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Shellshock live final boss4/1/2023 ![]() She dubs this rouge agent the “Deleter” and vows to prevent further sabotage.Īt some point, the Deleter is himself murdered, but the event is treated with such disregard that I question whether the whole mess was ever relevant to begin with. Samus arrives at the conclusion that one member of the team is an assassin hired by the Federation to silence any witnesses. Shortly thereafter, the soldiers start getting picked off one by one. Upon arriving on the Bottle Ship, Samus bumps into a Galactic Federation platoon led by Adam and agrees to aid in their investigation. So much for Darth Vader, and so much for Samus. It turns out he was just pompous crybaby who wasn’t allowed to sit at the adult table. In the original Star Wars trilogy, Darth Vader was this pillar of insurmountable might, an amalgamation of all the galaxy’s darkest fears and uncertainties. Sakamoto has turned Samus into Anakin Skywalker. There are far more effective methods of expressing vulnerability than this case of character sabotage. She’s killed him four times at this point in the chronology, so what is the reason for her sudden shell shock? If she suffers from any prolonged trauma, logic would dictate that she wouldn’t allow it to impede her career of murdering awe-inspiring hell beasts on a regular basis, each more nightmarish than the last. Basically, the trigger for Samus’s decision to become a bounty hunter was not some altruistic higher calling but an act of defiance against “daddy.” We are meant to appreciate how much Samus has matured since then, but these scenes only serve to sour our perceptions of her character, perceptions that we’ve held for over two decades.īy now, we’ve all heard about how Samus pisses herself during her reunion with Ridley. She left the Galactic Federation because she couldn’t grasp the difficult choices Adam had to make on a regular basis. ![]() The flashbacks reveal just how much of a selfish brat Samus once was, pouting and giving the thumbs down during mission briefings. There seems to be little room for subtlety. All this emotional baggage is force-fed to us, described in excruciating detail, under the assumption that we are too dense to do our own character analyzing. She delivers her lines so matter-of-factly, as if reading from a teleprompter. She doesn’t demonstrate any real emotional range.īecause of this, it’s hard to take Samus seriously when she begins monologuing about her feelings. She just flips a switch and jumps from one state to the other. What’s jarring about these moments is that there is no gradual escalation from cool and collected to whiny and weepy. The only times she exhibits any inflection are during a small number of pivotal scenes when she throws the floodgates wide open. It makes her look simple-minded and, ironically, robotic. She recounts every minor event as though to remind herself of where she was and what she was supposed to do. From the moment she first flaps her lips, it’s obvious that her words lacks passion. To that end, the formerly stoic and silent heroine is given a voice with which to drone on … and on … and on. Other M attempts to elaborate upon Samus’s history with the Galactic Federation and the relationship with her former commanding officer slash father figure, Adam Malcovich. Now I’m gonna break down why the story sucks into several SPOILERIFIC sections.ĭeconstructing Samus and leaving her in pieces Thanks to him, we are treated to soap opera drama, inconsistencies, and dangling plot threads, all for the sake of “cinematic flair.” I’m not against expanding a franchise’s mythos, except for when it’s orchestrated by someone who acts like his own biggest fan. I place full blame at the feet of Yoshio Sakamoto, a man who assumed that the biggest problem with Metroid was that it lacked film noir narration. In fact, I declare that Other M‘s story has tainted the entire series. However, when it comes to the narrative, my impressions are far, far less favorable. Save for tedious rounds of I Spy and doors that lock and unlock to limit freedom of exploration, I consider the gameplay to be… passable. In the end, I decided to give the game a fair shake. If what Nick said was true, what we got was a set of unfocused and oftentimes broken mechanics that don’t reflect the quality we’ve come to expect out of a first-party Nintendo title. I had been pumped for Samus’ latest outing because it was billed as the natural evolution to the action-platforming style of Super Metroid. ![]() After reading Nick Chester’s review of Metroid: Other M, I seriously considered canceling my Amazon pre-order. ![]()
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