BlueFirez88

This was originally a response to user: Danniels95's question on another journal:

"I'm sorry that I don't know but, what's the Other M drama?"


The original point of Other M was it creator, Yoshio Sakamoto, and Team Ninja (of Ninja Gaiden fame) to come together and develop a Metroid game that focused primarily on Samus Aran's backstory.

However, while the idea seemed solid originally, the outcome has met with a huge amount of controversy among the fans of the franchise.  And there are numerous factors to why this game is so hated as it is, Samus' personality alone isn't even scratching the surface in regards to the game's problems.

I apologize in advance if the following list is a bit long, but just talking about one specific problem doesn't even begin to cover what's wrong with this game.

That said, here's SOME of problems with the game:
-Lack of exploration and discovery found in every other Metroid game (Other M is completely linear).
   -NOTE: You could argue that Fusion is similar in this regard, but it's still possible to get certain things out of order (i.e. sequence breaking).

-The pace breaking sequences where you have to scan for objects which are presented vaguely when it comes to the surrounding environment your looking at.

-Not being able to move in first person mode, and not being able to shoot missiles outside of first person mode.

-The authorization system where the commanding officer Adam tells you when to use your powers (even though you have all of them already), and doesn't even allow you to use your defensive capabilities (like the Varia Suit and that ungodly run through Sector 3).

-The story seems to make all of the characters out like morons (splitting up on an alien infested space station rather than staying together), and (even when excluding Prime) seems to crap all over the existing continuity with the original series (Samus trusting the Federation enough  to go through with the events that happen in Fusion).
    -ALSO,  the complete lack of the Chozo and how they failed to mention that they raised Samus being the my personal grip with the game.

-There's more (unskippable) cutscenes than game, and unlike Metal Gear Solid, don't ultimately add anything of value to the game itself, you probably could play the game without them and it would be a better experience.

-The entire sequence with Ridley, and 1. How it was a ripoff from the scene from Smash Bros Brawl, and 2. Samus' frightened reaction to seeing him again after killing him at least twice before (like I said, for sake of argument, I'm not counting Prime, but I am counting the Manga).

And last, but certainly not least:
-The entirety of Samus' portrayal in this game. Her constant monologing about everything (thanks captain obvious), her flat sounding voice actress, the character's unhealthy obsession with her CO Adam (to the point where some people have accused the game of being sexist), and overall, how the portrayal completely contradicts how she was presented in the sequel, Fusion, as being mostly quiet, methodical, and efficient compared to her mindless tween-age Other M counterpart.



Can you tell that I hate this game yet? 


I feel that people who do enjoy this game generalize all of the hatred for it down to one or two points (like justifying her personality and the Ridley scene), rather than consider the whole of its problems, and ultimately ignore them for sake of convenience.

I'm sure some have you noticed a distinct lack of activity (submission wise) from my page for a long time.  While it was fun to work on the MegaMan stuff, complications arose that made working on them just impossible.

1.Moving out of my old home (Nov 2011), which may not seem like a big deal, but let me get into my second point.
2.The art files for the MegaMan stuff was left behind on my old computer, for which I don't remember where everything is, so retrieving it may prove more difficult than it's worth.
3.I've honestly moved on.  While it was fun while it lasted, I've moved on to working on projects for the still active FPS Doom, and it's modern source port ZDoom, but more mainly it's OpenGL counterpart, GZDoom.  If your curious as to what I've been up to, go here: www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods…

Even though I've moved on to different things, does not mean I've given up being a MegaMan fan.  I've found the recent release of Street Fighter X MegaMan to be very entertaining, and that Version 2 definitely improved upon it's initial release.

I still strongly urge the community at large to continue supporting the MegaMan franchise as a whole, to show the fools at Capcom Japan that we still care about the Blue Bomber.  Thank Glob for Capcom USA!

It's almost been a month since I've been on here. My computer's been on down time due to some issues.  Well those issues are taken care of, but most of the time it took to get back was because of a number of additions to my system (mainly in the form of DOS Box).

I'll be trying to catch up here on everything I feel behind on.  DA for one thing.

As for any artwork in future.

Going to be going over those RM lists again here at some point, that way those are finalized so I can finally move on the the alleged "Special List" I keep talking about.  The samples are still valid right now, all see about adding another sample here in future.

Thanks for all the faves, comments, and praise.  Keep watching, new stuff will be coming.

I recently requested to be part of a featured journal and try and post up some of my more looked over work. You can see that entry here:
moonlight-pendent13.deviantart…

The only catch was that I'd have to feature some of moonlight-pendent13.deviantart… (Moonlight-Pendent13's) work in exchange for featuring my own.

There pics were specified by her to feature.  Sorry if the pics don't actually come up here as I'm not entirely sure how to do that.

moonlight-pendent13.deviantart… (Claire Portrait)

moonlight-pendent13.deviantart… (Hereith Commission)

moonlight-pendent13.deviantart… (Sir-Winkly Fins Strikes Again)