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PTSD or Weakness: Real Experts on why Samus didn't Shoot

Stephen Kelley of Gamrfeed talks with an Army Veteran and a psychologist on their views on Samus's now infamous breakdown in "Metroid other M".

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BeardedGamerShow4995d ago

Brilliant article, I hope this gets some nasty commenters eating their words about this controversial Other M scene.

CombatEvolving4995d ago

You can't portray someone as an all out badass and then in one game turn them into an overly emotional train wreck.

TheROsingleB4995d ago

Who is to say that she wasn't an emotional wreck prior to this game? They may not have showed signs of it during older games because most of them were pretty void of any hard back round story for Samus other than "Bounty Hunter. Metroids. Mother Brain. Pew Pew Pew."

digitaledge4995d ago

As I've said in my comment further down, Other M is a prequel to the Prime Series (and more), and is set just after Super Metroid.

It IS possible that Samus has learned to control/conquer her feelings/fears by the Prime games.

I would imagine that her reaction is kind of similar to the likes of Michael Myers sister in the Halloween movies. She 'kills' him, and the next time she sees him, she is frozen with fear. Every other time she sees him after that, she's like 'Oh, here we go again'! lol

HowarthsNJ4995d ago

What other reason could there be?

EvilTwin4995d ago

@CombatEvolving

She's still portrayed as an all-out badass. Just look at what she does in the game.

They are just using words now to explain the character. And to be honest, it's been this way, even within the game. Samus shows her emotional immaturity all the way back in Return of Samus. She can't bring herself to finish the job, leaves one baby Metroid alive, illegally transports it back to the Galactic Federation, and what happens? Comes back to bite her.

That's followed up by Super, when the baby Metroid is kidnapped. What does Samus do? She makes a rash decision and follows Ridley directly to Zebes, where she finds a much more dire situation than she anticipated. As a result, she has her ass handed to her by both the hatchling and Mother Brain.

Samus is indeed a badass. But she isn't invincible. And she has more emotional baggage that would take waaaaaaaay longer to get into (think if you were someone who lived your life all alone taking suicide missions). For some reason, people don't want to see that portrayed.

stragomccloud4995d ago

Did you even read the article??? PSTD
I have a friend who works for San Diego County as part of the mental health team. He works with survivors of torture refugees and soldiers coming back from service. From what my buddy says, the game is pretty accurate in it's depiction of a case of PTSD.

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ReservoirDog3164995d ago

You know, I'm not the biggest Metroid fan but this actually made me want to play Other M.

stragomccloud4995d ago

Remember? It's been called ignorant and disrespectful to voice and think such things. Therefore, the people that thought that way before will continue to ignorantly believe that.

TheGameLlama4995d ago

Well this is... really good stuff. Awesome.

bmw694995d ago

Great and insightful article - journalism at its finest

Kantor4995d ago (Edited 4995d ago )

Somewhat overanalytical, but I fully agree that the soldiers who have been scarred by battle deserve more respect and attention. Very good interview, as well, though.

Braineater24484995d ago

Great article. Thanks for the insight.

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno8d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.

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Nintendo's Massacre Of The 3DS And Wii U Is Finally Complete, Regrettably

Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."