other m is awful by any standards, even the incredibly low bar that the wii has set for it's library.
This is pretty much what fans of the series view the game to be. In the case of the story, rightfully so, but ONLY because it was marketed to "be the final statement on Samus's characterization". When I watched an LP of the game in January, I didn't feel that Other M even tried to do that - instead just introducing ideas and doing very little with them. Hardly a "last word".
So if you're going to play Other M, don't go into it with any story-based expectations, because you will be disappointed - the story lacks focus and the script is horrible (the only thing outright bad about the game IMO) and creates a somewhat abundance of undue melodrama. And I don't like the game's portrayal of Samus, although who the heck does? But I also find the story surprisingly easy to ignore since...well, 1.5-hour breaks between cutscenes in a 12-hour game, and cutscenes aren't as long as the 30-minute chatfests I've heard are found in games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Star Ocean 4.
I don't feel that Other M is a story-heavy game at all, although I do feel that it WANTS to be story-heavy. I also feel as if a cutscene or two was haphazardly thrown out.
GMUN, I've been discussing my thoughts on Other M with a YouTube user by the name of LordXamot. If you want, I can let you in on what we've been discussing.