line of sight at opponents? Nope.

No gun that shoots....O.o

Ah well I've always been a heavy arms/ explosions guy anyways. Why aim when you can just set 1/3 of the stage ablaze with remote mines?

Kickass. Just wish I knew 3 people to play multiplayer with. sweatdrop