An open letter to Phoenix Studios:

[dark-daventry]

Other M is the worst Metroid game I have ever played.  It was mildly interesting but WAY too short and the plot was just one huge WTF.

I haven't played Other M. I liked what little I played of the Prime games, but the style of Other M just turned me off. Maybe Nintendo will put Retro Studios to work on a new Metroid game. Retro studios knows how to make games, I think. Donkey Kong Country returns got good reviews, and the prime games, in my opinion, were great. Honestly, I'd like to see either Retro or Capcom tackle Zelda. Capcom has proven themselves more than worthy of the handheld zelda titles; Minnish Cap was great, and although I've never played them, I've heard only good things about the oracle games. Because of this, I have no qualms seeing Capcom try their hand at a console zelda title... The same goes for Retro studios. I really want to see their take on the Zelda franchise... Off topic, I know... I just had to get that out there though.

[Baggins]

I enjoyed Other M, but compared to Prime, it was a disappointment... It had a few parts that were fun, but control scheme was eh... I did like some of the nods back to previous games stories though. But ya, it could have been longer.

At least some of the bosses were actually challenging compared to the prime games.

Actually, I have to say my least favorite metroid game is probably Fusion... I was way too linear, and drag your hand along, more so than Other M (Other M draws alot from Fusion in its story)....

My favorite will always be Super Metroid!, probably followed by the original Metroid.

[Cez]

yeah, I'm not saying FP games don't work. For example, Metroid Prime is indeed a great example of a FP game that works. But then again, I don't care about connecting with the character, because really, I do not care about Samus or whatever dumb story the game had. I just want to play the game and find the secrets.

In games like Uncharted and Tomb Raider, it's nice to have that behind the character camera feel. Mass Effect I think had both options, full FP and behind the character, if I remember correctly. And, if I remember correctly, I always chose the behind the character camera.

[Baggins]

With Deadly Shadows, I had to play First Person... Third Person was an abomination for the series (it might work for Splinter Cell, but not Thief)...

[dark-daventry]

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas, as well as Elder Scrolls 4 have the option to go FP or third person I believe. And doesn't MoE have a first person option too?

[Baggins]

The MOE FPS mode is not particularly well done though.

It doesn't even have 'bob and weave' animation, and the views of the weapons are kinda bland. So it doesn't seem  realistic. You also can't use the special attack while in 3rd Person mode, the one that does more damage. And targeting is somewhat off.

The only benifit to using it though, is that its somewhat faster to move around I think. But in some places will cause the game to lock up (Dimension of Death).

A good FPS adventure though, I think pulled it off pretty well, was Azriel's Tear! I'm also a big fan of the Journeyman Project series.

[dark-daventry]

The MOE FPS mode is not particularly well done though.

It doesn't even have 'bob and weave' animation, and the views of the weapons are kinda bland. So it doesn't seem  realistic. You also can't use the special attack while in 3rd Person mode, the one that does more damage. And targeting is somewhat off.

The only benifit to using it though, is that its somewhat faster to move around I think. But in some places will cause the game to lock up (Dimension of Death).

A good FPS adventure though, I think pulled it off pretty well, was Azriel's Tear! I'm also a big fan of the Journeyman Project series.

I LOVE The Journeyman Project 3. It's a shame the company closed up before they could finish the fourth game (yea, according to what I've read online, a fourth game was in development).