And it's not like a story in the games can't be done well, either. Fusion has dialogue sequences that you can speed through but not skip fully, along with monologues that aren't skippable at all, yet the story in it isn't fundamentally bad and Fusion is overall an amazing experience.
Metroid Prime tells a story through basically the scan visor yet succeeds at building a good atmosphere and a story that's engaging enough for the first 3D Metroid.
Other M just forces the story in your face and falls flat.
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