The Like/Hate Thread

[Kaden]

^I won't deny that they could have presented the story a lot better. I mean, it's no Portal 2 by any stretch. But I could pick apart a lot of his points.

Part of the problem behind people's surprise is that the manga, which is the official backstory and helps make perfect sense of Other M's story, has no official English translation.

Doe actually beat me to linking that. I pretty much agree 100% with their analysis of Other M's presentation.

I have absolutely no problem with Samus being a flawed or troubled character, but, as you yourself said, there's stuff about her that the players know or can infer from the other games. Other M either abuses or simply ignores those things, I thought. I honestly would have liked the game more if it hadn't been attached to the Metroid series.

EDIT: Oh. And the voice acting. That can neither be defended nor excused. Just... wow...

I thought the mechanics made it a lot of fun to play, though I'd probably side with the "a bit too easy" crowd. Regardless, the final boss fight was a blast (I mean the final, final boss fight, not the final story-boss fight) and I actually greatly appreciated that they created a mostly-suitable control scheme using just the remote. Not having to use the nunchuck or a classic controller is a nice change of pace.