CFD!'s John DeLuca shares his thoughts on this strange, new entry in the Metroid series:
"In case you couldn’t tell from what I’ve said thus far, Metroid: Other M is a deeply flawed game. If you can get past the melodramatic story and occasionally frustrating gameplay sections, though, you’ll find a game with a satisfying combat system and epic boss encounters. It ultimately falls short of the craftsmanship of the other Metroid games, but it succeeds in its own way by offering the most visceral and engaging combat in the series. At its best, Other M delivers battles that are on par with any of the best action games out there — Metroid or otherwise — and that, if nothing else, makes it worth the hassle."
With Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty coming soon, it's time to look back at the developer's greatest triumphs...and one oddball favorite.
There is a decent fan base for the Nioh games, but still think they are criminally overlooked and under appreciated.
I just bought the PS5 collection to replay them again with all their DLC, a sweet collection for my games shelf for sure.
Yea, those gardens haven't been plowed in over 10 years now though. Imagine if they cultivated it, let it grow again.
originally it wasn't going to be included because of their take on Samus' character. But the gameplay's actually not bad.
Honestly, I don't know if we can even blame them for that take. Nintendo's Sakamoto was credited as the writer and from what we learned later with the Retro Studios interviews for the Prime series, Nintendo apparently never saw Samus as this stoic badass that most of the west imagined her as. Going as far as describing her as "motherly".
Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime reflects on Metroid: Other M and his initial high hopes for the game.
Yeah we all loved how you took a stoic badass and turned her into a whiny shrew. All those writers should be sacked.
VGChartz's Paul Broussard: "The early-mid 2000s saw something of a golden age for Metroid games. After an eight year hiatus, Metroid burst back onto the scene in dramatic fashion. Largely buoyed by the critical and financial success of Metroid Prime (at least, relative to other Metroid releases), Metroid saw a whopping six new titles between 2002 and 2007, as well as one rather bizarre pinball spin-off that wound up being much better than it had any right to be. Metroid had never been this popular before."
Never though the day would come where I say this but I’d be fine with having every 2D Metroid remade the way Dread plays.
This game is definitely in my backlog... but my Reach addiction is making that backlog pretty fucking big. There will probably be a sequel before I get around to this one.
I hate to judge a game without playing it, but I just can't get past the butchering of Samus' character.
There's no way I'm playing this. Sorry, but I really have an anti-Japan gaming attitude right now.
Interesting target audience you singled out there for Other M...
some of you are idiots, just because you didn't try it yourselves.. it's japan+english collaboration..try it, good action packed gameplay with good graphics and it's a true sequel to Super metroid.. story in this one is very good ... really try it, now it's price has been decresed.. there's no better time to buy it..