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- Platform: Nintendo Wii
- ESRB Rating:
Teen - Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Metroid Franchise�s Heroine Gets Personal For decades, Samus Aran has been known as one of the first female protagonists in video games and one of the most enigmatic. Having traded her haunted past for the solitary life of a bounty hunter, Samus� finally tells her own tale in this revealing, personal story of her failings, her flaws and ultimately her motivation. Metroid: Other M is an unprecedented collaboration that blends the slick, action-packed production of the world-renowned Team Ninja development team with the game design talents of the creators of the original Metroid. Metroid: Other M is a dramatic new direction for a legendary franchise and a bold new blend between cinematics, storytelling and the best in interactive entertainment.
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Metroid Franchise's Heroine Gets Personal. For decades, Samus Aran has been known as one of the first female protagonists in video games and one of the most enigmatic. Having traded her haunted past for the solitary life of a bounty hunter, Samus finally tells her own tale in this revealing, personal story of her failings, her flaws and ultimately her motivation. Metroid: Other M is an unprecedented collaboration that blends the slick, action-packed production of the world-renowned Team Ninja development team with the game design talents of the creators of the original Metroid. Metroid: Other M is a dramatic new direction for a legendary franchise and a bold new blend between cinematics, storytelling and the best in interactive entertainment.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A contraversial game,
By Joseph Affleck (New Westminster, Canada) - See all my reviews
Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Metroid: Other M (Video Game)
Metroid other M is very contraversial. Fans of the 2d metroid games are more likely to enjoy it. While fans of the prime series such as myself are likely to be disappointed. I would recommend you rent the game first.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Worst Metroid game ever!,
By Gabriel Burdeti (Deux-Montagnes, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Metroid: Other M (Video Game)
Let me first say that I'm a big fan of the Metroid series and I own all games except this one. The reasons are many but I will point out the obvious ones:- The plot of the game is pretty weak. - Samus starts with all her powers but isn't able to use them until commander Malkovich tells her to. What kind of game design is that? - Enemies don't drop any health or ammo, so in the end you just pass through the many rooms of the space station while avoiding all of them. - The voice acting is horrible, it completely changed my perception of Samus since I heard her monotone voice. Samus is a crybaby when she encounters Ridley she has a mental blocking and starts crying like a baby until commander Malkovitch tells her to snap out of it. It's very funny because in the Metroid chronology she's beaten Ridley about 4 times before and never acted like this. - The pacing of the game is hindered by investigation moments where Samus just stands there in first person mode and waits for the player to find something of interest in the environment. There are also moments where there's an above the shoulder view (like Resident Evil 4). The player needs to move Samus from point A to point B just to view another cut scene. At that moment, Samus can only walk very slowly, she can do nothing else and there are no enemies. This breaks the pace of the game. Couldn't the designers just skip the walking Samus part and get to the cutscene already? - There is absolutely no memorable music in this game, only ambient sounds. - The control scheme is original, but doesn't work 100%. The controls in first person view don't allow you to move left or right and since the locking feature for the missile launcher takes about a second to work, you are very vulnerable to enemy attacks. Most of the time it takes a moment to find the crosshair on the screen while switching to first person view and this can be disastrous during boss fights. The auto targeting mode also only works half the time. - Avoiding enemy hits is very easy: you just shake the wiimote like crazy and prepare to charge your beam while the enemy is attacking. Then you just shoot and hope the auto targeting mode does its job. - Bosses are almost all beaten by the same strategy. - The game is short. You can beat it in 6-8 hours. There is no reason to play it a second time (I've beaten it so I know what I talking about). - This game is a mix of Ninja Gaiden and Metroid. If Ryu Hayabuza and Samus had a kid together it would be Samus from Other M. - The only good point: the graphics are great and the animations are very well done. Overall, the game is still fun, but it has some major design flaws. You should rent this game before thinking of buying it. It could save you a lot of money.
5.0 out of 5 stars
SAMUS RETURNS TO HER ROOTS - AND IT'S AN OVERBLAST!,
By NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER)
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Metroid: Other M (Video Game)
The METROID franchise was slowly going astray, falling "victim" to innovations that mostly worked yet, at the same time, were turning METROID games into a typical space shooter. Don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoyed the Metroid Trilogy - it just did not give off the sense of a classic METROID game. Well, NINTENDO made sure to take care of that.THE OTHER M is an old-school platform shooter, only equipped with the latest innovations that enhance rather than hinder the true character of the game. Samus Aran can now move in 3D (and not only in a sidescrolling manner), yet this is and feels like a classic platform game. There is some puzzle-solving and expect to spend quite some time in the form of a morphing ball, zipping through pipes, bypassing obstacles, unlocking security doors and finding powerups; and the FirstPerson perspective is still available to deliver devastating missile shots (while keeping Samus stationary and vulnerable to enemy attacks, one cannot play the game as an FPS). Nevertheless, this is an pure action-shooter game that is greatly enjoyable. Visually this must be the best game I ever played on Wii, with beautiful and distinct environments than never get boring and never interfere with the gameplay. And, following the tradition of the classic Metroid games, the THE OTHER M experience is enhanced by great orchestral music. Nothing epic, but it sure fits the mood of the scene it accompanies. THE OTHER M is a tad story-heavier than I would have liked and the cinematic sequences are unskipable(?) whereas, annoyingly, the story at times throws Samus in the midst of her enemies with minimal firepower and often without her Varia suit. Other than those minor complains (and it being a bit short), this is one of the best games I have ever played on a console. I dare say, this is a title that is comparable to the monumental Super Metroid. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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