GTA V. I’d just put on a podcast or something and cruise around.

Then, things escalate because police, aka ‘quote, Rockstar: No, the cops do NOT automatically know where you are’ - chase you endlessly for shit you didn’t even do. Then I turn the game off

I agree. Personally, though, the game that most gave me Metroid Prime vibes (besides the mainline titles) was Subnautica. That made me think how and if Metroid itself should or will take some sort of inspiration from that.