Metroid Dread

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  1. polarbeartime
    Oct 10, 2021
    8
    This game is solid. I think this game is made for people who are curious about the MetroidVania genre. This one guides you well, plays smoothly and is not very punishing: i recommend you try it. It's a short blast with great movement and I like the combat. There is a lot of repeated bosses but I enjoyed their design so it didn't affect me negatively.
    As for exploration: there was pretty    This game is solid. I think this game is made for people who are curious about the MetroidVania genre. This one guides you well, plays smoothly and is not very punishing: i recommend you try it. It's a short blast with great movement and I like the combat. There is a lot of repeated bosses but I enjoyed their design so it didn't affect me negatively.
    As for exploration: there was pretty much none once I understood there's only 2 ways to go.
    1. you find a place (transport, boss, item), you're supposed to be here at this point in the game.
    2. you got a new item, find what blockage can now be passed.
    So that looped until i found the final boss. There's more health and ammo upgrades to be found but that's it. All in all, I had a great time.    … Expand
  2. automatista
    Oct 10, 2021
    10
    Soy de Chile, no soy muy fan de Metroid, pero le tengo cariño desde que jugué al Super Metroid, esperaba con ansias poder sentir la experiencia del pasado y me apunté. Me sorprendió la jugabilidad y la atmosfera que brinda la Banda Sonora. Sinceramente me parece el juego un poco corto y la verdad nunca te puedes perder, pero se compensa con la tensión que generan las zonas E.M.M.I.
    Seguro    Soy de Chile, no soy muy fan de Metroid, pero le tengo cariño desde que jugué al Super Metroid, esperaba con ansias poder sentir la experiencia del pasado y me apunté. Me sorprendió la jugabilidad y la atmosfera que brinda la Banda Sonora. Sinceramente me parece el juego un poco corto y la verdad nunca te puedes perder, pero se compensa con la tensión que generan las zonas E.M.M.I.
    Seguro que tiene algún contenido extra preparado, y espero no sea de pago.
    Todo mi apoyo para este juegazo y para el desarrollo de alguna nueva entrega.    … Expand
  3. Greentokage
    Oct 10, 2021
    10
    Llevo jugando más de 15 horas.
    Me a encantado todo lo que llevo de juego.
    No creo que pueda compararse con otra entrega anterior a mejorado para bien.
  4. Mocking
    Oct 10, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Todas las mecanicas de los juegos de metroid perfeccionadas en este juego sin duda alguna es un nuevo clasico si es tu primer metroid o ya eres un fan con muchos años jugando sus juegos.
    El Metroid Dread es el que mas profundiza en las batallas contra jefes siento es donde mas brilla y es donde mas lo disfrute peleas rapidas, momentos exactos del parry, buscar el punto debil del enemigo un gran juego sin duda alguna    … Expand
  5. Sanahewo
    Oct 10, 2021
    10
    The title is simply amazing. I raised playing Fusion and Zero Mission over and over again with 6 years old and, in Dread, I felt like I was enjoying those years again. The control is so satisfactory and the counter-attacks have a good reaction time. The narrative is at top level like the scenario designs. The only bad thing I could say it's that I finished the game and I only remember theThe title is simply amazing. I raised playing Fusion and Zero Mission over and over again with 6 years old and, in Dread, I felt like I was enjoying those years again. The control is so satisfactory and the counter-attacks have a good reaction time. The narrative is at top level like the scenario designs. The only bad thing I could say it's that I finished the game and I only remember the last boss fight song, but I'm pretty sure with a 2nd run I'll enjoy the game better because I was speedrunning to avoid spoilers. Thank you Mercury Steam!!… Expand
  6. Rootbeerisgood
    Oct 10, 2021
    10
    What am exhilarating experience! The atmosphere is so real and the game really does flex its budget with the set pieces it shows. Love it. Definitely my favorite metroidvania so far.
  7. LucasPK
    Oct 10, 2021
    10
    Melhor metroid que já joguei! Não tinha visto nada assim desde Metroid Samus Returns.
  8. TulioDan
    Oct 10, 2021
    10
    Un juego hermoso visual y artisticentehablando, divertido, dificultad desafiante, dinamico y con una esencia que ya no se ve en juegos actuales. Si a alguien lo le gusto, debera admitir almenos 1 de las grandezas del juego o te esta mintiendo
  9. CatchPhrase
    Oct 10, 2021
    10
    9.1/10
    Pros:
    Best control response in the series Best visuals in the series Best Atmosphere in the series Counter mechanics are fluid, stylish and fun Bosses are fantastic and layered with hidden mechanics most players don't know-- there are multiple bosses with one-hit kills Final boss is best in the series Cons: Music is forgetabble/ Not really something fun to listen to like    9.1/10
    Pros:
    Best control response in the series
    Best visuals in the series
    Best Atmosphere in the series
    Counter mechanics are fluid, stylish and fun
    Bosses are fantastic and layered with hidden mechanics most players don't know-- there are multiple bosses with one-hit kills
    Final boss is best in the series

    Cons:
    Music is forgetabble/ Not really something fun to listen to like other titles
    Plot's confusing-- communities are arguing over the endings' meanings
    Ending in general after the last boss fight is lacluster    … Expand
  10. mkblackstar
    Nov 7, 2021
    9
    Es un juego muy bien trabajado en todos sus apartados, accesible para aquellos que nunca han jugado este género, ni ningún Metroid. Echo en falta cositas de anteriores metroid, y los EMMI me habría gustado diferentes modos de aniquilarlos, sin embargo cabe recalcar que no solo son los EMMI los jefes, tiene jefes realmente desafiantes. Un juego con mucha rejugabilidad, vale la pena darleEs un juego muy bien trabajado en todos sus apartados, accesible para aquellos que nunca han jugado este género, ni ningún Metroid. Echo en falta cositas de anteriores metroid, y los EMMI me habría gustado diferentes modos de aniquilarlos, sin embargo cabe recalcar que no solo son los EMMI los jefes, tiene jefes realmente desafiantes. Un juego con mucha rejugabilidad, vale la pena darle una pasada en modo historia, otro para 100%, y otro para speedrun.… Expand
  11. LuigiRetrogamer
    Oct 10, 2021
    9
    Una soberbia adición a la querida saga. Gráficos muy bien logrados, historia que te mantiene interesado, un control preciso y responsivo. La música es el único pequeño pero que le pongo, pues carece de las grandiosas melodías a las que estábamos acostumbrados y optaron por hacerla más ambiental. En resumen fantástica obra que no puede faltar en tu colección.
  12. LeMauro
    Oct 10, 2021
    9
    Metroid Dread has no problems, it depends on how you see it, some things that you should take into account before playing, they must be, the game is difficult, very difficult, but this only happens with bosses, this does not mean anything bad for the most part of time, since if you are experimenting in the saga it may not cost you so much, and added to the controls that are sometimesMetroid Dread has no problems, it depends on how you see it, some things that you should take into account before playing, they must be, the game is difficult, very difficult, but this only happens with bosses, this does not mean anything bad for the most part of time, since if you are experimenting in the saga it may not cost you so much, and added to the controls that are sometimes confusing, the boss fights may make you suffer.

    Then the false freedom, this game tries to make a fusion, between Metroid Fusion and Super Metroid, in level design specifically, this "False Freedom" consists of creating predefined corridors, and that you go through them, simple, Point A to Point B Although it is mixed with a Metroid Fusion design, with direct signals to where you have to go, but, the work that MercurySteam did, disguises it in an incredible way, which depending on how you see it, you may like it or otherwise.

    And also this same sins of some failures, as most of the game the music is generic, or derivatives. Of the rest, the game is PERFECT, its controls are for the most part fun and intuitive, the bosses can be fun if you learn their patterns, the same soundtrack of the Bosses is incredible, the atmosphere is tetric in some moments, and I can continue and follow.

    Before playing it I would recommend that you ask someone who already has it to try it, so these bugs do not ruin your game if you are picky.

    Thank you for reading    … Expand
  13. AtSpeechLess
    Oct 10, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s not really trying to be genre defining, just polishing what’s been done in the past games mainly the remake of Metroid 2. It’s still an amazing game each zone u pass through feels fun and full of adventure although that’s really an illusion when most of the zones are just filled up with missile up grades, kinda of a bummer when you’ve been wondering around for 2 hours only to find every hidden thing being a upgrade to health or missiles. On the up side movement always felt great combat and boss fights were just the best parts for me. Game can feel some what liner but that’s a difficult thing for me to explain I find my self comparing it to hollow knight but in hollow knight case ur only vaguely guided around the start while in dread it feels like ur being vaguely guided around your whole trip. Witch I guess isn’t a horrible thing doesn’t make the game any less fun. The difficulty of the game was also done really well never felt like something was impossible as long as I was paying attention to what’s being thrown at me, witch leads to the emme witch start off fairly simple but get more anxiety inducing later in the game especially with the emme that can hear u from anywhere. On the down side emme zones are mostly empty from what I found aside from a missile upgrade here and there. I won’t lie I wanted something hollow knight levels from the genre defining franchise Metroid but even tho I wasn’t given that I still had a great time with dread and what it had to offer. can’t wait till the next mission.… Expand
  14. yandycandy
    Oct 10, 2021
    10
    Best 2D Metroid game yet, my personal game of the year! Some of the best boss fights I have ever experience in a game. Tough, but sooo satisfying!
  15. Zombify
    Oct 12, 2021
    10
    Great game, better impposible!! I never like metroid games but this game I cannot stop playing
  16. Elderbini
    Oct 12, 2021
    10
    Great return to the series, as a long term Metroid fan this is a wonderful return and I'm stoked where this leads in the future.
  17. HeyitsSamB
    Oct 12, 2021
    9
    This game is so good! Samus has such a cool new suit, the music is great, and the main bosses are fun yet challenging!
  18. Darklink9110
    Oct 12, 2021
    8
    I love exploring and finding secrets. I just recently played super metroid for the first time and finding secret passages and rooms is what made the game great. In dread, the secrets are obvious and in your face. I wish they rewarded bombing everything like they did in the older games. The exploration is good, but it could be better. I dislike handholding that they do with newer games andI love exploring and finding secrets. I just recently played super metroid for the first time and finding secret passages and rooms is what made the game great. In dread, the secrets are obvious and in your face. I wish they rewarded bombing everything like they did in the older games. The exploration is good, but it could be better. I dislike handholding that they do with newer games and I'm glad that they try not to hold your hand but it still seems like they still are trying to make it easier. I would rather it be obscure and challenging.… Expand
  19. Fire_Knight23
    Oct 26, 2021
    10
    Metroid Dread is personally my favorite Metroid game of all time. Everything from the exploration, weapons, collectibles, and story are near PERFECTION. I had a blast playing this game. The exploration was Zero Mission-like, not as interconnected as Super Metroid's, but very much alike to Zero Mission's style, where every area was separate and are connected through elevators. This game ISMetroid Dread is personally my favorite Metroid game of all time. Everything from the exploration, weapons, collectibles, and story are near PERFECTION. I had a blast playing this game. The exploration was Zero Mission-like, not as interconnected as Super Metroid's, but very much alike to Zero Mission's style, where every area was separate and are connected through elevators. This game IS NOT like Samus Returns, where if you went from one area to the other, that meant that area you already visited was done for, no use of going back there unless you want to 100%. Metroid Dread basically requires you to go to every location and back, which I think is great since it gives you much of an incentive to 100% the game.

    The story is fantastic. It takes what happens from Fusion and creates its own, very interesting story. It is recommended to playthrough the old Metroid games to get an understanding of the basic lore, but this is still a great game for newcomers. There is a ton of variety in the Boss Fights and I'm glad that every EMMI, and most bosses have unique styles so none of the battles are boring or bland at all.

    This is a fantastic game. I definitely recommend it to those who have not played a metroid game or a metroidvania. You will have a great time.

    TLDR: Awesome game, almost everything is perfect, a must buy for new-comers and veterans alike.    … Expand
  20. Robbiejelso
    Oct 15, 2021
    9
    Shoutout to the boss who made me play flappy bird in 2021. Absolute Legend.
  21. Voltaico
    Oct 15, 2021
    9
    Great game! I really enjoyed to play Metroid Dread.
    Perfect Metroid for newcomers, but provides a lot of challenge to veterans. A little bit linear, but contains awesome boss battles and very nice areas to explore.
    If you are a Metroid fan, it is obligatory. If not, it is a great entrance to the franchise.
  22. baconzaddy
    Oct 16, 2021
    5
    A fantastic return to the Metroid series! The feeling of isolation is back, Samus controls beautifully and when you master the terrain and pick up enough upgrades you’ll be zipping through the map like an unstoppable war machine. The EMMI are terrifying and add stealth gameplay that is fresh and exciting in Metroid. The bosses are unique and challenging! I’m not a super skilled player andA fantastic return to the Metroid series! The feeling of isolation is back, Samus controls beautifully and when you master the terrain and pick up enough upgrades you’ll be zipping through the map like an unstoppable war machine. The EMMI are terrifying and add stealth gameplay that is fresh and exciting in Metroid. The bosses are unique and challenging! I’m not a super skilled player and I did die a few times fighting bosses. But once you learn the attack patterns and get better at melee counters you can make quick work of them and it’s so satisfying! I definitely recommend for fans of Metroidvania games like Hollowknight and Blasphemous.… Expand
  23. Lang314
    Oct 16, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Should be a good time for newcomers and fans alike. Hard to say if its worth a $60 price point with its occasional graphic hiccups and its 1 screen, NES-esq "Thanks for Playing!" ending.… Expand
  24. wcbalis
    Oct 20, 2021
    8
    Metroid Dread is one of the best platformers, if not one of the best gaming experiences on the Switch period. The graphics/performance are great, considering the limitations of the hardware, and the art direction and world-building simultaneously invoke awe-inspiring wonder at times, and cold terror at others. The story is engaging and game length is appropriate. Can't comment on theMetroid Dread is one of the best platformers, if not one of the best gaming experiences on the Switch period. The graphics/performance are great, considering the limitations of the hardware, and the art direction and world-building simultaneously invoke awe-inspiring wonder at times, and cold terror at others. The story is engaging and game length is appropriate. Can't comment on the ending, because the last boss is giving me a hard time right now...

    So why is this not a 10/10? Because the exploration, while quite visually appealing, did not feel as open-ended and non-linear as some of the other elite games in the genre (I am aware that the original Metroid formula inspired every one of these games). Throughout Dread, while I did get lost a few times, I always felt like the path I was on still had a sense of linearity. For example, no optional bosses, and no items or upgrades that can be missed/skipped in completing the game (this may be inaccurate, as speedrunners have begun to find sequence breaks). The game even blocks off previous areas at times, forcing you into certain encounters or areas.

    Overall, this is a great game. My gripes about exploration are greatly outweighed by the game's ability to provide a thoroughly satisfying and quality gaming experience. It left me wanting more, which may ultimately be a good thing, I just didn't have this nagging feeling after playing, say, Hollow Knight...just saying.    … Expand
  25. MunhozMCM
    Jul 28, 2022
    9
    My Score:

    (9) - Great!

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  26. Jatton
    Oct 23, 2021
    5
    Great game, I highly recommend this for anyone who’s a fan of the Metroid prime franchise
  27. Lemethy
    Oct 24, 2021
    10
    Fantastic game marvelous, just completed a 100% run, i want more :)

    graphic 9/10. very good for switch
    gameplay 10/10 challenging and fair very good controls
    music 10/10 marvelous atmosphere, and the theme song is a masterpiece
    story 8/10 epic
  28. PhantomFight
    Oct 25, 2021
    10
    Before Metroid Dread, I played Super Metroid, as a way to see why it is 'the best Metroid game' as some people calls it. The game was fine in my eyes, and I think Hollow Knight and Ori is a better metroidvania game. Metroid Dread, in my opinion, is a better version of Hollow Knight, with less difficulty.
    Metroid Dread was a lot of fun, and reading some of the reviews with people saying    Before Metroid Dread, I played Super Metroid, as a way to see why it is 'the best Metroid game' as some people calls it. The game was fine in my eyes, and I think Hollow Knight and Ori is a better metroidvania game. Metroid Dread, in my opinion, is a better version of Hollow Knight, with less difficulty.
    Metroid Dread was a lot of fun, and reading some of the reviews with people saying they were fans of previous entries saying this game is bad, makes me confused. The game has better graphics than most of the Switch's first party titles. The game forces you to use the joy stick, which may felt weird at first, but you would eventually get used to it. And the games difficulty isn't that difficult like most of these reviews say.
    The difficulty of Metroid Dread may feel hard at first, but if you actually pay attention, every attack has a weakness, and is easy to avoid. Each bosses can feel unpredictable at first, but when you take your time, you would eventually learn the attack patterns judging from their movements alone, giving you more than enough time to avoid and counter attack.
    Back tracking is expected in a Metroidvania, but this games backtracking isn't really as bad as people say, and I think it I only backtracked once or twice when I tried to progress, with most of my overall backtracking is to collect the optional item upgrades (increasing in missile capacity and etc). Most of the times, when you unlock a new ability, the game would put you near a teleporter that would basically be a sign that says, this is where you have to go next. And if people say that it's confusing, then there is the map, which literally tells you every gate or blast doors that you may have missed.
    The E.M.M.Is, is the most understandable ones, and I think they aren't too bad. The first time you meet them, you would probably be terrified, but after some time, they can feel old and annoying. But it isn't really too much of a hassle when you get used to them.
    I saw a complaint that finding all items should have given you a different experience, either you collect all the items and make the game feel easy, or don't collect items, and make the game feel hard, with Metroid Dread feeling completely pointless to collect all items. In Super Metroid, I didn't collect all the items, but that doesn't mean the boss is automatically harder, it just means I don't have enough missiles to spam, because in Super Metroid, the more you collect, the more you can use, and in Dread, it feels the same way, where if you have more missiles, you would be able to use more missiles against the bosses, rather than the charge beam, which would technically make the game feel easier in some ways. This complaint felt redundant, considering the bosses is already not too difficult if you know what to do.
    Overall, these reviews, saying they were fans of previous Metroid games, seems to feel a bit too negative, or probably blinded by nostalgia, because some of these complaints are clearly the same things I can see as problems for Super Metroid, and if Super Metroid is the best Metroid game, and if you have these 'issues' that these people say, then it is difficult for me to see them liking Super Metroid. If you feel that you don't like Metroid dread, then revisit Super Metroid, and compare your experience on these issues that people have, because in my eyes, Metroid Dread is the better than most modern metroidvanias.    … Expand
  29. NitL7
    Oct 25, 2021
    9
    Since the original(too many hours) after that... I played a few moment on the other METROID game, This is the METROID, I always dream of ... it's very fluid in its movements and all with an accessible difficulty without being in the impossible for most people ... A Future Classic Game
  30. Ramseas
    Oct 26, 2021
    10
    This is my game of the year.

    A perfect progression for the Metroid series, excellently challenging, buttery smooth controls and mechanics, gorgeous graphics, phenomenal and nostalgia inducing music, and an incredible story, with an ending leaving me VERY excited for the future.

    As a long time Metroid fan, this is a dream come true.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 124 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 124
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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 18, 2022
    100
    Quotation forthcoming.
  2. IGN Adria
    Jan 20, 2022
    90
    After almost 20 years we finally have a sequel to the 2D series of Metroid games! Considering that, Dread does a great job of combining the new modern combat with the old elements of research and advancement, and it doesn't hurt that we have some of the best boss fights in the series. A true gem and a must have for all Switch gamers.
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  3. JeuxActu
    Dec 13, 2021
    85
    Taking up the torch of a series interrupted nineteen years ago is never an easy task, but the MercurySteam studio is doing it with honors! The developers have chosen the path of security while perfectly respecting the spirit of the previous episodes, to the detriment of true modernity.
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