Unskippable: Metroid: Other M Part 1

[Warachia]

Yeah... in this one cutscene I suddenly get why everyone was so pissed about Other M.

Makes me wonder why there's a faction that actually likes it.

The gameplay is actually not that bad. Not that I'm defending the game, but if you take out the god awful story, characterization, script, ect. the core game play does hold up fairly well.

You mean all four hours of it? That's pretty short for an indie game let alone a $60 title.

 

[matrix3509]

Spoiler: House of the Other M

Text would have been a better option than that voice actor.

It's not the actor that's the problem, in fact, she is one of the best and most used voices in the industry. The real issue is a script that looks like it was written by a drunken baboon.

I think you have the voice actor for Other M confused with someone else. If the Metroid Wikia is to be believed, Samus was voiced by one Jessica Martin, whose only video game voice actor credit is...you guess it, Other M.

EDIT: My mistake, I should have read the entire thread. I didn't realize you had already been corrected.

 

[TheAmazingHobo]

Want to know something fun ?

They had Sakamoto decide on the voice actress.
The english voice actress.
To make sure "the quality of the voice" was right.

And as you should all be aware, he was pretty much singlehandedly responsible for the story and the characterization.
Also, he is pretty much in charge of Metroid at this point.

I hope none of you are overly invested in the series.

 

[Warachia]

Want to know something fun ?

They had Sakamoto decide on the voice actress.
The english voice actress.
To make sure "the quality of the voice" was right.

And as you should all be aware, he was pretty much singlehandedly responsible for the story and the characterization.
Also, he is pretty much in charge of Metroid at this point.

I hope none of you are overly invested in the series.

Actually, he had nothing to do with the prime series, aside from trying to say they never happened.

 

[TheAmazingHobo]

Wow, I´m seriously attention-impaired.
I just noticed the "part 1" thing NOW.
Fingers crossed for parts 2 - 10.

Want to know something fun ?

They had Sakamoto decide on the voice actress.
The english voice actress.
To make sure "the quality of the voice" was right.

And as you should all be aware, he was pretty much singlehandedly responsible for the story and the characterization.
Also, he is pretty much in charge of Metroid at this point.

I hope none of you are overly invested in the series.

Actually, he had nothing to do with the prime series, aside from trying to say they never happened.

Yeah, I know (the "singlehandedly responsible"-part was meant with regards to Other M, sorry if that was not clear).
Towards the end of the Prime series (when he got more and more control), he actually started vetoing stuff Retro wanted to do. And he has complete control NOW.

Then he and the rest of the world have VERY different opinions of what constitutes "art". Or "good" for that matter.

Well, this is a man who used to brag for decades that he was the only one who knew where on Samus´ body her beauty-mark was.
So.... yeah.

 

[awdrifter]

I never played any Metroid game, but after watching this I had to check out the Japanese version to see if it's just a bad dub, the Japanese voice acting is definitely better. She sounds like a calm but not bored.

 

[Korak the Mad]

Being a fan of the Metroid series, I normally would defend the games, any of them, except this monstrosity. This game was awful.

I have seen that many other fans of the metroid series, seem to agree with me that it may have the title of Metroid, but it is not part of the canon.

I found this episode very funny, and I'm glad that your now making fun of it too.

 

[BrainWalker]

I never played any Metroid game, but after watching this I had to check out the Japanese version to see if it's just a bad dub, the Japanese voice acting is definitely better. She sounds like a calm but not bored.

I was actually going to ask about that. I don't usually beef about dubs versus original Japanese, but when complaints about voice acting are this many, and this valid, I get curious.

Something unique about this game. Everyone hates Samus's voice, but almost no one blames her actress. There seems to be an unspoken understanding that the writers/director actually told her to try and sound emotionally vacant. I dig that.

 

[Lucane]

I never played any Metroid game, but after watching this I had to check out the Japanese version to see if it's just a bad dub, the Japanese voice acting is definitely better. She sounds like a calm but not bored.

I was actually going to ask about that. I don't usually beef about dubs versus original Japanese, but when complaints about voice acting are this many, and this valid, I get curious.

Something unique about this game. Everyone hates Samus's voice, but almost no one blames her actress. There seems to be an unspoken understanding that the writers/director actually told her to try and sound emotionally vacant. I dig that.

Well even if they never actually said she couldn't emote more they still excepted the fact she didn't for the final cut If that's all she could do I'd of let her go and gotten someone else who could.

 

[Sabrestar]

Wow. I had avoided this game all along, and now I see that it was the right decision.

Okay. So Jessica Martin's voice is definitely higher than Jennifer Hale's and higher than I thought Samus's voice should be. (Contralto or low alto at best, I imagined.) Still, that's nothing and I can get over that easily. After all, contemporary evidence says that Abraham Lincoln's voice was a lot higher than people imagine nowadays too, so no big deal, right?

Well, except for everything else. I'm willing to give Martin the benefit of the doubt, as I've seen and heard what bad scripts can do to good actors (watch Star Trek 5 if you disagree). I wrote better scripts than that in middle school. Synonyms, people. Stop saying "baby" over and over like a bad R&B song. Write the words with some heart so that Martin has something to work with. I think I'd rather have Symphony of the Night over-the-top cheese than lifelessness. The leer (I can't call it anything else) from the quarantine officer just reinforced so many negative stereotypes it's sick.

Also, the zero-suit (for lack of a better name for it). Even in Zero Mission, it was not a bloody fetish outfit. It doesn't have sick heels. What is the point of four-inch heels in that damned suit? They were never there before, serve no damned purpose, and they disappear! Watch the Sailor Samus transformation sequence: suddenly the full Power Suit looks totally normal, she's flat-footed, and the fetish-heels are gone. Probably because the designers couldn't authorise changing the iconic design. So where'd the heels go?

Thank you for giving me the chance to confirm that never playing this abomination is the right choice for me. I think I'm going to find a few of the high-quality Super Metroid romhacks and play a proper new Metroid game.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Yeah... in this one cutscene I suddenly get why everyone was so pissed about Other M.

Makes me wonder why there's a faction that actually likes it.

Probably because the gameplay was actually not too bad and sorta tried to be different. It's just the story made it unbearable.

And you know what? The VA, and the script, and the plot itself, and the characters, and all that stuff are really bad, but the worst part for me is the fact that the plot is a retread of the much better Metroid:Fusion without the one compelling element: the X, and especially the SA-X.

 

[Midnight Voyager]

I can't load Unskippable, no ad-blocker, lots of refreshing, two different computers tried... WTF is the problem here?

 

[00slash00]

i was actually considering buying a wii just so i could play this game. boy did i ever dodge a bullet

 

[duchaked]

so funny... the game itself...cringeworthy. but the cutscene's pretty enough lol?

 

[TheStolt]

Why didn't Samus just use Space Jump?

 

[funguy2121]

Metroid: Other M Part 1

Metroid goes with the other M.

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C'mon, Samus, this is Quarantine, not a runway. You don't have to work it.

I too always thought it was Zebes.

Please, Nintendo. Get Retro Studios on the phone. I live near Austin, I could volunteer!

 

[funguy2121]

i was actually considering buying a wii just so i could play this game. boy did i ever dodge a bullet

Why yes, yes you did. That would've proven the worst $300 decision ever.

However, you can still get a Wii and pick up a copy of the infinitely superior Metroid Prime Trilogy (although you'll have to get it used).

 

[Eric the Orange]

Yeah... in this one cutscene I suddenly get why everyone was so pissed about Other M.

Makes me wonder why there's a faction that actually likes it.

The gameplay is actually not that bad. Not that I'm defending the game, but if you take out the god awful story, characterization, script, ect. the core game play does hold up fairly well.

You mean all four hours of it? That's pretty short for an indie game let alone a $60 title.

Eh well it took me 6 hours to beat and 10 to get 100%. But yeah a $60 game should have at least 20 hours of gameplay to justify the cost.

 

[gamegod25]

I dunno if that is the "official" way to pronounce Zebes, but I swear to god every time she says it that way it makes me cringe and grit my teeth.

The core gameplay was alright, the camera worked fine most of the time, the cutscenes were very beautiful, and the motion controls weren't broken. But the writing, voice acting, and characterization of Samus Aran was absolutely HORRENDOUS! So much so that if Nintendo has any sense they will retcon this game out of existence and we shall never speak of this abomination ever again.

 

[Trishbot]

i was actually considering buying a wii just so i could play this game. boy did i ever dodge a bullet

Metroid Prime 3 and/or Metroid Prime Trilogy still make it a worthwhile purchase. Retro Studios nailed the franchise's appeal just as much as Other M botched it entirely.

Maybe Nintendo will pull a Devil May Cry 2, rebound with another classic, and never, ever mention this game again?