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sabata2
2010-09-02 06:44:51 am
ANKOKU
Well, for the times I've found them really quickly, it actually works pretty decently. Doesn't really kill the flow, just kinda forces you into Samus' shoes to do something that would be obvious from her end.
Melancholy Spork
2010-09-02 09:27:56 am
Quote from UchihaSasuke:
people who say this game looks like an N64 games must have owned a different N64 than the one i have.

the 2D games have some cheap death iirc. Tourian in ZM is pretty fucked up for example. the devs probably focused on the 2D games mostly since Sakamoto himself just ignored the prime series for better or worse.

Well, the N64 comparison is a strictly non-technical exaggeration. But, there are definitely graphical moments that predate the gamecube.

The cheap deaths in Other M are often more frustrating since there's literally nothing you can do to avoid them. Tourian was hard, yeah, but this is a pretty consistent frustration throughout the game. (although it was particularly bad in the lava area).
sabata2
2010-09-02 03:47:36 pm
ANKOKU
One thing no one's brought up yet though in their reviews of the games are the QTEs

They aren't like RE4's QTEs but they're for use of the Dodge mechanic. Personally I rather enjoy that add in. Cause what kind of enemy isn't going to immediately jump your ass when you waltz into it's lair?
tomatobob
2010-09-02 08:09:40 pm
One shall stand, one shall ball.
QTEs are literally cancer.
sabata2
2010-09-02 09:23:10 pm
ANKOKU
To each their own.
Turtle
2010-09-02 09:24:27 pm
I like turtles.
Quote from tomatobob:
QTEs are literally cancer.

I fail to see how they're literally cancer, but they can be a pain.
Opium
Opium
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2010-09-02 09:32:39 pm
Quote from Turtle:
Quote from tomatobob:
QTEs are literally cancer.

I fail to see how they're literally cancer, but they can be a pain.


No it's true.  I had a biopsy done once and the results came back as QTE.  Some radiation and chemo took care of it though, thank goodness.
UchihaSasuke
2010-09-02 11:05:18 pm
my umbrella goes directly to Bankai
i hope the next metroid has a radiation beam.
Melancholy Spork
2010-09-04 02:36:06 am
So I've almost beaten the game- I'm up to the final fight (I assume). More impressions:

- Story is actually pretty good. Some nice twists, surprisingly complex, Samus's character actually does get some nice development... although it started off Shaky, after the final scene with Adam I actually kind of appreciated where she was coming from. It definitely succeeded in humanizing her, at least.

- Boss fights are great, ESPECIALLY the ones near the end. Really, the whole game is justified by it's boss fights. I'd play through it just for them.

- Cutscenes sure look nice.

- Now that I'm more used to the controls I'm not as annoyed by them. Combat is pretty fun and I enjoy it a lot.

Overall I'm liking this game more than I was. I think I might actually play through this again.
Tahngarthor
2010-09-04 02:40:46 am
Bangaa Bishop
Quote from UchihaSasuke:
i hope the next metroid has a radiation beam.

or an official space/time beam and murder beam :p
TheGreenManalishi
2010-09-04 06:53:15 am
Quote from tomatobob:
bad voice acting is pretty much inexcusable these days. videogames have budgets now.

this goes for writing, too. Just go to some place of learning, get a nerdy literature student and say "write us some speakey stuff". Whack their name in the credits, give em a few bob. Sorted.
UchihaSasuke
2010-09-04 10:21:26 pm
my umbrella goes directly to Bankai
Quote from TheGreenManalishi:
Quote from tomatobob:
bad voice acting is pretty much inexcusable these days. videogames have budgets now.

this goes for writing, too. Just go to some place of learning, get a nerdy literature student and say "write us some speakey stuff". Whack their name in the credits, give em a few bob. Sorted.

again, the problem for that is Sakamoto himself since he wanted everything to go the way he wanted (he wrote the story). i don't doubt they would have done that if he wasn't in charge.
Toozin
2010-09-04 10:37:38 pm
Not impossible
just highly unlikely
Somebody should probably inform Sakamoto that subplots usually need resolution and some kind of effect on the protagonist.
JaggerG
2010-09-12 04:36:26 am
Shifty Leader
That M2k2 guy
You mean something like making another game to explain some of the unresolved issues? That might be pretty neat...almost as if to make it some kind of series....

jk I'm not even sure on the subplots in question you're referring to. >.>
Toozin
2010-09-12 04:49:26 am
Not impossible
just highly unlikely
The Deleater.
KingBroly
2010-09-12 05:07:05 am
They tie that one up though, no matter how subtle it is they did it.
Quietus
2010-09-12 11:27:22 am
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
It seems nobody's sure on the word used for the sneaky bad guy.  I thought it was 'deleader', which seemed to make some sense in a 'misleading' kinda way, rather than 'deleter', or its varients.
TheMG2
2010-09-12 11:29:17 am
...Its deleter.
Quietus
2010-09-12 11:31:51 am
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
Are you sure?  If so, is there a reason, as in text at some point I'm not recalling?
Z_S_P
2010-09-12 11:34:09 am
Quote from Quietus:
Are you sure?  If so, is there a reason, as in text at some point I'm not recalling?


If you play the game with subtitles on, the text is "Deleter".
Melancholy Spork
2010-09-12 11:35:23 am
Yes, it's definitely "deleter".

So I beat Other M.



:/
Quietus
Quietus
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2010-09-12 11:41:16 am
Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!
OK, I had subtitles off. aiwebs_004
Quote from Melancholy Spork:
So I beat Other M.
Congratulations.  Was it a 100% with the
extra boss.
Or was it just a 'see the credits roll'?
TheMG2
2010-09-12 11:44:02 am
Or was it Hard Mode?
TheGreenManalishi
2010-09-12 11:53:28 am
Quote from Toozin:
The Deleater.

I thought it was implied that he was one of the guys that
shows up when MB goes apeshit to fill the bitch with lead
Toozin
2010-09-12 02:01:23 pm
Not impossible
just highly unlikely
Answering the question of who the Deleater is and wraping up the subplot in a satisfying way are two different things. The whole issue was resolved offscreen with no involvement from, or ultimate impact on, Samus herself. That is NOT how you do things in this kind of fiction.