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Khuutra on 14 November 2010
Aiddon said:

I'm not using it to slam characters I don't like, don't put words in my mouth. Samus had always been a Mary Sue because she was an avatar for the player to fulfill our wishes, as is the case with Mary Sues since its their primary function to be a wish fulfillment fantasy for either the author or the reader. I'm not wrong and neither are you, simple as that. MOVING ON NOW

You can claim that no one is wrong and you can "move on", but that's not the case; Mary Sues are authorial self-inserts, not player self-inserts. Period.



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BoneArk on 14 November 2010

Nintendo try to make a Super Metroid in this generation,but, it didn't work. Most gamers want more when they have to pay $50 a game. The game in my opinion is good,but, it was too short and not enough replay value. Nintendo should carefully think which developer makes the next Metroid game, because Other M took the franchise a step back when it comes to sales. 



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

pacman91 on 14 November 2010
psychoBrew said:

I didn't buy Other M for a few reasons, including way too many long cut scenes, awkward and pointless switching from 2D to 3D, and the inability to actually aim.  The production values looked great, but I usually don't care for this style of gameplay.  Also, it's only a 10 hour game.  Games that length really need an online mode or something to extend gameplay.


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hatmoza on 14 November 2010
BengaBenga said:

Too many other games. I think a lot of people who'd buy a game like Metroid Other M have a PS3 or 360 as well, and these simply had a massive line-up this year. I'm a big Nintendo fan, but I do prefer my 360 for TV gaming (DS is still by far the most played) because of graphics and achievements. I think a lot of people who are potential buyers for Metroid Other M feel that way. DKCR won't have that problem, I believe.


This is so true.

The true Nintendo audience from the 64 and Cube days  who appreciated titles like Metroid, Goldeneyes, Kirby, etc, have moved on.

The Wii doesn't have the same audience anymore. It truly does caters to the casuals. It's sales like this that prove it.



I am the black sheep     "of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong."-Robert Anton Wilson

hatmoza on 14 November 2010
RolStoppable said:

One only needs to play the first hour of the game to understand why it didn't sell. You barely can do anything during that timeframe because you watch cutscene after cutscene, only interrupted by an annoying tutorial (that can never be skipped, awful), short bits of running along a set path and an underwhelming first boss fight.

You only have one chance to make a good first impression.

 

So you're saying millions of copies were sold but people returned it after one hour of playing the game?



I am the black sheep     "of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong."-Robert Anton Wilson

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Mr Khan on 14 November 2010
hatmoza said:
BengaBenga said:

Too many other games. I think a lot of people who'd buy a game like Metroid Other M have a PS3 or 360 as well, and these simply had a massive line-up this year. I'm a big Nintendo fan, but I do prefer my 360 for TV gaming (DS is still by far the most played) because of graphics and achievements. I think a lot of people who are potential buyers for Metroid Other M feel that way. DKCR won't have that problem, I believe.


This is so true.

The true Nintendo audience from the 64 and Cube days  who appreciated titles like Metroid, Goldeneyes, Kirby, etc, have moved on.

The Wii doesn't have the same audience anymore. It truly does caters to the casuals. It's sales like this that prove it.

You're a little mistaken on that. If Other M cracks a million, it will be in the ballpark of pretty much every Metroid game thus far, except for Metroid and Metroid Prime

Hell, it's hard to definitively prove the Nintendo audience has moved on from FPSes, given that a top-class FPS hasn't appeared on a Nintendo console since Goldeneye, outside of the Prime games, which performed within the normal parameters for the Metroid franchise, except for Prime, but it's easy for the Best Game of All Time to perform outside the norm for its own franchise



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pokeclaudel on 14 November 2010

I bought this game and liked the gameplay for the most part but hated the story and abhored Samus' personality. I am one of those people who convinced others not to buy this game because if it sold well they'd just continue making Metroids with this persoality attached to Samus.

Who said after playing the Metroid titles "You know what I bet Samus is actually a sissy who actually gets so scared at the sight of the alien monster she fights on a regular basis. And she'd obey an order to go through lava but not activate her Varia suit even though she is dieing from the extreme heat."

I don't care if the Creator of metroid or anyone else thinks this is the true Samus I won't accept it. If everyone thought and truly believed that Samus was a badass who laughed in the face of any adversity why change that. If the next metroid has Samus acting the same way Metroid just lost itself another fan.



noname2200 on 14 November 2010
Mr Khan said:

Hell, it's hard to definitively prove the Nintendo audience has moved on from FPSes, given that a top-class FPS hasn't appeared on a Nintendo console since Goldeneye...

Don't be dissin' Perfect Dark and Timesplitters 2, yo!



richardhutnik on 14 November 2010

Why did I pass on it, and also don't seem interested?  Well, I am on a very tight budget.  I didn't have money for it when it came out.  I am at a place I need excuses to not get games. 

In regards the Other M, the BIG talk about how Samus got changed was enough for me to say no.  Besides this, I saw there was a game-crippling bug in the game, that made it impossible to continue.  So, end result, I didn't get the game.  I have Metroid Prime Trilogy for Metroid, if I want to do it, and can get the older versions also, if needed.



BengaBenga on 15 November 2010
Mr Khan said:
hatmoza said:
BengaBenga said:

Too many other games. I think a lot of people who'd buy a game like Metroid Other M have a PS3 or 360 as well, and these simply had a massive line-up this year. I'm a big Nintendo fan, but I do prefer my 360 for TV gaming (DS is still by far the most played) because of graphics and achievements. I think a lot of people who are potential buyers for Metroid Other M feel that way. DKCR won't have that problem, I believe.


This is so true.

The true Nintendo audience from the 64 and Cube days  who appreciated titles like Metroid, Goldeneyes, Kirby, etc, have moved on.

The Wii doesn't have the same audience anymore. It truly does caters to the casuals. It's sales like this that prove it.

You're a little mistaken on that. If Other M cracks a million, it will be in the ballpark of pretty much every Metroid game thus far, except for Metroid and Metroid Prime

Hell, it's hard to definitively prove the Nintendo audience has moved on from FPSes, given that a top-class FPS hasn't appeared on a Nintendo console since Goldeneye, outside of the Prime games, which performed within the normal parameters for the Metroid franchise, except for Prime, but it's easy for the Best Game of All Time to perform outside the norm for its own franchise

Metroid Prime sold close to 3 million. Corruption 1.5 million. That's not the same ballpark, the difference represents a value of sales (at say $30 for Nintendo) of $75 million (Prime)/$30 million (Corruption). That kind of numbers will make or break your return on investment.

A game like Metroid will have far more competition from HD console games than say Mario or Donkey Kong. Everyone will go and buy Donkey Kong, because it's unique on all consoles. Games in space with lots of cutscenes are less unique.