| RolStoppable said: Why is it that you make it seem like players who try to get a low time in a Metroid game do so in order to see Samus without armor? There are players who are done with a game once they have beaten it and there are players for whom the game only really starts after they have beaten it. For them beating the game isn't enough, so they challenge themselves. Nobody (that I know of) beats a Metroid game within the cutoff time the first time they play it. Metroid is what you could call a badge of honor game. One you can use to show off your gaming skills. The reward isn't seeing Samus without armor, the reward is the satisfaction that you can beat a game fast that many find difficult to beat within a low time or to beat at all. Like I already said, the original Metroid didn't display the time it took you to beat the game. However, Samus without armor was proof that you did it below three hours. So what is the big picture in this topic? The original post was huge and not everything sticked after I read it; and I am not going to read it again. |
You are confusing the way the reward system is constructed with the way players interact with it. Those are not the same thing, and I never said people play it quickly to see Samus with her clothes off.
I was talking about the way Metroid Prime's reward system was set up, especially in the context of the scan system rewarding the player with more behind-the-scenes goodies the more they unlocked. The more a person cared abotu the game, the more likely they were to get Samus with her helmet off, the more likely they were to empathize with her in that moment. It has nothign to do with time-based Metroids. It is all about Metroid Prime, and how its reward system is crafted to be emotionally resonant according to a player's investment.
I don't think "sticked" is standard English, it should probably be "stuck", and the big picture of the topic is what makes Samus an effective character (hint: it has nothing to do with her being a lady, thoguh that can be considered an ancillary niceness)
Also that's awful, for God's sake I read that horrible post of yorus like three times while I was replying to it
