Making an overly talkative and handholdy NPC be one of your first impressions of the game was definately a choice. Especially given the series this is and with how quiet Nintendo has been on this game up to this point.

My guess is this ends up around Prime 3 quality when it's all said and done. Still a good game but with some new additions and changes that are a bit of a mixed bag.

Someone shared the scan for the guy and it outright says he's talkative. That implies to me it's a specific "quirk" with him and other troopers won't be as grating. Also looks like most of the game will still be you and Samus.

Okay, so this prolly isn't gonna beat Prime 1 and 2. Closer to Prime 3, which I also really liked but had a lot of new elements that are kind of a mixed bag.

And/or their donors and lobbyists

Or kinda like you said, they don't want to rethink things because it might cost them something.

They're out of touch with the modern political landscape and are too stubborn to rethink their playbook. That's why you have Jeanne Shaheen (who's 78 and retiring soon) still making appeals to "working together with Republicans to help the American People" in the year of our lord 2025.

How are you holding up down there? Been trying to keep up on what's going on and it sounds like pretty bad situation right now.

Again, stay safe.

Stay safe. That storm looks really bad. Especially the southernmost parts of the island from what I'm seeing.