Punished for not being perfect – Metroid: Other M by Brash Games

Maybe it was the move away from the extremely popular and hugely successful Prime formula. Perhaps it was the linear, more action oriented approach to the series by Team Ninja….or maybe it was just because Samus suddenly became all chatty and that. Whatever the reason, Metroid: Other M simply didn’t connect with fans, critics or the general public.

[Yi-Long]

... apart from the fact that I don't have a Wii ofcourse (but my girlfriend has)

It was dubbed. I don't buy dubbed games. I want the original language.

[LoaMcLoa]

You can change the language to Japanese anytime in the game.

[ChickeyCantor]

no....

@yi-long,
unless you know japanese you are just missing out ( if you had a wii ).

[Alos88]

I felt Samus' character was betrayed somewhat in terms of personality in this game. Instead of the strong independent warrior from the other games she seemed a lot less confidant this time around.

[ChickeyCantor]

With little to no insight on her character( from the previous games), how is it possible to even draw that conclusion?

The Manga that was released years ago showed her character as it is portrayed in other M

[stragomccloud]

Glad someone else did their homework.

[tunaks1]

"The Manga that was released years ago showed her character as it is portrayed in other M"

its too late for any kind of reason, the bandwagon has been rolling for a while now.

[christheredhead]

forget the back story and how they were trying to portray samus. at its roots this game was pure metroid. not the best in the series but not the worst. i guess all the hate came from her characterization and in the end people seemed to forget there was still a great game to play once you looked beyond that.

[ChickeyCantor]

Agree.
Its still a metroid game!

[HolyOrangeCows]

"Punished for not being perfect"? Seriously?

They destroyed the character, switching between third and first person worked poorly, the gameplay wasn't exactly best of the series......heck, it practically got a free-pass as a Nintendo game, when it should have gotten taken to the cleaners.

[ChickeyCantor]

"switching between third and first person worked poorly"

It worked perfectly fine. I really wonder how F'up people play this game to complain about this aspect.

Like Alos, you are just Assuming she had a certain character.

[na-no-nai]

I know right. The Other M is great. Follow along the manga just right. I hate how people assume her character.

maybe we should give them a link to the manga xD

http://www.mangafox.com/man...

[ozstar]

Bad simplified controls were bad

thats it, nothing else significantly wrong with it

[Alos88]

We knew she was confidant because she had fought off countless space pirates along with massive creatures like Ridley like it was nothing in the previous games. She never once gave the impression that she was unconfidant or had daddy issues in any of the other games.

[ozstar]

Thats correct. So when you discover something YOU didn't know, you punish them?

Well I guess I did the same to Lost

[stragomccloud]

If you're parents were murdered in front of you as a small child, and then your next father figure was also murdered when you were still pretty young,you might too.

[tunaks1]

see sidars comment above,
"The Manga that was released years ago showed her character as it is portrayed in other M"

[stragomccloud]

First of all.... good article.
Anyway, I can't believe people still complain about this game! It was great, and I think it's that they showed more of a human side of Samus that made her seem stronger. Not weaker! After all, to have no fear and continue fighting is not a test of courage. However, to have fear, and yet move forward in spite of that fear /is/ courage.

[Achtung]

"They" are still talking about Other M because well, Metroid is one of the best franchises in video game history and because Samus wasn't really the person they knew.

That's how important Metroid and its protagonist Samus are to gamers. The bad thing though, is that they won't let it go...

Anyway, here's my review of the game I made back in September 2010 (You have to scroll down a little bit for the full review):

http://forums.n4g.com/m8434...

[stragomccloud]

I agree. It's time to let go.
Good read, by the way.

[Achtung]

Thank you

[Ayer99]

I think some people need to realize that Samus is a human being (at least I think she is...) and human beings have feelings. Even if they are the most deadly bounty hunter ever, they still have feelings.

[pcz]

the only thing wrong with other m is it has no replay value.

if you are a metroid fan you should definitely get it

[PlayerX]

Metroid Other M was awesome.

[Venoxn4g]

It's a great game..

Great graphics
Not bad controls
Feeling of metroid games
Awesome boss fights
Not a bad story

...what radioactive fly is bitin' people that they don't buy this AWESOME GAME?!!???!?!?! Are people a girl virgins that can't decide to buy or not and aren't buyin' because she has feelings.. .what people become these days... :/

[dmixwell]

i liked it but it feel way short from super metriod .WHY??? because everything that made super metriod awsome was missing in other m. ( desperately searching the whole planet for the very last metriod, epic, EPIC music, mother brain and her disturbing scream while her theme plays , new creative moves and weapons) you take all of this out of super metriod then you would have the other M

[tunaks1]

oh god not this agian. Seriously, most of the people that complain about this seem to have only played the Prime games. Samus is no Master Chief with boobs.

"Metroid: Other M simply didn’t connect with fans, critics or the general public."
funny the game received 8s+ for ign, gamespot, and gametrailers. Unless this site gets its info from G4 its pulling arguments from its ass.

and from Sakamoto himself:

"the flashback scene when she sees Ridley—is not a sign of weakness, but of strength. People who call out that scene as anything but empowering are kind of missing the point, in my opinion—she does end up torching Ridley, after all. There is no courage without fear, in my mind, and knowing that Samus overcomes that repressed terror makes her all the more heroic than someone who plods forward without a hint of humanity."