Why don't enough people like Metroid?

[R7038 XX]

Because they love master chief because y'know everybody loves that green samus rip off from halo.

[Death Recon]

I wouldn't really call him a rip-off. They just both happen to have shiny visors with blue HUD's. Other than that, MC is basically just another armored space protagonist.

[Metroids 4 Breakfast]

Y'know, I have no idea why. But get this: I was the ONLY Metroid fan in my grade when it came out. Everyone knew Mario, but not Metroid. Metroid is so underrated while Mario is so overrated. That is why.

[Death Recon]

Answer found: people either don't know about it, dismiss it as a child's game, or find it too difficult.

[Zynux]

dismiss it as a child's game

Have people really given this reasoning? Huh, that's interesting and unexpected.

or find it too difficult.

I could never fathom this excuse. Metroid? Difficult? Please.

[Death Recon]

In an age where people need every single ability or button push spelled out for them on screen, yes, they find it difficult. It's pretty sad actually.

[Doc Scratch]

Metroid is dismissed as a children's game? Why? It's not particularly saccharine. I'd blame the difficulty, but apparently it's still too hard for those people.

...

Oh, I see. Because it doesn't have multiplayer or over-the-top violence, it must be a children's game. God, I'm sick of this mentality.

[Thunderchin]

Oh, I see. Because it doesn't have multiplayer or over-the-top violence, it must be a children's game. God, I'm sick of this mentality.

Join the club, we are now in an age where "single player" means the glorified, padded, five-hour-long trainer for the multiplayer.

Seriously, I miss the days where "video game" wasn't "blow shit up and kill your friends" (though in doses it's quite fun), I want the days where a video game meant "single player campaign and beautiful storytelling and immersive gameplay that you could get lost in for hours on end." I long for the return of nice, colorful, beautifully designed worlds, as opposed to black, grey, and muzzle flash.

[Zevroid]

It's a non-linear exploration based video game. For one reason or another, people don't like backtracking.

[Death Recon]

What's sad is that games like MW3 that the masses love so much have slowly gone from having a decent color palette with moderately diverse color schemes to various shades of grey, green, and yellow. Yet these games sell billions. Halo and Battlefield, at least, have most of the colors available to video games at this point in time and beautiful set pieces. This does not excuse them from less than satisfactory single-player campaigns. Metroid has all the mentioned positive attributes, plus an engaging single player component.

[Dark Samus Aran]

Wow, what a stupid thread..
Maybe because its stupid to them
ever think of that

[Zynux]

Wow, what a stupid thread..

You're better off not posting if the first thing you say when you enter a thread is "This thread is stupid."

Maybe because its stupid to them
ever think of that

Yes. Many times. But that's not the only reason, there are many others as well, in which we explore in this thread.

[LesserChozo]

Wow, what a stupid thread..
Maybe because its stupid to them
ever think of that

Ok, but why?

[Dark Samus Aran]

I dont think there should be a thread about opinions, it get everyone worked up and such. And if people dont like Metroid, so be it.

[rondus18]

Yeah, this kind of shit is highly inappropriate for a forum. What were guys thinking?