What? what kind of bullshit is this?Attackthebase said:
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Might be manbaby tears but Game Rankings says it all. It's the lowest rated Metroid game on the site not counting the Return of Same or NES Classics Metroid. It's even ranking lower than Hunters and Pinball. The fact that it's not garnering nearly as many reviews as say the Prime games is testament to a general lack of enthusiasm or interest. http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?search=metroid&numrev=3&site=Mudkips said:
What does "some of the gba games" even mean? There are only two, Fusion and MZM. I'd take either one over Other M personally.spidye said:
True dat. They got it all wrong. Other M obviously revolves around dodging in circles and charging your shots. Running, pssssh.Boney said:
What is it about Other M that you prefer to the rest of the series?spidye said:
Thanks. It's interesting to get someone else's take, especially since I think people who rank Other M first are few and far between even among its vocal advocates. I personally never found any of the 2D games boring, and I actually think Samus is more agile in them, at the very least from Super Metroid onward. I agree the soundtrack is pretty decent, but that's a weird thing to point out as elevating it above other Metroid games considering it's arguably one of the more forgettable in the series. The CGI I found to be a mixed bag, with a handful of awesome engaging scenes surrounded by a lot of fluff and embarrassing over-explanation. People's opinions on the narrative elements are probably the best litmus test for what people are seeking from the series though. I find they break up the rhythm of the gameplay, detracting from replayablity and often make the progression seem more arbitrary and coerced, but it's no secret I consider the minimalism of the earlier games more appealing.spidye said:
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Touche' I think the overall average on Metacritic is a pretty good indicator of what the score should be though. Ranking the game in the C+ or B- range is about right imo. The problem with Other M is that the parts that work are really great and the parts that don't are horrendous. The individual reviews might have some bias, but Metacritic (as far as a score goes) filters thru that.GrotesqueBeauty said:
Well since charging shot just like that takes a hell of a time, and regular shots deal more damage, I don't see why you would do this. You try to get into the enemies range to charge your shots faster. Not to mention there are other options such as overblasts, fatal strikes and missiles.GrotesqueBeauty said:
a good friend of mine loves the older games too and his reasons are the same as yours. I think a big reason why I prefer this fast paced, more action oriented game and the narrative elements more is because I started playing games in the psx,n64 era and you probably started before where the story and narration in games were just minimalistic.GrotesqueBeauty said:
At the end of the day we can all pretend it's the best Metroid game, but in the annals of gaming history it will be ignored in favor of Prime or Super. It's even less an issue of opinion when it's ranking below Hunters and Pinball.ksamedi said:
I don't give much credence to metacritic scores, but aside from that I'm with you on most of your post. For better or worse I think one of the defining factors of Other M is its often schizophrenic level of quality. There are segments that feel like a solid 9.5/10 to me, and others where I'd be hard pressed to give it a 6/10. And of course there's plenty that falls somewhere in the middle. I'm doing my second play-through (and will probably finally post a more in depth analysis when I finish), and it's hard to shake the feeling that the game wasn't entirely finished because of how wildly it swings between extremes. At any rate, I'd say a C+/B- is right around where I'd place it as well. The high points are almost enough to make me push it a little higher, but there are an awful lot of nagging design flaws that drag it down from start to end.MadOdorMachine said:
Yeah, I'm giving you a bit of a hard time. I don't actually think the game boils down to dodging and charging, although I do think that part of the gameplay weighs a bit too heavily in the overall mix. I would have liked to see the sense move as an actual suit upgrade, and more of an addition to the arsenal than a central mechanic. I think there's ample opportunity to integrate it more seamlessly into the whole in a another Metroid game, although I'm not particularly optimistic about that prospect as the franchise seems set on trying to reinvent the wheel all the time at the expense of balancing, refining, and evolving what's already been proven to work.Boney said:
The generation gap certainly plays a role in people's tastes and expectations. Still, I've always thought, and continue to think, that a new Metroid game that embraced the fundamentals of the first three games yet forged new territory would have more impact than the various "new" (and I use the term loosely, because they're mostly things dozens of other games have attempted- often with more successful results) directions that the past several games have groped in. Good design transcends console generations.spidye said:
No, it means you're more likely at present to have hair start growing in undesirable places on your body.evilromero said:
Linearity isn't a flaw in and of itself, but when the game leans heavily on conceits like invisible walls and randomly locked doors to funnel you towards each objective I think it's a failure of design and imagination. Other M is full of unnecessary bottlenecks that more thoughtful level design could've eliminated entirely.Boney said:
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I don't know man, perhaps it comes down to being my favourite series ever, but I'd love it to have more exposure from here on out, rivaling Zelda, with a few hand held outing and and consoles.rhino4evr said:
Utter nonsense. I've been down this path already in this thread. It isn't about literary brilliance so much as it's about believability within the context of the game. Go play Portal for an example of something native to gaming, go play Uncharted 2 for something that follows along a little more closely to the movie->game->movie->game style.Kard8p3 said:
