I don't think Other M was bad. Atleast it was pretty enjoyable on the gameplay front, with my only major issue being the dumb pixel hunt moments. Story-wise it was definitely a mess, even then I feel complaints can get a bit blown out of proportion. Overall mixed game for me
I'm the total opposite, lol. I felt like the story was actually pretty good but the gameplay ruined it. Even the dumb parts of the story were clearly included just to canonize gameplay elements. Not to mention how people always overlook Samus' clear reluctance to Adam's terms and the fact that she gets fed up with and ignores them by the end of the game anyway.
The pixel hunts were total BS, but so was that quickdodge move. As long as you're tapping the d-pad in any direction, you are invincible. And to make matters worse, it fully charges your arm cannon, which makes you overpowered in addition to invincible. It would be bad enough if it ended there, but it doesn't, becsuse what use does an invincible heroine who can charge her gun instantly have for health upgrades or charge speed upgrades? So not only did they cut the number of unique colpectable upgrades to 0, they limited the number of upgrade types to 3, then they deprecated two of them themselves. There's pretty much no point in exploring at all. In a Metroid game.
But at least it was better than freaking Prime Hunters. I missed out on the multiplayer, which was supposed to be really good, but the SP was abysmal.
Honestly, It surprises me how nobody, whether it be Other M haters or fans, ever seems to bring up how Samus uses her screw attack without any authorization, and does so with a snarky "any objections, Adam?"...
I really didn't like Metroid Prime Hunters' single player either, nor did I check out it's multiplayer. The only thing I remember about the game was that it had some pretty impressive graphics for the DS. Otherwise it was a very forgettable, unimpressive game to me and very weak compared to the Metroid Prime trilogy.