Zero Punctuation: Metroid Other M

[cthulhumythos]

i usually never agree with your bashing (i watch it just for giggles) but this video was filled with giggles and JUSTICE.

 

[Vhite]

Best review in a long time.
I literally laughed out loud.
Shame on me for saying that

This. A really good one. I almost stoped to be his fan.

 

[Vhite]

Let's see... Yahtzee hates it, Spoony hates it, Socksmakepeoplesexy.net hates it...

Well, Moviebob likes it. At least someone's on my side.

Im not trying to bash or anything, Im actually Bobs fan but sometimes he appears to me like he just wants to have different oppinion then everyone else for any price.

 

[Jared]

Heh...and this is what happenes when you outsource what was a respectable francise heh

 

[WOPR]

Is it just me or has nintendo killed it's idea bucket and are making it's own games worse and worse?

if you ask me I say the only reason the Wii is still alive is because of SEGA (MadWorld, Conduit, Arguably the day levels of Unleashed) and Ubisoft (No More Heroes 1 + 2, Red Steel 2)

I wonder if that new Zelda game will bring it back to life or if the wii is still on life support...

 

[esliang]

Great review, though it really was story-heavy. I guess with Metroid games you know what to expect from the gameplay. Hope the Friday ZP rocks as much as this one did.

 

[MailOrderClone]

Heh...and this is what happenes when you outsource what was a respectable francise heh

Oddly, the Metroid Prime games are also what happens when you outsource a respectable franchise. F-Zero GX & AX were also handed over to Sega to produce, and it turned out to be a fantastic racer. The same folks that made Metroid Prime are doing the new 2D sidescrolling Donkey Kong Country, too. Handing games to other developers isn't at all a bad practice, you just have to be careful who you hand it to.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Snip

Now this comes tricky defining what kind of standard Nintendo failing this is. They generally come in two types, the "Lets try something completely different" kind (Mario Sunshine, Starfox adventures) and the "lets make the same money train again without change" (Super Mario Sluggers). Well on the one hand this is a different set up from the Prime games with more traditional 2D platforming and 3D fighting plus making Samus talk, but it could also be said that is just Super Metroid Prime with a talking Samus and a flip to screen FPS mode.

Which would you classify it as?

 

[Blydden]

$5 that the special review involves Rebecca Mayes.

^_^

 

[A random person]

I disagree with his claim that Kojima's writing is worse (he's long-winded and quirky, sure, but he still makes interesting if convoluted plots with mostly likable characters), but otherwise he gives a pretty accurate description of the game.

 

[MasterRahl]

So, yes the controls would be fixed if they incorporated the nunchuck, yes the switch to first person sucks balls, yes the story telling may be atrocious. But, was it fun? I got to play the demo at pax where the guy running it reminded me of Shia LaDouche where he went, "No no no no no no no no," or, "Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya," every other minute. I think he hates me now because I was kinda pointing out that it was incredible stupid not to use something you have (nunchuck). But, after 2 hours of waiting because people are inherently bad at that game, I blaze through the whole demo in about 10 mins, and I had fun playing it. They went with a fast pace approach where it's fun if you're trying to do a speed run, which is refreshing after the Prime series.

All in all, I still might get the game (on ebay for 10 bucks) because I did have fun.

On a side note, the people who did the prime series are now doing the new Donkey Kong Country ='( . I recommended that game to my coworker just because the person who's going to be playing it is 9 and I'm pretty sure that's the only age that is going to have fun with the new one.

On another side note, please hate the game more so the ebay price will drop faster, thank you.

~Rahl

 

[Cherry Cola]

Nintendo- making the same game over & over & over since 1985. The broken record of the gaming industry.

Have you even played Other M?!

Hell, has he even played Metroid Prime?

 

[Gigaguy64]

Oh my. Could this be one of the few times where people don't comment before watching the video?

IT'S A MIRACLE!

EDIT: "And it's a lot smaller and more linear than, say, Metroid Fusion"

I see what you did there

I do not. I remember metroid fusion being a 2d sidescroller for the gba but I don't get the joke.

OT moreso: He didn't review reach so I can only imagine he was dumbstruck by how good it was. (in joke). I bet his review of reach will be something I don't agree with (I like reach) but still ind hilariuos

Metroid Fusion was, at least before Other M came out, the most linear Metroid game.

The obvious difference here is that Fusion was loved by everyone.
But I doubt Yahtzee was going for a joke there. It's just a fact that Other M is the most linear entry in the series.

Ohhohohoho.
You would be surprised my Good man.
I know people who hate Fusion only for the reason that Samus is given a Clear Objective.
Even though on the way to the Objective there is plenty of Room to explore a bit.

Ot:I laughed.
Metroid:OM does have its flaws, but the ones pointed out in the Video are the worst ones, and a few Exaggerated Times 10.
I don't remember seeing Samus's Ass every 10 seconds.
But funny jokes are still funny.
Though it gonna be interesting to see where the series goes now, maybe a 3rd person Metroid Prime:Hunters?

 

[Verrenxnon]

Is Metroid such a guaranteed sell that Nintendo wouldn't care about how its story was handled?
Do game designers really think audiences are foolish enough not to notice atrocious storytelling and ham-handled gameplay elements?

 

[blankedboy]

You just summed up exactly why I'm steering well clear of the game, Samus always just worked as a silent protagonist in the same way that Gordan Freeman does, giving her a voice was dodgy enough without doing it in such a plain and overdone way with a boring stereotypical story. :|

Then again, it is possible to give a silent protagonist a voice... look at Jak.

 

[RestamSalucard]

Metroid is a girl?

Yes, and Ace Attorney is her father. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-vFD-wymQ4]

 

[PROTOTYPical]

i think its been several episodes of ZP since i literally loughed out loud (i LOVE zp though) but i lol'd several times at this new one. and my sibling got this game and hasnt quite loved it so i was interested.

 

[Nomanslander]

Let's see... Yahtzee hates it, Spoony hates it, Socksmakepeoplesexy.net hates it...

Well, Moviebob likes it. At least someone's on my side.

Moviebob would like it because it's not an FPS and it's an exclusive Wii title, asking him what he thinks is like asking this guy what he would think:

 

[Gigaguy64]

Heh...and this is what happenes when you outsource what was a respectable francise heh

Not really....
Nintendo, namely Sakamoto, had full control over almost every aspect of the game.

Team Ninja only did the Art Style, Animation, and 3d Modeling.

 

[Motakikurushi]

And with that, the last dying embers of the Wii have been snuffed out. I can't fathom how unimaginably difficult it must be to be a nintendo fan. Failure is staring them in the face with every game nintendo release.