Metroid Other M (spoilers) Reviews

[FlashNeko]

"WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET RID OF YOU?!?!"

I could buy Samus losing her cool. I could buy her getting upset at seeing Riddly being alive yet again and fighting far too recklessly so that it gets her in trouble and she needs a hand until she can regain her focus.

I cannot buy, "She is so helpless and paralyzed by fear that she breaks down crying and her terror causes her armor to start disintegrating."

There are just so many ISSUES with this game that it's hard to imagine how Samus' character can ever recover from this.

 

[Jedah Crow]

So I'm reading that they turned Samus into an insecure girl who doesnt use her special godlike abilities unless 'Adam' tells her to. Because, you know, she likes being a subservient woman like that.

thoughts?

X-Play just bashed the game. Morgan Webb had two words for Team Ninja in regards to this. "**** you." I'm inclined to agree with her.

 

[Wonderwall]

So I'm hearing a lot of negativity towards this game but would you guys recommend this game to a total Metroid noob that has never played one of there games? I saw the commercial and thought it looked alright but should I avoid this game or just wait for the prices to lower down a bit? Or should I go run out now and buy it?

 

[PSI Ground]

I cannot buy, "She is so helpless and paralyzed by fear that she breaks down crying and her terror causes her armor to start disintegrating.

Some people on /v/ and GameFAQs are making more sense than you right there. For one, she didn't cry other than a 4-8 cut of a flashback to when she was like 6 years old, and he armor disintegrated cause she was getting grabbed. And if you played the older games, you'd know even being grabbed can cause the energy to fall. Plus, she's reminiscing over what happened in the Bottle Ship, so she could've extended it simply for dramatic effect and all. What happens is mostly what you say here

I could buy Samus losing her cool. I could buy her getting upset at seeing Riddly being alive yet again and fighting far too recklessly so that it gets her in trouble and she needs a hand until she can regain her focus.

Plus a 4-8 cut of a flashback from when she was like 6 years old, minus fighting too recklessly. But then there's the chance that she may of just realized "Holy ****, I've killed this guy who killed my parents, several times over now, why in hell does he keep coming back?" and freaking out.

There are just so many ISSUES with this game that it's hard to imagine how Samus' character can ever recover from this.

She never had a character in the first place. I see you're mad she's not some sort of kill-joy Terminator and actually a human being with emotions.

 

[Kaji Motomiya]

She never had a character in the first place. I see you're mad she's not some sort of kill-joy Terminator and actually a human being with emotions.

THIS

It's how everyone is with games nowadays. If the main character is iconic, or something in the game made it stand out so much, that's all they care about. No one cares about the story of a game (if said game had a story) as long as they get what they want.

 

[FlashNeko]

Some people on /v/ and GameFAQs are making more sense than you right there. For one, she didn't cry other than a 4-8 cut of a flashback to when she was like 6 years old, and he armor disintegrated cause she was getting grabbed. And if you played the older games, you'd know even being grabbed can cause the energy to fall.

Actually, the whole shrieking/weeping thing goes on for about a minute and a half. And nobody has answered why this never happened before now. We've also had previous examples of the armor being grabbed and slammed around much more violently than this and still maintaining its shape perfectly fine so fear and terror are the only logical reasons left as to why it's failing.

Plus a 4-8 cut of a flashback from when she was like 6 years old, minus fighting too recklessly. But then there's the chance that she may of just realized "Holy ****, I've killed this guy who killed my parents, several times over now, why in hell does he keep coming back?" and freaking out.

Again, this raises the question of why this never happened around the third or fourth time or why her reaction is just a total breakdown that leaves her completely helpless until a male comes in to rescue her.

She never had a character in the first place. I see you're mad she's not some sort of kill-joy Terminator and actually a human being with emotions.

See, this is the ultimate fallacy of your argument.

My point is that, if this kind of characterization was given to ANY OTHER NINTENDO CHARACTER, it would be deemed a complete joke and utterly unacceptable. If Link was given this treatment, it would be considered wrong. If Mario was given this treatment, it would be considered EXTREMELY wrong.

The only difference between them and Samus is... well, the reproductive organs they have. So that seems to be the only justification people have for claiming her being "weak" is somehow "humanizing" and not... well, kinda skeevy.

This and the whole running, "I am subservient to Adam's commands even when it needlessly endangers my life" plot line is... yeah. I'm sorry, the subtext for this is just way too loud to ignore unless you're willfully choosing to.

 

[Red Tyranno Ranger]

Actually I wouldn't mind Link considering he's a kid in most of the games and I actually like TN's take on Samus she has emotions and can experience fear and what she does has got to take a toll I personally can afford her a moment of emotional weakness.
Plus I think are blowing this way outta proportion she ain't a wimp she still kicks ass.


PS: I don't give a **** about what Xplay has to say anymore.

 

[FlashNeko]

PS: I don't give a **** about what Xplay has to say anymore.

The point of the X-Play review defenders of this game are trying their hardest to ignore, is that a notable female reviewer has come flat out and said, "This behavior is offensive to women. And it devalues a powerful female figure who was popular with fans for more than just the T&A factor."

Note: Morgan Webb is also not the only female reviewer to have said the same thing, but funnily enough, they get ignored too.

 

[KouAidou]

I don't necessarily think Morgan Webb's (or any other female reviewer's) opinion on portrayals of women should be taken as gospel. Down that road too lies "this character's not offensive! I know a woman who totally thinks she's fine!" Having the conversation is important, among men as much as anyone.

All's I'm gonna say on the issue is that it proves that we need more female main characters, of all stripes. Samus is like our only legacy female who doesn't wear a frilly pink dress or short shorts. She has to be everything to everyone, so of course people are going to be at each other's throats over how she comes off.

 

[King Joe]

Spoony explains why Samus Aran may never recover from this complete and thorough betrayal of the entire series.