Not everyone agrees the backlash is warranted — you can find threads insisting the criticism is overblown, such as one post that concludes, “I’ve come to the conclusion that his existence and personality are not big deals.” Still, if you’re hunting for sympathetic voices, there are plenty of angry threads — my favorite reads, “I would pay you $10 for an option to shut him the fuck up and let me play the game.”
There is, however, a simple workaround that several players swear by. A highly upvoted reply in one thread suggests muting voice volume entirely: the comment reads, “I shut off voice volume completely and instantly felt better. The dialog itself ain’t great either, but it lands better through text without the Borderlands-tier delivery.”
Metroid Prime 4 continues a worrying pattern of tying key features to amiibo — the new $30 Samus figure is required if you want a radio for your bike.
