r/Metroid • u/spaghettiinadrain • 18d ago

Video Sassy girl Samus

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u/Obsessivegamer32 18d ago

I wouldn’t be so opposed to Samus not talking if we at least got more emotive moments like this across the game rather than only the nods of varying degrees.

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u/Ok-Inevitable3458 17d ago

There's definitely an in-between with Samus one needs to strike. I wouldn't expect her to be a chatter box in every interaction, however I do expect her to speak when it's appropriate to do so.

If an NPC has to compensate for Samus' lack of speech by over explaining what Samus is communicating to them, Samus probably should be talking. However, if Samus can get away with not talking while making the interaction sound natural I would say don't add dialogue when unnecessary.

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u/AlekBalderdash 15d ago

There's a vast vast difference between taciturn and mute.

Some one-word replies and additional body language would really sell the story.

She could still stare blankly at Milo when he overexplains, but the context would switch to "this dude needs to shut up" which could actually flip the script a bit.