I didn't care much for Other M's story but games don't usually have decent stories so whatever. Outside of visual novels and the Legacy of Kain series, I can't think of any games with a story I've enjoyed in over a decade. So Other M having a dumb story is just another video game story as far as I'm concerned. And yeah it isn't a proper Metroid game at all, but I wasn't expecting it to be since it was made by Team ****ing Ninja for god's sake.
But on its own merits, the gameplay worked for me. I always enjoy Wii games that can be played with the remote only, not having to use some dumb controller add-on is worth a lot to me. I didn't have a problem with the switching because you mostly only had to do it during boss fights, and it always seemed to me that there was a minor slowdown effect when you transitioned that made it workable. The dodging was easy but it never really bothered me, that's just how the game works and I was fine with it. The exploring wasn't very good by Metroid standards (most hidden powerups were always accessed by a hidden passage that was self-contained in the room which was a little weak), but there were a few good bits of it and again, I wasn't expecting a real Metroid game. The only gameplay element that really bothered me were the first-person pixel hunts. I usually had to check a FAQ for those because after a bit of looking around everywhere and not finding anything I gave up.
Overall I would say it's about a 6.5/10, maybe a 7/10 game. Not amazing but okay. If I had to put my finger on why I wasn't as upset about it as everyone else even though I recognize most of the same flaws everyone else complains about, I would say it's because I don't think many other games are any better. So maybe a bad game doesn't seem as bad to me because I kinda think every game is sorta bad, and this one was not particularly more offensive than average.
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