This was indeed my first glimpse at Other M. . . I can now honestly say that I wish I had some mind soap to wash the horrid memory of this video game away.
Unskippable: Metroid: Other M Part 2
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Enter the first cut scene bad enough that I paused this and did somethign else to take a break from it. Have not seen anything from this game before now, apparently that was a good idea, way to ruin it for me!
Maybe you should have just muted it and then reenacted it was super emotive sock puppets in front of the tv, correcting certain monotone asylum residents accordingly of course.
Maybe you should have just muted it and then reenacted it was super emotive sock puppets in front of the tv, correcting certain monotone asylum residents accordingly of course.
I think the entire game is about projection onto Samus, which after reading the script, would cause the voice actress' brain to melt, and turn into terrible voice acting.
It is a shame that such decent game play had to be ruined by such horrible, agonizing cutscenes. Remove all dialog and story from the game and it would be awesome.
Oh my god! I knew it was bad, but it was even worse than I thought! Shut the fuck up Samus!
She should roll in and outclass all those boring space marines, since she has a bunch of cool weapons and they only have lame space rifles.
Hmmm... Other M is an extended metaphor for Samus' biological clock. Better than being canon.
She should roll in and outclass all those boring space marines, since she has a bunch of cool weapons and they only have lame space rifles.
Hmmm... Other M is an extended metaphor for Samus' biological clock. Better than being canon.
Adam: What are you doing here?
Samus: (I recounted the details of what brought me to this place, and then
asked what circumstances led the Federation here.)
Adam: That information is not for an outsider.
Appropriate response: And here I thought I was responding to a distress call. I didn't realize that a "baby's cry" literally meant I would be dealing with a petulant child. I'll just be back to my ship, then. Goodbye.
Samus: (I recounted the details of what brought me to this place, and then
asked what circumstances led the Federation here.)
Adam: That information is not for an outsider.
Appropriate response: And here I thought I was responding to a distress call. I didn't realize that a "baby's cry" literally meant I would be dealing with a petulant child. I'll just be back to my ship, then. Goodbye.
I can handle bad voice acting. It's even hilarious. Just look at Resident Evil. "Enrico!" "Yeah."
The problem here is that the voice actress sounds completely uninvested in what's going on. I wouldn't be able to handle an entire game of Samus' disinterested, monotone monologues. Plus, it just goes on and on, pointing out things that could just as easily been brought across through dialogue or flashbacks and a character's actions.
Seriously, that part when Samus got depressed about Adam calling her an outsider could have just been him saying so, and Samus looking hurt. The audience isn't made up of abject morons. Entirely, anyway.
And really, a baby's cry distress signal? When people send out distress signals, it's usually because they want to be heard and responded to. Who sends a distress signal when they aren't in distress? It'd be like the boy who cried wolf, except in space.
The problem here is that the voice actress sounds completely uninvested in what's going on. I wouldn't be able to handle an entire game of Samus' disinterested, monotone monologues. Plus, it just goes on and on, pointing out things that could just as easily been brought across through dialogue or flashbacks and a character's actions.
Seriously, that part when Samus got depressed about Adam calling her an outsider could have just been him saying so, and Samus looking hurt. The audience isn't made up of abject morons. Entirely, anyway.
And really, a baby's cry distress signal? When people send out distress signals, it's usually because they want to be heard and responded to. Who sends a distress signal when they aren't in distress? It'd be like the boy who cried wolf, except in space.
That's fair. I forgot about the missile system. I can see what they were trying to do, but christ, that was awful. I give them points for trying that, though.Alakaizer said:
As for Nightmare, I was excited when I heard it was in the game, even though it didn't make sense. Then I played the actual fights against him *shakes head*
The worst thing is (and the thing that utterly destroys Bob's Tabula Rasa argument) is that Samus HAD personality in Fusion. She monologued. She engaged in dialogue at one point. And she was so much better written than this.Deminobody said:
By the way, you may be interested in this [http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/heavens-to-bob/351975] rebuttal of Bob.
Nah, projecting onto Samus was what the Prime games were about. This one is shoehorning a horrid personality onto her.vxicepickxv said:
Being fair, the marines DO also have ice beams.The Random One said:
My sentiments exactly. Valve really should hire Ross Scott, if they ever feel like giving Gordon Freeman a voice.RagnaThePig said:
At least you didn't have to play a pregnant Samus.
Not quite sure on that, since I never actually played Other M, but I don't think anybody in Nintendo or the folks who'd develop games for them would be crazy/stupid enough to make a Metroid game with pregnant Samus.
Not quite sure on that, since I never actually played Other M, but I don't think anybody in Nintendo or the folks who'd develop games for them would be crazy/stupid enough to make a Metroid game with pregnant Samus.
Err... No. Don't get me wrong, I like watching Freeman's mind, but playing a character with that voice would be really annoying.Giest4life said:
Blugh...I'm sorry, but the actual cutscene made me want to throw up. I always knew MOM was a terrible game, but I never realized before just how terrible it actually is. I found myself wanting to turn it off halfway though, and I don't think I would have made it even that far if it weren't for how amazing the Unskippable crew is. They took an absolutely unwatchable cutscene and made it barely watchable. That's talent right there.
I could get behind this. But probably change that to totally brain-dead porn actress.Iron Lightning said:
That's the problem I've had with this. I've been angry at this cutscene more than others - and I've seen bad cutscenes - but I couldn't understand exactly why. Now I know. You didn't need the VA, you could have had just on-screen text and it would have been exactly the same as what we had.Bluecho said:
Hehe, how good to know that we need a very specific SOS-signal to actually convey an SOS now. I would've been screwed (and laughed at) otherwise. God, this is just the intro? Awful. I heard a lot of bad stuff about this game, but actually seeing part of it for myself is... urgh. Why is Adam in "standard space marine armour" when he's a general? Think of Star Wars, ever saw an officer in Storm Trooper armour? I guess you could argue for them needing protection, too, but it still feels off to me. And, damn, in conversation, she monologues that she talks or answers instead of actually talking or answering. Horrible story-telling. And the bit about Adam's authorization? Let's just say I have heard a lot of awful stuff about that as well. I suppose that bit at the end there was a first glimpse of what is to come.
By the way, you do know there is a series about Gordon Freeman's inner monologues? "Freeman's Mind", if I remember correctly. Pretty funny. And while he comes off as a bit of an idiot and a whiner for comedic effect, he's still a vastly superior badass to this incarnation of Samus.
By the way, you do know there is a series about Gordon Freeman's inner monologues? "Freeman's Mind", if I remember correctly. Pretty funny. And while he comes off as a bit of an idiot and a whiner for comedic effect, he's still a vastly superior badass to this incarnation of Samus.