Metroid Other M... What the hell does it stand for?!
15 years ago
General
First off, I tried not to get too hyped when I first saw this game, since Team Ninja has a nack for making some terrible games, look at ninja gaiden 1 and 2 and the dead or alive series if you don't believe me. A lot of people give this game bad rep because the voice acting is terrible to the point that Metroid fanboys like me have wept to the point of burning their Samus action figures and posters. But I try to look away from that part. One of the main issues with me is that the difficulty curve in this game is so sharp that you can cut a steel beam with it. The enemies do TONS of damage no matter what upgrades you get for your suit, and worst part about it is that you don't get health pickups along the way to replenish your health. The only way you can replenish your health fully is by going to a save-point and to get SOME of your health back is to stand there, point the wiimote upwards, and hold the A button until you get some of it back, then the game goes "hope you enjoy that bit of health NOW WE'RE GONNA KNOCK IT BACK DOWN!!!" then BOOM you're dead, , and that's it. And it doesn't get ANY better from the controls and how they are set up! Okay, this is where the summary of my rage goes to, the controls. First of all, why in the hell did they put in 1st person mode in a 3rd person game?! It has never worked in a game like this, and you people in team ninja are not miracle workers! Seriously, the 1st person controls are so clunky and clumsy it doesn't feel like any other Metroid game where the controls are simple and smooth, natural feeling. And on top of everything else, 1st person mode is the ONLY way you can activate and use your life saving missiles! It makes absolutely NO FUCKING SENSE that they would do this shit, why do you HAVE to be in this god forsaken mode to use your missiles when 1st person mode forbids you from moving?! It is downright retarded! And also it is the only way to use your super missiles, grapple beam, activate switches, and the only way to find certain hidden items! Why do they force bad aspects of games on us I do not know, maybe the people in Team Ninja are like the Kaisers of game devs or something. Even in metroid prime when I played it for the first time, it took me a little bit to get used to, but when I did it felt like 2nd nature for these controls, but with this shit, I'm still getting used to it, if I can anyway. The thing in 3rd person mode, you don't have a choice on where you are targeting, it is all up to the "all knowing" auto-lock feature. Why they put that in I do not know, but the thing is that it is more on a matter of luck on if you're gonna hit the target you wanted. Another thing is that your starting blaster is so weak, you would be better off shooting spitballs at your enemy! The blaster does get better, but in Metroid prime 1 and 2 the primary blaster was there to stay, and damn it was a good blaster! In #3 it was more old school when your primary blaster was upgraded to a better one, BUT the 1st blaster you started with was still good!! Another thing that pissed me off about this game was the damn maps!!! Now to give you a meaning to what I'm getting all up about, imagine you have a zoomed in image of google maps, perfectly fine right? That will be your mini-map while playing the game. Now when you go to the map overview, imagine you're on Mars looking at Earth through a small telescope, that's what it feels like! Nothing makes sense that the two maps wouldn't cooperate with each other. North is south, east is west, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!?! As for the parts of the game of her being a dumbass in this game and not the complete badass she was in other games is not my point I'm trying to make here. The point is that over complicating controls and changing them from an award winning formula to this garbage makes no sense! Other M is simply the worst "Metroid" wanna-be game in history! Thank you very fuckin much Team Ninja you bunch of retards, and I hope that you go out of business! Have a nice day everyone. ^^
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Though..... just to clear it up........... other "M" stands for "Motherhood"....... Theres a whole buncha references to it......... I can't remember it now....... but there are..... baby signals....... or....... or something like that, heh.