Soleron on 11 January 2013
It might be a good game. If you like playing through a set story with clear objectives it is great.
It is a bad Metroid game. They shouldn't have used Samus for it, and people who liked Prime for its exploration, music, or lack of narrative will not find these qualities in Other M.
The concern with Other M is that, because it did sell a million, all future Metroid games will be made like it instead of like Prime or Super. Much like how 3D Mario replaced 2D Mario during N64 and Gamecube, fans of the earlier titles see games released of their series in name only.
The solution is to acknowledge they are different series and try to make both. Sakamoto instead called it the successor to Super Metroid and hasn't said anything like that.
