IGN’s Best FPS of E3 2007 is?

After been nominated for but missing out on the gametrailers.com Best of E3 award Metroid Prime 3: Curruption has grabbed IGN’s top honor in the first person category. Read more below.

Huh? Metroid purists will be crying foul, no doubt, but let us explain. Prime 3’s E3 2007 showing was heavy on gunning and light on the franchise’s traditional re-traversal puzzle-solving nature, and for the first time we’ve been forced to concede that Corruption is, technically, also a shooter. And what a shooter! Utilizing the accuracy and speed of the Wii remote, Retro Studios has delivered the most tightly-controlled first-person experience to grace any home console. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the game won’t ultimately fall in the adventure genre - actually, we suspect it will. Retro has promised even more exploration and puzzles for fans. Prime 3 also boasts some of the most atmospheric cinematics and story sequences in the series yet, not to mention some welcomed visual enhancements. Cleaner, crisper textures, bigger environments, advanced particle effects, bloom lighting and a true 16:9 widescreen mode to start. Early showings of Prime 3 didn’t exactly floor us, but we’re all-too happy to admit that the game has come together… and then some. The E3 2007 build of Corruption skyrocketed the title the top of our must-have lists.

[Via - IGN.com E3 2007 awards]