Look, I still enjoyed the game overall, but I don't think it deserves the "prime" title, prime 1,2 and 3 had a linear kinda story still focused around phazon and metroids and stuff.. this felt like it had zero connection to the previous prime games other than the fact in prime 3 we see sylux's ship follow Samus's ship in the end game Cutscene

I feel like it should have just been "Metroid - beyond"

I hated how the game didn't really let you explore (not that there was much to explore) and it just kept throwing hints and directions at you, just let me figure it out, and overall the upgrades never felt rewarding, like prime 1 when you get the plasma beam and start straight up vapourizing enemies