Ratchet & Clank Or Metroid Prime 3

[smurf80]

Hey guys was hoping for a little bit of help. Got a invite to a closed store sale of JB through work and I was hoping Haze or Super Mario Galaxy would be out so I wouldnt be in this situation but I am planning on getting 1 game tonight and I dont know which one to get. Can any who has played either give me the pros and cons etc.

I dont think it will be much of a discount but ive finished most of the games on my wii and ps3 and need something to fill the gap before haze and super mario galaxy come out and these both caught my eye.

[kralster]

Hmm it's hard to say,

Neither of those games are revolutionary. Sure the controls in metroid are all new, but the way the game plays is the same as the first two on gamecube.

I would expect that ratchet would be fairly similar to the first 4 games as well.

I don't think you can go wrong either way.

Personally i'd get metroid though.

[smurf80]

I forgot to mention I have never played either of the titles previous games so would you still pick Metroid?

The only Metroid game I have played is Super Metroid on the SNES.

[JeeTeeEss25Tee]

Haven't played both of those series however my logic says the following:

Ratchet & Clank is multi platform game so developer would try to minimise the variances among consoles (except for may be the motion sensor thing)

Metroid on the other hand is for Nintendo only so everything in the game should have been optimised for the system and make the most of it's capabilities.

Personally I would pick Metroid although I heard it is nothing revolutionary from the Gamecube's version. But if the last one you played is SNES may be you can somehow relate to the story or gameplay in this one?

[smurf80]

Haven't played both of those series however my logic says the following:

Ratchet & Clank is multi platform game so developer would try to minimise the variances among consoles (except for may be the motion sensor thing)

Metroid on the other hand is for Nintendo only so everything in the game should have been optimised for the system and make the most of it's capabilities.

Personally I would pick Metroid although I heard it is nothing revolutionary from the Gamecube's version. But if the last one you played is SNES may be you can somehow relate to the story or gameplay in this one?

Isnt Ratchet and Clank a PS3 exclusive though???

[JeeTeeEss25Tee]

lol u'r right by multi platform I meant PS2 & PS3 ...

Anyway I thought if you want platformer then wait for Galaxy.

[kralster]

I'd say ratchet then if you've never played a metroid game. You'll find ratchet easier to get into.

Metroid on the otherhand while it's brilliant some people just can't stick with it.

[smurf80]

thanks for all your help guys it was a hard decision and at one stage I almost bought both but I took your first pick Kralster and bought Metroid. its a pretty cool game from what I've played so far. it feels like the story is very similar to the alien movies which is cool. your right about the controls though I'm still getting used to it.