Before I begin, a brief history of me and the Metroid series! I've currently played every Metroid game except for Metroid Prime Pinball and this game. I've had a tendency to collect everything and speedrun for the best endings when playing any of the games. For the most part it's an enjoyable series with some exceptions. Super Metroid and Metroid Prime are two of the best games of all time, while Metroid Prime Hunters and Metroid (NES) are just terrible. Usually the series manages to stay at least above average though, and even the worst Metroid games are at least mediocre and not complete trash.
Metroid: Other M is a game that's definitely split the fans. I've heard negatives and positives about it, and so before I can form an opinion either way about it I thought it best to give it a try for myself. I picked it up used for $20 at my local EB Games and did an important first step when getting ready to play any game: reading the instruction manual!
Normally I'd also mention the developers associated with this game, but in the interest of good faith (which admittedly Team Ninja probably doesn't deserve) I will pretend they have a clean slate and judge the game as it relates on its own and to the Metroid series as a whole. Samus is one of the modern icons of females in gaming so surely nothing bad could possibly go wrong with taking this approach; not even Team Ninja could want to screw her up and I'm sure Sakamoto would never stoop so low.
*Actual writeups will probably start tomorrow or Friday*
*No really more people should read instruction manuals before starting games it could end up being super important after all*
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