Metroid Dread

Metroid has always been my favorite video game franchise. I was happy when Metroid Prime 4 was announced, and was hoping for an update this past E3. I forgot to be disappointed when there was no new Prime news, because Dread was announced! I LOVED this game! I am not the best at games, but I have always loved the challenges the Metroid franchise provides. It pushes me to be better. Dread is a hard game, but with practice anyone can figure it out! I love the art design, and the story. The music was good for atmosphere, though forgettable. All in all this is one of my favorite games of all time! Worth the wait, and the price tag!

I will see the story is at its best if you have at least played Super Metroid, and Metroid Fusion. Though you can probably just watch a quick story break down online prior. While the story recap at the beginning of the game was informative, it didn't capture the emotion of the story in my opinion.

The only adventure I've gone through with Samus was Super Metroid and I greatly enjoyed it. However I was immediately dethroned for me by Metroid Dread. The visuals are positively stunning, the bosses and enemies are a tough challenge, the secrets you can find in every corner are rewarding and give you a sense of accomplishment and power, the music is brilliantly done, the game is (for the average player) around 8-11 hours long which means when you master it you can breeze through it in a few hours. This narrowly claimed my game of the year (with Halo Infinite being nearly, nearly as good of a game) but honestly, it deserves it and I am patiently (not really though) awaiting for Metroid Prime 4... I'll just have to wait about six years, but it'll be fine!

Dread has most fluid gameplay and fast paced gameplay of every game I've played. Puzzle elements are nice and simple, this game is linear without it being linear. There are no points of the game where I felt extremely lost. If there is one gripe I have with the game is that the E. M. M. I are very good at killing you. The E. M. M. I sections are a bit too frequent but not by much. I would recommend this game to anyone, just make sure that you don't have anxiety or scare easily.

Amazing game start to finish. The exploration, the mechanics and boss fights. If there would be two critiques the first would be to improve the soundtrack, it was a common critique I had with Samus Returns, the remakes of previous metroid songs are excellent but new material lacks the same emotion as previous entries. But where they may dip a bit in sound they exceed in graphics and mechanics. Both Samus Returns and Dread feature stunning attention to detail in environments and bosses are mechanically brilliant both games featured some of my most memorable boss encounters; though my favorite franchise boss would still be quadraxis from Metroid Prime 2. I'd say give this game a try you will get frustrated at times but this is matched or exceeded by the feeling of victory when you master the encounter.

After 19 long years, Metroid Dread has finally arrived, and it's everything fans of Samus Aran's 2D adventures could have wanted. Excellent controls, phenomenal visuals, and an interesting story combine to make a challenging, but rewarding package. 19 years was a long time to wait, but this title is good enough that it almost makes up for that.