Metroid Prime: Federation Force

Metroid Prime: Federation Force
This game really feels Federation Forced...
Genre(s): First-Person Shooter Platform(s): Nintendo 3DS Release Date: NA: August 19, 2016 JP: August 26, 2016 EU: September 2, 2016 AU: September 3, 2016 Developer(s): Next Level Games Publisher(s): Nintendo Country: Canada Japan Series: Metroid Prime Predecessor: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (chronologically)

Metroid Prime: Federation Force is a first-person shooter game developed by Next Level Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS.

Bad Qualities

1. Despite being part of the Metroid Prime franchise, it has almost no connection to it and feels more like a spin-off title. To drive the point home, Samus isn't even the main protagonist!
2. Adding onto BQ #1, the game has very few elements from the Metroid franchise and feels more like a generic FPS game with the Metroid Prime label slapped onto it, despite being created during Corruption's production.
3. The graphics are a downgrade from the previous games, despite being developed by Next Level Games of all people (the same people who developed the Mario Strikers and Luigi's Mansion games, as well as Punch Out!! on Wii). This is unacceptable, considering that many other 3DS games released in 2016 (such as Kirby: Planet Robobot, Yo-kai Watch 3, Pokémon Sun and Moon, and Miitopia) had far superior graphics.
   • This game's chibi art style clashes with the series' dark tone and makes it feel like it was being marketed to children despite the "T" rating.
4. Many of the mini-games are bland and basic, and have little to do with the Metroid franchise. The biggest example of this is Blast Ball, which is very similar to Rocket League, except that you shoot the ball instead of kicking it.
5. The game is much more linear than most other Metroid games, with individually-selected missions rather than one connected overworld.
6. The soundtrack isn't as good as the previous Metroid Prime games and sounds more like it came from another game that never got finished.
7. This game has more bugs and glitches than any other game in the series, such as being stuck in a death loop when you enter the lava while a cutscene plays.
8. The final boss is extremely anticlimactic: you fight a brainwashed Samus that is ABSOLUTELY BROKEN (it's essentially a Blast Ball game, but in boss form) and the fight before her is cliché and boring.

Good Qualities

1. The gameplay is still fun and makes for a good break from playing the main games. It's also even better when played in co-op mode, similarly to The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes.
2. The soundtrack, despite BQ #6, isn't half-bad.
3. After being portrayed as a "damsel scrappy" in Other M, Samus is returned to her usual heroic personality in this game.
4. Once you complete a certain mission, you get a post-credit scene of Sylux breaking into the Metroid's prison.
5. With the exception of Samus herself, the bosses are still cool and fun to fight.

Reception

Metroid Prime: Federation Force received largely mixed reviews (with a 64/100 critic score and 5.5/10 user score on Metacritic). Many fans critcized Nintendo's choice of resurrecting a franchise via a spin-off game rather than a mainline one, leading to one of the worst controversies in any video game and proof of how toxic a fandom can be.

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