GamemasterAnthony said:
SirBryghtside said:
Great as always, the last line had me in stitches XD Totally agree with you on the sexism issue, you put it better than I ever could.
GamemasterAnthony said:
Yahtzee, really...I am VERY disappointed in you. The Other M characterization dead horse has been stripped of it's skin by now.
In fact, I'm calling a new rule. Anyone who talks about Other M's characterizations in ANY light are now required to watch this video [http://www.screwattack.com/shows/partners/game-overthinker/game-overthinker-episode-40-heavens-metroid] before commenting further.
What Bob completely fails to understand in that video is that the character would be awful even if it
wasn't Samus. The fact that it is is just insult to injury, and it's a DAMN big insult.
Out of interest - have you played Other M?
I have, actually...and it's actually a pretty good game from a gameplay perspective. From where I stand, it seems it only got a bad rap because of the story.
Fuck you #1: It is a ninja gaiden style control scheme played with those annoying arrow keys that No More Heroes regulated to camera control duty. That simply cannot be considered good by any kind of objective judgmental scape.
Fuck you #2: Pointing the wiimote at the screen to use missiles. Do I even need to say anything else?
Fuck you #3: It did not play like a Metroid game. It played like God of War/Ninja Gaiden/Bayonetta/Devil May Cry. Metroid is about exploration and oppressive crushing atmosphere, similar to Silent Hill in design terms really, whereas Other M was a linear and hamstringed. A Metroid game without MetroidVania is not a Metroid game (PS: if you're such a Bob fantard you even try to bring up Metroid Prime,you automatically lose all credibility)
Fuck you #4: Even if you could argue that the gameplay wasn't shit balls on a stick, which some stupid people seem to think they can, the story was such a horrible abortion of basic story telling and utter rape of a pre-established character the gameplay could have revolutionized the fucking industry (spoiler: it didn't, it was actually a huge step backwards in that regard) and it would still be a horrible fucking game.
That "bad rap" is totally deserved, cuz fucking your girlfriend can be the most amazing experience ever, but everyone else is gonna say she's a shit lay because she likes to hide razor blades in her vagina.
Yes I think that is a totally fair comparison and is only intentionally offense for shock value to prove a point by using extremes!