Cycopl

110gigs

That's how much total space I have on my comp now. Let's see how long it takes to fill it up.

Now that I'm back on my computer, and using a keyboard that's not a piece of shit, I'll tell you all about how much I love Metroid Prime. I love Metroid Prime. It's so good, it makes me want to go laugh in the face of everybody who said that a Metroid FPS was a mistake. Everybody who said that the game was going to suck, I want to laugh at them. Metroid Prime is better than Metroid, better than Metroid II, better than Super Metroid, better than Metroid Fusion. It outshines all of its predecessors, while at the same time creating a new experience that no game has ever come close to... the closest probably being Super Metroid, but Metroid Prime has so much more depth and playability than Super Metroid.

I'm not saying that Super Metroid isn't deep or playable, but Metroid Prime just takes everything that was good about the older games and takes it to a whole new level, while still keeping the general feel of Super Metroid. The style of the game really suits my thorough playing style... I like to check every corner for hidden stuff, and I'm always finding new stuff to play with. I didn't like the controls at first, because I'm more of a "mouse and keyboard" guy, but after about twenty hours of playing, I'm pretty used to the controls and there probably would be no better way to set the controls up on the Gamecube controller. The lock-on targetting makes the combat seem easy compared to regular FPS games, but combat is only half the game, if even that much... I definitely spend most of my time jumping around on platforms and figuring out puzzles. I'm afraid that I'm gonna beat the game soon, but I'll still buy it when I get the money.

And rumor has it that a second game is in the works... at least that's what Nick says. This is good news, because I can't get enough Metroid Prime. I used to wonder why I chose Gamecube over Xbox, and now I know... The Gamecube has real games... games with soul. I can't really explain what I mean by that, but I don't mean games like DOA Extreme Beach Volleyball. I mean games that don't rely on anything but the gameplay. Prime doesn't need bouncing boobies to be a good game, nor does it need pixel shading or advanced split-screen multiplayer capabilities (to take your attention off of the actual game). There aren't any long cutscenes. It's just the game, and there's lots of it, and it's great.