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Metroid Other M |OT| You're Not Supposed to Remember Him
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It will probably get back on track when that happens, because whoever buy the game probably have a positive attitude about it, and those who are hating without playing will just quit the topic.farnham said:
Some will play and still not like it, of course, just like with any other game.
AceBandage
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scitek said:
I like it better when a unicorn zaps you with its horn and you magically get healed and missiles turn into flowers.
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ha ha good one broscitek said:
evilromero
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And a lot of us have lived long enough and have enough experience to judge these kind of things. It's precisely why many of us could tell from the outset of the Other M unveil last year what the game's shortcomings might be.upandaway said:
AceBandage
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Speevy said:
Ridley is now a giant eagle/bunny.
OMG. SHIT EVERYWHERE!EmCeeGramr said:
evilromero
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Actually, I would be more than happy with that.Speevy said:
Generally positive reviews for this game that all say the same thing- it can be fun but the story is garbage.
The 3 bad reviews on the list in the OP though, yikes, the 6's back up their claims rather well but the 2/5 from G4 ? it reads like an angry feminist ranting that another character becomes a poorly written female in a videogame.
Really seems like your tolerance of half assed anime storytelling will decide how much you actually enjoy the whole thing.
The 3 bad reviews on the list in the OP though, yikes, the 6's back up their claims rather well but the 2/5 from G4 ? it reads like an angry feminist ranting that another character becomes a poorly written female in a videogame.
Really seems like your tolerance of half assed anime storytelling will decide how much you actually enjoy the whole thing.
The story actually isn't garbage outside of what's basically a single stupid plot device that has little to do with the actual story. And most reviews seem to agree - it's a bit cheesy at times, but at least serviceable. This particular plot device is just blown way out of proportion.Pachinko said:
MechaX said:
The quality of the story may have been blown way out of proportion at this point. Yes, it's drawn-out, has stilted dialogue, and wooden delivery. But there are good scenes as well, and the CGI stuff looks really good. I think it's the weakest part of the game, and some of the longer scenes drag on endlessly, but it's far from "disastrous." I'm not singling you out, I just don't want people to expect an awful, painful story.
Tricky I Shadow said:
This is a really strange statement. Just about every game is worse than Prime, including Echoes, Corruption, and (at least in my opinion) every other game in the Metroid franchise. Prime is phenomenal, so using that as a measuring stick is going to make almost every game in and out of this series seem worse.
Neon_Icarus
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Ok, now that we know that the game isn't entirely successful (and that some people really hate it), does anyone feel Nintendo deserves some credit for trying something new with one of their most important franchises?
Or would it have been better if we had gotten just another sequel?
Or would it have been better if we had gotten just another sequel?
evilromero
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To be fair Abbie has legitimately good reasons for her low score. She even supports her claims by saying we expect much more from this series and that, as a fan, she was not only disappointed by the portrayal of Samus but offended. I tend to sympathize with her as I've always held the Metroid series up high as a beacon of true video game storytelling (not the kind in Fusion or Other M, rather Metroid, II and Super).Pachinko said:
BTW Other M is currently tracking higher than Pinball but much lower than Hunters on Rankings.
If you're really into the franchise, the portrayal of Samus will neither shock nor offend you. It's her own fault if she expected Samus to be Ellen Ripley, and that (wrong) expectation is used as an excuse to hate the whole game instead of being professional and reviewing it as what it actually is, or handing the review over to some other, unbiased editor.evilromero said:
If she was a fan of the gameplay, not the lore, that's perfectly fine. But even then, it's still a good Metroid game with typical Metroid gameplay. Instead, she goes on and on about how sexist the game is (even though it actually isn't - at least in my opinion), and how much everything about the game sucks because of that.
Can you please elaborate..? It doesn't really make sense to me.Rez said:
It's the most negative review along with GI. And GI didn't even played correctly. It's like playing the first MGS, guns blazing and saying the game is badly designed.beelzebozo said:
There are reviews on the both sides of the spectrum, but most are pretty positive.
This is pretty much Sakamoto's personal masterpiece.MaddenNFL64 said:Rarely post, but just saw the G4 review. Holy crap.
Sakamoto just killed her idol:lol
He took the game in a nice direction, just build on it, and cut the crap out. I'm sure Sakamoto, and Team Ninja can do it.
Unless the backlash is so bad, this is the last collab between them :\
The issue here, are cultural differences, and literal translations of the game.
I'm really curious to see Nate's voiceover that apparently is horrible and Nintendo thought it was pretty good. This bothers me.
Metroid Database review:
http://www.metroid-database.com/mom/review_Cap.php
Since the majority of people say the controls are just fine, and the viewpoint transitions are smooth...shouldnt be anything to worry about control wise.
As for Metroid 64, I guess that old Ultra 64 footage of a Metroid game that never came to be. For some reason, I cant find it anywhere on youtube, but it was part of the Zelda 64 demo reel.
http://www.metroid-database.com/mom/review_Cap.php
Since the majority of people say the controls are just fine, and the viewpoint transitions are smooth...shouldnt be anything to worry about control wise.
As for Metroid 64, I guess that old Ultra 64 footage of a Metroid game that never came to be. For some reason, I cant find it anywhere on youtube, but it was part of the Zelda 64 demo reel.
EatChildren
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Just finished writing a retrospective look through the music of the Metroid franchise. We do a monthly 'Sound Test' article, and this month it was handed to me. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it.
Should go up in a few hours.
Should go up in a few hours.
Jason's Ultimatum
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Chris1964 said:
Could've been that CGI tech demo in third person.
DeathbyVolcano
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From what I've been seeing this game really does look and feel like Fusion, and to be honest that's a-okay with me.
evilromero
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I was pretty up on anything Metroid through the N64 and all I remember are a couple off comments from Miyamoto that one was in the early development stage. As far as I know they never publicly showed any teaser or test footage.Teknoman said:
So just watched the Story/Action trailer in english.
Why do publishers insist on using poor anime dubs? Just hearing Samus yell Anthony in both languages makes for a world of difference.
What I'd give for having these game play in Japanese with subtitles. Or at least, better dubbers.
I'm always surprised about the quality difference between english dubbers and spanish dubbers.
English feels so forced and over delivered.
I still don't feel it's such a huge deal as some make it out to be, but maybe that's because English isn't my first language.
Why do publishers insist on using poor anime dubs? Just hearing Samus yell Anthony in both languages makes for a world of difference.
What I'd give for having these game play in Japanese with subtitles. Or at least, better dubbers.
I'm always surprised about the quality difference between english dubbers and spanish dubbers.
English feels so forced and over delivered.
I still don't feel it's such a huge deal as some make it out to be, but maybe that's because English isn't my first language.
I just understand more and more Miyamoto and how he so adamantly refuses any story in his games. I can only hope Sakamoto to learn his lesson from the reception to his story and his portrayal of Samus. These people are just completely retarded and untalented regarding story.
I would've certainly preferred all that budget gone into the cutscenes (which seems like a lot) to go into the game design instead.
I would've certainly preferred all that budget gone into the cutscenes (which seems like a lot) to go into the game design instead.
DeathbyVolcano
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Oh please.
AceBandage
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mantidor said:
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Not really how it works...
AceBandage
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mantidor said:
I don't see how.
The game apparently is still very much a Metroid game and retains the Metroid story.
I mean, it's a video game, it's not going to have the most epic and well thought out story.
It's basically just a means of conveying the creator's ideas.
EatChildren
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I'm not so much interested in the story as I am the supposed ties to other Metroid games. Outside of Fusion I dont really know what they can do, other than random flashback filmclips. Metroid, Metroid II, and Super, as well as the Prime trilogy, were all pretty cut and dry.
It did? Didn't know that. It's still taken from Sakamoto's script. And please don't confuse what I'm saying as like it should remain in glorious japanese and keikaku and stuff like that. I'm not like that, it's more of japanese voice actors are really good (except for those wierd girl voices sometimes), and the english ones aren't that good. I'd just want it for them to step it up and not pull the product down.Busaiku said:
AceBandage said:
I'm under the opinion that just because most video games have terrible stories, it doesn't mean that they should.
But I don't know. I'm not expecting Other M to be the Star Ocean 4 of 2010 in terms of story, all indications lead me to believe that it's pretty amateurish when it really should not have been.
Boney said:
There are pretty good dubbing studios out currently that put together some really well-voiced work (for a game of this year, look at Nier's voice acting). Unfortunately, Nintendo never really uses such studios and usually uses random voice actors, for better or for worse (worse like in Radiant Dawn's case). I'd hardly call Other M's voice acting representative of anything these days.
mugurumakensei
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mantidor said:
Except one of the few people in this thread who have played say it's a serviceable storyline with a few good twists...
Basically, you have G4TV's person in one corner, Game Informer in the middle, and everybody else who says its a good game. The storyline focus certainly hasn't come at the detriment of everything else despite what some would have you believe.
Boney said:
What a strange thing to say. There are dozens of exceptional English voice actors who easily stack up to their Japanese counterparts. It's just that none of them were used in this game. I'm not sure it's even that easy to lay blame, though. Jessica Martin, the voice of Samus, is an extremely experienced stage actor with a couple of decades of work on her resume. She most certainly knows how to act with her voice, but none of that comes through in Other M. In my opinion the blame for the bad English voice acting can be laid at the voice director's feet, and possibly whoever was calling the shots above him.