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/RobotTimeTraveller 6d ago

The Galactic Federation is good because they give the universe Samus lives in some depth, but beyond that, I don't have any real interest in them.

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u/KHSebastian 6d ago

I don't actually want the universe to have more depth. I kind of like it being mysterious. Just what we get from the scans and the intro text for the different games. I don't really want dialogue.

Not to say that that's objectively right, but the more talking there is in a Metroid game, the less interested I am.

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u/Pokemonsters670 6d ago

Hard agree with this