Each Metroid Prime Location, Ranked

Be aware: the YouTube embeds featured on this article will naturally include footage of among the boss encounters inside Metroid Prime, together with the ultimate boss. In the event you’ve by no means performed the sport, take this as your spoiler warning!

(Additionally, you have by no means performed Metroid Prime!? *tuts and shakes head for a number of minutes*)

The Metroid collection is well-known for its unbelievable places, together with the likes of Norfair, Ataria, and Kraid’s Lair. When the collection moved into the 3D realm with Retro Studios’ Metroid Prime, it launched among the franchise’s most iconic places, adored by followers to this very day.

With the sport celebrating its twentieth anniversary, we thought it could be enjoyable to take a look at each fundamental location in Metroid Prime and rank them from worst to finest. We have got all of them right here bar just a few minor places just like the Sunken Frigate. Make sure to vote to your favorite within the ballot on the backside of the web page and share your favorite reminiscences of the sport (and your ideas on our private rating) within the remark part.

However sufficient discuss, let’s set our visors to scan and take a look at each location within the masterpiece that’s Metroid Prime…

9: Magmoor Caverns

Urgh, Magmoor Caverns… maybe the one space inside Metroid Prime that we actively dislike.

It seems completely beautiful, however the extreme drawback of taking harm everytime you contact the lava is a large ache within the bottom. There are additionally no boss encounters to talk of inside Magmoor Caverns; as an alternative, we simply get a boatload of Magmoor creatures wiggling about and capturing out a load of fireside. Though, having mentioned that, blasting a stalactite from the ceiling to land on their heads is fairly darn humorous. Plus, the music is fairly nice.

8: Artifact Temple

The Artifact Temple is without doubt one of the smaller places featured in Metroid Prime, although it stands as one of the crucial vital, if not notably memorable.

Visually, it’s a little bit of a cross between the naturalistic components of Tallon Overworld with the structure present in Chozo Ruins. It’s right here that Samus faces off in opposition to the enduring Meta Ridley after accumulating all 12 Chozo Artifacts, and it makes for one of many coolest boss encounters of the complete recreation.

It’s a disgrace the realm as a complete was so small, as a result of we might have cherished to spend extra time exploring it. Because it stands, it’s disappointingly constrained.

7: Glacier One (Phendrana Drifts)

Just like the Artifact Temple, Glacier One is extra of a location inside a location. Location-ception, if you’ll. [Nah, you’re alright, ta. – Ed]

It’s discovered inside Phendrana Drifts and acts as a analysis facility for the House Pirates. Right here you come throughout the enduring Metroid enemies for the primary time, together with some really brutal House Pirate enemies.

It’s an ideal little location, however it comes fairly low on our checklist as a consequence of its dependence on motion over exploration; it’s basically one main battle after one other, with little room to breathe in between. Not precisely what Metroid is all about!

6: Tallon Overworld

Tallon Overworld is the primary “fundamental” space inside Metroid Prime, and as such, it’s naturally one of the crucial stunning, too, showcasing the GameCube’s glorious visuals (on the time, no less than). It’s basically the gateway to the opposite places within the recreation and serves as a very good tutorial space, introducing Samus to smaller, extra docile enemies.

Disappointingly, there are not any main boss encounters inside Tallon Overworld, except you depend the Plated Beetle, which to be trustworthy, is extra of a minor sub-boss. Factors deducted!

5: Affect Crater

Affect Crater is the ultimate fundamental space inside Metroid Prime, and it is one other comparatively small one, however it does home the unbelievable titular ultimate boss, so it is a notably memorable one for us. There’s a complete bunch of Phazon situated right here, the radioactive substance that performs a core function in the complete Prime trilogy, and its presence makes for some really stunning views.

You may encounter a great deal of mutated Metroids often called ‘Fission Metroids’, too, and your abilities will probably be effectively and really put to the take a look at. It is a sturdy finish to a powerful recreation.

4: Phazon Mines

Phazon Mines shares a lot of the identical visible model because the aforementioned Affect Crater, however naturally, it is a a lot bigger space, with three fundamental ranges to discover. It is full of House PIrates all through, together with Elite Pirates and Omega Pirates, making this space one of many hardest within the recreation by fairly a margin.

When you’re right here, nevertheless, Samus may have powered as much as a substantial diploma, so it makes exploration each fulfilling and difficult in equal measure.

3: Chozo Ruins

Chozo Ruins has a little bit of a desert theme occurring, with plenty of sand mendacity about and a complete bunch of large beetles. It’s a dense space, filled with secrets and techniques to find and tunnels to roll by means of because the ever-delightful morph ball.

The standout boss encounter of the Chozo Ruins is undoubtedly the fearsome Flaahgra, although the Hive Mecha proved to be extra irritating than enjoyable.

Talking of enjoyable, here is a enjoyable reality: the Chozo Ruins, particularly the principle plaza, was the primary main space to be constructed for the sport. It’s additionally the biggest, with a complete of 63 rooms. We like this one so much!

2: House Pirate Frigate “Orpheon”

Because the opening location of Metroid Prime, the House Pirate Frigate stays one of the crucial memorable areas of the complete trilogy.

Taking management of Samus after she leaps off her ship is just revelatory, to not point out the beautiful morph ball controls. As a location, it’s teaming with visible narrative cues, from busted doorways to the rotting corpses of House Pirates.

It doesn’t overstay its welcome both, ending on a excessive be aware with a powerful boss encounter in opposition to the Parasite Queen and a race in opposition to the clock to flee because the Frigate falls to items. What an ideal first location.

1: Phendrana Drifts

Phendrana Drifts is the perfect location in Metroid Prime, indubitably. It is uncommon that we would take into account a snow-themed space to be our absolute favorite, however that is how good that is!

Very like the opening House Frigate space, moving into Phendrana Drifts for the primary time is just unforgettable. The music, the snow, the lighting; it’s simply stunning. It’s additionally dwelling to some glorious creatures and boss encounters, together with Sheegoth and Thardus, and a few really standout morph ball puzzles.

We may fairly fortunately reside right here, to be trustworthy, if not for the truth that we’d in all probability die inside just a few quick moments. There’s at all times a catch.