Step into the unknown with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, where Samus Aran’s journey takes her to the mysterious planet Viewros. Here, ancient ruins whisper secrets of the Lamorn, an alien race whose psychic legacy reshapes combat and exploration. From scanning statues to unleashing mind-bending abilities, every corridor pulses with discovery. This is not just another mission; it’s an odyssey that fuses classic Metroid isolation with bold new mechanics, inviting players to lose themselves in a galaxy of intrigue and danger.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review Pros

• Jaw-dropping graphics and the best I have seen on a Nintendo Switch 2. 
• 27.6GB download size. 
• Amiibo support. 
• Graphics mode – Performance (1080p/120fps), and Quality (4K/60fps).
• 3 save slots. 
• The game supports play with motion controls, dual Joycons, and even playing with the Nintendo Switch 2 mouse for movement and shooting. 
• Volume sliders for music, SFX, speech, global, and you can set the device type. 
• Video settings – brightness slider, graphics mode, show helmet in HUD, subtitles, subtitles background, HUD movement for first and third person. 
• 3 game difficulties – Casual, normal, and hard. Hard needs to be unlocked. 
• Camera settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, and set the motion control sensitivity. 
• First-person shooter adventure gameplay. 
• Tutorial pop-ups as you play, and you have a central help Codex. You can turn off tutorial prompts if you prefer. 
• Visors are what you swap between seemlessly and one does shooting and general pla,y and the other one can show interactive points, enemy outlines, switches, and use the scanner. 
• Scan enemies, creatures, architecture, and anything else to fill in the encyclopedia and get more information. Anything that needs to be scanned or hasn’t been scanned will show in green. 
• Beautiful 3D game world with stunning vistas and locations. 
• Fully 3D maps, and you can place your own marker and points of interest, fill in as you do mission objectives. 
• Mouse settings – enable mouse control, spring ball motion controls, and spring ball threshold slider. 
• Cursor settings for Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, enable lock on, reverse lock on, free aim, and free aim motion threshold slider. 
• Metroidvania open-world game. 
• The shooting feels really good; you can lock onto enemies and still get some free aim. Match that with responsive strafing and movement, and it’s awesome. 
• The game worlds are huge and have many secrets and routes you can only do with specific items or upgrades; sometimes, being the morph ball is the answer. 
• The morph ball is where you turn into a ball and roll around. You can drop bombs in this state. 
• In-game cutscenes and character interactions that seamlessly transition. 
• Cool weapons from the standard plasma, and charge shots to ones where you can shoot missiles and control your shot beam. 
• Save points can be used, and there is an autosave. 
• To me, this feels like a new approach and direction, and it was that which has me, as a non-Metroid fan, excited for further games in the series.
• Puzzle elements throughout and do vary from hitting switches in order to finding portals, etc. 
• It really is a huge step forward for the series and instantly throws you into the action. 
• The voice work is fantastic and well delivered. 

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review Cons

• You cannot remap the controls for any controller type. 
• There is not a great number of accessibility options like Colourblind. 
• Autosave is not that frequent, and having the game on a handheld, it does baffle me that you can’t manually save when you want, even a quick save would be a good counter. 
• Waypoints and mission markers are not always the clearest, and it can be hard to find directions. 
• I did find that the open-world part can feel empty and uneventful, and more like filler than anything else, like content.
• I am not a huge Metroid player, so getting used to the shooting and making it feel good took some time, and I would mess up in surprise encounters, etc.

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

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Developer: Retro Studios

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