It probably could have been interesting if it had every progressed beyond a faceless shadow who tried to kill her with a forklift.
You know, someone really should do an MST3K equivalent for video games, and then they could put it on Youtube. That's an awesome idea! The Escapist has a feature somewhat like that they only mock "bad" video game opening cutscenes in Unskippable.
If you've never seen it before, I recommend starting with Eternal Sonata as it's one of their best ones. Quote from: Pixelated I actually don't have any questions because I honestly don't care all that much about the story which was told in Other M or, indeed, the Metroid saga more generally. I was afraid that was your interpretation. However, that's unsound logic. If someone doesn't understand a math problem, and someone else can explain it to them, then the math is good.
But not broken. Some stories are complex. The events of complex books, movies and TV shows are often discussed for years. The fact remains that Sakamoto is god in the Metroid universe. The god in our universe may do things that you are confused by or that you outright hate, but to pretend they don't exist wouldn't make any sense. Nintendo has maintained that with many of its franchises, but took a risk by taking an unprecedentedly large step "forward" with the Metroid franchise again, that's not to say it's a step you had to enjoy or not wish they hadn't done.
The same risk could have been taken and lost by Gears of War, or Halo, or Tomb Raider if they had been around since the 8-bit era.
Quote from: NinSage I was afraid that was your interpretation. A math problem is not equatable to storytelling. No matter how you look at the formula, the outcome is the same. It is a fact that only has value when the method for determining it is explained, because the formula's meaning is not otherwise self-evident. If someone never taught you how our society thinks of and formulates addition, that formula is just a series of lines and symbols.
By contrast, we human beings have an instinctual basic understanding of storytelling. Stories can have layers, yes, but if you as a developer fail to convey the fundamental story of your product, you have failed as a storyteller.
As Other M makes the Deleter subplot a major focus of the story at several key points, I think it shows Sakamoto as a failed storyteller if supporters of the game have to cover for him. Gods only have power so long as they are shown to be infallible and can inspire worship and fear in their followers. Once someone runs up; sticks a knife in them; and makes them bleed, the people no longer perceive them as all-knowing and all-powerful because now they can be killed.
I think the general negative reception to Metroid Other M's story shows that Sakamoto can bleed quite a bit. Pixar's Wall-E also says "hello", a story where most of the characterization is done with only a handful of words and body gestures by the point actual dialogue enters the picture, the main characters are already largely established.
You don't need heavy-handed exposition, monotone monologues, and eye-rollingly bad writing to have good characterization. But, of course, when I specifically speak of Other M Samus' incongruity with the other Metroid games , your response is to jump to a Japan-only manga instead. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm glad Nintendo was willing to experiment with attempting more overt storytelling in Metroid Other M. It just didn't work, and your "god" is primarily the reason why.
Pair a competent writer and director with Team Ninja next time, and maybe the experiment will actually work. Right, and the fact is that the Other M plot can be understood given what the game gave us. I'm sorry if the god analogy confused the issue. Plainly, this is Sakamoto's story and he's sharing it with us.
No one said you can't convey stories without words, but early games didn't try to convey the depth modern games do. We knew Samus was brave enough to work alone and strong enough to triumph in the end. Those elements have not changed. Simply, as the medium has tried to and been capable of giving deeper, more nuanced information, we've seen more of the narrative of the universe. The more you see, the more there is to like or dislike, approve of or not.
It's that simple. Anyone who fails to see the complete mediocrity of Other M's storytelling is just in denial. I, admittedly used to be in that camp myself. But then I watched a few videos putting all the pieces together and it just made sense.
It's worthy of discussion only for being Metroid. There are very few other franchises that would receive as much nitpicking attention as this one, that's for sure. Other M could have had a competent story, but in the end, it just failed. Misawa , possibly even Lyle Smithsonian , though Lyle's death may have been caused by a number of the hazardous creatures aboard the ship, such as Little Birdie.
The Deleter has already destroyed the Exam Center, and done away with Maurice. However, Samus meets MB, a witness to Maurice's death. Samus hurries MB away just in time, and deals with the Ferrocrusher herself. When Samus "defeats" the Ferrocrusher, it suddenly begins moving erratically, either by malfunction or Deleter's design, and creates enough havoc for the Deleter to vanish without notice.
Samus, suddenly alone, moves on to other areas, while the Deleter gets to the Pyrosphere. He does, however, find out about it through experience. After being flash frozen, K. Time passes, and the Deleter takes no actions against the 07th Platoon. Pure Evil Terms. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? The Deleter. View source. History Talk 0. Do you like this video?
Because of his role as the Communications Expert, the all-pervasive electronic interference may have been his own doing in order to keep his teammates from contacting others in times of need or informing others about who the assassin was.
Because he would never have expected Samus Aran to join the team, it explained why her comm system still worked At least until he shot Adam's device off. When James was first found in the Exam Center, he was seen working underneath a large mainframe by Samus. When accessed by Maurice, the memory was fragmented. While this could have been James, it may have also been an automatic function in case of emergency.
Instead, James may have been planting explosives from the start in order to wipe his team out in one swoop. Unfortunately for him, Samus arrived early.
Also, Samus speculated in her monologues that Madeline Bergman must have been the one who set the facility's system to self-destruct. This implied that James was not responsible for that.
He was probably planting explosives when Samus first saw him under the system. As Samus and the 07th Platoon are rushing to the site, they may have completely overlooked Lyle's body, the Demolitions Expert of the team. It would explain why Lyle, the first person sent to Sector 1 was not the first to arrive. James may have killed Lyle for his explosives and tossed his body into the shrubbery so no one would immediately notice it.
By coincidence, Little Birdie would find a snack and cover up James' work by turning Lyle's body into rags.
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