Her opinion, her review. 

The cantina thing is a reference, it's called humor, NOT sexism. This wouldn't bother me if it wasn't for the fact that Xplay frequently LAUDS games for REAL sexism. Games like Bayonetta, Ninja Guiden, etc. I cannot handle the obsession the industry (especially in the east) has with tits and ass. But calling sexism isn't any better than calling wolf.

" Her opinion, her review.  "

I stopped caring about xplay after their resident evil 5 review. This sort of stuff seems like more of the same. 

" You know what? After watching that, I totally agree, and the only reason your fucktard Nintendo fanboys are angry is because she didn't give it 5 stars, because GOD FUCKING FORBID someone has a different opinion then you and isn't a mindless tool that approves of every Nintendo game ever made. You fucking Nintendo fanboys make me sick, I hope you fuckers realize what really matters in a video game at some point in your lives you stupid shits. "

" @Bucketdeth said:

" This review makes me want fucking barf, almost every goddamn character in today's video game world is sexist. Most men has a 6 pack and a huge upper body while the females are petite with huge tits, WHOOP DEE FUCKING DO.  Fuck you Morgan Webb and your abnormally small nose. "

Again Abbie Heppe wrote the review, not Morgan Webb. "

What? You're telling me G4 posted a useless review? 
 
Whoa. This is news to me.

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" You know what? After watching that, I totally agree, and the only reason your fucktard Nintendo fanboys are angry is because she didn't give it 5 stars, because GOD FUCKING FORBID someone has a different opinion then you and isn't a mindless tool that approves of every Nintendo game ever made. You fucking Nintendo fanboys make me sick, I hope you fuckers realize what really matters in a video game at some point in your lives you stupid shits. "

Dude.  Shut up. "

Eat a fucking dick, it's called freedom of speech and I have the right to use it. "

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" You know what? After watching that, I totally agree, and the only reason your fucktard Nintendo fanboys are angry is because she didn't give it 5 stars, because GOD FUCKING FORBID someone has a different opinion then you and isn't a mindless tool that approves of every Nintendo game ever made. You fucking Nintendo fanboys make me sick, I hope you fuckers realize what really matters in a video game at some point in your lives you stupid shits. "

Dude.  Shut up. "

Eat a fucking dick, it's called freedom of speech and I have the right to use it. "

" @EliasT said:

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" You know what? After watching that, I totally agree, and the only reason your fucktard Nintendo fanboys are angry is because she didn't give it 5 stars, because GOD FUCKING FORBID someone has a different opinion then you and isn't a mindless tool that approves of every Nintendo game ever made. You fucking Nintendo fanboys make me sick, I hope you fuckers realize what really matters in a video game at some point in your lives you stupid shits. "

Dude.  Shut up. "

Eat a fucking dick, it's called freedom of speech and I have the right to use it. "

I have the right to say shut up then.  Acting like an asshole because your a sony fanboy doesn't help. "

I really don't like how the written reviewer and the video reviewer are not the same person. Because I don't know whose opinions are being shown in the video. Is it Morgan's or Abbey's? They should do it like how Giantbomb and other sites do it. You write a review, you make the video review. The only site where that doesn't happen and it works is Gametrailers, but that's because they have one person do the video reviews.

People still watch/read anything involving G4? I thought we all came to agreement that it is nothing but a pile of laughably bad journalism and moved on. Adam Sessler being the only exception, and hell, he wasn't even allowed to voice his actual real opinion on X-Play. He had to give "their" review.

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" You know what? After watching that, I totally agree, and the only reason your fucktard Nintendo fanboys are angry is because she didn't give it 5 stars, because GOD FUCKING FORBID someone has a different opinion then you and isn't a mindless tool that approves of every Nintendo game ever made. You fucking Nintendo fanboys make me sick, I hope you fuckers realize what really matters in a video game at some point in your lives you stupid shits. "

Dude.  Shut up. "

Eat a fucking dick, it's called freedom of speech and I have the right to use it. "

I have the right to say shut up then.  Acting like an asshole because your a sony fanboy doesn't help. "

I'm not a Sony fanboy, I also enjoy PC and Game Cube. "

When I first read about this review, I was thinking, "Oh, God. Here we go." But after reading and watching the review, I'd say she backs up her points pretty well.

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" You know what? After watching that, I totally agree, and the only reason your fucktard Nintendo fanboys are angry is because she didn't give it 5 stars, because GOD FUCKING FORBID someone has a different opinion then you and isn't a mindless tool that approves of every Nintendo game ever made. You fucking Nintendo fanboys make me sick, I hope you fuckers realize what really matters in a video game at some point in your lives you stupid shits. "

Dude.  Shut up. "

Eat a fucking dick, it's called freedom of speech and I have the right to use it. "

I have the right to say shut up then.  Acting like an asshole because your a sony fanboy doesn't help. "

I'm not a Sony fanboy, I also enjoy PC and Game Cube. "

This is painful to hear. I'm listening to their justification for the review (which is sad in itself that they have to do it) and, man, they suck. "In real life, think about missiles and you'll recharge them!". Fuck, really? That's the way to review a game? Compare it to real life? What I find real funny is the reaction from the great majority of users of X-Play's site. "OMG TOTALLY RIGHT SEXISSSMMMM BURN BURN X-PLAY ROCKS!!!". Luckily, there are at least *some* people who see how blatantly trollish this review is. 
 
Go f*** yourself, X-Play.

SC2 comments aside... 
 
i haven't played Other M and i probably won't anytime soon.  regardless of any sexism that might be in the game, the review came across as extremely immature.  very little objective criticism and a lot of being indignant and yelling "it's stupid!"
 
the review also said something about samus saving the universe half a dozen times...but isn't this only like the 4th game in terms of continuity? 
 
there's also the fact that there was/is very little about samus that is actually in any way feminine.  i'm sure tons of people didn't know samus was a woman until fairly recently (past 5-10 years).  ultimately, samus still solves problems the way master chief does: with guns. 
 
if you really want to get critical, a woman shooting the living hell out of everything isn't a strong female character in any meaningful way.  it's a typical male character who happens to lack a y chromosome.

" @EliasT said:

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" You know what? After watching that, I totally agree, and the only reason your fucktard Nintendo fanboys are angry is because she didn't give it 5 stars, because GOD FUCKING FORBID someone has a different opinion then you and isn't a mindless tool that approves of every Nintendo game ever made. You fucking Nintendo fanboys make me sick, I hope you fuckers realize what really matters in a video game at some point in your lives you stupid shits. "

Dude.  Shut up. "

Eat a fucking dick, it's called freedom of speech and I have the right to use it. "

I have the right to say shut up then.  Acting like an asshole because your a sony fanboy doesn't help. "

I'm not a Sony fanboy, I also enjoy PC and Game Cube. "  
 
you can make the sexist arguments for everything ever if you search enough. "

" When I first read about this review, I was thinking, "Oh, God. Here we go." But after reading and watching the review, I'd say she backs up her points pretty well. "

I hope people don't get completely dismissive and vicious towards Abbie because she's a really cool woman and keep in mind, both Matt Keil (the guy in the 2 thumbs down video) and Adam Sessler both disliked the game so I do agree Abbie's review was poorly written, it's not as if she's the only hater of the game at that site

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" You know what? After watching that, I totally agree, and the only reason your fucktard Nintendo fanboys are angry is because she didn't give it 5 stars, because GOD FUCKING FORBID someone has a different opinion then you and isn't a mindless tool that approves of every Nintendo game ever made. You fucking Nintendo fanboys make me sick, I hope you fuckers realize what really matters in a video game at some point in your lives you stupid shits. "

Dude.  Shut up. "

Eat a fucking dick, it's called freedom of speech and I have the right to use it. "

I have the right to say shut up then.  Acting like an asshole because your a sony fanboy doesn't help. "

I'm not a Sony fanboy, I also enjoy PC and Game Cube. "  
 
you can make the sexist arguments for everything ever if you search enough. "

Not really.@JazzyJeff said:

" When I first read about this review, I was thinking, "Oh, God. Here we go." But after reading and watching the review, I'd say she backs up her points pretty well. "

Also this. "

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" @SethPhotopoulos said:

" @EliasT said:

" You know what? After watching that, I totally agree, and the only reason your fucktard Nintendo fanboys are angry is because she didn't give it 5 stars, because GOD FUCKING FORBID someone has a different opinion then you and isn't a mindless tool that approves of every Nintendo game ever made. You fucking Nintendo fanboys make me sick, I hope you fuckers realize what really matters in a video game at some point in your lives you stupid shits. "

Dude.  Shut up. "

Eat a fucking dick, it's called freedom of speech and I have the right to use it. "

I have the right to say shut up then.  Acting like an asshole because your a sony fanboy doesn't help. "

I'm not a Sony fanboy, I also enjoy PC and Game Cube. "  
 
you can make the sexist arguments for everything ever if you search enough. "

Not really.@JazzyJeff said:

" When I first read about this review, I was thinking, "Oh, God. Here we go." But after reading and watching the review, I'd say she backs up her points pretty well. "

Also this. "

" SC2 comments aside...  i haven't played Other M and i probably won't anytime soon.  regardless of any sexism that might be in the game, the review came across as extremely immature.  very little objective criticism and a lot of being indignant and yelling "it's stupid!" the review also said something about samus saving the universe half a dozen times...but isn't this only like the 4th game in terms of continuity?  there's also the fact that there was/is very little about samus that is actually in any way feminine.  i'm sure tons of people didn't know samus was a woman until fairly recently (past 5-10 years).  ultimately, samus still solves problems the way master chief does: with guns.  if you really want to get critical, a woman shooting the living hell out of everything isn't a strong female character in any meaningful way.  it's a typical male character who happens to lack a y chromosome. "

she does make some good points, wtf is that hold a for health system anyway? "

"Fuck, really?"

"Go f*** yourself, X-Play. "

" @JoeyRavn said:

"Fuck, really?"

 
@JoeyRavn said:

"Go f*** yourself, X-Play. "

Hahahaha, what?  Just thought that was a really weird bit of self-censorship. "

The written review is much better, and does a hell of a better job at justifying it self.  As for that I'm not expecting much from any other review source when it comes to this game.

" @JoeyRavn: Wow, now i'm a troll? I just stated my opinion and I wasn't going around saying that this game was god! I can tell you have alot of anger pent up in you right now XD. If you love the game so much then why should you care about what any reviewer says. I can already tell you've been sucking nintendo's dick for a long time now. also typing in "OMGWTFBBQ THIS GAEM SUCKS!!" as everyone that is opposing you doesn't help your case one bit. It just makes you look stupider than you already are. "

this could've been a mature, interesting conversation about gender politics in games. 
 
could've been.

I am really not going to care if the game is sexist if it plays well. I don't really care about reviews scores either and at the end of the day I really hope that "is this game sexist?" doesn't become a part of reviewing criteria.

I've stopped listening to X-Play years ago. Their reviews and ratings on games have grown to be so cruel, so insulting and so unprofessional. They think they're like the king of game reviews who can simply spit out whatever they want in public.  
 
God, it's so painful to hear Morgan Webb bitching and moaning about Metroid: Other M in that annoying and sarcastic tone of hers. Though I admit that the game may involved too much of Samus talking, which can be a bit odd to Metroid fans but criticizing about her sexism? That's just stupid!  You made a very good point,   @Apathylad. So ironic to hear Morgan Webb bitchin' about it when she herself posed for Maxim and FHM. And complaining about Samus' thoughts on other characters in the game? What's wrong with that? What's wrong with being curious with the people you are working with? 
 
X-Play has gone too far. Morgan Webb is talking crap just to boost up the show's ratings and make her sound cool, but guess what? It doesn't work! You and the rest of G4 can go eff yourselves. 

" this could've been a mature, interesting conversation about gender politics in games. 
 
could've been. "

I know it's kinda late, but the whole stripper thing couldn't of mattered much... if the game still got a 5/5 and Morgan has said herself she loves the game.
 
But yeah, someone said it earlier, read the written review, the video review is only a small, small, SMALL summary of the game. From hearing Abbie do a lot of Feedback podcasts on G4, I tend to trust her opinion, so when reading the review, I get the feeling of someone who knows their stuff.
 
But this seems like one of those games where, critically, is gonna be split (Brad gave it a 4), but I think most people are gonna enjoy this game.

"this could've been a mature, interesting conversation about gender politics in games. 
 
could've been. "

"  it's pretty sad to see Samus turn into a stereo-typical female character (And a very Japanese one at that). "

I stooped watching xplay when there channel started to show stupid shows.  
 
There reviews carry no weight at all. 
 
X-Play is now shit and thinks way to much of its self. 

" @DevWil said:

"this could've been a mature, interesting conversation about gender politics in games. 
 
could've been. "

Given the inflammatory nature of the review, I doubt it.  It's hilarious how short-sighted it is, really.  Is Samus not allowed to display weakness or any sense of being feminine (stereotypical sense or otherwise) because some people have viewed her as an emotionless robot badass for two decades?  She's a human, and Metroid creatore Yoshio Sakamoto has had an idea of what Samus is like in terms of personality for a long time now.  It's worth it in allowing him to tell the story he wants to tell about the character he knows better than anyone else. "

" "I also want to mention a more personal problem with the game. I take issue with the holographic stripper in the background of every shot in the cantina. There are normal female characters in the game, but every time you go to one area of your ship, the only thing moving is an undulating hologram of what looks like a blood elf with a boob job. Maybe they didn’t expect women to ever play this game, but they’ve created a self-fulfilling prophecy. She’s distracting, completely unnecessary to the story or atmosphere, and makes me think that Blizzard needs to hire more women."   This part is incredibly ironic coming from a woman who has posed in several men's magazines.  "

" @pectoral said:

" "I also want to mention a more personal problem with the game. I take issue with the holographic stripper in the background of every shot in the cantina. There are normal female characters in the game, but every time you go to one area of your ship, the only thing moving is an undulating hologram of what looks like a blood elf with a boob job. Maybe they didn’t expect women to ever play this game, but they’ve created a self-fulfilling prophecy. She’s distracting, completely unnecessary to the story or atmosphere, and makes me think that Blizzard needs to hire more women."   This part is incredibly ironic coming from a woman who has posed in several men's magazines.  "

I think it's stupid that she's freaking out about something that was only put in the game as a nod to WoW players. I'm a gal, I saw that shit and laughed, it's funny. Don't get me wrong I'm all for female equality and all that jazz, but this was just a JOKE!!! I guess she doesn't play WoW... "

From the 1UP review:
 
 

One of my only real problems with the "game" portion of Other M is the way you earn new abilities. Every Metroid game finds some way to strip you of your powers, so that it can slowly reintroduce them. But Other M's seems particularly ridiculous: you don't have an authorization. Apparently, you have access to all your weapons and armor upgrades from the very beginning of the game, but because the Galactic Federation is also on this mission with you, you can't use them until they say so. For a galactic bounty hunter, who's otherwise taking on the entire space station single-handed, that seems like a particularly unconvincing excuse.

In one early level of the game, I had trouble making it all the way through a lava-filled room, since my health was constantly depleting due to the heat. After dying three times, I finally broke through to the other side, killed some enemies to unlock the door to the next room, and only then did I get authorization to turn on my heat-resistant armor. If the only effect of better armor is to make you stronger and impervious to elements, why would you even turn it off in the first place?

Gametrailers gamve it a 8.6 
 
So xplay is most likely just being stupid. I dont want to offend anyone. But it seems the game just offended this one women and she gave the game a low score cause of it. 

It sounds like whoever wrote this review had their objectivity torpedoed about an hour in, and never recovered. Leaving all of the sexism commentary aside (real or no, that is kind of a matter of interpretation), I don't think the game actually got a fair review by X-Play because the reviewer was so turned off early on by her impressions (again, real or no is irrelevant). Kind of a bummer for the game, but the vitriol within the review says to me "There was a worm in my popcorn, so I barely got a chance to watch the fucking movie!"

OH HAI XPLAY I HURD U LIEK MAYKIN KONTROVRSEE!!! 
 
I haven't played the game, so for all I know, this is a totally accurate review.  However, I just don't think that is the case here.  Between Sessler's uproar about Resident Evil 5's "racism" to G4's females constantly yelling "sexism" in many of their reviews of games involving females as leading characters, it's an utter shame that they can't just honestly review a game without finding some sociopolitical bullshit in a game with no sociopolitical bullshit to be found.