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I've been playing Metroid Prime. Back when I was a kid first playing the game, I never made it past Flaahgra, so most of the game is new to me. I'm blown away by the level design in this game. The areas are a joy to navigate, with lots of verticality and paths that twist back on and over themselves. It feels like kind of like the half-way point between Ocarina of Time and Dark Souls.

I also finished a game of Invisible Inc. It's a really elegantly designed tactical game with a sort of X-COM-ish mission structure. I played a game on easy mode, so it will be interesting to see how the game plays on the harder difficulties (fortunately, a game of Invisible Inc takes about 4 hours, so it lends itself to multiple playthroughs).

If you enjoyed Prime 1, definitely play Prime 2. It's basically how Majora's Mask is to Ocarina of Time. Prime 2 does the Prime formula over again with a new world and an added mirror dark world akin to a Link to the past and a zillion other games. Level design is just as good as Prime and it's just a great game overall. Prime 3 is also good. It's a lot grander than the previous two, but can also be a bit more frustrating in that you often have some external force telling you where to go, which can kill the feeling of discovering places yourself. Still an awesome game though.

I played Prime 3 back around when it came out and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm going to play 2 at some point as well.