Quick Look: Metroid: Other M

You're a loose cannon, Brad!

This game looks more appealing to me then the Prime games.  Maybe I will check it out soon.

I admit that until Brad actually said so, I couldn't tell if he was enjoying himself at all.  But the game looks cool.  The comments, however, are something else.  Somehow "broken" has come to mean "a design decision that I don't like" and the mere idea of doing something differently is apparently so appalling that we can't even stomach the concept of it - much less try it out.

I thought this looked pretty cool. 
 
I never play the Wii even though we have one, so I'll pass, but I'd play this over a Metroid Prime game.

I think it's pretty awesome and it has to have a hard mode with no auto dodging or w\e that thing was.

" @DrWhat said:

" This looks like a mess, and Brad seems confused about what he actually thinks. "

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Sounds like they went out of their way to make a gimmicky, clunky control scheme just to kinda overcome it and be different.

WTB camera.

I agree this is a weird control scheme.  He said it started as a 2D product but made it's way to the 3rd dimension.  It sounds like the controls didn't though.  
 
Too bad, I thought it would be fun but this quick look has me thinking "meh"

Brad seems to be reviewing a lot of games lately.

The controls do sound strange.

The controls look like they could become really frustrating in important or tight spots.

Not too sure about this. Looks lovely and all, but would be pretty frustrating to go into first person and as you're about to fire, get hit by the enemy you're aiming for.

This looks dumb.

Samus in a bikini is what makes a Hardcore Metroid Game! :D

So, what exactly happened to Samus that made her super agile and (team) ninja-like after Super Metroid and then made her lose it all in Fusion? Yeah, yeah, the parasite infection. No. In the Fusion prologue cinematic she was back to her old plodding, slow ass self even before she was infected.
 
Who cares, right? Well, apparently, I do. I don't like it when people make prequel games and go out of their way to make them flashier and more crazy then the game they precede. It totally ruins my sense of continuity.
 
Also, this looks like a god damn mess of a game. They could have improved so much with the addition of nunchuck controls.

Haha wow Jeff's tone throughout this quick look make it seem like it really bad. But I'll play it for myself before jumping to conclusions.

This game looks like garbage.

" Haha wow Jeff's tone throughout this quick look make it seem like it really bad. But I'll play it for myself before jumping to conclusions. "

It looks really frustrating from this quick look, but I will decide when I play it myself.  
@Sarumarine said:

" Yeah, Brad, beam stacking is completely standard Metroid stuff. 

" This game looks more appealing to me then the Prime games.  Maybe I will check it out soon. "

" I thought this looked pretty cool.  I never play the Wii even though we have one, so I'll pass, but I'd play this over a Metroid Prime game. "

" @Simulacrum said:

" Sometimes I wonder why I even bother reading video comments. "

This. "

It takes a strange kind of genius to put Team Ninja in charge of your female lead. I can only imagine the lengths Nintendo had to go too to prevent boob jiggle. 
 
I can't fault them for trying something new with this game, especially since they apparently succeeded. I'm less thrilled about the plot though, I don't think Metroid needed achingly sincere anime melodrama. Still I hope I enjoy this when I pick it up.

" It looks really frustrating from this quick look, but I will decide when I play it myself.  
@Sarumarine said:

" Yeah, Brad, beam stacking is completely standard Metroid stuff. 

In what games? Usually you are given the new beams and you have to switch to the one you want to use. "

Looks really dull. =/

Still really curious. I might have to pick this one up.

Damn, I'm gonna have to buy a WII even though I have a real HD TV. This sucks. Why do one of my favorite francises have to be a Nintendo one?

" @Korne said:

" It looks really frustrating from this quick look, but I will decide when I play it myself.  
@Sarumarine said:

" Yeah, Brad, beam stacking is completely standard Metroid stuff. 

In what games? Usually you are given the new beams and you have to switch to the one you want to use. "

Super Metroid introduced beam abilities that all stacked. So if you got charge and wave, you could charge  the wave beam. The Ice beam simply let your beam freeze enemies. Metroid Zero Mission stacked beams, and so did Metroid Fusion. However, you did get the option to toggle different beam functions for some reason, even though it wasn't a key game play element and it was just better to use all of them at once.
 
The Metroid Prime series was the first game that made you switch back and forth to use different beams. "

As a video game, this looks kind of a mess of different controls.  The entire way through Brad has to keep explaining, "and when you do this, it's auto aim, and when you run here you're sort of on rails"; I don't get what kind of game they wanted to make.  And on top of that he said the story is cheesy and voice acting is flat.  It doesn't look very focused.

what is this crazy shit ? 
 
IT LOOKS AWESOME !!

This gamer looks so damn unfocused, with so many different play-styles and control-schemes being incorporated that the developers couldn't focus on any single one.

i want... will buy...

Yep, just what I thought, a streamlined casual thing.
 
you don't have to aim, you don't have to evade, unlimited life and ammo, and that switching back and forth between  first person and third person controls sounds frustrating as hell, I'll pass.

So, I just watched GameTrailer's video, and the only thing I really want to point out is... HOLY FUCK Samus' voice is so flat. Her tits and ass aren't, but her fucking voice sure was. 
 
You think the Heavy Rain kids spoke in monotone? This voice actor brought it onto a WHOLE new level.

It was always Samus ARan, Brad.

were zebes and aran verbalised before this game? im curious as to how people are so certain of their pronunciation

Looks kinda fun, might not sedate the Metroid cravings that I have fully. But looks Fun.

More metriod fusion, less shoehorned three dimensional movement please

This game doesnt interest me at all.

mm, not a nintendo guy anymore, but this seems sort of more like fan service than a serious videogame?
 
furthermore, brad, nice review!

This looks awesome. It is exactly what I would think a current gen Metroid should be like. Granted the first person Metroids were good, but they just weren't the same. 
 
Yeah that first person view really needs to add some movement to it, I could see that being a bit annoying.

The first person stuff looks cool for combat, but having to point at the screen every time you need to open a missile door makes me wanna die.

" were zebes and aran verbalised before this game? im curious as to how people are so certain of their pronunciation "

I'm glad I am not the only one iffy on this game.  Color me disappointed.

" were zebes and aran verbalised before this game? im curious as to how people are so certain of their pronunciation "

Guess I'll keep waiting for a Metroid game I want to play.