Metroid Other M Impressions from a non-nintendo fan

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famousringo on 29 August 2010

Thanks for the impressions. Sounds like this one turned out a little disappointing, but I'm still glad that they're trying new things with the franchise.

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Ari_Gold on 29 August 2010

Mr Khan said:

Stefan.De.Machtige said:

Killy_Vorkosigan said:

Nice review. Do you confirm that the cutscenes are unskippable ? (I hate cutscenes, especially the emo ones)

Not the first time, from i hear - which does make sense.

Given that their goal was to make the transition between the instances seamless, it makes a lot of sense for them to at least initially be unskippable, because it would be like cutting the scene ahead, possibly skipping something critical to understanding your gameplay scenario (like that Ridley video i watched. At the beginning its just her opening a valve to let lava into the room, and it ends with a fight with Ridley. That could definitely knock you for a loop)

that was my favorite boss battle, except for the EMO scenes.

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Cobra_ on 29 August 2010

thanks for the impressions. I think I'm gonna like this game. One comment to your comparison with Ninja Gaiden, where you are talking about sometimes having to kill all enemies in one room in order to be able to leave the room - the same is true for the Prime titles (all three I believe). I have yet to play any older metroid so I don't know about those. Is it like that more often in Other M, or what is the difference?

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Mr Khan on 29 August 2010

Cobra_ said:

thanks for the impressions. I think I'm gonna like this game. One comment to your comparison with Ninja Gaiden, where you are talking about sometimes having to kill all enemies in one room in order to be able to leave the room - the same is true for the Prime titles (all three I believe). I have yet to play any older metroid so I don't know about those. Is it like that more often in Other M, or what is the difference?

Definitely. The Prime games locked the room if there were special enemies to fight (not necessarily sub-bosses, but something tough), and i know for a fact that Super did, and heavily suspect that Fusion did, but can't recall properly.