As for me, the only reason I haven't bought the game is because I have to watch my gaming budget. I'd love to give this game a try.
Nintendo Puzzled Over Other M's Poor Performance
- Thread starter Logan Westbrook
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I mostly love the game as well, but I admit that Samus' character could have been done better. Showing that she had her own weaknesses and insecurities was a good move; if I (or anyone else, for that matter) went through what she did, I'm sure I'd be pretty emotionally messed up as well. However, the handling was sub-par in some cases. For one, Samus' reaction to Ridley still being alive was really overdone, though in the right general direction. The character dialogue could have used better writing overall as well; sometimes so little is said with to many words.Aura Guardian said:
That and the 'baby's cry' distress signal? Seriously? As Yahtzee said; I suppose that means normal distress signals can be safely ignored?
I'm going to give Reggie the benefit of the doubt and go with this explanation. I think it's safe to assume that he has a good idea of what actually went wrong, and is only refraining from saying what he really thinks due on account of his job.Logan Westbrook said:
Nintendo:
"Make another Metroid game, but give it crappy controls (HOLD THE CONTROLLER SIDEWAYS TO CONTROL IN 3D SPACE, THEN FLIP IT OVER TO POINT IT AT THE SCREEN WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOOT IN FIRST PERSON MODE, INSTEAD OF USING THE NUNCHUCK+WIIMOTE AND MAKING A DEDICATED BUTTON FOR FPS MODE. MAKES PERFECT SENSE.), shoddy voice acting and scriptwork, and shit all over Metroid Prime 3. But we gotta hype the hell out of it to make it seem like it's the best Metroid game ever!"
That's basically it. LOVED Metroid Prime 3. Hell, I love ALL the other Metroid games. But Other M makes me cry.
"Make another Metroid game, but give it crappy controls (HOLD THE CONTROLLER SIDEWAYS TO CONTROL IN 3D SPACE, THEN FLIP IT OVER TO POINT IT AT THE SCREEN WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOOT IN FIRST PERSON MODE, INSTEAD OF USING THE NUNCHUCK+WIIMOTE AND MAKING A DEDICATED BUTTON FOR FPS MODE. MAKES PERFECT SENSE.), shoddy voice acting and scriptwork, and shit all over Metroid Prime 3. But we gotta hype the hell out of it to make it seem like it's the best Metroid game ever!"
That's basically it. LOVED Metroid Prime 3. Hell, I love ALL the other Metroid games. But Other M makes me cry.
I liked Other M, the gameplay wasn't horrible and it was rather fun.
But...the story...Oh my god the story. Whoever wrote it and decided Samus needed to be an emo 10 year old boy needs to be fired. I always pictured her having a stronger voice, more like Lightning from FF13. The basically destroyed one of their characters and wondered why it didn't pay off.
But...the story...Oh my god the story. Whoever wrote it and decided Samus needed to be an emo 10 year old boy needs to be fired. I always pictured her having a stronger voice, more like Lightning from FF13. The basically destroyed one of their characters and wondered why it didn't pay off.
You see Nintendo... this is what happens when you give it to developers who made Ninja Gaiden...and the Dead or Alive Series.
*sips my cup of tea*
Now you know never to do that again, but I jest, you probably will...
*sips my cup of tea*
Now you know never to do that again, but I jest, you probably will...
Team Ninja tried to start an original Metroid game and screwed up, they wanted to make THEIR game and not a fanboy's wet dream, personally I had the same experience with DOA Volleyball thinking that Team Ninja was obviously selling out with their DOA franchise.Ahlycks said:
Maybe the fact that you turned Samus Aran into Bellah from twilight may have something to do with it...
Nintendo did nothing wrong, huh?
*cough*pieceofshitvoiceacting*cough*
*cough*pieceofshitvoiceacting*cough*
OUCH! Good burn!Necromancer1991 said:
That is EXACTLY what happened. Fans claim this series as 'theirs' and anything that is different or unexpected = rage and cancellation of sales.Twilight.falls said:
The story wasn't the greatest thing ever but god damn it I liked it. But most importantly, I had 'fun' playing the game and while it was short, it was a damn good ride for a Metroid game.
At least it was longer than Fusion, albeit Fusion was 'slightly' more fun.
I'm sorry but I really just wanna say 'Fuck you' to all the insanely hardcore fans who just 'totally' ruined any chance of a very narrative heavy or voice acted samus for the future. Because of people taking games way too god damn seriously, taking things out of context and not being content with any changes whatsoever, I pretty much have no hope of ever getting to have 'another' enjoyable experience like the one I had.
I'll still have fun playing a metroid game, no doubt about that, but it won't get to be like Other M ever again, all cause you guys had to go and bust a nut over your 'precious' franchise being 'ruined'.
No, you can shut your mouth. You wanna hear piece of shit voice acting? Play Arc Rise Fantasia, THEN tell me that Other M had piece of shit voice acting.Macgyvercas said:
Seriously, all of you who wish to call out Other M as bad because of VOICE ACTING, seriously go play Arc Rise Fantasia and then come back and say that again.
Oh wait, except you won't because then you will have truly experienced god awful voice acting.
They characterized Samus as being subservient. I did not buy this game ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT. Keep in mind that I am such a Metroid fangirl, I am still strongly leaning to naming my daughter Samus, despite the fact my cat and most of my RPG character female leads are already named that.
