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Should they make an M-rated Metroid game?

Yes!! 79 62.70%
 
No 47 37.30%
 
Total:126
curl-6 on 12 April 2017
SpokenTruth said:
curl-6 said:

Easy; it could enhance the feeling of dread and creepiness that already a cornerstone of the series. Games like Prime already have content that would probably get an M if rendered with the detail and realism of modern graphics. You wouldn't need to diverge from the franchise's established tropes at all.

Dread and creepiness are not factors that denote an M rating.  Nor was there anything in Prime that with update graphics would warrant and M rating.   I'm actually having a difficult time understanding how you've reached this conclusion.

Prime has mangled Space Pirate corpses killed in gruesome ways, alien critters getting splattered apart and their guts splattering the player's visor, grotesque mutants rotting in lab chambers. With modern graphics, for example, you could show the injuries of the corpses on the Orpheon in detail that lives up to the visor scans, which would enhance the atmosphere of dread because it would be more impactful.

 

superchunk said:
curl-6 said:

Slight rant, but it kind of annoys me the attitude a lot of Nintendo fans seem to have that M-rated = bad/immature. Some of the best games out there are M rated. An M rating allows games to explore themes, tones, and experiences you just can't get with an E or T rating. You couldn't have made Bioshock, Silent Hill, or Resident Evil 4 as great as they are without an M rating. And the lack of these kind of experiences on Nintendo platforms means a less diverse and more monotonous library, which is never a good thing. Variety is the spice of life.

Easy; it could enhance the feeling of dread and creepiness that already a cornerstone of the series. Games like Prime already have content that would probably get an M if rendered with the detail and realism of modern graphics. You wouldn't need to diverge from the franchise's established tropes at all.

I guess I could agree with this and yes I did fall into the trap that M must mean unnecessary gore, sex, vulgarity etc. Then I googled Resident Evil 4 which is one of the best RE games ever created. It has a rating for "M" and it then made more sense.

However, I don't consider Metroid a horror game. It is much more of an action / adventure / puzzle game to me. I could see a Prime-esque game with greater detail on the alone-ness and creepiness of the environment. But I do not know if any of that would ever hit the need for an M rating. There is no realism portrayed in the shooting and death of enemies and it would never need to be overly violent. There certainly would never be sexual tones or vulgarity.

So, yes I could agree that a darker tone and theme would be a good addition to Metroid but that may not carry an M rating.

I'm not saying they should set out for an M rating just for the sake of it, just that they should push the creepy/dark angle that was already present in the Prime games and if it ends up an M, so be it.