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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
2025 · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2 · First-person action-adventure · Metroidvania
4 scored sources · 2 countries contributing scores
Review consensus
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond successfully revives the series’ defining strengths: atmospheric first-person exploration, rewarding environmental scanning, inventive progression, and memorable boss encounters. Critics consistently praised its alien environments, visual presentation, melancholic worldbuilding, and strong core metroidvania design. However, the broader structure is less successful. The Sol Valley overworld can feel empty and tedious to traverse, psychic abilities are sometimes awkward to operate, and Federation companions occasionally undermine the series’ isolation. The game’s controversial save behavior after the finale also weakens completionist play. Beyond is a polished, compelling return that often feels excellent inside its major areas, but uneven when experimenting beyond Prime’s established formula.
Limited geographic coverage. Treat this score as an early indication.
Last researched: 2026-09-12
Pros
- Atmospheric, visually impressive alien environments
- Rewarding exploration and scanning-driven progression
- Strong boss battles and responsive combat
- Melancholic worldbuilding with memorable areas
Cons
- Empty overworld traversal creates backtracking and downtime
- Psychic abilities and vehicle controls can feel fiddly
- Federation companions and escort sections are divisive
- Post-finale save handling frustrates completionists
Review sources
4 sources found across 2 countries. This is not exhaustive worldwide coverage.
- GamesRadar+ · United Kingdom · 70/100
- Nintendo Life · United Kingdom · 90/100
- Game Informer · United States · 87.5/100
- GameSpot · United States · 80/100