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TalkBack / Re: FEATURES: Whither Now, Samus Aran?
« on: July 13, 2008, 10:25:55 PM »I think the biggest problem surrounding Metroid is how it's being consistently retconned. The Prime sub-series did that and still doesn't take the series forward. Fusion did however but then pretty much neutered the entire series in the process.
Nintendo has a really stubborn attitude towards story in games. I support that the focus of a game should be in other aspects of course but it wouldn't hurt to hire some writers and make a decent story, making an effort towards it wouldn't delay terribly the game and would make the experience a whole lot better.
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and Nintendo would do well to take the series in a new direction now that Metroids have become extinct, and perhaps start answering a few questions about the main character.
And at the same time... NO, NO, NO!
On one side is my fear of the absolute ineptitude from Retro and Nintendo of making interesting characters and engaging stories, what they did to Samus and her universe from Zero Mission to Corruption was pretty appalling, and the other is that one of Samus coolest features is precisely the mystery behind her. This somewhat contradicts what I said before and that's why I clarified, if you don't know how to do it at least hire someone who does, writers should be as important as graphic's artists in video game development.
And stealth is awesome, so KDR is completely wrong
the implementation in ZM was less than stellar but the atmosphere in the games is about loneliness and suspense, nothing makes that better than stealth gameplay and I would love if they actually put some effort into it. Personally the stealth in ZM seemed to me more as an excuse to get Samus naked in order to capture the loser otaku culture of Japan, the country with honestly the worst taste in games.With all that said, I have to add that the ones who should shoot themselves is all of you whiny people who want Metroid to die. The Metroid experience is way too scarce and amazing to be calling for a rest of the series, we barely get a bad copy of it with the metroidvanias.
