So far, I'm only about 2 hours into the game, and sadly, I'm kinda disappointed. For a continuation of the Metroid Series, it's kinda bad.
For one, the storyline. If you're a long-time fan [like NES era] you'll be disappointed by the storyline. Metroid games aren't known for a deep, involved plot. However, Other M has very cinematic cutscenes that last about 5-10 minutes [not even kidding] and they COMPLETELY change Samus' personality. The backstory of Samus' past is kinda nice, but they overdid it a little.
Now, gameplay. The gameplay isn't as great as it lived up to be. The top-down controls are awkward because you can only move 8 directions, the 1st person controls are weird, as it's the only time you can use missiles. The transfer between them is fairly smooth, but if you're in the heat of battle and have to whip out a missile, good luck not getting hit when changing Wiimote positon, aiming, locking on, and then finally firing it. Speaking of missiles...
The missile system isvawful. You can recharge your missiles at anytime, pretty much making missile expansions pointless. Oh, and missile expansions only increase max missiles by ONE. And not only can you recharge your misiles, but if you're inches away from death, and ONLY then, you can recharge your energy to 1 full energy tank.
So now, an overview:
Graphics: 8/10
Gameplay: 6/10
Sound: 8/10
Story: 4/10
Overall: 6.5/10
If you do want to play it, by all means go ahead. This is just my opinion.
does no one realize that a few years after the storylines metroid and/or legend of zelda games are complete there's gonna be epic remakes and collections of these games released? (probably)
I honestly love the game and think that it was a bold but fresh take on the series. This will have to do until the final Metroid game comes out for Nintendo's next home console...till then
Sure, it's linear, but the action is SPOT ON. Goin' bambam TAKEDOWN never gets old. Probably my only gripes about this game are Samus never shuts up, she rants on and on about 'the baby' and perhaps it was too different for the fans.
The game isn't as sexy as everyone thought it would be. The controls are sexy as satan but the style of graphics that they went with wasn't very beautiful. You can only understand the story if your a diehard SamusStalker.