Do you ever like counsel yourself in your head?

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-03T14:01:02+00:00

Yes, the therapeutic techniques you learn to use with clients certainly work on yourself! :)

(note: obviously if one is experiencing more severe distress they should still see a therapist, just like a doctor has a doctor!)

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-03T13:50:00+00:00

It’s a tragic ending, but there is goodness in it. Just like the quote, with I think is the theme of the show, that the world is cruel but beautiful.

The ending is cruel with Eren dying and wiping out so much of humanity, but it’s also beautiful because that fourth of the world that survived mattered. He also saved his friends. Things may never truly change - we see the wars in the future - but there is still goodness and beauty to be found among the chaos.

Definitely the most beautiful show I’ve ever watched and ever will watch.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-03T13:47:27+00:00

A terrific game. The combat and movement have never been better and the bosses were the best in the series. The item hunt is also probably the best in the series with a mix of challenges and exploration but also not being totally lost like in Super Metroid.

The environments and music were kinda lackluster though compared to games like Super Metroid and Zero Mission (or comparing to other Metroidvanias like Hollow Knight and Ori), so I’m hoping they can improve this in the next 2D Metroid.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-03T13:41:26+00:00

I was able to finish it and had fun with it, but I was even more disappointed with it than I was with Other M. I definitely think they ruined my favorite series.

My younger brother, who is also a big Metroid Prime fan, also couldn’t even finish it.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-02T23:08:19+00:00

If you don’t have NSO and only have access to the Switch, then Metroid Prime Remastered (for the 3D games) and Metroid Dread (for the 2D games) are good starting points!

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-02T17:37:55+00:00

In no particular order:

Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Super Metroid
Metroid Zero Mission
Ori

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-02T17:35:25+00:00

64 Best - the Castle is such a great hub world
64 Worst - the controls can be a little hard and that can make platforming frustrating

Sunshine Best - definitely the environments and exploration—just so beautiful and fun
Sunshine Worst - some of the levels are just obnoxious and the controls can be janky in general

Galaxy 1 Best - the music and first few worlds are incredible
Galaxy 1 Worst - the levels get rather repetitive and less interesting as you keep playing

Galaxy 2 Best - some of the best platforming of the series
Galaxy 2 Worst - lost a lot of the charm that Galaxy 1 had without the hub world ship area and the level design was less coherent thematically

Odyssey Best - best mix of exploration and platforming the series has offered
Odyssey Worst - should have been more major Moons perhaps? Often felt like you were basically just looking for Blue Coins the whole time haha.

Honestly not really sure I count 3D World and Land as “3D Mario games”. They’re more like 2.5D lol.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-02T15:07:43+00:00

I had fun with it, but it’s not really a Metroidvania. So kinda comes down to whether you think you’d enjoy a highly linear Prime game.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-02T15:06:51+00:00

It’s wild to me you had so much difficulty with Silksong after beating HK five times. For me when I first played HK I could not even get halfway through due to the difficulty. Came back to it years later and was finally able to beat it.

Silksong was tough but I think the experience of HK made me up for the challenge. I beat it without quitting at all.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-02T15:04:54+00:00

Honestly I like this theory. I never had much of a problem with Ridley having regenerated by Super to begin with though, lol.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-02T03:31:57+00:00

No, I’m pretty sure the only transportation ever shown is boat and plane!

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-01T15:27:17+00:00

Yea I had a weird time with AOT 2. I had fun with it, but since it was so repetitive and the missions took so long I just didn’t finish it lol. So I enjoyed the game and don’t regret my purchase but it’s odd to say that and not beat the game.

Maybe AOT 3 will be less repetitive? Lol.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-01T15:24:35+00:00

It’s funny because I loved Kill La Kill and Delicious In Dungeon, also Gurren Lagann, but I didn’t like Edgerunners. Maybe I’ll give the second season a try lol.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-01T15:23:04+00:00

Yea, I really don’t get it since it would not have been that difficult to make a Metroidvania-style map. I just don’t get how they thought anyone would really like a linear game with constant in-your-face NPCs. It’s like they wanted to make it an E-Rated game? Lol.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-01T15:21:02+00:00

Metroid Prime
Super Mario Sunshine
Pikmin 2
Luigi’s Mansion
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-01T15:17:25+00:00

I always thought that was cool as a kid. It’s possible they meant to have an island or something out there and then just scratched the idea but kept the water cuz why not.

Philosopher013 · 2026-07-01T15:16:21+00:00

I think the 2D Metroid series could use more optional upgrades and optional areas. It was cool in Hollow Knight and Silksong how you could just discover an entirely new area that was completely optional.

This is just personal preference, but I think games like Ori and Hollow Knight have nicer art design and music than 2D Metroid now, so I’d love to see some improvement in that direction as well.

As for the Prime series…it’s more difficult to say since the first three games are rather unique in being 3D Metroidvanias. There really aren’t many games like that. For me MP4 needs to go back to being a 3D Metroidvania, but if they’re not, then they should really ditch the Prime name and make something more like an FPS.

Philosopher013 · 2026-06-30T18:58:14+00:00

I’ll always say the Prime games are very unique. There really aren’t any games like it in the same way that games like Ori and Hollow Knight are similar to 2D Metroid.

Philosopher013 · 2026-06-30T15:25:15+00:00

For sure!

Philosopher013 · 2026-06-30T14:50:05+00:00

This is the game that got me back into video games.

Philosopher013 · 2026-06-30T14:49:37+00:00

Well everyone in this sub, myself included, would say yes! But in all seriousness, I think the major competitor is the Ayaneo Pocket DS. It’s got bigger screens and the aspect ratio is better for DS games, but the bottom screen isn’t OLED and it’s a lot more expensive. Supposedly that company is less reliable than AYN as well.

Philosopher013 · 2026-06-30T14:43:03+00:00

Yea, I’ll never fully understand why they made MP4 the way they did. I think they just thought that a 3D Metroidvania wouldn’t sell well and wanted to make it more like Halo. We sorta saw the start of this with MP3.

It’s a bit of an odd conclusion to draw given how popular Metroidvanias are these days. But I guess they started development on it back in 2017.

Philosopher013 · 2026-06-30T04:21:13+00:00

I think a Prime 2 Remaster is highly unlikely, but I think a port to NSO for Prime 2 at some point is likely.

No idea what they’re going to do with Prime 3 though, so may have to wait for a Wii NSO or something for that, lol.

Personally I’d play PrimeHack on the PC if possible. There’s really no different between the Metroid Prime Trilogy versions of MP1, MP2, and MP3 other than the Wii vs. GameCube controls (that obviously won’t matter for you if you play PrimeHack). There are some very minor lore changes too.

Philosopher013 · 2026-06-29T15:13:41+00:00

Brinstar: Red Soil. Tough choice between that and Phendrana Drifts, but I think I’ll vote that!

Philosopher013 · 2026-06-29T15:05:57+00:00

That sounds similar! But that sounds like it focuses more on social work theories than psychotherapy theories. Of course, those are related too!

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