That quote has been applicable to more situations on this site alone then I care to count.Aura Guardian said:
Poll: Metroid: Other M killed Samus
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Abbie Heppe wrote the review and Morgan Webb just did the video review. Just sayingsargeant15 said:
OT: I havn't played it, but it does seem to be a very big change from the original characteristics and I'm not sure it was the right choise for Nintendo to make.
I think it's a step in the right direction.
They tried to give us the deep inner feelings of Samus during the cut-scenes. While during the gameplay she chugged along like nothing was wrong because she had to.
I know a number of Iraqi veterans who are the same way. They hated being over there and did some horrible things that aren't proud of, but go on like any other day with their heads held high because the have to.
They tried to give us the deep inner feelings of Samus during the cut-scenes. While during the gameplay she chugged along like nothing was wrong because she had to.
I know a number of Iraqi veterans who are the same way. They hated being over there and did some horrible things that aren't proud of, but go on like any other day with their heads held high because the have to.
Let me say this, I have never played a Metroid game so I am un-bias. He says this is the first time she has been given voice so how would he have this deep insight he claims to have into her character?
I miss the badass ************ who was raised by freaking aliens! Thanks for making her into a stereotypical shitty female character, Nintendo. I just wanted a badass female, and I lost that too... until I forgot absolutely everything about Other M by choice 
To my knowledge Team Ninja cant or haven't do characterization/story for women, especially leading ones.
They took a independent strong woman, with little in the way of 'breast physics' and adolescent pandering who is almost never seen without armor, into a codependent girl who hangs off a previously unmentioned (to my knowledge) Male character's every word and is totally submissive to him, they missed the point of what we DO know about her character entirely.
They took a independent strong woman, with little in the way of 'breast physics' and adolescent pandering who is almost never seen without armor, into a codependent girl who hangs off a previously unmentioned (to my knowledge) Male character's every word and is totally submissive to him, they missed the point of what we DO know about her character entirely.
One single game is not going to kill off Samus.
I keep hearing on other sites that they tried to base Samus' personality off of where she was in the time-line of the Metroid universe in this game.
I looked over some of the stuff (mostly manga) people had posted, and I, for one, don't believe that at this point in time, Samus would have been as bad-off emotionally as they try to portray her.
One of the major problems people have is when she meets Ridley. While I won't say that she should have just run up guns a-blazin', she shouldn't have locked up as bad as she did, either. Sure, he's the reason she became an orphan, but she's faced him down and kicked his ass by this time. Sure, she might be surprised that he's alive, but locking up that badly? No.
And that's about the extent to which I know about this game. I rented it yesterday, and haven't gotten around to trying it out yet. Once I decided I wanted to try it, I attempted to stay away from too many more spoilers than what I had already seen/heard.
I don't mind Nintendo trying to give her a voice and a story. I really don't. But if they're going to give her character more, well, character, they need to realize that by now, people assume Samus is a very tough person, both mentally and physically.
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I keep hearing on other sites that they tried to base Samus' personality off of where she was in the time-line of the Metroid universe in this game.
I looked over some of the stuff (mostly manga) people had posted, and I, for one, don't believe that at this point in time, Samus would have been as bad-off emotionally as they try to portray her.
One of the major problems people have is when she meets Ridley. While I won't say that she should have just run up guns a-blazin', she shouldn't have locked up as bad as she did, either. Sure, he's the reason she became an orphan, but she's faced him down and kicked his ass by this time. Sure, she might be surprised that he's alive, but locking up that badly? No.
And that's about the extent to which I know about this game. I rented it yesterday, and haven't gotten around to trying it out yet. Once I decided I wanted to try it, I attempted to stay away from too many more spoilers than what I had already seen/heard.
I don't mind Nintendo trying to give her a voice and a story. I really don't. But if they're going to give her character more, well, character, they need to realize that by now, people assume Samus is a very tough person, both mentally and physically.
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Actually, I was under the impression that Team Ninja didn't do the characterization of Samus in this, and that it was either Makoto (creator of Samus) or Hiroji (designer of Samus) that ok'd the characterization.Larmo said:
i found nothing wrong with other m and so does everybody in this article. so why would someone say otherwise?
Considering that Other M's Samus is presented in a manner that directly contradicts her character...yeah. I'd say that they fucked up. Big time.
*sigh* it not that i mind that she has doubts or fears, or even a love interest, it just seemed to be handled badly, or it could be that Adam is a bland character to be puppy eyes after and the 'authorization' or the armor powers just tipped it over for me, it could have been a good story adding a 3rd dimension to Samus's character but it just fell flat for me.LordNue said: