Metroid: Other M - The Black Sheep....or so we thought

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Airas said:

Mr Khan said:

The original game is as much an outlier as Other M is, i would contend

Maybe. But it's the reason Metroid even exists. And the reason I called him out to begin with was that he downplayed the exploration aspect of the original.

This is a very good point and the single most important reason I wanted Other M to sell well.
It's not that the game doesn't have many issues, it's that it opens the door to a whole new exciting direction for the series.
A game made in the style of Other M featuring a more expansive over-world, more room for exploration and less emphasis on cheesy cut-scenes could be a Masterpiece and an instant classic if it were ever made... kinda like Super... The thing is, now we'll never know... We'll never see the good qualities in Other M taken further to where they truly fulfill their potential...

That, to me, is a much greater loss than a few blemishes in the existing game.