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Kurufinwe · 10-09-2010, 02:54 PM

I can live with the ugly 3D characters and the needlessly-awkward controls, but the story of EMI was just awful. The first three games were not afraid to break the fourth wall from time to time, but EMI just continually smashed through it, ending up in self-parody-land. Which I don't think worked for a MI game. At the end of the day, the previous MI games were full of fun and adventure, but they also had heart — EMI didn't, not in the least. I played it when it was first released, and have replayed it a few times since, and I don't think I'll ever like it.

(Thankfully, ToMI managed to recapture what made the first games great — and then some.)

10-09-2010, 02:54 PM	#3
Kurufinwe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 3,038	I can live with the ugly 3D characters and the needlessly-awkward controls, but the story of EMI was just awful. The first three games were not afraid to break the fourth wall from time to time, but EMI just continually smashed through it, ending up in self-parody-land. Which I don't think worked for a MI game. At the end of the day, the previous MI games were full of fun and adventure, but they also had heart — EMI didn't, not in the least. I played it when it was first released, and have replayed it a few times since, and I don't think I'll ever like it. (Thankfully, ToMI managed to recapture what made the first games great — and then some.)