Finally finished Prime Remastered up tonight! Final boss was tough, but luckily I managed to beat it my first time (glad too, as it's long winded enough that it probably would have been more demoralizing to have to retry rather than being a «just one more try» type of feeling). Anyhow, I cleared it with an 88% completion.
Overall I think I prefer the (newer) 2D games with how they've been evolving to have a quick paced action feel rather than the more strategic angle this has (what with the more puzzle like combat requiring you to swap visors & beams), but I can totally understand why it has the reputation it does. It's quite frankly amazing how they pretty much nailed the transition to 3D on the first go, especially since Super is arguably really the only solid example of the formula to release before it.
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