Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I still have other M sitting right here I got to play it sometime. I want to too.
Other M deserves better
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Here's an obligatory link to the essay that goes into explicit detail on why this game fails on most every front in terms of story and characterization. Gameplay is decent, but not up to par with other games in the series, and the instant win button dodge command makes things trivial.
Here's an obligatory link to the essay that goes into explicit detail on why this game fails on most every front in terms of story and characterization. Gameplay is decent, but not up to par with other games in the series, and the instant win button dodge command makes things trivial.
Well, besides that whole remake of the first game which does not feature Samus spazzing out when she fights Ridley.
She has PTSD. It's not something you just get over. It's a disorder where you're just fine, something triggers an invasive memory, and you just shut down or go crazy. Other M would be a relapse.
The best thing Other M did for me was help me appreciate Retro's work a little more. Despite a few nagging issues I had with the Prime games, Other M made me realize I didn't actually want what I thought I wanted.
Tether that shit up with Oculus Rift support and send me to Zebes, please.
Tether that shit up with Oculus Rift support and send me to Zebes, please.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
It is one of those games where I just wonder how the fuck it even happened. As a whole with it's characters, story, and controls I just wonder, how?
Pretty amazing that it only happened one time in her entire career of fighting the space pirates.
redmetal86
Member
Well now you've brought up another discussion. I loved Fusion. Even though it was linear, I still had fun with it. What parts of it didn't you like?
Go play Super Metroid.
I'm done with you. Other people can handle this.
Now back to normal, non-antagonistic Toa TAK!
I thought the Ridley music was great. But I don't remember anything else.
DreadPirateRoberts
Member
The jump from being "scared" and paralyzing fear is pretty big.
I don't think it can be considered a relapse if it's the first time
I don't want to live in this world anymore.
None of those games shared her inner thoughts, but we've already established that she knew he was still alive in those games. What else was she going to find in a place called Ridley? Hell, in the beginning of Super Metroid, Ridley beats her within an inch of her life.
You might want to rephrase that.
Super Metroid is better than Other M
I think had the story not been such a ridiculous mess Other M would have been much more well received, instead the whole game is treated as a punchline. Personally I greatly enjoyed the classic style/FPS hybrid they went with, aside from the stupid pixel hunting sections it was a very well designed game with plenty of great action sequences. I wouldn't mind seeing another game in the same style.
Oh good, I think I can still throw up these pills...
Gardios
Member
That's what I'm saying.
Forgive me, I dun fucked up because it's late and I had it phrased right in my head hah.
Everything that needs to be said about the story has been said already so I ain't gonna repeat it.
But I had great amounts of fun running around with the Speed Booster and fighting stuff was fun too. The pointer view you had to take I didn't mind either.
I think you can count how many people on GAF like this game on one hand and I'd be one of those fingers. The game really does deserve the criticisms it gets, I'm a bit more forgiving in that regard.
But I had great amounts of fun running around with the Speed Booster and fighting stuff was fun too. The pointer view you had to take I didn't mind either.
I think you can count how many people on GAF like this game on one hand and I'd be one of those fingers. The game really does deserve the criticisms it gets, I'm a bit more forgiving in that regard.
I have yet to met in person someone who actually disliked this game. All Metroid fans I know (all 4 of us) and people that played the game (some more) either loved it really like it.
No one is going to say that it's better that Super Metroid, but no one considers Other M a bad game. As for Metroid Prime, well, that's another "genre", according to most of them (or Other M is right there, among that wonderful trilogy).
No one is going to say that it's better that Super Metroid, but no one considers Other M a bad game. As for Metroid Prime, well, that's another "genre", according to most of them (or Other M is right there, among that wonderful trilogy).
Choppasmith
Member
Pretty much this. I'm glad the awful, broken dodge mechanic is mentioned. Playing Kid Icarus Uprising, the Dodge mechanic in that made me think just how good Other M could have been.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Too linear, story sucks. But I really loved the control scheme, and I would like another Metroid game with those controls. I also thought the visual style was great and a really nice contrast to Prime's interpretation of the Metroid universe in 3D
The jump from being "scared" and paralyzing fear is pretty big.
I don't think it can be considered a relapse if it's the first time
It wasn't the first time. In the manga, when she found out Ridley was still alive and had regenerated his body by eating her parents she freaked out and wanted to commit suicide. She overcame her trauma and kicked Ridley's ass. In Other M she has a relapse, which wasn't nearly as bad as her manga freakout.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
I didn't like the controls. The story sucked, too,
in this manga
thats never mentioned
or referenced
or released outside of japan
so metroid prime isn't canon but some obscure manga is? ok
The same manga that contradicts Other M and the same Prime that according to Sakamoto himself is canon.
Lee Chaolan
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Hero_of_the_Day
Member
See, this is why it really sucks to me. I would love a Metroid with a real story and Samus being a real speaking character (and I really wish there would be a Zelda game where Link was a real character and spoke). But, now Nintendo has "proof" that it just doesn't work. Though, there are obviously people like you who agree, so I guess it's good news for you that it'll be a long time before they try something like Other M again.
I've played a bit of Super Metroid, but I don't own it so I haven't played a whole lot. I'm waiting for Nintendo to announce their Wii U Virtual Console plans before buying it on Wii. I'm well aware of Super Metroid's reputation, and I'm sure I'll love the game, but the fact is that I prefer the type of gameplay and story in Other M over the other Metroid games. They're all amazing games, that's for sure, but I just don't find them as enjoyable as Other M, personally.
I don't think you did... :/
Super Metroid was Metroid perfection, Fusion and Zero Mission did a great job following that line.
They're both canon, just not at the same time.
The manga is referenced in Fusion, Zero Mission, and Other M.
In Other M, when she has her relapse, it shows she's flashing back to when she was a little girl.
WrenchNinja
Member
No, everything about this game is bad, from the controls (dodge mechanic, movement being on the dpad, having to stay in one place to aim and fire missiles and watch as your wiimote goes nuts going from horiZontal position to vertical) to the visuals (jaggey mess, ugly human characters, Samus in heels) to god awful story and writing. I paid 10 bucks for it and I still felt ripped off buying it and wasting my time with it.
Cameron122
Member
Someone page Mama Robotnik
You know what pissed me off the most about this game?
But I really hate how people believe that the only reason people hate the game is the story. It's like the precursor to "Dante doesn't have white hair." The gameplay suffered due to the myriad of poor design choices. Everything related to first-person, the pixel hunts, the recharge mechanic, constantly interrupting gameplay with cutscenes or more pixel hunts.
How they handled power bombs. You need to use a power bomb to defeat the Metroid queen, but the game never tells you that you can use them, or even reminds you how to use them The only time you used it was waaay back at the beginning during the tutorial.
Then after the credits, when you go back for the dumb helmet, the first thing the game tells you is how to use power bombs. So freaking dumb.
Then after the credits, when you go back for the dumb helmet, the first thing the game tells you is how to use power bombs. So freaking dumb.
But I really hate how people believe that the only reason people hate the game is the story. It's like the precursor to "Dante doesn't have white hair." The gameplay suffered due to the myriad of poor design choices. Everything related to first-person, the pixel hunts, the recharge mechanic, constantly interrupting gameplay with cutscenes or more pixel hunts.
About how I felt.
The blurry graphics and terrible gameplay combined in an unholy unity formed the pixel hunts and some genius had the idea to make this the (bosses spoiler)
"final boss battle"
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Just view it as gloating that he knows he's right. He'll go play Super Metroid, and have the obvious realization that it is superior and come back here to proclaim Jello's correctness.