Samus talks
While I have argued forever that I want Link and the other characters in the Zelda universe to talk, I still feel this was a bad way to go for Metroid. As I mentioned in a previous comment, “if Samus is talking, then that means she has someone to talk to” — and something about that just feels wrong. The atmosphere of a Metroid game owes in large part to the isolation of Samus. There is something beautifully haunting and mysterious about being alone on a vast alien world.
I wouldn’t complain so much if the voice acting was purely soliloquy, but as the trailer shows, Samus is clearly talking to other people at parts. Voiced soliloquy could have been a really amazing way to add depth to her character. Having Samus awkwardly talk to herself as she tries to understand or possibly even communicate with the alien life would have been remarkable. What if Samus personified a baby metroid the way Tom Hank did his volleyball in the film, Castaway? Perhaps this could have been an interesting way to explore the frightening depths of isolation and loneliness.
But instead we get cheesy voice over to (what looks like) a cheesy, anime inspried story? The voice actress is bad and the writing is even worse. What happened to Jennifer Hale?
Bah, I’ll comment more when we see more.
What are your thoughts?
Brad
