Late to the Game

Late to the Game

Hey there, it's Mark! 👋 Husband, gamer dad, and part-time chaos coordinator. 🎮 Join me on this wild ride as I navigate the fine art of balancing life and diving headfirst into the gaming universe! 🕹️ Let's roll together!

PS5 State of Play Recap

PS5 State of Play Recap

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  • @ChadSlampiece
    @ChadSlampiece11 сағат бұрын

    Oh yeah, I love Papa the Rapper 🤦‍♂

  • @AnarickTheDevil
    @AnarickTheDevil16 сағат бұрын

    Three new Metroid games? Dread is the only NEW Metroid game on the Switch the rest are ports.

  • @StiffAftermath
    @StiffAftermathКүн бұрын

    Nice spoilers.

  • @Dodong4s
    @Dodong4s2 күн бұрын

    I wanted to agree with you, but the Switch underperforms and can't even run its exclusive games on 60 fps Heck, it can barely keep consistent at 30. The only function any console has is to run a game. And the Switch underperforms the one thing it was made for.

  • @ArcueidBrunestuddo
    @ArcueidBrunestuddo6 күн бұрын

    Modern games: "We can't compete with Metroid Prime Remastered!" Metroid Prime 4 Beyond: "Fine, I'll do it myself."

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGame6 күн бұрын

    Amen friend, Amen

  • @AaronPICAR
    @AaronPICAR7 күн бұрын

    The amount of care, polish and attention to detail Nintendo puts into their AAA titles makes everyone else look lazy by comparison. Retro took an all ready classic game and made it better. They didn’t just blow the dust off it and put on new paint but they took everything great and made it greater. Nintendo spent over a year polishing Tears of the Kingdom.

  • @UnifiedEntity
    @UnifiedEntity8 күн бұрын

    Metroid Dread was my first metroid game, i always wanted to play metroid growing up, especially Prime as the gameplay made me think of Halo and the side scrolling games didnt look appealing to me like Megaman/X. Based on how Nintendo did Dread, I'm actually fairly faithful the next prime game wont he a microtransaction buggy mess.

  • @ronsimmons8533
    @ronsimmons85338 күн бұрын

    I agree, Switch and PC i adore because they make fun ass games

  • @stripedrajang3571
    @stripedrajang35718 күн бұрын

    I just bought this game a few weeks ago because it was on sale for like 30% off. I'm a big fan of Super Metroid and Metroid Dread, but never played the Prime Trilogy. When I first played it and completed it a week ago, my mind was blown. I was so upset that I didn't play this masterpiece during the GameCube era.

  • @Xhamon
    @Xhamon8 күн бұрын

    1:47 I love this sentence. Beautifully sums it up. “In a world full of microtransactions, repetitive/non-innovative gameplay, excessive focus on graphics, and buggy unfinished releases: Prime triumphs over its competitors.”

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGame8 күн бұрын

    BOOM - Glad you appreciate it haha

  • @nightstar4912
    @nightstar491210 күн бұрын

    I was ironically playing my switch while listening to this play it more then my other consoles its just more convenient to play games on what it lacks in tech it makes up for in unique gaming experiences

  • @JackOLanter
    @JackOLanter12 күн бұрын

    You can bet the new Zelda game Will sell 10M+ units, and about 2 more will surpass that 10M mark.

  • @SourStrawberrys
    @SourStrawberrys12 күн бұрын

    It is no where to the best system ever made. It has yet to beat its own sales of the DS. Not to mention none of their consoles has yet to beat the sales of the PS2. And both the DS and Switch includes all variations, gens, of those consoles in that total. The PS2 is only one gen of the PS, yet still out sold handhelds.

  • @Jayrod64
    @Jayrod6412 күн бұрын

    My only real complaint about Metroid Prime Remastered is that the backtracking compared to Echoes can be long and tedious(still hoping for Echoes and Corruption to also get remastered). Beyond that the game still holds up and looks absolutely fantastic, even at the Nintendo Switch's native 1080p docked output. Changes to the lighting and materials make it look like a a really good texture pack for Metroid Prime, while the updated controls make it easier to play. As a bonus, add the Retrotink 4K in the mix with HDR and colorimetry set REC 709. It will upscale the Nintendo Switch to 4K 60 and enhance the already excellent lighting that much further.

  • @saisathyanarayanan4560
    @saisathyanarayanan456014 күн бұрын

    waiting for metroid prime 4 beyond

  • @joeychicago6322
    @joeychicago632215 күн бұрын

    Although its great, i like part's two and three a bit better. Which is the best?? For me it's between 2,3. I can't decide...

  • @joeychicago6322
    @joeychicago632215 күн бұрын

    All Metroid games r great...

  • @ultimate8550
    @ultimate855016 күн бұрын

    I contemplated getting a Switch for several years, but this game's announcement was what finally got me to the finish line. It wasn't Breath of the Wild, or Mario Odyssey, or any other major Nintendo franchise. It was Metroid. This series has always been in a league of it's own, and Nintendo's most compelling franchise in my opinion.

  • @weatherman1504
    @weatherman150416 күн бұрын

    The Prime series will always be my favorite part of the series. The world building is fantastic, especially through the Scan Visor. The focus on environmental puzzles is one of the things I love about the games. I can't wait for Prime 4 to come out, because Retro came back from the abyss to whip up a Prime game made like they used to, and it's lookin grand.

  • @calculateddeclination5534
    @calculateddeclination553416 күн бұрын

    Metroid prime was the sole reason why I got a gamecube and I wasn't let down. Gamecube is great. The games were great. Aside from the virtual boy, nintendo's failed consoles were never failures in my eyes. They all had good games and that's all that mattered to me.

  • @huntersausageandredbeardsh2360
    @huntersausageandredbeardsh236016 күн бұрын

    Great stuff. I stream nintendo games and do content too.

  • @bill5974
    @bill597417 күн бұрын

    I was 25 when this came out and was very apprehensive, having been a metroid fan for quite some time beforehand. I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed upon release and it still remains in my top 10 games, probably top 5. A true masterpiece.

  • @joepwrsurge
    @joepwrsurge17 күн бұрын

    Great topic, video, & enthusiasm... tho... Would you kindly turn down the intro-music volume a couple notches, please? I jumped, & your talking points are @ a perfect volume... Keep Fan Boying, cuz we will too.

  • @Clodd1
    @Clodd118 күн бұрын

    Not to mention they nailed it on the first try. I can't describe how much I love this game.

  • @TheKritken
    @TheKritken18 күн бұрын

    More games like this one... prime 4 is on it's way now, hopefully 2 and 3 as well...

  • @colinm5548
    @colinm554820 күн бұрын

    Hdmi port

  • @reynoldskynaston9529
    @reynoldskynaston952921 күн бұрын

    Prime is so good. Second best game in the franchise after Super Metroid imo. The remaster was basically a perfect version of prime too where it only added to the original and didn’t take anything away.

  • @insertrandomnamehere764
    @insertrandomnamehere76421 күн бұрын

    To be fair it's not a console. It's a handheld that you can play on a TV. Much like you could do with the psp. That being said they have some of the best ips this gen.

  • @darylandcat
    @darylandcat21 күн бұрын

    Metroid Prime has been in my top 5 since I played it on GameCube. Bought that on day one.

  • @omegalovania
    @omegalovania21 күн бұрын

    The start of the video showing the electronics of the store brought immediate memories.

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGame21 күн бұрын

    Nostalgia, UNLOCKED haha

  • @CSProduction12
    @CSProduction1222 күн бұрын

    I fucking love my switch! it's my favorite console by far! EVER! and I am an old man at this point.

  • @shawnregina9110
    @shawnregina911024 күн бұрын

    This game hasn’t aged apart from a checkpoint system. But arguably that adds to the atmosphere. Maybe a few more save stations would have been a good addition. But this is a remaster not a remake.

  • @positivelife3034
    @positivelife303425 күн бұрын

    Everyone thinks a new switch is coming out but this is nintendo. I expect a portable and big screen console but don't be shocked if they add a new fun gimmick.

  • @michaelhill6453
    @michaelhill645325 күн бұрын

    DS Lite or 3DS--Nintendo's finest. First party games for the Switch are good but many would argue they're kid's games. To counter that there are many AAA conversion but they're lazy; not optimised for hand-held play (you can't read the text) they need to be played in docked mode where they look inferior to other console versions. You can buy any game from the Nintendo Game Store but it's not curated so anyone can post a junk game; there are so many of these games in the store it is a real chore to find something good. Best in the world? Nah. Best hype? Yeah.

  • @eddieanderson9399
    @eddieanderson939925 күн бұрын

    This game is so good 👍

  • @Topbeehler
    @Topbeehler26 күн бұрын

    It amazes me that I've seen this actually happening in gaming. Who would have thought that having systems being bigger and stronger, and games being more and more graphically impressive would be the reason so many modern games fall. Don't get me wrong, I get wanting a game to look good. But as someone who's gamed for a while I've learned that that doesn't matter nearly as much as people used to think. Hell my favorite system is the Sega Genesis, those graphics are dated but it's still got a fun library. And I think companies soon will start to learn this or go under very soon after seeing so many games start to fail. Gamers are not complex nor are we an unpredictable group of buyers. We just want fun. If your game cost a quarter billion to make and most that money goes into graphics, into making it cinematic, story, so on, then it feels more like a movie. And then you are not focused on gamers, you are focused on people who want to play a movie like a game, which as we've seen is not a super big market. If you want to make gameplay, make games. If you want to make a pretty looking cinematic experience, make a movie, do not try to blend them there are different forms of entertainment for a reason

  • @whirlwind6wind33
    @whirlwind6wind3327 күн бұрын

    Sega had the best consoles ever made because the Dreamcast basically pre dated everything that goes on today.

  • @fishactivation5087
    @fishactivation508727 күн бұрын

    The first two Prime games are the only FPSes that weren't made by Valve that I thoroughly enjoyed. And then Corruption sucked. Hopefully Beyond is more like the first two.

  • @weatherman1504
    @weatherman150416 күн бұрын

    Wait, why do you hate Corruption? I had a fun time when I played it. (before you ask, I also loved Prime 1 & especially Prime 2).

  • @fishactivation5087
    @fishactivation508716 күн бұрын

    @@weatherman1504 Corruption is a Halo game.

  • @weatherman1504
    @weatherman150416 күн бұрын

    @@fishactivation5087 We didn't play the same game then, because it certifiably isn't. Again, as someone who likes it, why do you say this?

  • @fishactivation5087
    @fishactivation508716 күн бұрын

    @@weatherman1504 Corruption was a far more streamlined experience. Instead of being on one large map, the game is split up into a bunch of individual levels that you access through a menu. Instead of progress being tied to what items you've obtained, it's instead based on missions that you're sent on in each planet. They tried to make the planets feel like smaller Metroid maps in and of themselves, but that just made it so that you had to go back and forth and back and forth between each map multiple times to wrap each one up, and backtracking is far less acceptable on maps that are the size of a neighborhood. They took the worst parts of the first two Prime games - the obnoxious backtracking of the first one, and the less cohesive and more straightforward world of the second - and made them exponentially worse. On top of that, they messed with the lonely atmosphere that defines the series by throwing in a load of friendly human characters that fight by your side. The series is about trying to survive uncharted alien planets, armed with little more than a power suit and an arm cannon, and scavenging the hostile lands for whatever you can find to eventually turn the tables on them. Throwing in human allies takes away from this feeling of hostility, even if some of them get corrupted by the Metroid Prime. The absolute worst example of this is near the end of the game, where there's a door in the pirate home world that can only be opened by four people, and you're put on an _escort mission_ - an _ESCORT MISSION_ in a _METROID_ game - so they can open the door for you. The door doesn't open thanks to some newfound ability, it opens because a few grunts made their way there for you. The first two Prime games captivated me so much because they weren't just FPSes, they were Metroid games that happened to be in first person. Corruption is an FPS.

  • @weatherman1504
    @weatherman150416 күн бұрын

    @@fishactivation5087 Blud, I feel like all of the reasons you despise Prime 3 are also the reasons why love most of the Prime games. I don't care about whatever lone survivor sh¡z you're on about, nor about your weird "the only value Prime 1 & 2 have is not being Prime 3" complex. I love these games for the amazing world building and the environmental interaction puzzles (stuff like, say, freezing waterfalls to make platforms, or melting ice barriers, or completing puzzles across dimensions). About the only game (aside from Fed Force) that is a bit disappointing on that front is Prime Hunters, which pretty much amounted to "shoot the yellow door with the yellow weapon". I don't see a problem with Prime 3, because it does the things I love about the Prime games (also, I don't have your weird anti-halo complex or your severely warped view of Prime 3's planets). Either way, for once in my life, I'm actually in the majority here. Most people in the fandom don't have the strange hate-boner you have for Prime 3. Also, looking at the trailer for Prime 4, it definitely takes a good deal from Prime 3, and a ton of people are saying good things about it (including moi, yours truly). At the end of the day, I'm on the winning side, and knowing that my happiness brings you misery is very delicious. Ta ta, ya salty weirdo. ~WeatherMan :3

  • @user-fh6pw5dx1d
    @user-fh6pw5dx1d28 күн бұрын

    I just started playing this game a few days ago. I am blown away by the graphics upgrade. I didnt play this as a kid so its my first playthrough. I love the game so far

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGame27 күн бұрын

    Glad you're enjoying it!

  • @LiamNajor
    @LiamNajor28 күн бұрын

    Days later, Prime 4 was revealed. Sadly, that means Echoes and Corruption remasters are much less likely.

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGame27 күн бұрын

    Really hope we get those still. Seems like a shame to leave them behind.

  • @gengdragon-1988
    @gengdragon-198827 күн бұрын

    There's a high chance those game will get an upgrade but not like prime remastered

  • @IIARROWS
    @IIARROWS29 күн бұрын

    I'm lost at "M. Night Shyamalan still making good movies". Did he EVER made good movies?

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGame29 күн бұрын

    I stand by Unbreakable and Signs as fantastic films.

  • @IIARROWS
    @IIARROWS29 күн бұрын

    ​@@LateToGame Oh, right... Unbreakable. And Split (and less Glass, but it's a nice ending at least). I totally forgot he made them, as they are drop in the ocean compared to every other bad movie he made. But I don't consider Sign a good movie. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGame29 күн бұрын

    Agree to disagree on Signs, but man, Unbreakable and Split were fantastic. Glass, agree, a bit disappointing as well. I think the M Night charm wore off whenever we expected "THE TWIST" in every film.

  • @lonewolfranger
    @lonewolfranger29 күн бұрын

    The power does not go out when you get the x-ray visor. This only happens for the thermal visor

  • @statical1035
    @statical1035Ай бұрын

    If ea made Metroid prime 10 $ for the armor 10$ for beams 10$ for missile 10$ to move 70$ to get extra beams 80$ for super missile 500$ for fusion suit

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGameАй бұрын

    hahaha this made me laugh - thanks for that!

  • @ievmotron669
    @ievmotron669Ай бұрын

    Love the video and appreciate your views!! Subbed!!! Keep up the great work!! :)

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGameАй бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @theblowupdollsmusic
    @theblowupdollsmusicАй бұрын

    My favorite game of all time.

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGameАй бұрын

    You friend, have great taste!

  • @thomasowen887
    @thomasowen88710 күн бұрын

    Same

  • @jaspercas
    @jaspercasАй бұрын

    I hope they would use snapdragon based SoCs for the next switch but I think they would opt for an ampere or blackwell based nvidia SoC, it might even be an older pascal or volta based SoC

  • @AlbinacersGaming
    @AlbinacersGamingАй бұрын

    I just couldn't believe that this game wasn't as popular as it should have been back then . I know the gamecube only sold 20 something million consoles but the Switch is over 140 million so I hoped it would have better than it did. Everyone who plays this game needs to promote this work of art.

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGameАй бұрын

    You are spot on sir - I'm hoping Metroid Prime 4 brings the series to greater heights of popularity!

  • @pugetsoundwaves
    @pugetsoundwaves21 күн бұрын

    It came out during the Halo era and it was seriously misunderstood and perceived as an FPS / Nintendo's competitor to Halo. So when people played it expecting a Halo-like campaign and got an atmospheric, slower paced adventure game... a lot of people didn't like it because it wasn't what they were expecting instead of just appreciating it for what it actually is. I'm hoping that with Metroidvanias becoming more popular over the last generation, the Metroid series will finally start getting the popularity it deserves. Dread was a step in the right direction but based on quality, prestige, and influence it deserves to be as big as Zelda and Mario (I know that will never happen 😢).

  • @doubanjiang_
    @doubanjiang_16 күн бұрын

    @@pugetsoundwaveseverything you said, but also the og control scheme was off-putting

  • @joeychicago6322
    @joeychicago632215 күн бұрын

    Actually brother it was. It's considered the top FPS. At least I thought it was cause all of my friends loved this game, Nintendo owners and PS guys

  • @Fuk99999
    @Fuk999998 күн бұрын

    2 million was pretty damn good back then

  • @mehwishchaudhry4893
    @mehwishchaudhry4893Ай бұрын

    The first one was Astro bot rescue mission

  • @mehwishchaudhry4893
    @mehwishchaudhry4893Ай бұрын

    Go Astro go Astro !🎉😊

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGameАй бұрын

    Pumped for this game!

  • @nikolagvozdenovic940
    @nikolagvozdenovic940Ай бұрын

    All Nintendo games look and play badly. Only thing that would "push" me to their products is to catch up to at least current games standard.

  • @LateToGame
    @LateToGameАй бұрын

    1. Thank you for watching and 2. I disagree, but you play where you want to play! Grazie again!