The reviews are in for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and it's safe to say that it has been an extremly mixed bag, with some lamenting the choices made by the developer whilst others persist in praising it to the hilt.

In our own review, writer Sam Cawley said the following, "Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has been eight years in the making and yet it unfortunately misses the mark in several ways."

"As the biggest Metroid Prime game to date, it’s fallen into the trap that many open-world games succumb to, having an overwhelming feeling of emptiness. The actual levels themselves are good, look great, but are dragged down by interfering NPCs and linear layouts that defeat the point of a metroidvania entirely."

The game releases on 4 December, so it won't be long before we find out exactly what the play

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