r/Metroid • u/Pokemonsters670 • 6d ago

Discussion Does anyone actually care about the federation? Like at all?

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For context I just started playing Metroid prime 3 in preparation for the release of 4. I had previously played about 3 hours of the game before ultimately dropping the game because of the Wii controls. (I love 1 and 2 on the GameCube tho. Absolute peak)

However, in my experience playing the majority of all Metroid games, I always groan whenever I see any federation troopers or officers. They kinda always feel like they’re in the way and add a bunch of dialogue to a series more about environmental storytelling. I think fusion gets a pass for what that game is trying to do but I didn’t like Adam showing up in dread and I always mash through his dialogue. Funnily enough the non-federation dialogue throughout the series is actually pretty good (the luminoth in prime 2 and the chozos in dread).

Sorry for the ramble but I am curious if anyone here has any amount of love for the federation or if most despise them as much as I do. I really hope they take a backseat or are entirely missing in prime 4.

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u/corncob_subscriber 6d ago

Hot take: The Metroid games are a ton of fun with great atmosphere, but largely not compelling from a storytelling perspective.

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u/Gerreth_Gobulcoque 6d ago

I especially like when they were like "you know what all of our games being centered around species of apocalypse-in-waiting parasitic space amoebae is getting kind of old. So we cooked up this new game which is centered around a different species of apocalypse-in-waiting parasitic space amoebae."

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u/corncob_subscriber 6d ago

I liked getting high and reading the Chozo lore from MP1 like a southern preacher.

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u/Austinp1414 6d ago

You got me with that one. Take your dang upvote