13th November 2011, 6:57 PM
I just have to reiterate my point. Samus went from being a strong character who had problems with Adam in the past to a weak little girl who can't stand against anyone without big strong Adam's support. She went from being able to stand toe to toe with the biggest bads to going into shock at the sight of Ridley. There's no justifying her reaction at this point. She's killed Ridley countless times by now without this sort of reaction, and suddenly panicking at the sight of him just is aweful.
I could forgive all of that, ALL of it, if it wasn't constantly IN MY FACE the entire game. Say what you will about ignoring the story, but the game won't LET me ignore the story. I've got no choice BUT to watch Samus go from a strong female lead to a crying co-dependent child, and it just makes me angry. No, the whole "mother" thing isn't deep, it's just insulting. Not EVERY woman deeply wants to be a mother, and up until now, Samus seemed completely uninterested in that.
I absolutely HATE the way Samus is portrayed in this game. There's simply no way I'm ever EVER going to like it. It has nothing to do with me just following the crowd.
Lazy, there's a well known psychological phenomenon where people generally assign their own viewpoints as internally generated and the viewpoints of others as externally generated. I think you're falling for that right now. I could very well, and I was initially tempted, to brush off your opinion as "mere fanboyism", but that would be as insulting as brushing off my opinion as mere yellow journalism influence.
The story is just one part of it though. The game just isn't very good. You know what's a better Metroid game that came out recently? Batman Arkham City. That game is amazing.
I could forgive all of that, ALL of it, if it wasn't constantly IN MY FACE the entire game. Say what you will about ignoring the story, but the game won't LET me ignore the story. I've got no choice BUT to watch Samus go from a strong female lead to a crying co-dependent child, and it just makes me angry. No, the whole "mother" thing isn't deep, it's just insulting. Not EVERY woman deeply wants to be a mother, and up until now, Samus seemed completely uninterested in that.
I absolutely HATE the way Samus is portrayed in this game. There's simply no way I'm ever EVER going to like it. It has nothing to do with me just following the crowd.
Lazy, there's a well known psychological phenomenon where people generally assign their own viewpoints as internally generated and the viewpoints of others as externally generated. I think you're falling for that right now. I could very well, and I was initially tempted, to brush off your opinion as "mere fanboyism", but that would be as insulting as brushing off my opinion as mere yellow journalism influence.
The story is just one part of it though. The game just isn't very good. You know what's a better Metroid game that came out recently? Batman Arkham City. That game is amazing.
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