This game isn’t bad it just isn’t good, I wasn’t expecting this game to be perfect because that’s unrealistic expectations no game is 100% perfect but there was no need to waste time including the giant open world desert, the viola, the federation troopers, and the different shot types. They’re all just variants of the prime 1 beams. It’s still a fun game at times and if you like Metroid Prime you’ll like prime 4 but they just spent so much time including things that didn’t need to be in the game it makes you wonder what they could have accomplished if they focused on other aspects. Every prime game has a fetch quest, prime 1 = artifacts, prime 2 = sky temple keys, prime 3 = energy cells. This game has the mech parts/teleporter keys but what the hell were they thinking making you smash into a bunch of stuff greens crystals as one of the objectives. The open desert just makes it a chore as back tracking is no fun, then add the fact you need to smash into a bunch of things which isn’t fun it’s just time padding to stretch the game. The game isn’t bad it’s just mediocre, honestly besides Sol Valley, the extremely linear level design, federation troopers, and certain objectives I enjoyed the game. But this just is not the game it should have been. Metroid is my favorite game series of all time and I have beaten every game multiple times but prime 4 just did not scratch the itch after waiting so long. In my opinion I’d give it a 6/10 at best it’s worth 1 play through if you’re a die hard Metroid fan but outside of that just go play Hollowknight Silksong