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Nuvendil on 12 February 2015
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Samus Aran said:
Areym said:

Not even gonna lie, i read it but didn't really catch it. That one is on me, my bad. Although, I'm not sure if that is a fair assesment though. I assume it has more to do with the writing of the story/dialogue than Samus actually having a voice (unless they got a really bad voice actress or something.

They did both. But Metroid games are about isolation, voice acting has no place in that.

Ironically they got one of the best female voice actors for the Metroid Prime Trilogy, but used a nobody for Metroid: Other M.

To be fair Metroid Fusion also gave Samus a voice, but much more limited and better (inner monologues during elevator rides). I'd be ok with future Metroid games having such voice acting.

I think Fusion got the timing and amount of dialogue perfect. Very focused on key scenes outside of gameplay and internal monologues.  I think Prime 3 could have used that same formula; it had the action to scene ratio right and so on.  I think people react to harshly to the voice acting proposition.  At least in my case I don't want her blabbing constantly, only at those key moments outside the isolation focused gameplay where it makes sense