Metroid Fans Might Be Begging Beyond’s Companions To Be Quiet, But They Actually Want Samus To Talk
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Metroid Prime fans might be wishing that most of the companions would be a little more quiet in Beyond, but a lot of them actually wish Samus was more talkative.
If there’s one element of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond that’s taken all of the air out of the room since before it even launched, it’s the chatty companions. From the infamous (and overhated) Myles Mackenzie to Armstrong, Beyond is packed full of characters who are more talkative than anything we’ve seen from the Prime series in the past.
Now that Metroid Prime 4 is actually out, though, it seems that some fans have calmed down a little on how emotive most of the cast are, and even come to appreciate them a little bit. That critique has actually been replaced with a rather interesting one, as a lot of players think that Samus might actually be a little too quiet.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Players Wish Samus Was A Bit More Involved In The Story
It s Not Like We ve Never Heard Samus Speak Before
Over on the Metroid subreddit, fans have been sharing their reactions to Beyond over the past few days since it launched. The general response so far has been a little more mixed than you might expect, but one of the more interesting patterns is how many fans think that Samus should have had some dialogue in the game.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond better not be filled with characters like Miles Mackenzie.
One post from Redditor Ridley101 jokingly says that Samus’ lack of dialogue and seeming “awkward” is because Adam hasn’t authorised her microphone use, a nice throwback to the awful Other M. That post has a lot of fans arguing about whether it’s perfect that Samus stands around while others chat at her, or something that holds the game’s plot back.
I’d argue that Samus does already show a lot of character with her body language, but that some dialogue for key moments would have made an impact. Dread did it best, basically.
A lot of fans think that the belief that Samus has to be silent is outdated, and that the way it was done in Dread was perfect since she has a few notable lines of dialogue there. In a separate post, KalanKomplete points out that the story being told in Prime 4 doesn’t work with Samus being silent, and that she needed at least a few bits of dialogue.
Dread’s use of dialogue is also pointed out in that thread, which goes to show how many fans think it’s the best example of Samus’ character. Fusion is also mentioned positively in that regard for how it deals with Samus and talking, which makes it pretty clear that Prime 4’s silence might not really gel with the more emotional and character-driven plot that the rest of the game has going on.
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The AUs in Corruption bothered me more during gameplay than Miles has, by far. And this isn’t a distant memory for me, I just replayed the trilogy before 4 launched.
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