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Metroid: Other M – A retrospect view of its reception at the time of its release.

WARNING: This post will contain spoilers concerning the story and gameplay of Metroid: Other M.

First of all, I’d like to point out that this is not a review. I am not going to focus on the game elements of Metroid: Other M. However, as we take a look at the critique the game is slated with, we will touch on some elements of the game, and analyse the fairness of its critique.

Metroid: Other M, released in 2010. It’s a game so critically reviewed, dissected for analysis, and attacked, that you might think that there’s little left to say. I disagree, as there is still a large majority who treat the game unfairly. The main reason; A lot of people haven’t even played the game. Metroid: Other M has the lowest attach rate of any Metroid game, barring Prime Hunters for the DS, yet it is one of the most widely discussed entries in the series. Even I fault myself for maligning the game without having experienced it myself. Everybody said the game was really bad, how can it be any good? When asked for games that ruined a series, or just bad games in general, people usually cite Metroid: Other M, but I sincerely doubt that all of those people are genuine, and I really wonder how many of them have played the game.

I have taken the liberty to divide the following section in three parts; Three parts that are usually cited as the elements that ruined the game. These are the following: Samus Aran taking commands from Adam Malkovich, Samus Aran being too emotional, and lastly the infamous Ridley scene, which deserves an entire section of its own.

Taking Commands

I’ve seen more than one reason why Samus taking commands was supposedly damaging to the game as a whole. The first, and the one reason I find uttermost stupid, is that it is sexist for a female character to take commands from a male commander in charge. I hope we can all agree that this argument doesn’t need to mentioned ever again, and that we can leave it as it is. An actual argument that has been proposed by many individuals is that Samus has no reason to listen what Adam says, and only disables herself until the required weapons are authorised by Adam. I would have wholeheartedly agreed if this was a movie. It is not however*. It is a game. We all know how your average Metroid game starts; ‘’Here’s Samus, and her Power Suit, event X happens; Too bad, you just lost all of your equipment.’’ (You’d think that she’d be aware of this after so many times, and come prepared with backup weapons in case this happens again, wouldn’t you?) The authorisation system used in Other M is a fresh take on an otherwise old trick of getting you to start at zero. It’s a system that actually works in Other M, due to being accompanied by Adam Malkovich all the time, through their communication system.

Too Emotional

We’ve all heard this argument. Samus was portrayed as too emotional, she wasn’t the strong, independent character we imagined her to be. Usually the argument is followed by examples from the game. My problem lies with the examples that are used; They are mostly flashbacks. Indeed, the flashbacks displayed Samus as a emotional person with her daily tantrums, however that is to be expected from a teenager. If anything, it shows the amount of independence she has gained throughout the years, and that further strengthens her as a character. There’s only one scene in the entire game, that isn’t a flashback, in which Samus gets emotional. That is when Adam Malkovich, possibly one the only person that is as close to her as family decides to sacrifice himself. Even when Anthony, a close friend, seemingly fell and incinerated in lava, she shrug it off with an actually rather cold ‘’I regretted not being able to protect him…’’. This also brings me to our next point.

Another supposed problem with the game; the voice acting. Some disliked it, I actually thought they did Samus justice. Her monotone and cold voice make her seem anything but emotional, however I have yet to see another person to bring that argument up. (I especially liked her monologues, they were almost poetic in a way).

I think the way Samus responded in the situations are all reactions I can live with, after all, she’s just a human**, not an indifferent robot. The problem lies with the Prime series. They told little about Samus as a character. I shall remind you; Other M is not Prime. The 2D games on the other hand were not able to tell expansive stories, let alone develop a proper character for Samus, she didn’t show much emotion in those games, because they weren’t able to do so. However the games themselves did tell a story. Remember Super Metroid? The game actually involved around saving the Baby. She even disobeyed her orders in order to take it back home; ’’I completely eradicated them except for a larva, which after hatching followed me like a confused child...’’ She cared about a Metroid; Was it that weird to care about Adam Malkovich?

The Ridley Scene

Well, there we go. In my opinion a scene that stood out from all other scenes. Not because it was bad, but because it revealed the biggest plot twist in the game. The argument goes as following; ‘’Samus shouldn’t have been in shock when she encountered Ridley, after all, she had fought him many times before, this was no different.’’ Except this time, there was a difference. Ridley was not expected. Not in any way. Ridley was eradicated along with Mother Brain, the remaining Metroids and the entire planet Zebes at the end of Super Metroid. Ridley is known to have powerful healing abilities, able to recover from fatal wounds with ease, but a planetary explosion should have destroyed him for good.

I don’t think Samus was shocked with awe at the appearance of Ridley alone. Just think of the consequences, they are literally astronomical; If Ridley is back, then what about Mother Brain? She was there with Ridley on Zebes, and perhaps even more important; What about the Metroids? If Ridley made its return, then what stopped the Metroids from returning? Later in the story we learn how they were cloned from DNA left on Samus’ Power Suit, but at the time of the encounter this was still unknown.

Conclusion

What have we learned about our retrospect view at Other M? Was the game unfairly slated with critique? I do think so. What about you? The story remains a subjective matter, I am not here to force you to like the game, but I will request you to reconsider your opinion about the game. Let’s not forget about the actual gameplay, underneath the story heavy game, lies some wonderful gameplay. True, it’s more action-based, and less exploration-based than previous instalments, but it’s still a great game. Metroid: Other M does an amazing job at capturing the 2D gameplay, and transferring it into a 3D environment. Metroid: Other M just isn’t Prime, so I’d be unfair to expect it to be similar to Prime. Let me know what you think about the general reception of Other M, was it fair, or you think it didn't do the game justice?

Every game has its flaws, especially when it is reviewed so critically. I hope we can learn to try a game (or anything else for that matter), before we actually judge it. Don’t judge a book by its cover. I think that’s a good message to end this wall of text with. Well, my hands are begging me to stop, so I’ll do so.

[*Well… the amount of cutscenes actually do make an entire movie.]
[** Technically, she is a hybrid, infused with DNA from the Chozo and a Metroid.]

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TuVictus

I've learned that the Internet hivemind gave the game more crap than it deserved. I mean it wasn't the best metroid game, but it was fun, and that's what's important. the story was not as awful as people like to make it seem, and the gameplay is where the game shone. I couldn't care for the story, but that was all the fault of metroids creator himself. Team ninja did a great job with the gameplay.

Definitely hated more than it should be. That said, prime is infinitely better in my books

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I got it for my birthday, and liked it. Then I played it again after a while, and...I didn't really care for it. It's been while since then, so maybe I'll try it again soon, and see which reaction was more reasonable for me.

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Jazzer94

Gameplay was good story was bordering on bad, that's how I look at it in a nutshell and as I hold gameplay higher than story for this kind of game I quite like Other M.

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Octane

Maelstrom wrote:

It was mainly hated for the fact it was too different. If it was not a metroid game, it would not have been bashed so much.

I actually don't think it was that different. No more than the Prime series was. Indeed, it focussed more on story and combat, but exploration was still present. In terms of gameplay, Other M felt more similar to the 2D Metroid games than Prime did.

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SKTTR

Agree with all points of the original post.
I'm a fan of the Metroid background story and Samus as a character since I got Super Metroid in 1994.
Super Metroid is an alltime fav of mine, so I completed every Metroid game that followed to re-experience that Super Metroid feeling. Only Other M got close.
Obviously I'm oldschool and not from the Prime generation. Those games were filler, great but not what I expect from a Metroid game.

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Kogorn733

I agree with most of the OP's points and actually liked this game, even if it was different from Super Metroid and the Prime series.

My highlights

Fantastic boss fights. There was a lot of variety, and I especially enjoyed fighting my favorite boss in the series (Nightmare)

Great combat: while people have mixed opinions on this, I actually thought the combat was quite good. I never had problems with the camera or auto aim system, and found the enemies a pleasant challenge

Great atmosphere

I actually liked Samus' voice acting and many parts of the story (other than Samus' reaction to Ridley, which really doesn't make sense since she's faced him multiple times beforehand)

That said, I do need to point out several flaws:

While I'm not bothered by the characterization of Samus per se, some things, such as her reaction to Ridley, do not make sense considering how far the game is on the Metroid Timeline. If this was her first encounter with Ridley, her reaction would make sense, but it was a little strange here when she had already defeated him a couple of times

I think there could have been a better way for Samus to gradually regain her powers than the authorization system, or at least, it should have been limited to certain powers for which it makes sense. For weapons, it makes sense because the space station is fragile. It makes no sense, however, for the grapple beams and varia suit (or whatever the suit that makes you immune to heat is) to be held back on the same logic.

I was disappointed with the weapon variety. I despise the limited nature of the beam stacking system in the Metroid games that have it (i.e. Fusion), and still think that Metroid Prime 1 had the best beam system

They needed to make what you were looking for in the "where's waldo" sequences easier to see

Kogorn733

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I loved this game and thought the critique levelled against it was unjustified and a very narrow minded thing. A bit of what happened to the wiiU - if the internet hates against it, it just works against you in the public mindset.

I thought it was a great game. The authorisation could indeed have been something else, and the morphball / exploration in prime series were more epic to me, but the game itself was really good.

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sr388survivor

Glad to see a group not completely bashing this game. lol. I never understood how the game became so unreasonably hated. It was a pretty good game, the action was fast paced and the story was good, if a little too similar to Fusion.
I actually liked the Ridley scene. It showed how big an impact Ridley had on her life. I'm pretty sure if someone killed everyone you knew as a child, you'd flashback and turn into a child for a moment if they reappeared. Though I do admit it took her a bit too long to snap out of it.
My only real complaint would be the point and click parts, specifically the part where you have to scan the green blood. That was pretty frustrating. I never look up things online but I actually had to for that part lol.
Overall, I enjoyed this game. It's not the very best Metroid game but it's certainly not the worst. Definitely not deserving of all the hate it gets. Nice to find people who actually enjoyed it!

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Kaze_Memaryu

Everything you pointed out is just wish-washing over the terrible writing, man.

Taking Commands

Indeed, the sexist argument is just a load of bull - the problem is the nonsensical structure of this subordination. Adam treats Samus like an obstacle, and barely anything revealed about him in Fusion holds true. Excellent military mind? So there was a strategy behind obviously noticing Samus cook in the lava sector, and not allow her to use the Varia Suit? Why the hell did Samus turn it off to begin with? The answer: fake tension, simple. At the very least, Samus could've contacted Adam to SEEK permission, but as soon as mister Malko-suckit-vich is on her radar, Samus turns incompetent. That directly contradicts her usual willingness to ignore commands for the greater good.
In general, the whole "turn off your good stuff" ploy is probably one of the worst excuses to downgrade Samus at all. How could the Varia Suit, Morph Ball bombs (not Power Bombs), or the Grapple Beam hurt the others? Never explained, but we're supposed to accept it.

Too Emotional

That's one difficult topic. Samus might've been more impulsive in the past, but if we've learned one thing from her, it's that her determination is practically unbreakable. Her melancholic monologues are mostly pointless repeats of events the player had just afew minutes ago, and only serve as crutches because the situation in itself was badly enough designed to raise questions otherwise. I'm not denying her emotions, but the emotions she shows here are flat-out ignoring what Samus has been through. If anything, Samus would've properly analyzed everything and collected data before making baseless asumptions and whining about things that don't have any other impact on her, the story, or anything else.
The voice acting wasn't too bad, but Samus' voice actress was just plain terrible. She sounded way too monotone in general, and especially Samus' innate interest in biology was downplayed, because a curious Samus would've sounded much more lively, and killed the artificially creepy atmosphere.

The damn Ridley scene

This is what proceeded to make Other M look like a Hollywood-ified joke.
Look at ANY Ridley encounter after Metroid NES/Zero Mission! Did she lose it in Prime? He was evidently dead, after all. Did she lose it in Corruption? He was dead again, after all. Did Samus have a breakdown in Super Metroid, where Ridley not only returns, but also captured her dear Metroid larva? He was more than dead after Corruption, after all!
But no, we need some stupid trauma to make the boss fight more interesting! Yes, Samus remembers her childhood all too well, but the Chozo taught her to keep calm, because these memories are a weakness Ridley could exploit, otherwise. Besides, there was no reason for Samus to assume Ridley couldn't survive the Super Metroid fight (and imminent destruction of Zebes), either, considering he survived a planetary self-destruct bomb, the wrath of the Chozo, falling for a month, getting blasted to bits by a Phazon-enhanced Samus, and getting chain-destroyed by Phaaze's downfall. Ridley survived every single encounter, and Samus normally would be smart enough to at least suspect he managed to survive somehow.
Also, a simple scan of either the Choogle (or Little Birdie, if you prefer) or the Scorpion Lizard would've revaled the obvious DNA match. But for the sake of a surprise nobody needed, Samus was playing dumb.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Other M isn't a bad game by itself, but it openly contradicts, denies, and ignores MANY things from previous games for a terribly written, cinematic show-off. If this game was NOT part of the Metroid franchise, half of the problems would just disappear. But by wanting to be a Metroid game, and furthermore relying on MANY arbitrary callbacks to previous games, it DEMANDS a comparison, a retrospective review. But as it is, Other M not only ridicules all previous games with inconsistency, it also fails to deliver anything meaningful except for Adam's ultimately pointless death.

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unrandomsam

skjia wrote:

Glad to see a group not completely bashing this game. lol. I never understood how the game became so unreasonably hated. It was a pretty good game, the action was fast paced and the story was good, if a little too similar to Fusion.
I actually liked the Ridley scene. It showed how big an impact Ridley had on her life. I'm pretty sure if someone killed everyone you knew as a child, you'd flashback and turn into a child for a moment if they reappeared. Though I do admit it took her a bit too long to snap out of it.
My only real complaint would be the point and click parts, specifically the part where you have to scan the green blood. That was pretty frustrating. I never look up things online but I actually had to for that part lol.
Overall, I enjoyed this game. It's not the very best Metroid game but it's certainly not the worst. Definitely not deserving of all the hate it gets. Nice to find people who actually enjoyed it!

If it gets a HD rerelease then it will instantly become the best thing ever and somehow everyone will have loved it since it was first released (See Windwaker).

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unrandomsam wrote:

skjia wrote:

Glad to see a group not completely bashing this game. lol. I never understood how the game became so unreasonably hated. It was a pretty good game, the action was fast paced and the story was good, if a little too similar to Fusion.
I actually liked the Ridley scene. It showed how big an impact Ridley had on her life. I'm pretty sure if someone killed everyone you knew as a child, you'd flashback and turn into a child for a moment if they reappeared. Though I do admit it took her a bit too long to snap out of it.
My only real complaint would be the point and click parts, specifically the part where you have to scan the green blood. That was pretty frustrating. I never look up things online but I actually had to for that part lol.
Overall, I enjoyed this game. It's not the very best Metroid game but it's certainly not the worst. Definitely not deserving of all the hate it gets. Nice to find people who actually enjoyed it!

If it gets a HD rerelease then it will instantly become the best thing ever and somehow everyone will have loved it since it was first released (See Windwaker).

We can only pray that Other M gets released alongside Xenoblade Chronicles on the New 3DS!!!!

Nintenjoe64

If they just took out the story, talking, characters, 'where's wally' sections, used the wiimote pointer to aim the blaster, allowed camera rotation and made the exploration exactly like Super Metroid, I think it would have been one of the best games on Wii but instead it was just a bit disjointed.

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TuVictus

So. You just want super metroid then.

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Offolsense

The story in Other M seemed to me like they were just trying to update the Metroid series story with more cutscenes, voice acting, etc. to match modern story-over-gameplay driven games (For example, Adam's authorization. As unrealistic as that was, its still more realistic than the usual), and that makes sense to me because I'm always hearing people say that they want Nintendo to update their series. In a way they succeeded, because Other M's story is about as good or better than many of those types of games. The problem is, like Kaze_Memaryu said the story has twice as many problems because its a Metroid game. I'll agree with that. The story has problems.
However, can we forgive it because of how Metroid-like the gameplay was? I felt like I was playing a 3D super Metroid. Other M's gameplay is just so much fun, almost as fun as Super Metroid, which is why I agree with Octane, a lot of the people who say Other M is a bad game are people who just looked up all the cutscenes on youtube, or who haven't even seen them at all.
@Kaze_Memaryu You made some good points, but they're all about the story. Would you agree that gameplay-wise, the game is great?

Because really, why are we so worried about the story in a Metroid game?

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xj220_afiles

I really liked Other M ! To me, even the story was good. I don't get why so many people disliked it. It really feels like Fusion some times, but other than that it's just great ! Not even talking about the gameplay which is brillant. But it's true that the first time i got through the game ... i was like ... mehhh ok but not much. The second time tough, i'v played it on Hard and men ... what a nice game it became ! 10/10 for me and i would buy again in HD anytime !

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Kaze_Memaryu

@Of_Folsense I do care a whole lot about the story in Metroid, because it's unique in many ways - from the whole setting not being focused on one specific key location, over the constantly shifting struggle against different enemies, all the way to Samus' incredible, passively fleshed-out characterization, everything about Metroid lore is intriguing to me.

The gameplay wasn't a focus of @Octane , so I wasn't talking about it either. But okay, here goes:

While the gameplay generally doesn't do anything wrong, it also doesn't make anything new, except for the Speed Booster, which never appeared in a 3D Metroid before. The mechanics work, and the simple dodging system, while heavily watering down the difficulty, makes most things more intuitive. The slight aim support makes combat with beam attacks faster (and makes a bit more sense than 8-directional aiming in 2D Metroids), the platforming bits, while being short, weren't obstructive or annoying, and some sections heavily benefited from the control scheme (especially the Warwasp Queen boss fight) due to becoming much more intense. A bit better visibility of weakpoints or a proper indication of damaging minibosses would've been nice, but it's not too bad.
Sadly, the exploration aspect was practically killed due to always having a map ready from the start, and the obscene lack of hidden powerups and rooms made traversing the rooms feel very dissatisfying - especially large, empty corridors. There's nothing really interesting to see, since anything worth noticing is directly plot-relevant. From a logical standpoint, it makes a little bit of sense, but for the gameplay feel, it didn't do the game any favors.
The only aspects that were really annoying were all the first-preson sections, missile and Grapple Beam mechanics included. They felt extremely out of place, often breaking the pace during combat sections, or, in case of the search events, being too finicky to be enjoyable (especially when you have no idea what to look for). Having to change the way you're holding your controller just to perform a single action is hardly a good mechanic, since the majority of the game is about fast-paced action, which the first-person sections take the pace out of - but while Samus can't move during these moments, enemies will continue stomping towards her, often making it hard to aim and shoot. At some point, it's advisable to exploit room geometry and get enemies stuck in a corner befor firing missiles.

In general, I can say that, while Other M's gameplay doesn't feel very Metroid-ish, it's not completely gone, just watered down. Combat was integrated as a core mechanic in favor of exploration. Before, exploration was a joy for most Metroid fans (it even makes some people forgive Prime's insane backtracking), with combat being a byproduct you can mostly avoid (except for Bosses) and which you don't benefit from, instead making some enemies even useful as frozen platforms or at least to replenish ammo and energy. Other M makes combat much more mandatory, and builds everything around said combat, with varying success, but forces the player directly into combat, sometimes just for the hell of it. Still, the hate on the actual gameplay is much less justified than the hate on the story. I think in terms of gameplay, Other M doesn't compliments the selling points of the Metroid series, but does its own thing well enough to prevent it from being bad.

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@Kaze_Memaryu
I disagree, the gameplay felt very Metroid-ish to me. Mainly because, like you said, it doesn't have much new, but also because they perfected the 3D feel of moves and power ups from the 2D games, like the screw attack. The screw attack in particular felt just like Super Metroid's. For some of the power ups they even found new ways to use them.
About not having new things, that is true. I may be wrong, but I don't think there was a single power up in that game that was new. However, there was just enough to keep it fresh, like dodging and switching perspectives, so I don't think it was a problem. The one new thing they did add were mandatory mini boss fights everywhere. I mean, there were in prime, but never this many. And while they were a lot of fun and difficult, I think they did add just a bit more linearity, because you always new you were going the right way when you'd have a mandatory fight, although I always knew it was the right way in super Metroid because it wasn't blocked or a map room, so...
I actually liked the first person switching idea. It was a bit strange at first but once I got the hang of it, I was switching back and forth with ease. In fact, it actually felt good to have mastered it. I don't think the fights would have been nearly as intense without it. That's not to say it couldn't be improved. I do with you could move or at least dodge without switching back to third person (again though, it would be less intense so I hope that they could make up for it somehow). I think the reason they did this was to keep the game from becoming first person, and if that is the reason, I understand, but there may have been a better way to do that. Maybe not being able to jump while in first person mode, of only being able to dodge. If they ever return to this style or rerelease the game in HD, I hope that they improve that.
This game never felt much more linear than super Metroid or the primes to me. Metroid's never been 100% open world to me. There's always a specific place to go and a specific way to get there, but there are also secret places to explore for extra items. Other M is like that too. There were plenty of secret missile expansions and stuff, and then there were secret rooms you couldn't see on the map. In fact, I think you couldn't see any rooms on the map until you go into them. That may be the prime games I'm thinking of though (I've been playing those recently). Also, the after game wasn't linear at all. I know its not as urgent since you've already beat the game just to get it, but if you want exploration, there you go.
Not sure how you can say the gameplay was watered down, to me it was the opposite. Even exploration, while there wasn't as much as the first three games in the main game (though who was expecting that in the first place?), even that is pumped up in the after game.
Even though the gameplay isn't perfect like Super Metroid's arguably is, there is so much more to a 3D game that Other M definitely impresses me, and I hope they can impress me again in the next Metroid.

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Kaze_Memaryu

@Of_Folsense Actually, there was nothing new to the power-ups in Other M. Most were only used in their most literate way, and some even lost their usability (like the Wave Beam not going through walls and enemies anymore).

The combat is a difficult thing, though, so let me explain:

Metroid games often had a sense of territory. the only straight exceptions being Other M and Fusion. Instead of a natural environment, both employed an artifical habitation. But nonetheless, creatures remained in their territory. Other M openly throws enemies at you at various points during the game (which also happens a lot in the Prime series, yes), but you don't feel like you're invading teerritory, instead you're being assaulted by recurring minbosses that appear seemingly everywhere. That makes it very hard to get a feel for the environment, since most other Metroid games had by far more docile enemies that only protected their territory. With that gone, combat feels too satisfying.
Metroid never actively raises any moral questions about such things, but due to most enemies not pursuing you, gives you a sense of justification. Most creatures are harmless and can be left alone without trouble, and as such don't need to be killed. But you can still be a jerk and shoot these innocent critters. It made the environment feel more natural, and helped relate to them. But almost every enemy in Other M is aggressive, making it much harder to ffeel bad for killing them. In addition to that, you don't even get anything for it, so the game just expects you to go on a field trip with the beam.

The linearity of Otther M is not a big problem, but Super Metroid, for example, never told you to go anywhere. Metroid Prime, while having clear objectives, only tells you about it after quite some time, making it feel more like a support mechanic, since the time frame until the popup is enough to find it if you have an idea where to go. Even Fusion had all these sidepaths to explore, except they were less derailing than Super Metroid.
And that's the problem in Other M: nothing to discover. Yes, some rooms aren't shown on the map, but even those are always mandatory and easy to spot. As such, it doesn't feel like exploration, but like guidelining. You have nowhere else to go than the intended path for almost the entire game.

And about the hidden stuff: not only are most of these powerups useless (due to the recharge mechanic), they're also hidden in plain sight. None of the secrets are hard to find, and it doesn't feel accomplishing to do so.

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