I recently rented Metroid: Other M. A huge Nintendo fan friend told me a few weeks ago that Metroid: Other M wasn't the best Metroid, but that I should at least play it once before making any judgments.
I'm in the ice area, and so far I'm enjoying it.
In the beginning I found Samus's voice to be extremely hard to like (had the same prob with Arc Rise Fantasia, and I ended up falling in love with that game). Yet after playing it a while I learned to basically take a snack break during the cut-scenes. Sure the game would be better if I could remove the voices, or skip the cutscenes*, but cutscenes aren't what a game is about. Game play is.
I loved the game play. Even if it took me a short bit to get use to using a Wii remote sideways (which is somehow foreign to me after playing the Metroid Prime series), they made it fun and exciting. The game is played in many different perspectives, the standard side-scroll one being my favorite of the bunch. They give many different challenges, the worst being the pixel-finding games, the best being that one bit with the lava. It has a varied difficulty level - have to admit that fighting the one hermit crab boss with one health bar was infuriating.
Then when I go to talk about it, people act like it's the worst game in creation - most of whom haven't played it and only read reviews. Those that have bitched about the plot and what they did to Samus. This is okay, they can be angry about that. She should be an uber fighting badass and not a daddy's girl. The lovely plot, long unnecessary cut scenes, and droning dialogue are things that make the game imperfect. When I get to talking about game play, their biggest complaint is - once again - Samus's plot restraints. They specifically whined about the one scene in the hot area.
... For some reason, instead of getting extremely pissed at the scene, I found it hilarious. I was laughing for Hours. Lava! Runrunrun, jump, burn, get nailed by fire bug, runrun, dodge, pant, slowly lose health, swear, get to the top, huge boss. Oh, Come On! Ring ring.... "Btw, Samus. You can use your lava suit now." That's comedy in action! I wish more games had a sense of humor like that.
Then the complaints stop, no one can ***** about the game play besides that.
And I'm still enjoying the game. Somehow this is mortifying.
So am I just not getting something? Is there more that I should be angry about? Will it somehow break the game later on? Or is there some other reason I shouldn't be enjoying this?
*Has Unskippable done a video of this game yet? If they could make one of those cut scenes hilarious, I'd love to see it. =D
(Feel free to read my spoilerific End Game reflections post here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.255915-Is-enjoying-Metroid-Other-M-wrong?page=5#9637078 )
I'm in the ice area, and so far I'm enjoying it.
In the beginning I found Samus's voice to be extremely hard to like (had the same prob with Arc Rise Fantasia, and I ended up falling in love with that game). Yet after playing it a while I learned to basically take a snack break during the cut-scenes. Sure the game would be better if I could remove the voices, or skip the cutscenes*, but cutscenes aren't what a game is about. Game play is.
I loved the game play. Even if it took me a short bit to get use to using a Wii remote sideways (which is somehow foreign to me after playing the Metroid Prime series), they made it fun and exciting. The game is played in many different perspectives, the standard side-scroll one being my favorite of the bunch. They give many different challenges, the worst being the pixel-finding games, the best being that one bit with the lava. It has a varied difficulty level - have to admit that fighting the one hermit crab boss with one health bar was infuriating.
Then when I go to talk about it, people act like it's the worst game in creation - most of whom haven't played it and only read reviews. Those that have bitched about the plot and what they did to Samus. This is okay, they can be angry about that. She should be an uber fighting badass and not a daddy's girl. The lovely plot, long unnecessary cut scenes, and droning dialogue are things that make the game imperfect. When I get to talking about game play, their biggest complaint is - once again - Samus's plot restraints. They specifically whined about the one scene in the hot area.
... For some reason, instead of getting extremely pissed at the scene, I found it hilarious. I was laughing for Hours. Lava! Runrunrun, jump, burn, get nailed by fire bug, runrun, dodge, pant, slowly lose health, swear, get to the top, huge boss. Oh, Come On! Ring ring.... "Btw, Samus. You can use your lava suit now." That's comedy in action! I wish more games had a sense of humor like that.
Then the complaints stop, no one can ***** about the game play besides that.
And I'm still enjoying the game. Somehow this is mortifying.
So am I just not getting something? Is there more that I should be angry about? Will it somehow break the game later on? Or is there some other reason I shouldn't be enjoying this?
*Has Unskippable done a video of this game yet? If they could make one of those cut scenes hilarious, I'd love to see it. =D
(Feel free to read my spoilerific End Game reflections post here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.255915-Is-enjoying-Metroid-Other-M-wrong?page=5#9637078 )
