9th November 2011, 4:34 PM
It's sad to say but it Other M was Metroid Prime with MOM's camera you would be happier. Someone (the person who directed Super Metroid btw) does something new and all anyone can do is bitch that its different. Actually, people rejected Prime just because it was first person. We really are an industry where rehash is king.
Metroid attempted to push boundaries of video games as a method to create immersion using the available technology, a new genre of shooter with rpg elements. As it grew it tried to move in to literal storytelling like a movie, which when it came to Other M it was a designed as a two sided brain: one company did the gameplay, creatures,scenarios, etc. While another handled the dialogue, cutscenes, etc. The result is a game that plays beautifully with an arguably tension filled story with beautiful cutscenes. It reminds me of another series that hit an evolutionary leap which is Metal Gear.
Dialogue intensive, plot driven, heavy story arcs and classic but refined gameplay. Someone's going to say this so i'll mention that Metal Gear and Metroid are two completely different animals, but when Metal Gear introduced bizarre homophobia in its story everyone accepted it. When Metroid introduced ideas of a woman for the first time, it was scoffed at.
The original Metroid surprised everyone with the reveal at the end that the character youre playing as is a woman and no game in the entire series could.recapture that moment of surprise. Until now with other M, showing us for the first time who this character is, not just the 'what'. A human being, a mature woman who's thoughts showcase intelligence and forethought while still reeling from the events of her past especially when she makes contact with her "father" and her "family", the army. I can't make you guys see the genius of it, nor can I make you appreciate it. But don't tell me its a bad video game and then go back to Call of Duty or fire up Super Metroid with rose colored glasses firmly equipped. This is a solid video game, possibly ahead of its time. Just as the reveal of Samus shook our young social circles with conversation Other M's presentation recaptured that new paradigm to discuss and that was just as purposeful as the added pixels to create the look of long flowing hair and a space bikini. It's Metroid for adults in that respect, a refined Metroid.
Metroid attempted to push boundaries of video games as a method to create immersion using the available technology, a new genre of shooter with rpg elements. As it grew it tried to move in to literal storytelling like a movie, which when it came to Other M it was a designed as a two sided brain: one company did the gameplay, creatures,scenarios, etc. While another handled the dialogue, cutscenes, etc. The result is a game that plays beautifully with an arguably tension filled story with beautiful cutscenes. It reminds me of another series that hit an evolutionary leap which is Metal Gear.
Dialogue intensive, plot driven, heavy story arcs and classic but refined gameplay. Someone's going to say this so i'll mention that Metal Gear and Metroid are two completely different animals, but when Metal Gear introduced bizarre homophobia in its story everyone accepted it. When Metroid introduced ideas of a woman for the first time, it was scoffed at.
The original Metroid surprised everyone with the reveal at the end that the character youre playing as is a woman and no game in the entire series could.recapture that moment of surprise. Until now with other M, showing us for the first time who this character is, not just the 'what'. A human being, a mature woman who's thoughts showcase intelligence and forethought while still reeling from the events of her past especially when she makes contact with her "father" and her "family", the army. I can't make you guys see the genius of it, nor can I make you appreciate it. But don't tell me its a bad video game and then go back to Call of Duty or fire up Super Metroid with rose colored glasses firmly equipped. This is a solid video game, possibly ahead of its time. Just as the reveal of Samus shook our young social circles with conversation Other M's presentation recaptured that new paradigm to discuss and that was just as purposeful as the added pixels to create the look of long flowing hair and a space bikini. It's Metroid for adults in that respect, a refined Metroid.