Soma said:
Ari_Gold said:
Soma said:
Very good review, it gave me a better idea of how's the game. So basically do you think the game would had been better withouth the story?
About the exploration, I read somewhere else there was no exploration until the very end? Is that true? Cause you say at the middle of the game is where it starts to feel more a Metroid game.
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I think the game fullfilled its purpose of telling a story, but it could have had better pacing, and a much better script. I actually had a discussion about the game being better with a story than without it, for example, the game has EMOTION, somethin that no other Metroid game had in the past, and that's what makes it unique. Without the story, the game wouldn't be as good. The story both adds and substracts from the game. It might sound confusing, but thats the way i feel. There is plenty of exploration on your first playthrough, but you won't be able to get 100% until you finish the game, because of power bombs. I ended up "finishing" the game at 71%, and i explored most of what i could, then i realized i wasn't finished. The middle of the game feels more like a metroid game, because of the level design, and the sense of progress that comes through with weapon authorization, and there isn't as much story as in the first few hours, which helps the pacing to start building up towards a LONG finale.
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ok thanks, good to know about the exploration stuff. I agree that it's good this game has story and "emotion", but I'm worried they exaggerated with the "emotion" stuff. Now I'm reading things like "crying like a baby against Riddley" and things like that make me feel concerned. The game is already preordered though, I'm sure I'll enjoy it but maybe will change my perception of Samus forever.
Oh and yes, very good review, honestly it gave me a better idea about the game than many "professional" sited did.
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She breaks down completely against Ridley, for some reason goes Zero-Suit in his claws, and has to be saved from Ridley by Anthony.
Hopefully it's just the low-point of the story, because that's disgraceful whatever way you slice it. Certainly she might have some trepidation about Ridley given that he killed her whole colony, but you'd figure after killing Ridley 2-5 times (depending on counting Prime), you'd be just a little more confident. If anything, Ridley should be scared of Samus by then.
