metroid prime 4: beyond - dnf
a disappointment 18 years in the making. but enough about what my family said to me when i came out
an hour and change in so far and im having literally every single one of my woes confirmed to me like points on a checklist. i will try to come back to this at a later date when i am not in a terrible headspace about it because if i try to keep at it now its frankly guaranteed i am not going to have any degree of objectivity over it because it is just soul-destroyingly upsetting to me at present. 18 years for it to repeat mistakes from prime 3 and other m, whilst introducing new, corporate-cynicsm related ones. fuck, man, i can do nothing but give it a wide berth and just hope i cool down enough to come back to it and see it on its terms some day. i went in with low expectations and came away shockingly disappointed already. metroid a-la halo 4
additionally, it is so depressing to see any and all criticism of this game being written off as mere grifting, or being largely heralded by 'fake fans'. i truly wish that my criticisms of NPCs being back from prime 3 werent being lumped in with people who hate them as part of a culture war mindset, and that my opinions werent immediately maligned due to some people disagreeing with them. its maddening to see
