If you prefer watching the cutscenes-only version, watch it here! th-cam.com/video/PWAl3SUruyQ/w-d-xo.html We had a blast playing this game. It took us back to our Super Metroid playing days. We hope you enjoy the video and also have a great day. Thanks for watching. Metroid: Other M takes place between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. After awakening in a Galactic Federation facility, Samus Aran departs for space and picks up a distress signal from a derelict vessel known as the "Bottle Ship". Soon after landing, Samus encounters the Galactic Federation 07th Platoon; among the Platoon are Anthony Higgs, an old friend from her military career, and her commanding officer Adam Malkovich. After Samus saves the platoon from monsters, Adam allows Samus to cooperate in their mission, under the condition that she follow his orders. Samus and the 07th Platoon head to the Exam Center in the Biosphere, and learn that the Bottle Ship was conducting research on bioweapons and the person in charge of the project was Dr. Madeline Bergman. Game Movies in 4K and 2K. th-cam.com/play/PL1cvljv8vQmRMPVtnAKZitfRGmQ2OGYoZ.html Our Recent Movies th-cam.com/play/PL1cvljv8vQmQOpPYEoDelidg4A3SciA-B.html
Thank you for putting metroid that is my favorite Nintendo game ever I play it on wii all day long and so then metroid prime trigoly too and I can wait for metroid prime 4
The part at 2:00:00 is a great example of how I would want Samus to speak in future games. Very minimal and empathetic. This scene is entirely how I think Samus would be if she was a real person. Especially the “may I come closer?” Part. This is my favorite scene in the game.
Shoot man you're not wrong. Samus' reputation as a planet-busting, species-ending warrior would make people terrified to actually meet her. Seeing her be calming and assuring is completely in character.
They hit the nail on the head with this in Dread I think. Samus spends the whole game highly strung and we see everything she's thinking from her movements and body language. We see her use this tone of voice just once, not in english but in what could be considered her secondary native language considering she spent most of her early life with the Chozo
"Adam hadn't authorized it, but as I wasn't a member of the military, he really couldn't order me to do anything" how this game should have began, and ended.
she voluntarily answered a distress signal sent to her by the military operated by the galactic federation whose laws she is indeed bound by and then agreed to be of assistance in their military sanctioned mission on a galactic federation owned vessel. while she often does indeed do what she wants, she is somewhat limited here because she has a working relationship with the galactic federation because they are her most prominent client.
Almost every mission that takes place in Metroid games begins with "So the Federation hired me to-" implying that Samus gets a ton of contracts through them. Not only is it a bad idea to deliberately disobey a military officer in that situation, it would be career suicide. It's probably not a preferable situation; she left the GFP so she wouldn't ever have to follow an order she disagreed with again, but her only other real option in that situation would have been to turn around and leave if she didn't like it.
2:14:45 “Unfortunate, what happened to Commander Malkovich. And to think that his entire unit was annihilated… “ *surprised and frustrated that Anthony survived *Absolutely implies that even the Deleter was expendable.* I like to believe that James had orders from the start to off himself after he finished wiping all other evidence, just to make the story a little more hardcore
It makes a lot of sense, the federation Could not let the world know what happened in the bottle ship, so they had to make sure it wasnt loose ends after the mission, Im sure they would Kill samus if they had the posibility.
Its not remastered these are the same graphics as the wii had. The reason amus is so plain and the items you collect were limited was to make room for the graphics.
Guys, it's called pre-rendered CGI. Most of these pretty cutscenes aren't from the game's graphics engine. The opening cutscene for example was created with a much more advanced computer then formatted into a video for the game to play back.
Samus: OMG, I'M DYING....NEED TO USE...RESERVE TANK. Adam: Sorry Samus, we haven't authorized the use of that yet for this mission. Samus: BUT IM OUT OF OPTIONS...COUGH...MY ORGANS... Adam: Now listen here, lady..
As a Metroid fan, I truly do not understand the hate towards this game. For me, it is one of the best games out there. Zero Mission, Fusion and this one are top 3 in my book.
@@yosshy4774 >No Sequence Breaking >Extreme linearity >No real Items to gain, Just told when to use them >Made Samus, A Badass Bounty Hunter, Into a PTSD Mess of a character > D A B A B Y It's ok to like it, but this is not what the fans wanted.
@@ChillstoneBlakeBlast i can agree with a few of those, but Samus is not a machine. She has thoughts and emotions, and considering the events that happened and all her past, PTSD makes a ton of sense for her to develop. Im suprised this was the only game that focused on that aspect tbh. She had to witness so much death and agony throughout her life, starting as she was a child even. Its horrible, and to me this game finally made that somewhat apperant.
@@ChillstoneBlakeBlast No real items to gain. The story happens in a Galactic Federation space lab not in a Chozo planet. It would have been attrocious writting if Samus would have to found the screw attack hidden in the ship to be honest. Extreme linearity. Other M is practically the same plot as Fusion. Is fusion extreme linear? For the PTSD mess, I think that is a great touch to the story. That makes Samus a real character. They just told you how Samus felt after fighting Mother Brain in Super Metroid (nearly dying) and wondering about things as any human would do. I mean, She is living in space all by herself, I think that was genius writting. Fusion reflects that when she is speaking to herself, and Other M protrays that perfectly. As for DABABY, if you remember at the end of Super Metroid, that baby saved her life. Wouldn't you be at least greatful enough for that? Wondering why "that thing" made that sacrifice? There is clearly a bond between them, and that is perfect writting in my opinion. I understand you wanted another Prime game, and I respect your opinion as you clearly have your reasons. But I truly do not see anything bad with this game.
I honestly LOVE the idea of Samus actually having emotion in this game, I played dread and she seems more like a badass that doesn’t care about anything. Her hesitation makes her seem more human
I mean, yeah, but why not make this a prequel, before the first game, if anything? Its not like being confident and quick to action ISNT and even then It’s already kinda too late to take a character like Samus and make her InsEcURe when she had already blown up two planets and had almost caused the extinction of a race. Also, kinda hard to make a character emotional when they speak like a robot. I get what you want out of Samus though, and became of that I would really recommend Metroid fusion. It may be a tiny bit more linear, but it uses that to its fullest potential by exploring a story of Samus being more vulnerable than ever and seeing how see grows without messing up the previous ideas of her character. Plots also way better than other m, even though other m was made as a predecessor to fusion.Again, would recommend!
@@builderbosc Yeah, I’ve been thinking recently about how she acted in this and I just think it’s weird that she got scared of Ridley even tho she fought him several times before
The gameplay in Other M also needs heavy polishing. There's something good there, but it's buried underneath oppressive linearity, stupid mode switching, bad controls and a worse plot.
The dodge mechanic can literally just be mashed for infinite I-frames, it has no skill or timing involved. The first person mode and energy recharging mechanic are stupid. The world has no exploration to it, which goes against the entire crux of what the "search action" genre is supposed to be. The Where's Waldo segments that force you to stand still and spy out an innocuous poop stain on the ground and slow, over-the-shoulder walking segments are fucking stupid too The gameplay of this game isn't anywhere near as acceptable as people make it out to be but on paper it still has potential, a Metroid game with proper character-action style gameplay that doesn't suck dick could be cool.
I was like 14 when I played this game but I still remember really enjoying it, even though it doesn’t seem as great now as it did, I can still understand why I enjoyed it lol
Samus: Why are we still here Baby? Just to suffer? Everything I do...my powerbombs.....even my missiles.... The actions I’ve lost....the fans I’ve lost.....won’t stop hurting..... It’s like they’re all still there. You feel it, too, don’t you?
Won this game as a promotion when I was subscribed to a magazine. I remember that despite the controls being different from what I was used to, I really enjoyed the weird and incredibly convoluted story it offered. It's not the same as the prior titles, but it did give Samus a different angle to develop in. And it doubled as a mild sci-fi horror, which was very entertaining.
Thank u for bringing so many game story’s to people like me that don’t have these classics anymore. And also thank you so much for supplying me with things to watch for my quarantine time. You are the best!
@5:50 See, to a Metroid lore nerd like me, this is where the game’s story starts to derail. The manga had already been out for sometime by now and there’s really no excuse for why they didn’t delve into Samus’ history and what exactly this moment *should* mean to her. She describes announcing the successful completion of this mission was “simple” and “almost dull”, which in itself isn’t a bad thing, she’s always been a business first character. But what follows is the delegation cheering for the extermination of her home. Yes, they’re relieved that they’re finally safe from Mother Brain and the Pirates and even Samus would recognize that, but in this moment, she’s completely alone. Her mission is complete, her parents are avenged and her promise to the Chozo has been fulfilled and upheld. And she has nothing to show for it and no one to comfort her. She’s brought peace to the galaxy but where does she go from here? What use is a warrior in a world that no longer needs them?
As bad as this game was, one thing I will forever praise it for was just how good the animation and visuals were. Samus looked better in this game than any other metroid game I have played. Especially in the beginning when she wakes up before training and at the end when she is in casual wear looking at the federation city. She is drop dead beautiful.
@@lightning2279 well, it’s because in previous games there wasn’t really anybody to tower over lol. But they have stated in Super Metroid’s player guide that she is 6’3. I guess they retconned that in other m though.
I'm one of the few people that don't buy into the fake outrage that followed this games release, yes it had very minor flaws, but it was a good game with good story, perfect prequel to fusion. It didn't actually ruin Samus' character, it made it more interesting after fusion and humanized her.
The CGI cutscenes overall look really good even 10 years later. Watching the end battle of Super Metroid recreated like this was mindblowing back then. ...Too bad there's hardly anything interesting happening in most of them. ...Samus was cute though.
I dunno about you I still find the CGI stuff interesting. And I love the visuals. Even if it is just two people conversating. Aside from visuals the score for this was amazing. The music was dramatic, powerful at cutscenes. And it really felt cinematic! Aside from music composition....Idk about you Samus looked kinda of intimidating to me.
Samus is literally suffering from heat and getting damaged but won't use her Varia suit which she has all the time available to her... Because Adam said so
Adam in this story really rubbed me the wrong way, even ignoring all the stupid stuff like not authorizing a heat immune suit in the lava level until half way though it, well the way he acts acts around Samus is well resembles an abusive relationship. He hardly seems to care about Samus or her direct feelings and even though she is not even a part of his command unit or the military for the matter he seems to constantly force his cold authority on her and Samus just does with hardly any question. Samus acts like a obedient daughter afraid to stand up to her authoritarian father that constantly acts like he never cared about her to begin with.
@@winstonchurchill5815 Samus doesn't interact with anyone in any other game other than 5 minutes at the begining of MP3 and she is quite complacent there too. You just attributed a head canon to a predominantly mute character and were dissapointed when actual canon contradicted your imaginary fanfiction.
@@silverdirtgamer3390 what does that even have to do with what I said. Even in Fusion she allows a computer (which literally has the conciousness of Adam) to manhandle her throughout the entire game.
There’s only a few cutscenes in prime 1. Idk about 2 and 3, but all 1 has is when you first boot up a game, the 5 second scenes when a boss spawns/is defeated, 2 second cutscenes when finding a secret like a Chozo artifact or new ability, and then the final cutscene at the end of the game. Assuming you cut out most of the boss combat, we’re probably looking at about 10-20 minutes of “movie”.
Honestly my only true complaint with this game is Samus's monotone voice acting and dialogue. A lot of it just sounds exposition better suited for a novel rather than a video game. But besides that this game looked and played really damn good. Although from a gaming standpoint the authorizations are a let down, It makes sense and does serve a purpose to the story for Samus's relationship with Adam and I can let that slide.
I'm gonna be watching this. I have always felt interested on samus but I have never played a metroid game for some reason. I hope I can understand a bit more of samus's history/background with this video.
Oh god no, this is the worst game to do that with. The story is written terribly and kinda assassinates Samus’ character, and defeats the purpose of the franchise. Love or hate this game but if you’re looking for some Metroid/Samus lore this is a really bad one...
@@hansblankenburg7814 No it doesn’t the lore in Other M still holds up, just because the story scenarios weren’t done well doesn’t mean the lore isn’t worth investing in. I do agree though that he should start with Zero Mission though and work through the games themselves.
I dunno man, I felt like the constant narration really bogged it down. So many of the thoughts she had could have been expressed so much more interestingly through dialogue. There’s a reason it’s not the norm for most movies
Thank you for making these videos. I don't have time or money to buy these games. An I think into today's world video games are way better at story telling then the crap Hollywood puts out.
I have to admit - I quite like this / Games series have to evolve to survive - Samus should too / This game proves that she doesn't to be silent and soulless - This game shows we can connect with her as a person - I hope they do more games like this
But then Metroid dread made a complete 180 on her character and made her an overly angry tryhard, with the weak justification of the Metroid DNA in her, a plot device from Fusion that overstayed it's welcome and justification in the game it was reused in.
@@gamersfun98 th-cam.com/video/QxQyNBgOVag/w-d-xo.html Refer to this video, which makes my point much clearer to you. Skip to at leas 6:28:35 if you're too lazy to watch the whole thing.
12:27 This is the line that sealed this games fate... Any shred of hope that this game had died here... Such a shame because Samus is such a cool character; she got done so dirty.
I feel so bad cuz the entire time I low-key hated Adam but then it was like nope he’s just a father trying to save his adoptive daughter like now I feel like an a hole
This one is probably my favorite Metroid game story and gameplay wise. That’s just me though. It fits my preference of gameplay and storytelling is all. For me I prefer games that have a good blend of Movie and Play. It may not be what many people liked, but I enjoyed seeing Samus speak for herself instead of being silent. I enjoyed the fact that even though many people found her plain, she at least had a personality this time. She had her own thoughts on opinions on matters. It was nice to be in her head for awhile and not just behind her visor. I also liked getting a better outlook at her time in the Federation and seeing how Adams does things also kind of explains why Samus is the way she is sometimes. She looked up to Adam as a father figure and even emulates his serious stoic manners sometimes. Especially in past games. Also as a military man myself I couldn’t help but make constant comparisons between my experiences with commanding officers and how Adam did things. For one he addressed all subordinates by first name, which typically doesn’t happen in the Military as I know it. We’re called by our ranks/rates and/or our last names. Secondly while some commanding officers are closer than others to their subordinates we refrain from personal relationships for a variety of reasons. For one it could be considered fraternization which is punishable under the UCMJ. Secondly it promotes favoritism and sometimes nepotism in the division which hinders judgement and can promote hostility between members. It’s very frowned upon IRL. Despite these negative qualities Adam was still able to reach commander at a young age, which can either be a testament to his own individual merit but simultaneously mark out some weaknesses in the Galactic Federations ethics and their own Uniform Code. I was also surprised to learn that among his subordinates was Ian his younger brother. Which in the Navy hasn’t been a thing since the Solomon Brothers died together at sea. Since then siblings, spouses, and relatives in general were kept apart at commands. While Adam may be a flawed character, through him we’re also given an idea of what standards the GF operate on as a military force and while the things I listed were negative, I was still intrigued by those differences. Similarities too. Like having permission to use certain equipment for environmental reasons. It maybe carried out differently IRL, but operations wise it is an important thing that is taken into consideration. Especially during training, maintaining positive public relations, and safety most importantly. Anthony Higgs I think is an awesome addition because up til now I didn’t even know Samus had any friends. That are still alive I mean. His personality I think compensates for everything Samus lacks as a character. He’s also an enigma in his own right. If he shows up in a possible Metroid Prime 4 with an even bigger role, I wouldn’t be surprised. This game also kind of changes how I see Metroids. Not merely as good or evil or even as just monsters, but as simple animals doing whatever they need to survive and thrive. Through the Metroids I also got a look at how lonely Samus life actually is that she would form attachments to one of the very beings she was sent out to destroy. Seeing Ridley at varying stages of his lifespan was intriguing too. After seeing him die and come back over and over it was quite a sight to see him doing that literally instead of just learning about it through logs. Though he did end up dying again, there is no doubt he’ll be back through some kind of mad BS. MB I think could have been written better. I know about Mother Brain from the manga, but MB in this game, while I did find her interesting I also saw her as a failure. I get that she is supposed to be Mother Brain, but I still couldn’t help but see MB as a separate person who was just modeled after Mother Brain. Which isn’t bad, but it does defeat the idea. Nowhere did I feel like she was a stand in for the original big bad. In simple terms, Mother Brain was a psychopath and MB was a sociopath. The difference between them being that the Latter had emotions and the former did not. If anything I’d say MB was pretty much a fusion between Samus and Mother Brain. Which kind of makes sense. As the AI that oversaw her own genetic modification under the supervision of the Chozo, Mother Brain herself is a kind of parent to Samus. In a round about way that kind of makes MB like a sister to Samus. This game also makes me wonder about characters from other games like Sylux and the traitor at the end of Federation Troopers. This is the only game in particular in which I’ve seen the GF go completely against their usual moral ethics that I’ve seen in other games. And it helps me make a list of suspects for who Sylux might be. My biggest primary suspect is Anthony Higgs. One of 3 survivors of the Bottleship incident. While he does appear to be a friend in Other M there’s no telling how much has changed over the years. Higgs isn’t around in Fusion or the Prime games. In other words he likely went his own way. Or maybe perhaps he’s the Federation trooper who stole the Metroid in the GF game as well as the suit and became Sylux. He has plenty of motive. Samus leaving the way she did was a form of betrayal. Although he puts on a smile and charming demeanor I can’t shake the feeling his own emotions were stirred by her presence. They were close friends after all. And even after all that drama Samus still associated with the GF. The later Power Suit models resembling Samus own power suit is proof of that. The Federation betrayed Company 7 and left Samus and Higgs as the only survivors. Then Samus continues to associate with the very organization that stabbed them in the back and killed their beloved leader. I can easily see that turning a kind man mad. Mad enough to hate a friend who’s only crime is by association. The second suspect is Ian Malkovich. Although he should have died then, I can’t help but wonder what if he survived. Ian Malkovich a man abandoned by his brother who would later be named as overseer of secret projects like the Bottle Ship. Who would later lose his brother because of the greed of the Federation. If he somehow survived at all by any chance he would have more reasons than anybody to hate the Federation and by extension Samus who he could probably guess allowed his brother to die. Though all this is just speculation on my part. Make for a good story though I bet for Sylux to be one of those two close friends. All in all I had fun. I think later I’ll check out Metroid Fusion which supposedly takes place next in the chronology of this series.
I feel very similarly. It's a good character study on Samus and an expansion and explanation of her universe which was Sakamoto's goal. I do have a correction. Ridley has only ever died once and that was in Super. His defeat in Metroid was not his death. He instead became Meta-Ridley as seen in Prime 1 and 3. His appearance in Fusion was actually an X making it a fake. The fact that he was alive after very clearly dying and his corpse being frozen at the BSL Research Station is what makes his successful reincarnation so important.
This game is amazing, I see that it is a Metroid different from the other games but without losing its identity. A different way of playing Metroid, in addition to being a good game for beginners of the franchise as was my case.
@@Espartanica As much as I am a fan of prime. I didn't get a chance to play this game. I watched this in it's entirety and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Adam was not as big of an asshole as people made him out to be. He's just as Samus described. Not to sure about the sector 3 varia suit thing but I'll put that down to developers fault.
@@starrk7158 I'm glad you're not like most. Sadly in my experience a lot of Prime fans get pretty toxic. I've seen them harassing let's players for getting frustrated because they didn't have the same skills as the viewers who had years of experience, and I've even had someone genuinely argue that Prime was great because it's so frustrating that even a little progress is rewarding
This game is supposed to be after Metroid Prime canonically and back then I didn't like to see a fearful, vulnerable and crying Samus, for me she was one of the most powerful videogame characters
I personally think Samus having PTSD towards Ridley would have been fine but rather than standing there terrified I think it should’ve been more tunnel visioned rage. After all by this point she’d killed the guy like 4 or 5 times.
@@xyoungdipsetxecause it literally doesn't make any sense whatsoever, this is like the fourth time she fought ridley, why act like this all of a sudden?
@@rotte5537Well how would you react when the monster you convince yourself was absolutely dead when you blew up an entire planet on his face. I mean what more could you do to be absoletely sure he stays dead even after something like that?
@@reddiz2182 ya, that’s precisely what I had imagined. Like maybe you see fear in her eyes for the first 3 seconds followed by a flashback of him killing her parents, only for her to become absolutely furious and activate all her abilities on him. Then, if you still need some drama, just make Adam mad that she used abilities without permission.
I feel like this and Fusion are a duology that really need remakes for the writing alone. While I personally find the stories to be good overall,(This game less than Fusion, but I will get there) it clearly just lacks polish. For example 6:30. All distress-signals are supposed to draw attention, they clearly only wrote that line to have an excuse to say "Baby" a few times. These siturations exist on both games and honestly just need a rewrite or two. Now onto the Other M-exclusive issues(Spoilers for the game/video): -Adam. No really, this guy and the stuff around him is the worst part of this thing. In Fusion, Samus calls him harsh but fair and says that he was a person she could trust, even if he preffered to stick to the protocol. This is not that man, despite what the backstory claims. [Actually about the backstory, the potential to do this better already exists. "This bit contrasted with the manga, where Adam if anything suggested Samus leave the military specifically because it hampered her potential."(as the wiki says) This was appearently changed to put in japanese values into the game, but they really did not belong here. It really could have put the melodrama of the game into perspective if their relationship went down like this: After the "big event", Adam suggests that Samus leaves the Federation Forces. Being immature, she is just angry as she goes because she sees this as a betrayal and that he does not trust her anymore. During the events of the game, she still does not understand the reason but knows that it had to have been another reason.(You know, showing maturity about the situration) And she is as compliant as she is during the mission because she thinks she needs to make up for her reaction back then. Right before Adam goes into Sector 0, he could make clear that the reason he suggested her leaving was because reason above.] Except for the moment where he sacrifices himself, his nonsense is just kinda dumb. Right away, he almost seems antagonistic. Sure, someone not called in is not supposed to storm in, but why did we need an "Adam, plz" followed by a surprise monster to get him to jump on the idea. I just feel like a better conversation between them could have been placed here. And his authorization sometimes just makes no sense. I know he told her to not do anything without his command, but the developers did not have to take it so literally. Sector 3 should not have started with him mentioning her current authorizations. Infact, right about 47:27, he should have told her something like "What are you doing!? Your vitals are still dropping, activate the Varia Suit!" to not make it sound like he actively wanted her to get hurt for a while. At 1:02:10, it would make more sense in my eyes if Samus actively did this without being told first and then Adam authorizes the Grapple for the rest of the mission after this goes down. As a last point, Adam really should shoot the Metroid first and THEN immobilize Samus. Not the other way around. -The Deleter. Literally just don't. I don't mean get rid of the plotpoint(though it would be neat if Adam at least says something about it when it gets introduced), but I mean he shouldn't succeed in actually killing anyone. It would make more sense logically if his objective was to dispose of survivors first and people in the know second. Plus, it definitly works out interms of everything else too. MB does not need any other reason to distrust the Federation than her backstory revealed at the end of the game and People could just...die other ways. Maurice kinda could have been explained by him being ambushed by that random rogue metroid in the sector that is never mentioned again. -Samus' reaction to Ridley. We all know the issue, but they really could have done something with this. After her innitial reaction of fear, we could have had a short retrospective of events throughout the series with the endresult being that she just unlocks her full power(Minus Power Bombs) temporarily in rage and goes into the fight with all guns blazing(With a phase 1 where anthony fights with her and a phase 2 after he gets thrown off the plattform in a cutscene). She doesn't have more non-unlocked powers for this game except the gravity? Doesn't matter, give me the Wide Beam,(Which she had in the past, considering the text in fusions claims that it was "recovered".) turn the missiles into Ice Missiles. Turn the Super Missiles into the Ice Spreader. Just give me all that stuff! Though I can understand why they couldn't do any of this even if they wanted, because this game was running short of diskspace already. Anyone down for making a fanremake of this thing? -Ridley's Death. Samus should honestly just fight him a second time, just in a harder fight. Him being killed by another boss is just....very lame.
Wow excellent detail and totally agree if the scenario design for the game was done better I think way more people wouldn’t have given so much hate towards the story.
Gotta disagree on Ridley's death! Walking into that room and seeing Ridley's lifeless husk scared the shit outta me when I first played. I had no idea what a Queen metroid even was, so when it showed up I fucking shit a brick lmao!
I wholeheartedly agree with most of what you wrote. Here's my two cents on the matter : 1. Autorization This COULD'VE been a whole lot better if we had a good reason or video-game circumstantiality to work with it. Instead of just handwave it away with "Samoos Ur Under mai commend nao, i tell u wat to unlock", they could've used the "all-pervasive comms system block" that the rest of Platoon 7 is under as a way to restrict Samus' suit powers, with "authorization" being Adam hacking the systems to bypass and allow Samus to turn her suit features back on. Instead of "We'll continue to evaluate authorizations as we go" they could've said "We'll continue to work on enabling your suit's features through the comm-block as we go", BAM, THERE, it wouldn't have been as invasive, and would've been a MUCH more plausible explanation for not having Samus' upgrades from the get go. Sure this might have caused issues with the "Any objections, Adam?" """"joke"""" Samus made when she 'self-authorized' Space Jump and Screw Attack, and Gravity "feature" later after Sector Zero was blasted, but even that could've been handwaved away with a simmilarly REASONABLE explanation...like have the comm block be made by the deleter, with it lifting once he's dead and Samus noticing how odd it is that it's just gone. Imagine if the hell-run Samus goes through before Adam calls in to "activate the varia feature of your suit" , would've been a "Samus, i've got Varia unlocked, turn it on ASAP", it would've made more sense. 2. Ridley reaction. This whole thing is just a mess. Canonically speaking (If we count the remakes of games as the canonical versions) This would've been the 6th time Samus faces off against Ridley (1. Ridley in 1/Zero Mission, 2. Mecha-Ridley at the end of Zero Mission, 3. Proteus Ridley at the end of Samus Returns 3DS, 4. Ridley at Ceres Station in Super, 5. Ridley in Lower-Norfair in Super (Same Ridley, sure but still different battle) and 6. Here in Other M), Hell it's even MORE if we count the Prime Trilogy appearances, HOW in the holy mother of fuck is she getting PTSD of her home of K2-L being destroyed and her parents murdered infront of her eyes NOW of all times? (Side note : Wide beam "recovered" in Fusion is just the Spazer Beam from Metroid 2 and Super renamed. Samus' only true upgrade in this game that's not already a part of her kit is the Diffusion Beam she gets on this station. Gravity Suit being a purple cloud aura in this game is absolutely stupid though) 3. Ridley's Death I know it sucks and it's lame, but it technically makes sense in a way. In Fusion we find the very same decayed husk of Ridley we find after he's offed by the Metroid queen on the BOTTLE SHIP on the Cryogenic Storage part of BSL. It's sad we don't get to turn Ridley into mush in this game, but at least it's not a plothole. In fact, it patches a pothole for Fusion, so let's at least give this game some semblance of merit.
Not gonna lie, I really did not and still don't understand the hate behind this game. I mean hell it was a fun game that kept me entertained for a long time
I think that it was that fact that she was shown to be a bit to sensitive than what was expected of her. Especially when she came face to face with Ridley for the first time in this game. I myself wasn’t exactly a fan of how that scene played out. I personally thought that an emotional response would have been appropriate but was more thinking cold fury and tunnel vision rather than what happened in game. Especially considering canonically she has “killed” Ridley several times. Then there’s the issue of using all her weapons and abilities. I understand that it was to prevent a lot of destruction and the risk of human life but not activating the varia suit when in the heat zone was just a dumb choice I doubt she would have made on her own.
Say what is flawed with this game, I have, but I wouldn’t trade this game for a “better” one. This game did a lot right too and still replay it from time to time. Not as much as the other Metroid games, but a fair amount. If this game didn’t exist, we would not have Samus Returns, I firmly believe that.
To be fair if they skipped this game entirely we could've gotten dread or metroid prime 4 a lot sooner as the fanbase wouldn't have gaslit this so hard
This game has flaws and none of those flaws are about Samus taking orders or getting startled by a former foe. Those were ok. Dread has flaws as well. Both Other M and Dread are good.
@@dimitripapadopoulos5180 >Dread >Flaws Pick one. I know Dread has some Glitches and possibly unintentional exploits but It's an amazing game with an amazing story.
It's really unfortunate that this game garnered so much hate and criticism. Its pros far outweighed the cons. The visuals and designs were phenomenal, especially considering its console and era, and the dialogue was a genuine effort to humanize Samus and shift her from a near mindless blasting machine to a person capable of experiencing emotions despite her years of experience and expertise. I do agree that the psychological breakdown after seeing Ridley was a little much, however it was a brief moment of weakness that could surely have been overlooked. Additionally, to identify the overall narrative and her affection for Adam as a flaw is extremely narrow-minded. I thoroughly enjoyed this game. The fans' reaction was truly a shame, because they may never again attempt to add this level of depth to Samus as a character; a concern that, to me, was exacerbated by the fact that she had only ONE voice line and ZERO significant moments of reflection in Metroid Dread.
"effort to humanize Samus" ah yes because being human is when you use your voice also her suit's design on this game is fucking garbage that is just a fact "they may never again attempt to add this level of depth to Samus as a character" good!
Thank you for this and agree with everything you said. People are stuck on super Metroid which is a great game. But I feel this was great character development for her. It was amazing hearing her talk and think. I agree her reaction to Ridley was to much. But I want to see this side of her again. I want a game were she speaks and talks and has more growth as a character. We aren’t on the snes and gba. We have the technology to flesh her out but like you said Nintendo might not do it because people don’t want to see the character grow and want a silent protagonist. Dread was good and people like that the only line she had was speaking chozo.
@@xyoungdipsetx Actually even some Super Metroid fans and 2D fans in general enjoyed this game (I'm one of them), it's mostly the Prime fanbase that boycotted this game. This game shares many similarities with Fusion (Samus talking, taking orders and instructions by someone, game is more linear, ecc.), so it makes sense that this game was overly-hated by the Prime fanbase, and it shows, many of the """flaws""" this game has are present in Fusion, a 2D title. This clearly proves that this haters haven't even played Fusion, and actually don't care about the 2D saga in general. That makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Many Prime fans feared that this new interpretation of 3D Metroid could replace the Prime formula.
@@marihory512 How is that "good"? And who said anything about her suit (though I agree it looked crap!)? Have your fun with blank slate Terminator Samus, then, but I, and probably many others, would've preferred character having Samus. (From Fusion and the manga, Other M had some crappy dialogue.)
@@codenamemartinez86316 it’s not so much that Samus being human is a bad thing; it’s the type of human they made her. She’s kind of a bitch in her “young days” flash back, ngl. I think 95% of people see Samus as a badass with a heart, not a highschool valley girl with city level powers. You can show feeling remorse and sadness without making her look like a pussy like I felt she was here.
You know some say that Samus narrating this game ruins it, but I say that Samus has always been a brooding character. This game is like she wrote a book about the incident.
True, but sometimes more isn't always better. Her speaking very little could have added so much more to ease people in to her world. It was just too much, too soon.
This game was good. I wasn’t bothered by limiting weapons an abilities. I thought it was fitting that she was startled by her former foe. The theme of motherhood really helped it connect to super Metroid. It had some boring cutscenes with just talking, that I didn’t like. But Dread seems to have a few of those as well. I look forward to trying Dread anyways.
I think if Other M took place before Metorid: Zero misson, as the incident that led to her leaving the Federation Army, it'd feel a bit better narratively.
I like the concept, its fun if you dont take it too seriously. Why would samus be so stunned to see Ridley? Hes defeated him 4 times already. He was even resurrected by pirates before too. What purpose was Adam sacrificing for? He also left Samus unconscious for no reason just got lucky to freeze the metroid as samus was gonna do the same!? Was he trying to fight mb by himself? I was left uncertain whether there was an impostor or not. Also Mother Brain .... MB, nice one. SAMUS: having a heat stroke Adam: NOW you can use your varia suit......
Definitely my least favorite Metroid game in the story, but man was it worth those 60 dollars regardless when this first dropped. The Ridley PTSD still doesn’t make too much sense to me as this game would take place after the first 3 Metroid games, as well as all the Prime games, so I’m not sure why Samus would be frightened now of all times. Still an awesome Metroid game in it’s own right :))
It was an attempt to make her PTSD from the manga canon I believe but you’re still right since the manga was a prequel to the series and Samus already had a coping mechanism.
I loved this game. I was hungry for a third person 3D Metroid since the launch of the N64 and this game scratched the itch. I hope Prime 4 has a third person mode, too.
With Metroid Dread around the corner and my next game in the series being Fusion, I can kind of understand how the Metroid DNA got embedded on her as a person (from what little i know in fusion ) and not the suit which is why E.M.M.I hunts her down. Great gameplay movie! Now on to the next game!
Animated show and nothing else. Animated mostly because you'll never find an actress who can play Samus because she's too tall and good looking, and her physical prowess wouldn't look good in live-action. Don't believe me? Look at what's going on in the Halo show; random spots of really bad CGI that break the immersion immediately. A Metroid live-action would be loaded with CGI to the point where you would rarely even see an actual human. A show because Samus isn't a very well known character; they would need time to show her backstory from the death of her parents leading up to her Zero Mission. Also, a show would do better at pacing her missions into arcs; you could have a four part arc of Zero Mission that has her battle Kraid, then Ridley, then Mother Brain, and then the last one be her navigating Chozodia to complete the ritual to turn on the Full Powered Suit.
@@johnleonard9102 I mean, because with all the sci-fi stuff going on, a lot of CGI would be a given. Besides, neither you or I know if there would be really bad CGI or if they couldn't find an actress for Samus. You can ALWAYS find an actress for Samus. And it can be a film or TV show, animated or live-action. It can be any of those. It doesn't have to be just one.
Say what you will about this game, I personally loved the gameplay and story wasn’t too bad (tho I agree that Samus’s emotional turmoil with Adam was overdone for someone we know as strong and silent) and the music was pretty good Also Ridleys theme tho and build up to it
Strongest Link oh yeah Like honestly I’d say the biggest problem is how they tried to give a usually calm silent and strong character vulnerabilities and emotional turmoil. I see what they wanted to do right? Give Samus more character, but it wasn’t executed very well, she came off as over reliant on Adams approval, like she has all her power ups it’s just that she won’t use them until Adams approval (example: in the lava rooms she’s taking damage from the heat, yet won’t activate Varia suit to protect herself until Adam says so) and she also came off as too emotional for someone who has done and seen shit much worse than all of Other M yet freezes up when she sees Ridley for the thousandth time. TL;DR Emotional Samus wasn’t executed well
@@Verdugo_Arulaq The Ridley scenario I definitely would of changed too show how Ridley effects her in that Ridley is the one who killed her parents. It would of been way more impactful then just having her freeze up too him without showing anything before she starts fighting him.
But she isn't strong and silent. Her logs in the Prime games and her conversations with Adam in Fusion show her to be very self doubting and at times fearful.
I hope everyone learns the lesson from this game that there are things in this world that science shouldn't tamper with, like bioweapons, and artificial intelligence.
i remember i used to pit Samus and Fox together as rivals in Smash Bros, starting as far back as the first game for N64. made Samus out to be Fox McCloud's enemy.
How are the prime games praised but this is hated? This game is amazing and the story and plot is dope too I see so much character development in samus why do people talk so much shit and hate this
i honestly didnt see why everyone always hated this game so much, heres how i see it: haters: "you cant move in first person mode" me: if you could move in first person mode then everyone would just stay in first person mode in the entire game, which is not how its meant to be played. its the same reason why they added a time limit to the flip ability in super paper mario haters: "samus talks about the baby too much! its so annoying" me: because its so unbelievable that someone would grieve the death of a creature that died to save their life, its not like that kind of experience has a tenancy to leave an impact on most people or anything... haters: "the cutscenes go on for too long" me: death stranding had cutscenes that lasted 25 minutes at the end of every mission, and none of you seemed to have a problem with that haters: "its so stupid how samus cant use power ups until adam "authorizes" them" me: yeah it is stupid but you know what? its a video game, sometimes you gotta do stuff like that so that the player wont have every powerup at the beginning of the game haters: "they forgot to add a final boss!" me: no they did not, that was the queen metroid, remember that? just because the gameplay kept going for like, 5 minutes after it does not mean that it was not the final boss
I would've much preferred the narrator dialogue to be cut, as well as a few of Samus' cutscene dialogues. The narration is just...it takes me out of it, and sometimes it's better to have no dialogue at all so it allows to the player to imagine Samus' feelings, like how it usually was in the other games.
I have no idea why she froze up on Ridley she kicked his ass so many times by this time. it should really have been more of a oh you again ok let’s go moment .
If I were to guess, it was more like a "Wherever I go, he does too" sort of thing as Ridley has seemingly been able to follow and try to kill Samus on almost every mission she's been on, even in a seemingly 'safe' environment where Ridley shouldn't even be able to get to her, he always finds a way.
I play it so I wonder if is making metroid other m 2 and prime 4 and metroid prime trigloy full game movie too please thank you so much and I play metroid Samus returns too that is my favorite Nintendo game 🎮 ever
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Metroid: Other M takes place between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. After awakening in a Galactic Federation facility, Samus Aran departs for space and picks up a distress signal from a derelict vessel known as the "Bottle Ship". Soon after landing, Samus encounters the Galactic Federation 07th Platoon; among the Platoon are Anthony Higgs, an old friend from her military career, and her commanding officer Adam Malkovich. After Samus saves the platoon from monsters, Adam allows Samus to cooperate in their mission, under the condition that she follow his orders. Samus and the 07th Platoon head to the Exam Center in the Biosphere, and learn that the Bottle Ship was conducting research on bioweapons and the person in charge of the project was Dr. Madeline Bergman.
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So far I like it!!!
Thank you for playing this game, it brought back a lot of fond memories from my childhood.
Only 12 minutes in and I now want to go rewatch the playthrough I'd seen of it a few years back.
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The part at 2:00:00 is a great example of how I would want Samus to speak in future games. Very minimal and empathetic. This scene is entirely how I think Samus would be if she was a real person. Especially the “may I come closer?” Part. This is my favorite scene in the game.
An understated yet kindhearted character who can be fierce when she needs to
Shoot man you're not wrong. Samus' reputation as a planet-busting, species-ending warrior would make people terrified to actually meet her. Seeing her be calming and assuring is completely in character.
If the game took away her monologs I actually think it would improve the title substantially.
Still got the Adam stuff of course, but y'know.
They hit the nail on the head with this in Dread I think. Samus spends the whole game highly strung and we see everything she's thinking from her movements and body language. We see her use this tone of voice just once, not in english but in what could be considered her secondary native language considering she spent most of her early life with the Chozo
@@TotherKoala YESSSSSS!
"Adam hadn't authorized it, but as I wasn't a member of the military, he really couldn't order me to do anything" how this game should have began, and ended.
(adam is literally dead)
"for the first time i questioned his choice"
she voluntarily answered a distress signal sent to her by the military operated by the galactic federation whose laws she is indeed bound by and then agreed to be of assistance in their military sanctioned mission on a galactic federation owned vessel. while she often does indeed do what she wants, she is somewhat limited here because she has a working relationship with the galactic federation because they are her most prominent client.
@@TheMasterfulcreator While that may be true, it's still lazy writing
@@HyperDefective It's not lazy to be consistent with your narrative and world.
Almost every mission that takes place in Metroid games begins with "So the Federation hired me to-" implying that Samus gets a ton of contracts through them. Not only is it a bad idea to deliberately disobey a military officer in that situation, it would be career suicide. It's probably not a preferable situation; she left the GFP so she wouldn't ever have to follow an order she disagreed with again, but her only other real option in that situation would have been to turn around and leave if she didn't like it.
2:14:45 “Unfortunate, what happened to Commander Malkovich. And to think that his entire unit was annihilated… “
*surprised and frustrated that Anthony survived
*Absolutely implies that even the Deleter was expendable.* I like to believe that James had orders from the start to off himself after he finished wiping all other evidence, just to make the story a little more hardcore
It makes a lot of sense, the federation Could not let the world know what happened in the bottle ship, so they had to make sure it wasnt loose ends after the mission, Im sure they would Kill samus if they had the posibility.
For a Nintendo Wii game it’s got some beautiful graphics !
dude its 4k remastered
@@kiddkarterr and??? It still looks beautiful
Its not remastered these are the same graphics as the wii had. The reason amus is so plain and the items you collect were limited was to make room for the graphics.
Guys, it's called pre-rendered CGI.
Most of these pretty cutscenes aren't from the game's graphics engine. The opening cutscene for example was created with a much more advanced computer then formatted into a video for the game to play back.
Yes well these were good non-cutscene graphics regardless. Almost as good as gamecube graffics.
Samus: OMG, I'M DYING....NEED TO USE...RESERVE TANK.
Adam: Sorry Samus, we haven't authorized the use of that yet for this mission.
Samus: BUT IM OUT OF OPTIONS...COUGH...MY ORGANS...
Adam: Now listen here, lady..
they could have let her have EVERYTHING except power bombs, hell maybw screw attack everything else would have had no downside
SO BROKEN
It doesn't go like that.
@@Mac14329 Literally Samus was Varia suit-less and being clearly harmed before having it authorized...
@@gamersfun98 But there isn't a single line of dialogue that goes like that.
Say what you want about the story and controls, but I think the cutscenes are beautifully made.
The controls were fine.
As a Metroid fan, I truly do not understand the hate towards this game. For me, it is one of the best games out there. Zero Mission, Fusion and this one are top 3 in my book.
@@yosshy4774 >No Sequence Breaking
>Extreme linearity
>No real Items to gain, Just told when to use them
>Made Samus, A Badass Bounty Hunter, Into a PTSD Mess of a character
> D A B A B Y
It's ok to like it, but this is not what the fans wanted.
@@ChillstoneBlakeBlast i can agree with a few of those, but Samus is not a machine. She has thoughts and emotions, and considering the events that happened and all her past, PTSD makes a ton of sense for her to develop. Im suprised this was the only game that focused on that aspect tbh. She had to witness so much death and agony throughout her life, starting as she was a child even. Its horrible, and to me this game finally made that somewhat apperant.
@@ChillstoneBlakeBlast No real items to gain. The story happens in a Galactic Federation space lab not in a Chozo planet. It would have been attrocious writting if Samus would have to found the screw attack hidden in the ship to be honest. Extreme linearity. Other M is practically the same plot as Fusion. Is fusion extreme linear? For the PTSD mess, I think that is a great touch to the story. That makes Samus a real character. They just told you how Samus felt after fighting Mother Brain in Super Metroid (nearly dying) and wondering about things as any human would do. I mean, She is living in space all by herself, I think that was genius writting. Fusion reflects that when she is speaking to herself, and Other M protrays that perfectly. As for DABABY, if you remember at the end of Super Metroid, that baby saved her life. Wouldn't you be at least greatful enough for that? Wondering why "that thing" made that sacrifice? There is clearly a bond between them, and that is perfect writting in my opinion. I understand you wanted another Prime game, and I respect your opinion as you clearly have your reasons. But I truly do not see anything bad with this game.
I honestly LOVE the idea of Samus actually having emotion in this game, I played dread and she seems more like a badass that doesn’t care about anything. Her hesitation makes her seem more human
I mean, yeah, but why not make this a prequel, before the first game, if anything? Its not like being confident and quick to action ISNT and even then It’s already kinda too late to take a character like Samus and make her InsEcURe when she had already blown up two planets and had almost caused the extinction of a race. Also, kinda hard to make a character emotional when they speak like a robot. I get what you want out of Samus though, and became of that I would really recommend Metroid fusion. It may be a tiny bit more linear, but it uses that to its fullest potential by exploring a story of Samus being more vulnerable than ever and seeing how see grows without messing up the previous ideas of her character. Plots also way better than other m, even though other m was made as a predecessor to fusion.Again, would recommend!
@@builderbosc Yeah, I’ve been thinking recently about how she acted in this and I just think it’s weird that she got scared of Ridley even tho she fought him several times before
@@builderbosc I am actually playing fusion rn
@@Cwschoolac Glad to hear
Samus shows plenty of emotion in Dread's cutscenes through her body language
The gameplay of Other M needs one more chance. It's a brilliant idea that's works in practice, it just needs to be attached to a story that isn't odd.
The gameplay in Other M also needs heavy polishing. There's something good there, but it's buried underneath oppressive linearity, stupid mode switching, bad controls and a worse plot.
You're right!
It needs an actual full control scheme and less repetitive combat, something like Bayonetta or DMC, not this single wiimote crap
I loved the gameplay without reservation, frankly.
The dodge mechanic can literally just be mashed for infinite I-frames, it has no skill or timing involved.
The first person mode and energy recharging mechanic are stupid.
The world has no exploration to it, which goes against the entire crux of what the "search action" genre is supposed to be.
The Where's Waldo segments that force you to stand still and spy out an innocuous poop stain on the ground and slow, over-the-shoulder walking segments are fucking stupid too
The gameplay of this game isn't anywhere near as acceptable as people make it out to be but on paper it still has potential, a Metroid game with proper character-action style gameplay that doesn't suck dick could be cool.
I was like 14 when I played this game but I still remember really enjoying it, even though it doesn’t seem as great now as it did, I can still understand why I enjoyed it lol
The way Samus's footsteps sound in her suit as she walks is so reminiscent of the SA-X.
Samus: Why are we still here Baby? Just to suffer? Everything I do...my powerbombs.....even my missiles.... The actions I’ve lost....the fans I’ve lost.....won’t stop hurting.....
It’s like they’re all still there. You feel it, too, don’t you?
Baby:"I'm literally dead. Stop calling me and let me rest, mom."
Then Metroid Dread came.
“…What took you so long?”
@@ThrillaWhale then prime 4 be like: kept you waiting huh
@@endoskel9262 then Super Metroid Remake rolls around like "It's showtime."
@@endoskel9262 well well well, it indeed came
2:28:40 well that emotional moment was ruined
having never played this game this was hilarious out of context
Won this game as a promotion when I was subscribed to a magazine. I remember that despite the controls being different from what I was used to, I really enjoyed the weird and incredibly convoluted story it offered. It's not the same as the prior titles, but it did give Samus a different angle to develop in. And it doubled as a mild sci-fi horror, which was very entertaining.
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@5:50
See, to a Metroid lore nerd like me, this is where the game’s story starts to derail.
The manga had already been out for sometime by now and there’s really no excuse for why they didn’t delve into Samus’ history and what exactly this moment *should* mean to her. She describes announcing the successful completion of this mission was “simple” and “almost dull”, which in itself isn’t a bad thing, she’s always been a business first character. But what follows is the delegation cheering for the extermination of her home.
Yes, they’re relieved that they’re finally safe from Mother Brain and the Pirates and even Samus would recognize that, but in this moment, she’s completely alone.
Her mission is complete, her parents are avenged and her promise to the Chozo has been fulfilled and upheld. And she has nothing to show for it and no one to comfort her.
She’s brought peace to the galaxy but where does she go from here? What use is a warrior in a world that no longer needs them?
Remember that being a warrior is not Samus's only job, she is a bounty hunter before a warrior.
If you picture Master Chief voice instead of Samus you get some funny chuckles.
As bad as this game was, one thing I will forever praise it for was just how good the animation and visuals were. Samus looked better in this game than any other metroid game I have played. Especially in the beginning when she wakes up before training and at the end when she is in casual wear looking at the federation city. She is drop dead beautiful.
Maybe the best Samus look
A badass Samus with that face would be awesome
although she's too short
In all the other games she's a lot taller
I'm pretty sure her height is supposed to be 6'3
@@CreationCopilot Really? I don't remember her towering over anybody in previous metroid games. She never seemed especially tall to me.
@@lightning2279 well, it’s because in previous games there wasn’t really anybody to tower over lol. But they have stated in Super Metroid’s player guide that she is 6’3. I guess they retconned that in other m though.
@@CreationCopilot even if you argue that she's only 6'3 in the armor, it's pretty close to form fitting so she'd easily still be at least 6'0
57:15 this aged well , SUS
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in super smash Brothers melee if Samus stands infront of her stock counter she looks like one of those among us guys
Amogus
Oh really???
Can we all appreciate how beautiful Zero Suit Samus is?
Anthony: "And your buddy's here too...!"
Adam: "👁👄👁"
I'm one of the few people that don't buy into the fake outrage that followed this games release, yes it had very minor flaws, but it was a good game with good story, perfect prequel to fusion. It didn't actually ruin Samus' character, it made it more interesting after fusion and humanized her.
I agree people are dumb and just want to hate the game for no reason
Faxs I don't give a fk what they say the game was one of the best
Drinking challenge for this video, take a shot every time someone says baby
THE BABY
That would be a decent idea considering one would have to be drunk to sit through the whole movie.
Scratch that, you really want to get wasted out of your goddamn mind? Take a shot everytime someone says “Adam”
That's a damn death sentence and you goddamn well know it 🤣
So...it's come down to this huh... Covid-19 or Alcohol Poisoning.
Touche
"I'll call the traitor... The Traitor." 😁
But if I understand now...James was the the traitor??
Yah James was the traitor.
7:50 did i just heard car brakes in space?
57:16 NOOOOOOO, AMONG US REFERENCE!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭📮📮📮📮📮📮📮📮
34:12 These sections always got me thinking how great an over-the-shoulder style Metroid (similar to modern Resident Evil games) would be.
The CGI cutscenes overall look really good even 10 years later.
Watching the end battle of Super Metroid recreated like this was mindblowing back then.
...Too bad there's hardly anything interesting happening in most of them.
...Samus was cute though.
I dunno about you I still find the CGI stuff interesting. And I love the visuals. Even if it is just two people conversating.
Aside from visuals the score for this was amazing. The music was dramatic, powerful at cutscenes. And it really felt cinematic!
Aside from music composition....Idk about you Samus looked kinda of intimidating to me.
But Dread’s cutscenes have even less happening in them. Dread is still good though..
Samus, if you aren’t under adam’s command anymore you can use all the missiles you want. Wtf.
Samus is literally suffering from heat and getting damaged but won't use her Varia suit which she has all the time available to her... Because Adam said so
@@Koko-pm4qq not to mention the gravity suit
That was one thing that didn’t make sense to me. But I guess since she sees him as a father she listened 🤷🏻♂️
Adam in this story really rubbed me the wrong way, even ignoring all the stupid stuff like not authorizing a heat immune suit in the lava level until half way though it, well the way he acts acts around Samus is well resembles an abusive relationship. He hardly seems to care about Samus or her direct feelings and even though she is not even a part of his command unit or the military for the matter he seems to constantly force his cold authority on her and Samus just does with hardly any question. Samus acts like a obedient daughter afraid to stand up to her authoritarian father that constantly acts like he never cared about her to begin with.
I thought the same thing, the REAL samus from the rest of the franchise wouldn’t give a fuck about anything Adam says
@@winstonchurchill5815 Samus doesn't interact with anyone in any other game other than 5 minutes at the begining of MP3 and she is quite complacent there too. You just attributed a head canon to a predominantly mute character and were dissapointed when actual canon contradicted your imaginary fanfiction.
@@supermaster2012
I deadlift more than you
@@supermaster2012 what about when she blew up an entire ship in fusion
@@silverdirtgamer3390 what does that even have to do with what I said. Even in Fusion she allows a computer (which literally has the conciousness of Adam) to manhandle her throughout the entire game.
Can you do the Metroid Prime Triology as well? Its so hard to find Cutscene Movies on this platform. Love your videos and content as always!
From my memory of the games, they didn’t have a lot of cutscenes. We’ll take a look and see if they are worth a movie video.
@@glp There's definitely at least a few hours of content counting the in-game story events.
Just watch Nintendocaprisuns Let's Play lol
@@glp prime 3 had the most
There’s only a few cutscenes in prime 1. Idk about 2 and 3, but all 1 has is when you first boot up a game, the 5 second scenes when a boss spawns/is defeated, 2 second cutscenes when finding a secret like a Chozo artifact or new ability, and then the final cutscene at the end of the game. Assuming you cut out most of the boss combat, we’re probably looking at about 10-20 minutes of “movie”.
(3:17) And they said the Wii was for kids.
you mean 13:17.
It went further if you know that the Wii also has MadWorld, No More Heroes games, and even House of the Dead Overkill.
Man, Adam is actually pretty incompetent as a CO honestly.
Honestly my only true complaint with this game is Samus's monotone voice acting and dialogue. A lot of it just sounds exposition better suited for a novel rather than a video game. But besides that this game looked and played really damn good. Although from a gaming standpoint the authorizations are a let down, It makes sense and does serve a purpose to the story for Samus's relationship with Adam and I can let that slide.
The cutscenes were ahead of it’s TIME FR FR!
I cannot believe I watched the entire thing, this is like a whole movie
Thank you for watching
I'm gonna be watching this. I have always felt interested on samus but I have never played a metroid game for some reason. I hope I can understand a bit more of samus's history/background with this video.
Oh god no, this is the worst game to do that with. The story is written terribly and kinda assassinates Samus’ character, and defeats the purpose of the franchise.
Love or hate this game but if you’re looking for some Metroid/Samus lore this is a really bad one...
@@hansblankenburg7814 Fax! Start with the original, if I were Issac
As a super fan I suggest you play super metroid than the gameboy advance games then prime series
@@hansblankenburg7814 No it doesn’t the lore in Other M still holds up, just because the story scenarios weren’t done well doesn’t mean the lore isn’t worth investing in. I do agree though that he should start with Zero Mission though and work through the games themselves.
Juat watch a Speedrun of Super Metroid for the Real Samus, Or watch the Metroid Dread cutscenes
I loved the story and the gameplay. It was an amazing mix of Prime and Classic style Metroid. Her narration had a nice Sci-Fi movie touch.
Yeah I agree, I actually had fun playing the game lol.
I dunno man, I felt like the constant narration really bogged it down. So many of the thoughts she had could have been expressed so much more interestingly through dialogue. There’s a reason it’s not the norm for most movies
@@jakec.1136 Also agreed, I hate to admit that the way they handled it was quite bad. A potentially good idea executed quite poorly.
Samus' narration made it feel more like a "Detective Noire" novel.
What at all in this reminds you of prime? Or classic style Metroid?
One of the most iconic moments in all of Metroid history: 32:50.
Why though?
"Hey, Samus."
I picked up on the animation cues from that and immediately suspected he was a mole.
It's 1 in the morning and I'm having trouble falling asleep. This is perfect!
Lmao
Thank you for making these videos. I don't have time or money to buy these games. An I think into today's world video games are way better at story telling then the crap Hollywood puts out.
I feel something weird when i heard words quarantine..
Samus' design is flawless ❤
This makes me appreciate Adam from fusion and so on from now on
1:51:05 I like the way Ridley is suffering for what he deserves
I have to admit - I quite like this / Games series have to evolve to survive - Samus should too / This game proves that she doesn't to be silent and soulless - This game shows we can connect with her as a person - I hope they do more games like this
But then Metroid dread made a complete 180 on her character and made her an overly angry tryhard, with the weak justification of the Metroid DNA in her, a plot device from Fusion that overstayed it's welcome and justification in the game it was reused in.
@@LasagaMan Overly angry tryhard?????
What??
@@LasagaMan Your comment is clearly just fanboy rage
@@gamersfun98
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Refer to this video, which makes my point much clearer to you. Skip to at leas 6:28:35 if you're too lazy to watch the whole thing.
@@LasagaMan Yes, I agree. They ruined her. Sadly they took in account other m haters criticism.
4:30 well, the test was pretty quick.
12:27 This is the line that sealed this games fate... Any shred of hope that this game had died here... Such a shame because Samus is such a cool character; she got done so dirty.
I feel so bad cuz the entire time I low-key hated Adam but then it was like nope he’s just a father trying to save his adoptive daughter like now I feel like an a hole
This one is probably my favorite Metroid game story and gameplay wise. That’s just me though. It fits my preference of gameplay and storytelling is all. For me I prefer games that have a good blend of Movie and Play.
It may not be what many people liked, but I enjoyed seeing Samus speak for herself instead of being silent. I enjoyed the fact that even though many people found her plain, she at least had a personality this time. She had her own thoughts on opinions on matters. It was nice to be in her head for awhile and not just behind her visor. I also liked getting a better outlook at her time in the Federation and seeing how Adams does things also kind of explains why Samus is the way she is sometimes. She looked up to Adam as a father figure and even emulates his serious stoic manners sometimes. Especially in past games. Also as a military man myself I couldn’t help but make constant comparisons between my experiences with commanding officers and how Adam did things. For one he addressed all subordinates by first name, which typically doesn’t happen in the Military as I know it. We’re called by our ranks/rates and/or our last names. Secondly while some commanding officers are closer than others to their subordinates we refrain from personal relationships for a variety of reasons. For one it could be considered fraternization which is punishable under the UCMJ. Secondly it promotes favoritism and sometimes nepotism in the division which hinders judgement and can promote hostility between members. It’s very frowned upon IRL. Despite these negative qualities Adam was still able to reach commander at a young age, which can either be a testament to his own individual merit but simultaneously mark out some weaknesses in the Galactic Federations ethics and their own Uniform Code. I was also surprised to learn that among his subordinates was Ian his younger brother. Which in the Navy hasn’t been a thing since the Solomon Brothers died together at sea. Since then siblings, spouses, and relatives in general were kept apart at commands. While Adam may be a flawed character, through him we’re also given an idea of what standards the GF operate on as a military force and while the things I listed were negative, I was still intrigued by those differences. Similarities too. Like having permission to use certain equipment for environmental reasons. It maybe carried out differently IRL, but operations wise it is an important thing that is taken into consideration. Especially during training, maintaining positive public relations, and safety most importantly.
Anthony Higgs I think is an awesome addition because up til now I didn’t even know Samus had any friends. That are still alive I mean. His personality I think compensates for everything Samus lacks as a character. He’s also an enigma in his own right. If he shows up in a possible Metroid Prime 4 with an even bigger role, I wouldn’t be surprised.
This game also kind of changes how I see Metroids. Not merely as good or evil or even as just monsters, but as simple animals doing whatever they need to survive and thrive. Through the Metroids I also got a look at how lonely Samus life actually is that she would form attachments to one of the very beings she was sent out to destroy.
Seeing Ridley at varying stages of his lifespan was intriguing too. After seeing him die and come back over and over it was quite a sight to see him doing that literally instead of just learning about it through logs. Though he did end up dying again, there is no doubt he’ll be back through some kind of mad BS.
MB I think could have been written better. I know about Mother Brain from the manga, but MB in this game, while I did find her interesting I also saw her as a failure. I get that she is supposed to be Mother Brain, but I still couldn’t help but see MB as a separate person who was just modeled after Mother Brain. Which isn’t bad, but it does defeat the idea. Nowhere did I feel like she was a stand in for the original big bad. In simple terms, Mother Brain was a psychopath and MB was a sociopath. The difference between them being that the Latter had emotions and the former did not. If anything I’d say MB was pretty much a fusion between Samus and Mother Brain. Which kind of makes sense.
As the AI that oversaw her own genetic modification under the supervision of the Chozo, Mother Brain herself is a kind of parent to Samus. In a round about way that kind of makes MB like a sister to Samus.
This game also makes me wonder about characters from other games like Sylux and the traitor at the end of Federation Troopers. This is the only game in particular in which I’ve seen the GF go completely against their usual moral ethics that I’ve seen in other games. And it helps me make a list of suspects for who Sylux might be. My biggest primary suspect is Anthony Higgs. One of 3 survivors of the Bottleship incident. While he does appear to be a friend in Other M there’s no telling how much has changed over the years. Higgs isn’t around in Fusion or the Prime games. In other words he likely went his own way. Or maybe perhaps he’s the Federation trooper who stole the Metroid in the GF game as well as the suit and became Sylux. He has plenty of motive. Samus leaving the way she did was a form of betrayal. Although he puts on a smile and charming demeanor I can’t shake the feeling his own emotions were stirred by her presence. They were close friends after all. And even after all that drama Samus still associated with the GF. The later Power Suit models resembling Samus own power suit is proof of that. The Federation betrayed Company 7 and left Samus and Higgs as the only survivors. Then Samus continues to associate with the very organization that stabbed them in the back and killed their beloved leader. I can easily see that turning a kind man mad. Mad enough to hate a friend who’s only crime is by association. The second suspect is Ian Malkovich. Although he should have died then, I can’t help but wonder what if he survived. Ian Malkovich a man abandoned by his brother who would later be named as overseer of secret projects like the Bottle Ship. Who would later lose his brother because of the greed of the Federation. If he somehow survived at all by any chance he would have more reasons than anybody to hate the Federation and by extension Samus who he could probably guess allowed his brother to die. Though all this is just speculation on my part. Make for a good story though I bet for Sylux to be one of those two close friends.
All in all I had fun. I think later I’ll check out Metroid Fusion which supposedly takes place next in the chronology of this series.
I feel very similarly. It's a good character study on Samus and an expansion and explanation of her universe which was Sakamoto's goal.
I do have a correction. Ridley has only ever died once and that was in Super. His defeat in Metroid was not his death. He instead became Meta-Ridley as seen in Prime 1 and 3. His appearance in Fusion was actually an X making it a fake.
The fact that he was alive after very clearly dying and his corpse being frozen at the BSL Research Station is what makes his successful reincarnation so important.
That guy is lucky as hell to be alive!
you mean anthony?
@@kiddkarterr I think so lol?
Anthony was the best part of this game and I love it for that
This game is amazing, I see that it is a Metroid different from the other games but without losing its identity. A different way of playing Metroid, in addition to being a good game for beginners of the franchise as was my case.
Same for me! Lots of people that played the prime games didn't like it though.
@@damiennroddy Prime fans are intolerant gatekeepers. They literally can't handle when noobs don't have the same skills and experience as them.
@@Espartanica As much as I am a fan of prime. I didn't get a chance to play this game. I watched this in it's entirety and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Adam was not as big of an asshole as people made him out to be. He's just as Samus described. Not to sure about the sector 3 varia suit thing but I'll put that down to developers fault.
@@starrk7158 I'm glad you're not like most. Sadly in my experience a lot of Prime fans get pretty toxic. I've seen them harassing let's players for getting frustrated because they didn't have the same skills as the viewers who had years of experience, and I've even had someone genuinely argue that Prime was great because it's so frustrating that even a little progress is rewarding
This game is supposed to be after Metroid Prime canonically and back then I didn't like to see a fearful, vulnerable and crying Samus, for me she was one of the most powerful videogame characters
She’s human why can’t we see a character have growth and character rather than being stoic
I personally think Samus having PTSD towards Ridley would have been fine but rather than standing there terrified I think it should’ve been more tunnel visioned rage. After all by this point she’d killed the guy like 4 or 5 times.
@@xyoungdipsetxecause it literally doesn't make any sense whatsoever, this is like the fourth time she fought ridley, why act like this all of a sudden?
@@rotte5537Well how would you react when the monster you convince yourself was absolutely dead when you blew up an entire planet on his face. I mean what more could you do to be absoletely sure he stays dead even after something like that?
@@reddiz2182 ya, that’s precisely what I had imagined. Like maybe you see fear in her eyes for the first 3 seconds followed by a flashback of him killing her parents, only for her to become absolutely furious and activate all her abilities on him. Then, if you still need some drama, just make Adam mad that she used abilities without permission.
I feel like this and Fusion are a duology that really need remakes for the writing alone. While I personally find the stories to be good overall,(This game less than Fusion, but I will get there) it clearly just lacks polish. For example 6:30. All distress-signals are supposed to draw attention, they clearly only wrote that line to have an excuse to say "Baby" a few times. These siturations exist on both games and honestly just need a rewrite or two.
Now onto the Other M-exclusive issues(Spoilers for the game/video):
-Adam.
No really, this guy and the stuff around him is the worst part of this thing. In Fusion, Samus calls him harsh but fair and says that he was a person she could trust, even if he preffered to stick to the protocol. This is not that man, despite what the backstory claims.
[Actually about the backstory, the potential to do this better already exists. "This bit contrasted with the manga, where Adam if anything suggested Samus leave the military specifically because it hampered her potential."(as the wiki says) This was appearently changed to put in japanese values into the game, but they really did not belong here.
It really could have put the melodrama of the game into perspective if their relationship went down like this: After the "big event", Adam suggests that Samus leaves the Federation Forces. Being immature, she is just angry as she goes because she sees this as a betrayal and that he does not trust her anymore. During the events of the game, she still does not understand the reason but knows that it had to have been another reason.(You know, showing maturity about the situration) And she is as compliant as she is during the mission because she thinks she needs to make up for her reaction back then. Right before Adam goes into Sector 0, he could make clear that the reason he suggested her leaving was because reason above.]
Except for the moment where he sacrifices himself, his nonsense is just kinda dumb. Right away, he almost seems antagonistic. Sure, someone not called in is not supposed to storm in, but why did we need an "Adam, plz" followed by a surprise monster to get him to jump on the idea. I just feel like a better conversation between them could have been placed here.
And his authorization sometimes just makes no sense. I know he told her to not do anything without his command, but the developers did not have to take it so literally. Sector 3 should not have started with him mentioning her current authorizations. Infact, right about 47:27, he should have told her something like "What are you doing!? Your vitals are still dropping, activate the Varia Suit!" to not make it sound like he actively wanted her to get hurt for a while.
At 1:02:10, it would make more sense in my eyes if Samus actively did this without being told first and then Adam authorizes the Grapple for the rest of the mission after this goes down.
As a last point, Adam really should shoot the Metroid first and THEN immobilize Samus. Not the other way around.
-The Deleter.
Literally just don't. I don't mean get rid of the plotpoint(though it would be neat if Adam at least says something about it when it gets introduced), but I mean he shouldn't succeed in actually killing anyone. It would make more sense logically if his objective was to dispose of survivors first and people in the know second. Plus, it definitly works out interms of everything else too. MB does not need any other reason to distrust the Federation than her backstory revealed at the end of the game and People could just...die other ways. Maurice kinda could have been explained by him being ambushed by that random rogue metroid in the sector that is never mentioned again.
-Samus' reaction to Ridley.
We all know the issue, but they really could have done something with this. After her innitial reaction of fear, we could have had a short retrospective of events throughout the series with the endresult being that she just unlocks her full power(Minus Power Bombs) temporarily in rage and goes into the fight with all guns blazing(With a phase 1 where anthony fights with her and a phase 2 after he gets thrown off the plattform in a cutscene). She doesn't have more non-unlocked powers for this game except the gravity? Doesn't matter, give me the Wide Beam,(Which she had in the past, considering the text in fusions claims that it was "recovered".) turn the missiles into Ice Missiles. Turn the Super Missiles into the Ice Spreader. Just give me all that stuff! Though I can understand why they couldn't do any of this even if they wanted, because this game was running short of diskspace already. Anyone down for making a fanremake of this thing?
-Ridley's Death.
Samus should honestly just fight him a second time, just in a harder fight. Him being killed by another boss is just....very lame.
Wow excellent detail and totally agree if the scenario design for the game was done better I think way more people wouldn’t have given so much hate towards the story.
Gotta disagree on Ridley's death! Walking into that room and seeing Ridley's lifeless husk scared the shit outta me when I first played. I had no idea what a Queen metroid even was, so when it showed up I fucking shit a brick lmao!
I wholeheartedly agree with most of what you wrote.
Here's my two cents on the matter :
1. Autorization
This COULD'VE been a whole lot better if we had a good reason or video-game circumstantiality to work with it. Instead of just handwave it away with "Samoos Ur Under mai commend nao, i tell u wat to unlock", they could've used the "all-pervasive comms system block" that the rest of Platoon 7 is under as a way to restrict Samus' suit powers, with "authorization" being Adam hacking the systems to bypass and allow Samus to turn her suit features back on. Instead of "We'll continue to evaluate authorizations as we go" they could've said "We'll continue to work on enabling your suit's features through the comm-block as we go", BAM, THERE, it wouldn't have been as invasive, and would've been a MUCH more plausible explanation for not having Samus' upgrades from the get go. Sure this might have caused issues with the "Any objections, Adam?" """"joke"""" Samus made when she 'self-authorized' Space Jump and Screw Attack, and Gravity "feature" later after Sector Zero was blasted, but even that could've been handwaved away with a simmilarly REASONABLE explanation...like have the comm block be made by the deleter, with it lifting once he's dead and Samus noticing how odd it is that it's just gone.
Imagine if the hell-run Samus goes through before Adam calls in to "activate the varia feature of your suit" , would've been a "Samus, i've got Varia unlocked, turn it on ASAP", it would've made more sense.
2. Ridley reaction.
This whole thing is just a mess. Canonically speaking (If we count the remakes of games as the canonical versions) This would've been the 6th time Samus faces off against Ridley (1. Ridley in 1/Zero Mission, 2. Mecha-Ridley at the end of Zero Mission, 3. Proteus Ridley at the end of Samus Returns 3DS, 4. Ridley at Ceres Station in Super, 5. Ridley in Lower-Norfair in Super (Same Ridley, sure but still different battle) and 6. Here in Other M), Hell it's even MORE if we count the Prime Trilogy appearances, HOW in the holy mother of fuck is she getting PTSD of her home of K2-L being destroyed and her parents murdered infront of her eyes NOW of all times?
(Side note : Wide beam "recovered" in Fusion is just the Spazer Beam from Metroid 2 and Super renamed. Samus' only true upgrade in this game that's not already a part of her kit is the Diffusion Beam she gets on this station. Gravity Suit being a purple cloud aura in this game is absolutely stupid though)
3. Ridley's Death
I know it sucks and it's lame, but it technically makes sense in a way. In Fusion we find the very same decayed husk of Ridley we find after he's offed by the Metroid queen on the BOTTLE SHIP on the Cryogenic Storage part of BSL. It's sad we don't get to turn Ridley into mush in this game, but at least it's not a plothole. In fact, it patches a pothole for Fusion, so let's at least give this game some semblance of merit.
i think this would have been much better as a novel than a game.
the camera work on these animations are better than this days movies. I already ordered pizza to watch this haha.
I would've loved to see the Gravity Suit as an Other M suit upgrade. Hated the fact it was an aura.
It was an aura because the animators wanted to keep the classic Varia suit for this character
@@jubilanttitan4999 thats too bad. Gravity Suit is iconic as well. Purple ever since they changed it from the original pink
Not gonna lie, I really did not and still don't understand the hate behind this game. I mean hell it was a fun game that kept me entertained for a long time
I think that it was that fact that she was shown to be a bit to sensitive than what was expected of her. Especially when she came face to face with Ridley for the first time in this game. I myself wasn’t exactly a fan of how that scene played out. I personally thought that an emotional response would have been appropriate but was more thinking cold fury and tunnel vision rather than what happened in game. Especially considering canonically she has “killed” Ridley several times. Then there’s the issue of using all her weapons and abilities. I understand that it was to prevent a lot of destruction and the risk of human life but not activating the varia suit when in the heat zone was just a dumb choice I doubt she would have made on her own.
Say what is flawed with this game, I have, but I wouldn’t trade this game for a “better” one. This game did a lot right too and still replay it from time to time. Not as much as the other Metroid games, but a fair amount.
If this game didn’t exist, we would not have Samus Returns, I firmly believe that.
Plus it's way better than Federation force
@@MetroidDread313 Exactly lol
To be fair if they skipped this game entirely we could've gotten dread or metroid prime 4 a lot sooner as the fanbase wouldn't have gaslit this so hard
This game has flaws and none of those flaws are about Samus taking orders or getting startled by a former foe. Those were ok. Dread has flaws as well. Both Other M and Dread are good.
@@dimitripapadopoulos5180 >Dread
>Flaws
Pick one. I know Dread has some Glitches and possibly unintentional exploits but It's an amazing game with an amazing story.
This brings back memories
I haven't played this game but I feel like a sequel would be really good (maybe it talks about how the prime games end up linking to metroid 2?)
Flawed Game? Yeah. Fun game that I still enjoy regardless? Yes.
Not worthy of the title of killing Metroid, but worthy of not ultimately forgotten.
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 People who say this honestly probably never gave the game a fair chance too begin with…
Tbh this is a great example of how much visual polish can really carry a game.
5:52
I forgot how pretty this theme music is, and I can't find it in the game's soundtracks at all.
It's really unfortunate that this game garnered so much hate and criticism. Its pros far outweighed the cons. The visuals and designs were phenomenal, especially considering its console and era, and the dialogue was a genuine effort to humanize Samus and shift her from a near mindless blasting machine to a person capable of experiencing emotions despite her years of experience and expertise. I do agree that the psychological breakdown after seeing Ridley was a little much, however it was a brief moment of weakness that could surely have been overlooked. Additionally, to identify the overall narrative and her affection for Adam as a flaw is extremely narrow-minded. I thoroughly enjoyed this game. The fans' reaction was truly a shame, because they may never again attempt to add this level of depth to Samus as a character; a concern that, to me, was exacerbated by the fact that she had only ONE voice line and ZERO significant moments of reflection in Metroid Dread.
"effort to humanize Samus" ah yes because being human is when you use your voice
also her suit's design on this game is fucking garbage that is just a fact
"they may never again attempt to add this level of depth to Samus as a character" good!
Thank you for this and agree with everything you said. People are stuck on super Metroid which is a great game. But I feel this was great character development for her. It was amazing hearing her talk and think. I agree her reaction to Ridley was to much. But I want to see this side of her again. I want a game were she speaks and talks and has more growth as a character. We aren’t on the snes and gba. We have the technology to flesh her out but like you said Nintendo might not do it because people don’t want to see the character grow and want a silent protagonist. Dread was good and people like that the only line she had was speaking chozo.
@@xyoungdipsetx Actually even some Super Metroid fans and 2D fans in general enjoyed this game (I'm one of them), it's mostly the Prime fanbase that boycotted this game. This game shares many similarities with Fusion (Samus talking, taking orders and instructions by someone, game is more linear, ecc.), so it makes sense that this game was overly-hated by the Prime fanbase, and it shows, many of the """flaws""" this game has are present in Fusion, a 2D title. This clearly proves that this haters haven't even played Fusion, and actually don't care about the 2D saga in general. That makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Many Prime fans feared that this new interpretation of 3D Metroid could replace the Prime formula.
@@marihory512 How is that "good"? And who said anything about her suit (though I agree it looked crap!)? Have your fun with blank slate Terminator Samus, then, but I, and probably many others, would've preferred character having Samus. (From Fusion and the manga, Other M had some crappy dialogue.)
@@codenamemartinez86316 it’s not so much that Samus being human is a bad thing; it’s the type of human they made her. She’s kind of a bitch in her “young days” flash back, ngl. I think 95% of people see Samus as a badass with a heart, not a highschool valley girl with city level powers. You can show feeling remorse and sadness without making her look like a pussy like I felt she was here.
Imagine, in this new gaming generation, having the graphics of that Mother Brain fight, the new Metroid Suit for Samus, and a new evil.
You know some say that Samus narrating this game ruins it, but I say that Samus has always been a brooding character. This game is like she wrote a book about the incident.
True, but sometimes more isn't always better. Her speaking very little could have added so much more to ease people in to her world. It was just too much, too soon.
This game was good. I wasn’t bothered by limiting weapons an abilities. I thought it was fitting that she was startled by her former foe. The theme of motherhood really helped it connect to super Metroid.
It had some boring cutscenes with just talking, that I didn’t like. But Dread seems to have a few of those as well. I look forward to trying Dread anyways.
I think if Other M took place before Metorid: Zero misson, as the incident that led to her leaving the Federation Army, it'd feel a bit better narratively.
I like the concept, its fun if you dont take it too seriously.
Why would samus be so stunned to see Ridley? Hes defeated him 4 times already. He was even resurrected by pirates before too.
What purpose was Adam sacrificing for? He also left Samus unconscious for no reason just got lucky to freeze the metroid as samus was gonna do the same!?
Was he trying to fight mb by himself?
I was left uncertain whether there was an impostor or not.
Also Mother Brain .... MB, nice one.
SAMUS: having a heat stroke
Adam: NOW you can use your varia suit......
Definitely my least favorite Metroid game in the story, but man was it worth those 60 dollars regardless when this first dropped. The Ridley PTSD still doesn’t make too much sense to me as this game would take place after the first 3 Metroid games, as well as all the Prime games, so I’m not sure why Samus would be frightened now of all times. Still an awesome Metroid game in it’s own right :))
It was an attempt to make her PTSD from the manga canon I believe but you’re still right since the manga was a prequel to the series and Samus already had a coping mechanism.
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Is that a red and green Halo!?
I loved this game. I was hungry for a third person 3D Metroid since the launch of the N64 and this game scratched the itch.
I hope Prime 4 has a third person mode, too.
Imagine a next gen or a PC version of Metroid. If they made it like the halo infinite campaign, it would possibly be one of the top games of the year
With Metroid Dread around the corner and my next game in the series being Fusion, I can kind of understand how the Metroid DNA got embedded on her as a person (from what little i know in fusion ) and not the suit which is why E.M.M.I hunts her down.
Great gameplay movie!
Now on to the next game!
1:34:43
Jesus that screeching was horrific... Sounded like a crying baby
They should make a Metroid movie some day. Who's with me?
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But better be the Anime or animated movie, instead of live-action
@@SpartanStan156 no not anime
Animated show and nothing else.
Animated mostly because you'll never find an actress who can play Samus because she's too tall and good looking, and her physical prowess wouldn't look good in live-action. Don't believe me? Look at what's going on in the Halo show; random spots of really bad CGI that break the immersion immediately. A Metroid live-action would be loaded with CGI to the point where you would rarely even see an actual human.
A show because Samus isn't a very well known character; they would need time to show her backstory from the death of her parents leading up to her Zero Mission. Also, a show would do better at pacing her missions into arcs; you could have a four part arc of Zero Mission that has her battle Kraid, then Ridley, then Mother Brain, and then the last one be her navigating Chozodia to complete the ritual to turn on the Full Powered Suit.
@@johnleonard9102 I mean, because with all the sci-fi stuff going on, a lot of CGI would be a given. Besides, neither you or I know if there would be really bad CGI or if they couldn't find an actress for Samus. You can ALWAYS find an actress for Samus.
And it can be a film or TV show, animated or live-action. It can be any of those. It doesn't have to be just one.
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“Sisuation”
:) I love the way Samus talks
Say what you will about this game, I personally loved the gameplay and story wasn’t too bad (tho I agree that Samus’s emotional turmoil with Adam was overdone for someone we know as strong and silent) and the music was pretty good
Also Ridleys theme tho and build up to it
I feel the same, a lot wrong with the game, but still a hell of a lot of fun.
Strongest Link oh yeah
Like honestly I’d say the biggest problem is how they tried to give a usually calm silent and strong character vulnerabilities and emotional turmoil. I see what they wanted to do right? Give Samus more character, but it wasn’t executed very well, she came off as over reliant on Adams approval, like she has all her power ups it’s just that she won’t use them until Adams approval (example: in the lava rooms she’s taking damage from the heat, yet won’t activate Varia suit to protect herself until Adam says so) and she also came off as too emotional for someone who has done and seen shit much worse than all of Other M yet freezes up when she sees Ridley for the thousandth time.
TL;DR Emotional Samus wasn’t executed well
It wasn't overdone, she still mourns him in MF which happens years after OM, so this was obviously quite the traumatic experience for her.
@@Verdugo_Arulaq The Ridley scenario I definitely would of changed too show how Ridley effects her in that Ridley is the one who killed her parents. It would of been way more impactful then just having her freeze up too him without showing anything before she starts fighting him.
But she isn't strong and silent. Her logs in the Prime games and her conversations with Adam in Fusion show her to be very self doubting and at times fearful.
Metriod other M had a sexy Samus
I love this game so much. Still have the copy. ❤
I think the voice director specifically told Samus' VA to put zero emotion into every line.
It wasn't just the voice director, it was Yoshio Sakamoto (current head of the franchise) himself
And what emotion does Samus show in every other game?
@@wallacesousuke1433
Being a confident badass
@@The_Ostrich that's not emotion
@@wallacesousuke1433
Then you're stupid enough to not understand what the word "emotion" even means.
I hope everyone learns the lesson from this game that there are things in this world that science shouldn't tamper with, like bioweapons, and artificial intelligence.
i remember i used to pit Samus and Fox together as rivals in Smash Bros, starting as far back as the first game for N64. made Samus out to be Fox McCloud's enemy.
How are the prime games praised but this is hated? This game is amazing and the story and plot is dope too I see so much character development in samus why do people talk so much shit and hate this
Cuz Samus’s characterization is WAY off from what everyone perceived it to be from all her previous adventures
Samus Aran: Mother! Time To Go!
2:28:38 the piano here is legendary, and what version is it
I remember when my younger brother got this game, the game couldn’t run on his Wii for some reason.
lol
He lucked out
Sad how the game is bad but cutscenes are amazing to look at
After watching the ending to other m I can't believe anyone ever thought this is a bad game
i honestly didnt see why everyone always hated this game so much, heres how i see it:
haters: "you cant move in first person mode"
me: if you could move in first person mode then everyone would just stay in first person mode in the entire game, which is not how its meant to be played. its the same reason why they added a time limit to the flip ability in super paper mario
haters: "samus talks about the baby too much! its so annoying"
me: because its so unbelievable that someone would grieve the death of a creature that died to save their life, its not like that kind of experience has a tenancy to leave an impact on most people or anything...
haters: "the cutscenes go on for too long"
me: death stranding had cutscenes that lasted 25 minutes at the end of every mission, and none of you seemed to have a problem with that
haters: "its so stupid how samus cant use power ups until adam "authorizes" them"
me: yeah it is stupid but you know what? its a video game, sometimes you gotta do stuff like that so that the player wont have every powerup at the beginning of the game
haters: "they forgot to add a final boss!"
me: no they did not, that was the queen metroid, remember that? just because the gameplay kept going for like, 5 minutes after it does not mean that it was not the final boss
What you’re describing is basically like duct-taping the game design because it barely holds together.
Not only that but the game gave an entire extra scenario after the main game with a final true boss fight on the bottle ship.
Who’s Samus’ favorite rapper?
Dababy
Lol
I would've much preferred the narrator dialogue to be cut, as well as a few of Samus' cutscene dialogues. The narration is just...it takes me out of it, and sometimes it's better to have no dialogue at all so it allows to the player to imagine Samus' feelings, like how it usually was in the other games.
I have no idea why she froze up on Ridley she kicked his ass so many times by this time. it should really have been more of a oh you again ok let’s go moment .
If I were to guess, it was more like a "Wherever I go, he does too" sort of thing as Ridley has seemingly been able to follow and try to kill Samus on almost every mission she's been on, even in a seemingly 'safe' environment where Ridley shouldn't even be able to get to her, he always finds a way.
I get the story wasnt perfect but I personally really enjoyed the gameplay
Alright n yo samus is the best character of all time n thisbgame it has such great graphic design n movements
Samus says "the baby" 13 times in this video
No one cares.
I play it so I wonder if is making metroid other m 2 and prime 4 and metroid prime trigloy full game movie too please thank you so much and I play metroid Samus returns too that is my favorite Nintendo game 🎮 ever