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Kim · 02-26-2010, 05:47 AM

My main worries about this game aren't limited to OMGSAMUSBOOBIESLULZ.

Basically, and perhaps I'm way off base here, but when I hear Team Ninja, my first thoughts are Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden. I thought Ninja Gaiden was fucking awesome, and Ninja Gaiden II was also pretty great, though not as good as the first game. My problem is that they decided that they're going to try and flesh out Samus as a character and have a deeper story or some such nonsense. I am not inherently opposed to this idea either, though I do worry, like BitVyper said, that it'll detract from other positive elements of the Metroid games.

However, I have seen nothing that suggests that Team Ninja has ever had writing that even the nicest person would call mediocre. When I hear Team Ninja and writing in the same sentence my first thought is "SO. BAD." Maybe I've missed some fifty other titles they've done that have had writing amazing enough to bring me to tears, but I doubt it. I just think that the group trying to flesh out Samus' character, something prior games have gotten along fine without, should be a group better known for their writing ability, instead of Team Ninja.

Furthermore, I'm not sure how I feel about the gameplay. 2D? Awesome. Great. Fantastic. 2D that can switch into first person whenever? I worry. It might be good and evolve the gameplay like never before seen, but I'm suspicious because it is new. Plus, as far as I know, Team Ninja doesn't exactly have experience making this type of title, and as such I don't know if it will have any of the qualities I enjoy in a Metroid game.

Mirai Gen · 02-26-2010, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by NonCon

My main worries about this game aren't limited to OMGSAMUSBOOBIESLULZ.

I think we would probably have gotten in better sync if our conversation wasn't limited to a hundred and fourty letters minus our respective names and an @ symbol.

Cause I mostly agree - their writing hasn't been anything to jump and wave a club around about, but this seems like they're at least trying. Even if it isn't Mass Effect 2 it certainly won't be Bayonetta, and nobody really checks out Metroid for the story.

Kim · 02-26-2010, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

nobody really checks out Metroid for the story.

Which is why I'd really rather not have Metroid changed from the very basic, non-intrusive story that it normally has, but if it is changed from that, I'd really like it to be done by someone I know can write. Instead, a company that can't write are the ones deciding that Metroid needs more writing. Thus my gripe. Don't make me watch Samus talk if you can't write decent dialogue and some such...

But yeah. Dammit Twitter.

Mirai Gen · 02-26-2010, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by NonCon

Which is why I'd really rather not have Metroid changed from the very basic, non-intrusive story that it normally has, but if it is changed from that, I'd really like it to be done by someone I know can write.

Bit late for that - Metroid Fusion threw textboxes at you every five minutes and pretty much shit the worldess dialog I loved so much.

At least Zero Mission went back to basics and ruled because of it.

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Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	My main worries about this game aren't limited to OMGSAMUSBOOBIESLULZ. Basically, and perhaps I'm way off base here, but when I hear Team Ninja, my first thoughts are Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden. I thought Ninja Gaiden was fucking awesome, and Ninja Gaiden II was also pretty great, though not as good as the first game. My problem is that they decided that they're going to try and flesh out Samus as a character and have a deeper story or some such nonsense. I am not inherently opposed to this idea either, though I do worry, like BitVyper said, that it'll detract from other positive elements of the Metroid games. However, I have seen nothing that suggests that Team Ninja has ever had writing that even the nicest person would call mediocre. When I hear Team Ninja and writing in the same sentence my first thought is "SO. BAD." Maybe I've missed some fifty other titles they've done that have had writing amazing enough to bring me to tears, but I doubt it. I just think that the group trying to flesh out Samus' character, something prior games have gotten along fine without, should be a group better known for their writing ability, instead of Team Ninja. Furthermore, I'm not sure how I feel about the gameplay. 2D? Awesome. Great. Fantastic. 2D that can switch into first person whenever? I worry. It might be good and evolve the gameplay like never before seen, but I'm suspicious because it is new. Plus, as far as I know, Team Ninja doesn't exactly have experience making this type of title, and as such I don't know if it will have any of the qualities I enjoy in a Metroid game. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy