The game is fine. It looks nice, controls are super tight, level design is well intrigued. But I'm talking about something more meta.
Yes, the plot, and maybe not the plot itself, but more like narrative structure. It feels like the game was designed by Myamoto, it's that primitive. But it's supervised by Sakomoto, the series' daddy.
It basically Metroid 5, while Fusion was Metroid 4 and was the last chronological game in the series. In Metroid 4 Samus finally got personality, the game had proper dialogues and even some kind of character development, as ADAM the computer became more emotional and human-like, akin to the person he's based on, Adam Malkovich.
Now Samus is mute again, even tho gaming audience finally getting sick of mute protagonists, and ADAM is just your typical cold Amazon Alexa again, degraded into a regular smartphone app. And his generated-like voice is so unpleasant to hear, for the first time I've tried to disable voices in the game, but was unable to. Luckily there is barely any dialogues in the game, as story is paper thin.
It reminds me of Samus returns. I've dropped because it was kinda bore to play. Also fine crafted, but I had to listen to audiobooks to keep my brain busy, while I explore for secrets and treasures. And I have the same problem here. It feels like another Game Boy game remake, not something modern made in 2021 and ignoring advancements the series had previously. Even mediocre metrodovanies, like Batman on 3DS tried to keep invested with characters and related events as you explore the blackgate prison, but nothing of that sort here. Or Monster boy with the most clichéd plot ever, but some colorful chars to make up for it.
Yes, a game doesn't need a narrative to be good, but when you introduce something only to take it back next time it just feels off.
Yes, the plot, and maybe not the plot itself, but more like narrative structure. It feels like the game was designed by Myamoto, it's that primitive. But it's supervised by Sakomoto, the series' daddy.
It basically Metroid 5, while Fusion was Metroid 4 and was the last chronological game in the series. In Metroid 4 Samus finally got personality, the game had proper dialogues and even some kind of character development, as ADAM the computer became more emotional and human-like, akin to the person he's based on, Adam Malkovich.
Now Samus is mute again, even tho gaming audience finally getting sick of mute protagonists, and ADAM is just your typical cold Amazon Alexa again, degraded into a regular smartphone app. And his generated-like voice is so unpleasant to hear, for the first time I've tried to disable voices in the game, but was unable to. Luckily there is barely any dialogues in the game, as story is paper thin.
It reminds me of Samus returns. I've dropped because it was kinda bore to play. Also fine crafted, but I had to listen to audiobooks to keep my brain busy, while I explore for secrets and treasures. And I have the same problem here. It feels like another Game Boy game remake, not something modern made in 2021 and ignoring advancements the series had previously. Even mediocre metrodovanies, like Batman on 3DS tried to keep invested with characters and related events as you explore the blackgate prison, but nothing of that sort here. Or Monster boy with the most clichéd plot ever, but some colorful chars to make up for it.
Yes, a game doesn't need a narrative to be good, but when you introduce something only to take it back next time it just feels off.