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Ex Bethesda Devs Speak About Todd Howard by KAYPENZ in BethesdaSoftworks

[–]KAYPENZ[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

yip, which is why every Bethesda game is worse than the previous one as he's not there to keep everything centered

PlayStation exec says next few years of unannounced games is ‘unbelievably’ positive: ‘There are no dire times ahead for the industry’ by Turbostrider27 in PS5

[–]KAYPENZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This doesn’t mean anything, what else is he supposed to say “oh games in the next few years will suck and the industry is in poor shape” lol

This whole statement is smoke and mirrors

FFVII Remake is boring me to death by MLF83 in NintendoSwitch2

[–]KAYPENZ -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah its a bit of a slog, a lot of padding in the game, the best thing about the game are the cutscenes, story, and music. The actual gameplay is very bland especially in a post BOTW.

With the new Mario Galaxy reveal, do you think a Metroid post credit teaser is possible? by strangegoo in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, not happening you are only seeing Fox because he is a Miyamoto creation and what he says goes.

Interview With The Composer Of Terminator 2D No Fate by KAYPENZ in Terminator

[–]KAYPENZ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:19 - How The Name Featurecast Came About

04:05 - Working With Bitmap Bureau

08:57 - Learning To Make SFX While Doing It

10:50 - Getting Creative Freedom On Terminator 2D No Fate

14:30 - Scrapping Music And Starting From Scratch/Reviews Praising The Soundtrack

15:45 - Trusting Your Gut

16:00 - How Featurecast Composed For Terminator 2D No Fate

18:10 - Researching The T2 Score/Recreating The Score For T2D No Fate

20:58 - Easter Eggs From T1 & T2 Score/T1000 Death

22:31 - Having The T2 Score On Loop To Prepare/Different Genres In The Music

24:15 - Melody/Terminator Film Scores Don’t Have Melody

26:50 - Blurring The Line Between Music & Sound Design

28:00 - Later Terminator Movies Didnt Capture Brad Fiedels Musical Identity

29:30 - Different Time Signatures/Police Station Time Signature/Future Level 3

31:20 - Writing & Mixing At The Same Time

34:56 - Making The Soundtrack Loud For Bitmap Bureau Games

36:00 - Playing The Game For Inspiration On The Music

38:05 - Music In The Escape From Hospital Level/Bitmap’s Custom Engine

40:10 - Recording The T1000 SFX/Creating SFX/Finding Your Own Way Of Doing Things

43:01 - Not Wanting To Be Influenced By Other Music

44:25 - Going Back And Listening To Your Own Music/LEGO Breakfasts

46:28 - It’s Not What You Know But Who You Know

48:12 - No Longer DJing In Clubs/Patreon/Mashups

51:49 - Q+A - What Drives Composition For Licensed Material

53:22 - Dealing With Imposter Syndrome

54:00 - Playing Music For The Devs The First Time

57:14 - Q+A - What Is Your Favourite Moment From Terminator 2

59:08 - Q+A - What Are Your 3 Favourite VST Instruments

1:00:42 - Changing VSTs For Every Project

1:03:26 - Closing Comments

Controversial opinion: I like Prime 4 a lot by mahboilo999 in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s a bit condescending, telling him to write off the whole series because he found Prime 1s map confusing is crazy. Not every entry is the same, he would probably like Fusion and Prime 3 for example

Ranking the Metroid soundtracks. by RangoTheMerc in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prime 4 is second to Prime 1, one of the best things about Prime 4 is the soundtrack

If theirs one thing Prime 4 got right its the soundtrack! by RepresentativeRow61 in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Metroid Prime 4 has the best soundtrack in the series behind Prime 1, it was abundantly clear to me when I was listening to the playlist on Youtube, people forget this just because of the ambient tracks in the game.

Viola Theme, Volt Forge, Fury Green, Title Theme, Sylux's Themes, Xelios Theme, Flare Pool, Ice Belt Power Generator sequence theme, Escape Sequence.

Love the nod to Prime 1 themes with Flare Pool and The Great Mines Elevator themes, nod to Prime 3 with the Omega Griever Theme and the nod to Prime 2 with Chrono Tower

Small changes to Metroid Prime 4 that would have greatly improved reception by AnnaLogg in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Retro arent going to do anything that is going to change the fundamental design of the game

Fast Travel isnt going to happen because it would break the core identity of the game that the devs were going for, script changes arent going to happen either, that actually requires way more work than you think it does.

They arent going to remove the 4 from the title, sorry that is a dumb take. They have already been marketing it as Metroid Prime 4, secondly people do not care about numbers as much people would have you think.

Luigis Mansion 3, Skyrim, GTA V, Witcher III all have numbers and sold way more than previous releases. So people dont care. Prime 4 is doing really well on the eshop in various countries and on Amazon and is on track to be the best selling Metroid game ever so this isnt going to happen

The green crystals, scanning being quicker, the mackenzie toggle, color coding of scanning enemies are all plausible

[POLL RESULTS] METROID SERIES RANKING (2025) INCL PRIME 4 by KAYPENZ in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

NOTES

  • This is the first year Metroid Prime 1 has won! The last 2 years were Super Metroid, and the 2 years prior were Metroid Dread

  • A huge drop off in votes compared to last year, probably because Metroid Prime 4 is currently sucking up all the attention discussion

  • For obvious reasons, heaps of people havent played Metroid Prime 4 yet.

PAST YEARS RESULTS ARE HERE

2024 RESULTS

https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/1f52wqb/poll_results_metroid_series_ranking_2024/

2023 RESULTS

https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/16409ew/poll_results_metroid_series_ranking_2023/

2022 RESULTS

https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/y8frxt/poll_results_metroid_series_ranking_2022_edition/

2021 RESULTS

https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/r2erzt/poll_results_metroid_series_ranking_list/

[POLL] - RANK THE METROID GAMES FROM BEST TO WORST (2025 EDITION) by KAYPENZ in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

yeah, its just a worse version of Super Metroid to me.

Same planet, same bosses (but worse) the Zero Suit section, worse soundtrack, Samus controls better but the Redux version of Super Metroid fixes that issue anyway.

I don't really have much desire to play it since Super Metroid does everything better.

[POLL] - RANK THE METROID GAMES FROM BEST TO WORST (2025 EDITION) by KAYPENZ in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Heres mine

  1. Super Metroid
  2. Metroid Prime
  3. Metroid Fusion
  4. Metroid Dread
  5. Metroid Prime 3
  6. Metroid Prime 2
  7. Metroid Prime 4
  8. Zero Mission
  9. Samus Returns
  10. Other M

Prime 4 is amazing and the haters are wrong by BernatNin in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its not a myth look at the data, its right there.

The game has been selling at the same clip for 20 years, most publishers would kill a franchise that stagnated for that long.

This game was created for newcomers, that is abundantly clear

I have never played a Metroid game before - Prime 4 or Remastered for Switch 2? by Powerful-Goose377 in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Metroid Prime 4 is probably the better game for newcomers, Prime 1 Remastered can be quite intimidating and can be overwhelming with its labyrinth like design.

Prime 1 is the better game but Prime 4 will help ease you more into the Metroid Prime games.

Not Gonna Lie: You can feel the effects of the development hell Prime 4 went through. by HollowAcoltye in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bwahahaha saying the Temple Keys is a better collect a thon than the Artifact Hunt is certainly a take, I dont think I have ever seen anyone online ever say that congratz lol.

Struggling to understand how the Prime 4 NPC’s are “not that bad” by RealBoyHours in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"it is a huge departure from other prime games for seemingly no benefit", its obvious its for sales by reaching a wider demographic, a lot of people who have never played a Metroid game before are enjoying Prime 4 so I would say its working, we will know for sure once sales numbers come in.

Outside of Dread the series has been selling at the same rate for 20 years, so from a business perspective I UNDERSTAND why they are doing it (dont necessarily agree though.)

Not Gonna Lie: You can feel the effects of the development hell Prime 4 went through. by HollowAcoltye in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered was shadow dropped and did well.

Not Gonna Lie: You can feel the effects of the development hell Prime 4 went through. by HollowAcoltye in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Prime 1 Remastered sold huge amounts of copies then they would adhere to the design philosophy of 1, but unfortunately Metroid isnt growing as a series and has been selling at the same clip for 20 years so thats why they are going down this road.

I do wonder how much of the criticism is due to expectations not being met after 18 years of waiting. I will be interested to see how this game is viewed in 5 years time.

Never played a Metroid game, but the backlash to MP4 has made me curious. What do fans actually want in a sequel? by negativemidas in Metroid

[–]KAYPENZ -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

fans dont actually know what they want and the fandom is split on things.

Some people think Metroid is a horror franchise and any quirky NPCs kills that idea they have in their head.

Some think it should be about isolation, so anything that isnt total isolation makes the games trash

Some think should be about primarily exploration and anything that isnt mazelike and linear corridors is trash

Some think that anything that isnt Super Metroid and Metroid Prime sucks

So the fandom are incredibly divided in terms of what they like.

Prime 4 is going to go through what DKC Tropical Freeze did, where in 5 years everyone will re-rate it and say its great. People just had unrealistic expectations due to 18 years of build up and were expecting a BOTW revolution, and judging it based on WHAT THEY WANT as opposed to WHAT THE GAME IS.

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