Metroid is Dead.

[Beatnik]

Solitude and exploration are what made Metroid great. MP3 had neither.

[Nayrman]

Solitude and exploration are what made Metroid great. MP3 had neither.

god that voice acting was terrible. The only character being even remotely close to interesting was Rundus, but even he was a shallow Master Chief with ice clone X_X;;

[X-3]

Solitude and exploration are what made Metroid great. MP3 had neither.

god that voice acting was terrible. The only character being even remotely close to interesting was Rundus, but even he was a shallow Master Chief with ice clone X_X;;

Rundas is said to be an arrogant hunter who prefers to work alone. I don't know much about MC, to be honest, but I don't think Rundas is much of a clone of him.

I wish they had you fight him last, but eh.

[Jono2]

difficulty is also a hallmark of the metroid series.  MP3 was incredibly easy in comparison to it's predecessors.  I went through the game with the 1 forced energy tank, and minimal items, while SKIPPING THE HAZARD SUIT, and it was STILL much easier than Metroid Prime 2's hard mode under normal circumstances.

[Rayquarian]

I actually just got Prime 3 and I'm pretty satisfied so far. I honestly don't see what all the b****ing is about when it comes to this game.

Oh, it's a good game, but it's not a metroid game in the classical sense.

Metroid (original) is free-roam.  You get lost, you die.  that's it.
Metroid 2 (Return of Samus) is less free-roam, but in a good way.  Harder to get lost, but still free-roam.
Metroid 3 (Super Metroid) is the epitome of free-roam.  You can go wherever you want, but the game is programmed well enough that as long as you know what you're doing, there will almost never be a situation that you can't get yourself out of.
Metroid Prime - The first 3D entry.  Less free roam due to the restrictions of 3D, but as good as it gets for 3D.
Metroid Fusion - Completely linear, not in the metroid spirit at all.  The game tells you where to go, and any attempt at going somewhere else results in failure.
Metroid Zero Mission - Free-roam, but not in a good sense.  Sequence-Breaking is supposed to be about breaking the sequence, not an alternate path, which is what MZM did.  Although fun, it is not true free-roam in the metroid sense.
Metroid Prime Hunters - Single player sucked.  Don't even bother.
Metroid Prime 2 - The second real 3D entry.  Less free roam than Metroid Prime.  Are restricted to only going to certain areas for most of the game, limiting light/dark portals system, dark world discourages exploration by punishing you for doing so (damage when outside of the light).
Metroid Prime 3 - The third real 3D entry.  No free roam, always told where you have to go, very action-based.  Although a good game in itself, a shadow of the peak of the series, Super metroid.

Having only played Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime Hunters, and Metroid Prime 3, I guess I have yet to experience real free-roaming in Metroid games.