Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004)

- Developer
- Retro Studios
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Platforms
- Nintendo GameCube
- Genres
- Shooter, Platform, Adventure
- Rating
- 4.3 of 5, 191 player ratings
- Main story
- about 13 hours
- Completionist
- about 82 hours
How it feels
A moody, atmospheric first-person metroidvania where you traverse twin light and dark worlds on an alien planet, always feeling the oppressive weight of isolation.
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About
An exploration-driven 3D metroidvania/first-person shooter hybrid and sequel to Metroid Prime (2002) in which Samus lands on Aether, an intricate planet torn into light and dark versions of itself, to help its remaining inhabitants defend against the invaders from its dark incarnation by traversing both the light and dark worlds, acquiring new power-ups and braving oppressive environments.
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