I will start this by being fair. This would have been a great game if it had not been a Metroid title. If you play this and forget all about it ever being related to the franchise it is rather enjoyable.
The story for many destroys Samus's character. She has all her items but is not allowed to use them until told she can by Adam her former C.O. While this makes sense for some things like power bombs, it makes no sense for things like your armor. Going through super heated areas four times before being told you can use the Varia suit is one of the crowning moments of stupid. Then there's the Ridley cutscene. Most people that read the manga of Metroid agree it's canon to the games and they know Samus already had her heroic BSOD moment, there's no reason for it now. Some argue the game is sexist, I just call it bad writing. Speaking of Ridley, the presentation of him we are given is also a major blow to his character with how he starts out, as well as how the space pirates are handled. You no longer fight crafty intelligent beings, but animals running off instinct.
Gameplay works for the most part, but it does many things Metroid shouldn't. If people felt Fusion was liner, this is worse, being guided from Navigation room to Navigation room with little change to take alternate paths, the doors often locked behind you after scenes so you can't even go back to explore for pick ups. The final missile/energy count is low for this game, but you don't really need all that much anyways since the sense movement mechanic makes many fights cheep, it's all about dodging. There's also no item drops in this game, you recharge missiles yourself as well as part of your health if you're in the red, another new idea that breaks away from tradition. Also as of right now Other M contains a game breaking glitch involving a locked door that should be open. I won't go into details but search google for 'metroid other m glitch' and you'll get results. This is something I fully expect to be fixed.
To sum it all up, if you hate change, you'll likely hate this game, if you are open minded, you might enjoy it.
Other M: weakest of the metroid series by far.
I will start this by being fair. This would have been a great game if it had not been a Metroid title. If you play this and forget all about it ever being related to the franchise it is rather enjoyable.
The story for many destroys Samus's character. She has all her items but is not allowed to use them until told she can by Adam her former C.O. While this makes sense for some things like power bombs, it makes no sense for things like your armor. Going through super heated areas four times before being told you can use the Varia suit is one of the crowning moments of stupid. Then there's the Ridley cutscene. Most people that read the manga of Metroid agree it's canon to the games and they know Samus already had her heroic BSOD moment, there's no reason for it now. Some argue the game is sexist, I just call it bad writing. Speaking of Ridley, the presentation of him we are given is also a major blow to his character with how he starts out, as well as how the space pirates are handled. You no longer fight crafty intelligent beings, but animals running off instinct.
Gameplay works for the most part, but it does many things Metroid shouldn't. If people felt Fusion was liner, this is worse, being guided from Navigation room to Navigation room with little change to take alternate paths, the doors often locked behind you after scenes so you can't even go back to explore for pick ups. The final missile/energy count is low for this game, but you don't really need all that much anyways since the sense movement mechanic makes many fights cheep, it's all about dodging. There's also no item drops in this game, you recharge missiles yourself as well as part of your health if you're in the red, another new idea that breaks away from tradition. Also as of right now Other M contains a game breaking glitch involving a locked door that should be open. I won't go into details but search google for 'metroid other m glitch' and you'll get results. This is something I fully expect to be fixed.
To sum it all up, if you hate change, you'll likely hate this game, if you are open minded, you might enjoy it.