Which franchise is next for Retro?

[jarrod]

amp316 said:

jarrod said:

amp316 said:

Hopefully another Metroid game.  Other M was a huge step backward from the Prime series.  Whoever thought that controls in 3D space with a joypad was a good idea should be fired.  The first person rooted to the ground while firing missiles thing was nonsense too.  And don't get me started about how I had to stop playing for 10-15 minutes at a time to watch a long and boring cutscene... 

In terms of control and momentum, Other M was a HUGE step forward from Prime.  I'll not miss floaty tank Samus.

The problems with Other M were it's awful story (which was like the antithesis of immersion) and overly restricted world design (it wasn't even really like Metroid until the post-game).  Prime did those better certainly, but that's really only half the Metroid experience.

Interesting.  I thought that MP3's controls were as smooth as butter.  That's just me though.

I am with you about the story and how Samus was confined to a ship.  I prefer exploring strange and beautiful worlds.  

I think the problem with Other M is that it was basically Fusion redone and followed an almost identical template (even right down to Adam locking doors behind you).  Prime was really Super Metroid redone in most respects, throwing you into a huge open world to explore down into with minimal story intrusion.  I think had Other M followed more in the 3rd game's footsteps, the response to it would be entirely different.

I hope Sakamoto and Team Ninja do a Metroid 2 remake using Other M's engine (either on Wii or more likely 3DS).  It'd make sense given that's what they did with Fusion for Zero Mission.