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Was Metroid ever good

After watching 500 Metroid videos on YouTube, my curiosity w...
cowgod
  01/12/26
you just don't like anything that isn't a jrpg. you seriousl...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  01/12/26
he hates them because he sucks at these types of games. mean...
prime slime
  01/12/26
Metroid games are easy and beat it iirc
cowgod
  01/12/26
even MGS he claims to like but I remember one time he brough...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  01/12/26
Sounds intellectually dishonest of you tbh.
cowgod
  01/12/26
Also MGS1 is a Trojan horse fake stealth game. It’s ju...
cowgod
  01/12/26
Sort of agree but seems like you are Gatekeeping when it com...
michael doodikoff
  01/13/26
didnt he beat elden ring?
Smoked Double Baked Sweet Potato Skins and Wings
  01/13/26
https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/1nc6le6/it_...
cowgod
  01/12/26
Is that the European Extreme difficulty?
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  01/12/26
Regular Extreme. EE wouldn’t even make a difference bc...
cowgod
  01/12/26
Of course not
https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png
  01/12/26
Did Gen X guys in Suits play Metroid 2 for game boy in 1992?
cowgod
  01/12/26
I've only ever owned a super nintendo and a Wii
https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png
  01/12/26
Does that make you Gen X
cowgod
  01/12/26
I'm Chinese, we don't think in those terms
https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png
  01/12/26
https://r34i.paheal-cdn.net/67/ca/67ca15370618bf6f0d2ef979e7...
CapTTTainFalcon
  01/12/26
metroid and metroidvanias are inherently autistic
Apathetic prepper
  01/12/26
Speedrunning was born from Metroid and the desire to see Sam...
cowgod
  01/12/26
180
#BrianJacquesMindset
  01/12/26
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fully online and responsive
  01/12/26
...
cowgod
  01/13/26
what about Autoadmitvanias? Asking for a friend 🐶
#BrianJacquesMindset
  01/12/26
https://rule34video.com/video/3466260/zelda-and-samus-gettin...
CapTTTainFalcon
  01/12/26
I want to bang Samus.
cowgod
  01/12/26
in the 80s, Metroid was the only one of the super longform '...
,.,.,:,,:,..,:::,...,:,.,.:...:.,:.::
  01/12/26
Kids can be forgiven. Adults? Lol.
cowgod
  01/12/26
this is what I do now - treat Games like a job. I've never b...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  01/12/26
It was really mathematical and the controls were forgiving t...
https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png
  01/12/26
Iirc mother brain was not to be trifled with
cowgod
  01/12/26
You could measure each pixel on the screen with such precisi...
https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png
  01/12/26
NES Metroid - maybe cool at the time but really hard to play...
fully online and responsive
  01/12/26
Pretty much credited I guess. But I still wonder if the whol...
cowgod
  01/12/26
It's like breaking bad where its good maybe overall but not ...
fully online and responsive
  01/12/26
I can play it once a decade or something
cowgod
  01/12/26
Super Metroid btw has a map where areas look distinct and un...
cowgod
  01/13/26
Metroid 2 for gameboy was a solid game
dried up stinky dick licker
  01/13/26
I could not progress on it in the 90s despite having No Life...
cowgod
  01/13/26
I beat it and I suck at Games. I never even played the orig...
dried up stinky dick licker
  01/13/26
I’ve been playing it on switch…. I still get lo...
cowgod
  01/13/26
Play the colorized romhack, they added a map to it too. Make...
fully online and responsive
  01/13/26
Super Metroid was 180 in that a casual player could still be...
animeboi
  01/13/26
I never did a single one of these shortcuts 😔
cowgod
  01/13/26
Wall jumping is hard af iirc
fully online and responsive
  01/13/26
Metroid Prime was way too hard for people to enjoy. It basic...
MASE
  01/13/26
Are you talking about the combat or getting Lost
cowgod
  01/13/26
Normal people hate getting lost and getting lost is the whol...
MASE
  01/13/26
They tried remedying that in Prime 4 and millennial Losers w...
cowgod
  01/13/26
Whatever Halo 4 sold a lot too and everyone that bought that...
MASE
  01/13/26
Prime 1 sold a lot, Prime 2-4 didn’t. Nintendo fans do...
cowgod
  01/13/26
Prime 1 sold 3 million copies, e.i. only 1 out 7 Gamecube ow...
MASE
  01/13/26
3 million is really good for a GameCube game. Especially whe...
cowgod
  01/13/26
The entire Fatal Frame series has sold a cumulative 1 millio...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  01/13/26
Is Fatal Frame the same thing as System Shock iyo
cowgod
  01/13/26
Not even close. God you’re a Joke. System Shock is a P...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  01/13/26
Stop stating your opinion as though it were a fact.
cowgod
  01/13/26
(imo)
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  01/13/26
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cowgod
  01/13/26


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Date: January 12th, 2026 5:51 PM
Author: cowgod

After watching 500 Metroid videos on YouTube, my curiosity was piqued. Got Samus Returns for 3DS. I cannot play the game for more than like 45 minutes without being like “fuck this” and putting it down. Had the same experience with Super Metroid in 1995.

Also I have Huge Hands so using a handheld for an action game sucks. 7” dick btw.

A lot of Nintendo games are like this. There are very few that are addictive enough to hook you the way that western Scumgineers strive to get gamers hooked on their insipid, predatory shovelware.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584240)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:03 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

you just don't like anything that isn't a jrpg. you seriously don't seem to like ANY other Games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584261)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: prime slime

he hates them because he sucks at these types of games. meanwhile jrpg's do not require any skill besides grinding.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584267)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: cowgod

Metroid games are easy and beat it iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584279)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:09 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

even MGS he claims to like but I remember one time he brought out that old canard “oh stealth isn’t fun gameplay” or something like that. What the fuck? Stealth is the entire point of MGS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584282)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: cowgod

Sounds intellectually dishonest of you tbh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584285)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:30 PM
Author: cowgod

Also MGS1 is a Trojan horse fake stealth game. It’s just a vehicle to deliver Cutscenes and boss fights. “Stealth” and being a 1 man stealthy killing machine is the bait to get the common Scum hooked. You spend like 40 minutes of the entire MGS1 playthrough Sneaking. The others are hit and miss.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584341)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 11:33 AM
Author: michael doodikoff

Sort of agree but seems like you are Gatekeeping when it comes to MGS1 a bit.

Tenchu was the first true pure stealth Game of that Gen, and I think it even came out before MGS1 IIRC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585992)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 2:23 PM
Author: Smoked Double Baked Sweet Potato Skins and Wings (gunneratttt)

didnt he beat elden ring?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49586470)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: cowgod

https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/1nc6le6/it_aint_much_but_its_honest_work/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584283)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

Is that the European Extreme difficulty?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584290)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:25 PM
Author: cowgod

Regular Extreme. EE wouldn’t even make a difference bc to get the Foxhound Rank, you can’t get spotted a single time anyway.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584321)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png (mail@baumeisterlaw.com)


Of course not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584286)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: cowgod

Did Gen X guys in Suits play Metroid 2 for game boy in 1992?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584287)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:17 PM
Author: https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png (mail@baumeisterlaw.com)


I've only ever owned a super nintendo and a Wii

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584303)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:26 PM
Author: cowgod

Does that make you Gen X

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584329)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png (mail@baumeisterlaw.com)


I'm Chinese, we don't think in those terms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584331)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:15 PM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

https://r34i.paheal-cdn.net/67/ca/67ca15370618bf6f0d2ef979e7126923

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584293)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:15 PM
Author: Apathetic prepper

metroid and metroidvanias are inherently autistic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584295)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:24 PM
Author: cowgod

Speedrunning was born from Metroid and the desire to see Samus’ boobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584319)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:54 PM
Author: #BrianJacquesMindset

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584440)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 7:02 PM
Author: fully online and responsive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584474)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 7:44 AM
Author: cowgod



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585565)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:53 PM
Author: #BrianJacquesMindset

what about Autoadmitvanias? Asking for a friend 🐶

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584439)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:16 PM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

https://rule34video.com/video/3466260/zelda-and-samus-getting-buttfucked-by-horses/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584300)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:30 PM
Author: cowgod

I want to bang Samus.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584344)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:30 PM
Author: ,.,.,:,,:,..,:::,...,:,.,.:...:.,:.::


in the 80s, Metroid was the only one of the super longform 'epic' games I could tolerate. i absolutely hated 'Zelda.'

then post NES/SNES, when 'games' started getting super complicated, and took like 5 weeks of daily effort to 'play,' I dropped video games entirely. that shit is gay. i hate to even imagine the state of things today.

these kids are playing 'games' like it's a full time job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584342)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:30 PM
Author: cowgod

Kids can be forgiven. Adults? Lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584346)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 7:04 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

this is what I do now - treat Games like a job. I've never been happier afaik. I hope it makes you MAF too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584481)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 7:04 PM
Author: https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png (mail@baumeisterlaw.com)


It was really mathematical and the controls were forgiving to people who don't have lightning fast reflexes. You could let muscle memory handle all the movement while you looked for ways to solve puzzles.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584484)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 7:12 PM
Author: cowgod

Iirc mother brain was not to be trifled with

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584524)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 9:38 PM
Author: https://i.imgur.com/ovcBe0z.png (mail@baumeisterlaw.com)


You could measure each pixel on the screen with such precision that you knew whether each jump was within your reach without even trying it most of the time. If I died beating a final boss IDC, that's as good as winning for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584991)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 6:57 PM
Author: fully online and responsive

NES Metroid - maybe cool at the time but really hard to play now, confusing layout easy to get lost, still worth playing

Game Boy - Metroid II: Return of Samus - same issues as NES but cooler atmosphere and worth playing imo especially the colorized version

Super Nintendo - Super Metroid 180 GOATED game and still holds up today

Nintendo GameCube: Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Didn't play these, looked lame

Game Boy Advance: Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission - Both 10/10 masterpieces

Nintendo DS: Metroid Prime Pinball, Metroid Prime: Hunters - Didn't play this shovelware shit

Wii: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Metroid: Other M - Didn't play, looked. Trash

Nintendo 3DS: Metroid Prime: Federation Force - utter shit, Metroid: Samus Returns - excellent game

Nintendo Switch: Metroid Dread - 180 game, Metroid Prime 4 - looks really bad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584457)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 7:11 PM
Author: cowgod

Pretty much credited I guess. But I still wonder if the whole thing is mass millennial psychosis since the games aren’t addictive. Also since Metroid Prime 1’s popularity is a mass fanboy psychosis it has me questioning the whole franchise..

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584520)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 7:12 PM
Author: fully online and responsive

It's like breaking bad where its good maybe overall but not rewatchable. I wish I could wipe my memory and play super metroid again for the first time but it has no replay value to me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584527)



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Date: January 12th, 2026 9:31 PM
Author: cowgod

I can play it once a decade or something

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49584978)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 11:19 AM
Author: cowgod

Super Metroid btw has a map where areas look distinct and unique with exquisite soundtracks for each area. Samus Returns has a random lava room here and there and most of the areas look the same. Super Metroid has a contiguous lava zone that leads to a more dangerous and badass lava zone leading to Ridley. Nothing really matched that buildup in the successor games afaik.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585938)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 7:50 AM
Author: dried up stinky dick licker

Metroid 2 for gameboy was a solid game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585580)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 7:52 AM
Author: cowgod

I could not progress on it in the 90s despite having No Life. No map and everything looks the same. Looking back though, it is decent for an early GB game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585582)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 9:06 AM
Author: dried up stinky dick licker

I beat it and I suck at Games. I never even played the original or any other metroids. you just stock up on missiles iirc and make good use of the items where you turn into a ball

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585664)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 9:10 AM
Author: cowgod

I’ve been playing it on switch…. I still get lost/bored. It’s not the combat, it’s the getting Lost and being too lazy to memorize where everything is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585668)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 12:59 PM
Author: fully online and responsive

Play the colorized romhack, they added a map to it too. Makes it playable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49586276)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 9:45 AM
Author: animeboi (.)

Super Metroid was 180 in that a casual player could still beat it but if you were hardcore and mastered wall jumps you could pull off insane shortcuts that were mostly intentional.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585705)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:47 AM
Author: cowgod

I never did a single one of these shortcuts 😔

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585821)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 3:27 PM
Author: fully online and responsive

Wall jumping is hard af iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49586655)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:47 AM
Author: MASE

Metroid Prime was way too hard for people to enjoy. It basically killed the series.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585818)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:48 AM
Author: cowgod

Are you talking about the combat or getting Lost

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585825)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:48 AM
Author: MASE

Normal people hate getting lost and getting lost is the whole point of the series. Not a smart design

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585828)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 11:02 AM
Author: cowgod

They tried remedying that in Prime 4 and millennial Losers were like “what the fuck 😡”

Meanwhile the actual audience of 9 year olds probably loves it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585882)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 11:03 AM
Author: MASE

Whatever Halo 4 sold a lot too and everyone that bought that game deserves to die

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585883)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 11:06 AM
Author: cowgod

Prime 1 sold a lot, Prime 2-4 didn’t. Nintendo fans don’t take the hint that it sucked and was forcememed bc GameCube was on the cusp of Ruin and it was T-rated, so fans and reviewers all worshiped it despite the lack of entertainment value

Same thing with FF8 selling a lot bc of FF7. FF9 didn’t sell as well because people felt burned out after FF8

MGS2 sold like crazy bc of MGS1. MGS3’s sales were way lower because the common Scum hated raiden

I can make this point 100 times on the internet and the common shitlib NPCs will say it’s because of The Economy and their favorite game actually isn’t hated by legions of Scum.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585899)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 11:12 AM
Author: MASE

Prime 1 sold 3 million copies, e.i. only 1 out 7 Gamecube owners even owned it.

Prime 2 sold 1 million copies.

Prime 3 sold 1.5 which is preposterous failure considering even my Grandma owned Wii so that she could do Wii Fit exercises

What were they even thinking making a Prime 4

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585916)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: cowgod

3 million is really good for a GameCube game. Especially when you consider that it was only popular in the west. So more like 1 out of 3 or 4 western GameCubes. Better than the attach rate of an FF game or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49585928)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 2:21 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

The entire Fatal Frame series has sold a cumulative 1 million afaik. Metroid might be niche but it’s not as niche as my beloved J-Horror games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49586468)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 3:16 PM
Author: cowgod

Is Fatal Frame the same thing as System Shock iyo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49586619)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

Not even close. God you’re a Joke. System Shock is a PC immersive sim and the precursor to the lesser but more popular Bioshock games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49586622)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 5:40 PM
Author: cowgod

Stop stating your opinion as though it were a fact.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49586953)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 5:45 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

(imo)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49586967)



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Date: January 13th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: cowgod



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5821225&forum_id=2#49586971)