Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Shoot ‘em, shoot ‘em shoot ‘em! Who would have thought that a first person shooter (FPS) for the Wii could be so gripping, so exciting, so invigorating! Come to think of it, who’d have thought ANY FPS could be like that.

As I mentioned in my previous post, my PC gaming is limited to playing the Sims 2 and on the odd occasion, Neverwinter Nights, and so FPS games are virtually non-existent in my life. This weekend I bought my first ever FPS. I am not good with the whole mouse and keyboard navigating thing, but the Wii offers a new type of mechanics in terms of game play and I was keen to try it out, and so on a quick visit to CNA in the Pav I picked up Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Oh my WORD! The graphics are good, better than I expected actually. The concept of using the Wii remote as your weapon arm is fantastic, making the canon attached to your Varia suit an extension of your own arm. You use both the Wii Nunchuk and the remote as you navigate through the various sections of the space station you start out on, and later different planets, etc…

You play as Samus, a female soldier of sorts, who along with a few other characters is tasked with finding and removing a computer virus that has been uploaded to the main system. (Yeah, I’m not 100% sure of the details… need to go through that section again). The remote is your “action” arm… you use it to open doors, fire your canon at certain items, change the settings on your visor, etc whilst the nunchuck is your movement and directional (with the use of the remote) controller.

I initially had my reservations as to whether or not I would enjoy the game, however after my very first boss battle in the game I was actually shaking from the adrenalin rush that was screaming through my body. It’s bloody fantastic! Gamespot gave it a rating of 8.5 and I certainly agree with that.

Nice story, good game play, beautiful graphics and (in places) nail-biting tension all make for a superb game.

Gaming Guide from IGN.com

Wii Game Intro Screen...

Big bad meany aliens...
Killing bad bugs...
Samus in her Varia suit... pretty hot...
Adrenalin inducing bad boss of note! UUUUUUUUUUH!

You're a What-What?

Oh dear... the first post. I always worry about the first post of a blog... if it's good then it can set the tone for the rest of the blog, if it's bad... well then, is your blog doomed to failure? I always think I should be saying something profound, something that will set the tone for the rest of the posts that are yet to come, something that will rock the socks of anyone who reads it and keeps them coming back for more. I, sadly, am not a writer and so the first post of this blog is going to be a simple introduction.

Hi.

No, that’s not it, there is more and it goes something like this…

I’m a gamer; mostly. I am the typical non-elite (non-l337) gamer that you find lurking in the back of Incredible Corruption, sifting through the latest titles, avoiding eye contact with the true blue-blooded Elite Gamer. I wouldn’t call myself a PC gamer, although I do spend a fair amount of time on my PC playing The Sims 2. I’m a console gamer, owning a Playstation 2 (PS 2), Nintendo Wii and more recently a PSP (Sony Playstation Portable).

So why do I call myself a non-l337 gamer? Well, that's an easy one to answer... Gaming is a pass-time for me, not an obsession. Being a relatively exclusive console gamer also means that I am not the type of person to buy the lastest PC hardware to support the latest and greatest PC game. I also tend to stick to a certain genre of game; that being either RPG (normally Japanese-based... Final Fantasy and the like) or action-adventure (Tomb Raider, Ratchet and Clank, etc...) I am, by no means, an expert on gaming, nor am I a game reviewer. I play games because I enjoy playing games. Does that make me a gamer? Perhaps... Does that make me a l337 gamer? Most definitely not.

So the posts that follow will be my non-expert opinion / commentary on what I’m playing at the moment, and generally what’s out there that interests me.