| Mr Khan said: Actually, I had not been aware that this was quite what the discussion was about. You feel that the sexualization is problematic strictly from an immersion perspective? I seem to find that a non-issue, largely because a sense of immersion was not the purpose of Metroid gameplay *until* Metroid Prime. |
Immersion is a component of it; the effectiveness of the character encompasses that as well as other points which I outlined in previous posts.
Immersion is rarely or never the stated intent of gameplay but it is a result of it. Metroid is an immersive, horrifying series on the whole, where it doesn't pull you out of it.
But again: immersion is only one part of it. The gist of it, the core of it, is about how Samus functions best as a non-sexual character
