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I'm not even sure Resident Evil 3 would be considered that, wouldn't that be RE4 technically considering, despite it's success, it was still, by your definition the red-headed stepchild of the series? It definitely did piss off a lot of hardcore fans with how drastically the formula changed anyway.
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RE3 is a black sheep of the series due to the obvious lack of effort put into it. That's why some people (like myself) consider RECV to be more of a full-fledged sequel in the series than RE3 was.
As for RE4, it's a good action game, but it doesn't feel like an RE title. I can understand why the hardcore fans would feel a bit bothered by that one too.
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I don't think the dialogue killed Fusion for a lot of players. It was all too linear and hand-holding for a Metroid game. Prime 3 suffers from this too on a lesser scale, and is mostly a great game because of the grapple beam and fuck awesome controls. Prime 2, on the other hand, suffered from too much backtracking: it's just paced too slow. I still loved Fusion, but it didn't have a Metroid feel at times because of the wierdness, and instead, just felt like some great fan-service piece, especially with the twists at the end.
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That along with the frequent dialog parts definitely made the game feel less like a true Metroid title. The problem with Fusion is that the mission-based approach kills the sense of exploration that defines the Metroid series. I actually thought it was kind of cool to have a story as well, but I preferred the less invasive way in which Metroid Prime handled it. It breaks the sense of atmosphere and isolation to be answering calls while you're exploring an alien world. Metroid Prime 2 also irked me with the Chozo guy ordering you around and I haven't played MP3.
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Prime 1 and 2 sprinkled the artificial game-lengthener into their product with the end game artifact hunts that NO ONE LIKED.
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That and the Chozo Ghosts were kind of annoying in Prime 1, but I still think the game was a masterpiece, and it was my favorite title of the PS2/GC/Xbox era.
Oh yeah, the Castlevania discussion... Well, the new game probably won't be better than SOTN, but I'm sure it'll be fun. Either way, my favorite Castlevania (Dracula's Curse) isn't going to be threatened by yet another Metroidvania.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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