No, I have a different opinion on most of that. That's allowed you know.
OM music was boring, but Fusion had equally poor linearity for most of the game.
Fusion is notorious for being woefully linear to the point of cutting Sequence Breaking (and it was worse off because of that).
However the game didn't provide you with a detailed map every step of the way like Other M.
The game gives you vague indications and you had to do it yourself afterward.
Other M? You get a yellow dot that you follow from start to the end of the game, you can never deviate and if you try the game locks door.
By the time you get to the big reveal in Fusion you can still come and go and you're usually only limited to 1 section.
Other M never opens up till you're actually done, you're gonna follow the dot and you don't have a choice.
Heck Fusion had a pretty nifty trick by basically also having ways to traverse sectors in non standard ways at the end.
Other M, you're gonna use the elevators and that's it.
I found OM's art direction far superior to Fusion. Samus suit looks sleek in OM, compared to Fusion's multicoloured hunchback blob. Both are about equal in terms of environment, Fusion maybe with an edge due to nice pixel art, but OM is as sharp as anything on the Wii.
Nah,
Doesn't help that Other M has basically 4 areas : Spaceship, Forest, Ice, Fire
When Fusion had 7 that were pretty distinct and much more imaginative if not by much
It also didn't need to be just 'as nice as anything on Wii', it had to be better than the Prime games.
Even Nintendo recognize that you don't release a sequel that looks worse than its predecessor. That's why Mario Kart Wii is better technically than Double Dash despite being on similar hardware.
It's also why Skyward Sword is so much nicer looking than Twilight princess too.
Controls were fine. Pointer thing was kind of silly but running around and shooting and killing was responsive and I found it fun.
It's mindless, there's nothing interesting going on.
Because they removed all item drops you have no incentive to kill enemies and since the combat is so mindless you're better off just ignoring all encounters anyway.
There's nothing worth saving there.
If you find it fun, good for you though.
e:btw no need to shit on Fusion to prop up Other M.
We can prop all the other Metroid games without shitting on other games, we should be able to do that with Other M if there's anything worthwhile there.
Yeah, I know how it works.. I've played all the games and I'm telling you what I prefer based on experience.
I know you do.
I was explaining in case anyone following didn't know.