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Was Metroid Other M the right direction? (NO FLAME WARS PLEASE)

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ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#351: Oct 13th 2010 at 7:44:29 AM

... I stopped even remotely taking any of this seriously, when there's a wall of text essay about a freakin' Nintendo game that the writer hasn't even played. I'm sorry, but this is just too ridiculous for me to handle. Expecting this to develop into an intelligent discussion is like expecting a monk accepting pork chops as a vegetable.

... and yet, this still developed into a fourteen-paged(now fifteen thanks to me) discussion. Sometimes I seriously don't understand you people.

edited 13th Oct '10 7:57:39 AM by ThatOtherGriffin

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#352: Oct 13th 2010 at 7:59:32 AM

^ If I tell you there's actually three of these threads, will it break your brain?

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ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#353: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:03:41 AM

^ Yes.

At this point, I think it's better to all of humanity that anyone who even mentions the game should get shot, cut into pieces, fed to dogs and then burn their droppings. I mean seriously, THREE topics on the same game about the same subject over and over again? Oh god.

edited 13th Oct '10 9:07:21 AM by ThatOtherGriffin

MedicoreNed Welp, Redbeard is angry Since: Feb, 2010
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#354: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:05:21 AM

You dont need to play the damn game to know its bad.

edited 13th Oct '10 8:40:28 AM by MedicoreNed

MedicoreNed Welp, Redbeard is angry Since: Feb, 2010
Welp, Redbeard is angry
#356: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:11:35 AM

That's all you could come up with? You should of gone all the way and posted a shock site then.

ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#357: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:16:45 AM

Because the logic is incredibly stupid. Just because you've never seen it before or don't like, that means it's okay to calling "it sucks"?

That my friend, is the stupidest thing I've heard yet.

Never experiencing the product in question personally completely destroys the whole point of personal opinion and just categorize you as a mindless sheep, making you only look more idiotic than before.

And this doesn't even make sense in context. Metroid: Other M is, no matter how much you argue about it, not an objectively bad game and IS very polarizing. It would be like calling salami sandwiches bad, because your friend doesn't like it.

edited 13th Oct '10 8:27:46 AM by ThatOtherGriffin

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#358: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:39:31 AM

Post #353 is flame bait, pure and simple. How do I report this?

edited 13th Oct '10 8:39:38 AM by DragonQuestZ

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#359: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:08:30 AM

Griffin's phrasing is a bit harsh, but he does have a point. Now, I've said time and again that I don't think Other M is a good game, but I've actually played through the entire thing and can speak from personal experience. There are a lot of people with very passionate opinions on this game, who have never so much as touched it.

There is only so much you can wean from You Tube clips taken out of context and the opinions of others; it's the difference between complaining about a movie you've seen, and complaining about a movie that a friend told you he didn't like.

edited 13th Oct '10 9:08:58 AM by TobiasDrake

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ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#360: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:08:47 AM

^^... So it's flame bait when I call out how utterly preposterous it is to make three topics on the same subject? That you haven't even played?

edited 13th Oct '10 9:11:45 AM by ThatOtherGriffin

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#361: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:23:32 AM

Did you even look at the post number I wrote? Look who's complaining about things you haven't read.

And that also applies to you not even reading the OP, for if you did, you would know it's on things you don't have to play the game to get. Do not tell me that I have to play it to judge the story, because there is a mode in the game to watch the story without playing the game.

That logically invites judgment of at least those elements, which is what most of my comments, both in the OP and later posts, were about.

edited 13th Oct '10 9:23:54 AM by DragonQuestZ

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ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#362: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:38:54 AM

The only thing I said that writing an essay based on something you haven't played is ridiculous and takes all credibility. I never commented on the essay's actual quality, which in turn is a completely different thing.

And I'm not gonna start on that you're critizing a story of a flippin' Nintendo game...

edited 13th Oct '10 9:44:23 AM by ThatOtherGriffin

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#363: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:41:50 AM

Ridiculous is still a judgment call. Credibility is still suspect, as your seem to not like the furor this game has caused, regardless of whether it is credible.

And you still haven't copped to posting a flaming comment.

edited 13th Oct '10 9:42:59 AM by DragonQuestZ

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ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#364: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:48:47 AM

... Because we've gone through this topic several hundred times. We don't need more of this, especially from an uncredible source.

And you're taking my comments way too seriously.

edited 13th Oct '10 9:50:27 AM by ThatOtherGriffin

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#365: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:51:55 AM

You post a comment calling for violence, and acting like we are supposed to shrug it off?

And don't tell us you weren't being serious. Joking flame bait is still flame bait.

And you calling something uncredible does not make it so, especially when it's clear you don't want to accept it anyway. That's not credibility, that's prejudice.

I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#366: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:58:03 AM

I don't really think that was flame bait... After all, it was pretty much expression of frustration at the three threads of discussion mostly involving people who haven't played the game.

Hey, I would be frustrated.

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#367: Oct 13th 2010 at 10:00:18 AM

"I think it's better to all of humanity that anyone who even mentions the game should get shot, cut into pieces, fed to dogs and then burn their droppings."

Do not tell me that isn't flame bait. Just because you agree with the sentiment does not make the content of that line acceptable.

I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#368: Oct 13th 2010 at 10:00:22 AM

... I'm seriously starting to doubt you're trying to discredit me everyway possible. Only the most desperate would start to constantly belittle of something clearly tongue-in-cheek.

So no matter what, it's still completely justified for you to write something you never had personal experience on and constatly complaining about the same scene we have heard criticism about hundred times before?

edited 13th Oct '10 10:02:10 AM by ThatOtherGriffin

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#369: Oct 13th 2010 at 10:02:29 AM

What makes you think playing it is the only form of personal experience? Plus you're implying this game is in a vacuum, and would not affect anything else.

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MedicoreNed Welp, Redbeard is angry Since: Feb, 2010
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#370: Oct 13th 2010 at 10:09:02 AM

Besides people can watch lets plays to get the feel of the game without playing it.

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#371: Oct 13th 2010 at 10:10:56 AM

^ About the only thing that needs to be played is how responsive or comfortable the control is, since that cannot be judged without a controller in your hand.

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ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#372: Oct 13th 2010 at 10:11:46 AM

... Don't see how that's suppose to convince me in the slightest bit. I think you've missed the point of "personal experience" alltogether now.

edited 13th Oct '10 10:12:45 AM by ThatOtherGriffin

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#373: Oct 13th 2010 at 10:13:49 AM

@Griffin: He got Ruined Forever reaction for Sakamoto in this game. Despite supposedly knowing the trope actually means. Of course hes gonna use every possible thing as proof it sucks.

Aka, unless someone starts talking about something talk-able, I suggest you to leave this thread and do something fun :3 Thats what I'm planning to do xD

edited 13th Oct '10 10:14:25 AM by SpookyMask

ThatOtherGriffin Since: Aug, 2010
#374: Oct 13th 2010 at 10:17:48 AM

Hey, you're right. Thanks Spooky Mask. Not gonna waste my precious time like these clowns here anymore.

edited 17th Oct '10 4:36:20 AM by ThatOtherGriffin

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#375: Oct 13th 2010 at 10:20:34 AM

That's not my reaction, as I did not claim this ruined the series. Plus if you actually read my comments, you would know it's the execution I called on, not Sakamoto.

You don't have to agree with me, but disagree with the points I actually made, not what you ignorantly decided I made.

I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.

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