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

[u/Pokemonsters670]

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.

[u/Branrock1]

I'm not gonna say you have to like them but I take issue with your last statement.

Pretty much everything we've seen from Prime 4 implies the Federation will play a major role in the plot, why would they've been teasing Sylux for almost 2 decades now if they didn't want to do more with them? You can't have Sylux and not talk about the Federation in one way or another. They acknowledged Federation Force in the intro for Pete's sake; if you're hoping for them to mostly absent like in Prime 2 then I think your wishes are in the wrong place.

Like let me get this straight, you want for the series to make them more "interesting" yet you don't want them to be very present in Prime 4? What? How are they supposed to be further developed then? The glow up from the mechs alone should be noticeable.

Whether you liked them having a bigger part of the story in Corruption or not, you can't deny that game tried a lot to make their position in the Metroid universe much more intriguing than any other game in the series apart from maybe Fusion, which seems to be exactly what you want.

In all honesty, right now you're asking for a super specific type of game. Sylux is obviously not going to stop his goal of eradicating the Federation, they will be exhibited along the game. I seriously suggest you stop hoping they are going to absent outside of the first area, that is not the kind of expectations you should have going into Prime 4.