Will Dread be the best Metroid sidescroller ever?

It'll be the most expensive 2D indie game ever made for as long as possible.

Hades 14.99 on sale

Dead Cells 18 dollars on sale

Metroid Dread 60 dollars on sale

This game prolly will flop

It should be the best. Samus Returns while good, fell on the safe side of things and IMO wasn't that memorable, but Dread should be an amazing game giving that there is experience and development time behind the game, so i'm not expecting anything less.

Well I sure hope so.

Nintendo has a lot of work to do to match the great metroidvania games that came out in the past 10 years.

Super Metroid visually still looks SO much better then Dread, it's unreal what Nintendo did with that game artistically and visually on the SNES.

Dread just so bland, yes technical it's the better game, I mean how could it not be 30 or so years later, but the art and design just isn't there. There's so many small indie games that blow it out of the water visually.

😂

This guy is desperate and hollow knight shits all over this.

@hardwenzen: both Ori and HK shits all over dread. fauxcasey is just desperate. Sounds like ghosts promoting trash.

I disagree. While I don't know if your soundtrack opinion is an intended dig at the game, it is really is not a slam. A HUGE part of Metroid is the environment and what makes it such an important aspect is the coinciding music. Samus Returns was well received and unless this one deviates for the worse, I'd expect the same.

Ya, finally played and beat Ori...awesome game all around.

This game looks really bad and Samus Returns was bad on the 3DS.. it was by far my biggest disappointment on the 3ds

@casey-wegner:

I don't play enough 2D games to tell you that but I'm sure it'll still be a badass game. It's just sad that we all had to wait THIS LOOOOONG for a friggin' 2D adventure. Not to say that they suck but it's like a giant middle finger for those hoping that Nintendo expands on it as a series. I'd rather they have taken another crack at making a great version of The Other M than another 2.5D game.

But you know.....Nintendo will be Nintendo. I'm also just relieved that we're getting a new Metroid in the first place. And it's a true sequel to Metroid Fusion (aka) Metroid 4. So that's pretty awesome. From what I hear, it'll be the last of Samus' story - as far as the original story time line is concerned. I hope that CD does that with Tomb Raider too one day. Close the book on the original series and go on to do whatever they want with the Reboot time line.

I'm just happy a new Metroid is coming out this year. Hopefully, it's great.

What new Sony exclusives are you playing on PS5 this holiday that will outscore this? 😂

@Seabas989:

How do you feel about Dread being the last true Metroid game?

I don't think it'll be a masterpiece, but I expect it to be a solid game. I'm looking forward to it.

Metroid Dreadul. People are dreading it :P

Wasn't a dig, i like the atmospheric music from metroid games, and from what i've heard, Dread has a good one as well.

It'll be good, like Samus Returns, but I doubt it touches Super Metroid, Fusion, Zero Mission, or AM2R. Aesthetics, I'll always prefer sprites over 2.5D.

They made the best open world ever (BOTW) in their first attempt. I don't think besting indies will be particularly difficult.

Never underestimate the best in the business.

@Litchie: Couldn't agree more. I only really played Super Metroid for the first time a few years ago and it was awesome. Instant classic for me.

Don't know since Nintendo will probably continue it regardless.

Imagine hyping side scrollers in 2021 lol. Switch is such a sad console.

What Sony games are you hyping for PS5 this holiday?

The goose egg? The big nada? Nothing?

What have you been playing since you finished collecting nuts in BOTW?

That ain't ballin.

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@casey-wegner said:

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

Imagine hyping side scrollers in 2021 lol. Switch is such a sad console.

What Sony games are you hyping for PS5 this holiday?

The goose egg? The big nada? Nothing?

What have you been playing since you finished collecting nuts in BOTW?

That ain't ballin.

Playing the Doom Eternal DLC and MH Rise currently, but unlike Cows I actually have games to look forward to this holiday like Dread and SMTV.

You have nothing this holiday, which is why you changed the subject when I asked you.

Sony left a lump of coal for their fans this holiday.

@casey-wegner: Doom Eternal on Switch?

No wonder you're already looking to the end of the year when we're only in July. You have nothing but gimped ports to play on your Switch while you wait for a $60 sidescrolling indie game with Metroid skins.

Yeah, I can’t take the opinion of someone who qualifies Super Metroid as “archaic” seriously.

Even by modern standards, Supper Metroid is a phenomenal exemplar of the genre. The game is brilliant, a masterclass in literally every aspect, and has not aged a fucking day. And I’m very much with Litchie on this: Dread’s art style simply isn’t conducive to the strengths the franchise is so renowned for.

That is, atmosphere and a sentiment of foreboding. Metroid has always favored an organic, and, at times, vibrant color palate. Dread just looks dull and uninspired. Artificial. Synthetic. Unappealing. It’s not the technical merit of the visuals, but the underlying engine that looks to be powering it. Even in pictures with rocks and natural materials it gives off the impression of being CGI.

@NathanDrakeSwag said:

@casey-wegner: Doom Eternal on Switch?

No wonder you're already looking to the end of the year when we're only in July. You have nothing but gimped ports to play on your Switch while you wait for a $60 sidescrolling indie game with Metroid skins.

And you have nothing from Sony to look forward to for the rest of the year period.

Better luck next year.

It could be... or it could be the worst like it's looking to be so far.

Ignoring Federation Force, the game looks ok, and they mentioned exploration is a big part and calls it "Metroid 5". Basically confirms it'll be better than Other M at least.

Edit: Just realized the title said "Metroid sidescroller" and not just "Metroid". Oopsies. But Other M had sidescrolling parts at least.

Sweet. Wish I could play it for the first time.

It's truly timeless. Everyone who hasn't played it seriously should.

@MirkoS77: *nods

@Seabas989:

Of course they'll continue with Metroid games. I'm just talking about the main storyline. Dread was announced to be the last of Samus' story as far as the original 2D series goes. As you can remember: Prime and even the Other M are all side stories that deviate from the main series. So basically it'll be nothing but side stuff and spinoffs from here on out.

Should be $6, not $60.

I LOVED Super Metroid for SNES as a teenager so that for me will be VERY hard to beat. People on here love acting like Nostalgia is a bad word but it really is not. It is memory of simpler days that gives a warm feeling for me. I miss those days very much and remember them quite fondly.

Does it mean that Super Metroid is most likely not as good as my memory of days long since past? Most likely, but who cares? It was amazing for the time and the place and that cannot be duplicated today in my middle age where it is far more difficult to be impressed.

@hardwenzen said:

I feel like spamming Ori gifs every time i see fauxcasey praise Dread. How many light years away is Dread when compared to Ori visuals? God damn the difference is insane. I would borrow a Switch just to play a Metroid game that looked this good.

Nintendo the Metroid's prison.

I have ori, got about half way through, got stuck and gave up on it. So yeah, the graphics are amazing though.

The last sidescroller I played and beat was castlevania on the DS a while ago. Im not sure i'll like this metroid either.

No. Nintendo can't make anything good anymore.

@hardwenzen said:

I feel like spamming Ori gifs every time i see fauxcasey praise Dread. How many light years away is Dread when compared to Ori visuals? God damn the difference is insane. I would borrow a Switch just to play a Metroid game that looked this good.

Nintendo the Metroid's prison.

Casey was much better off talking about the potential of the gameplay. Dread's graphics aren't gonna be shit as long as Ori 2 exists. I'm already tired of him hyping up Metroid like a spaz

Dread looks cool. I'm pretty hyped for it. But Super is one of my favorite games of all time. Beer goggles or not, I love the art direction, music, atmosphere, and most important, it still plays great. The only thing I would change is more save points, but all it's VC and NSO versions fix that part anyway.

It can be if the right design mechanisms went into the game.

Considering Samus Returns is easily one of the best Metroid games ever made, improving on what Super Metroid did before it, there's a very good chance this game might be the best in the franchise.

Same director and team.

I really hope so. I am always down for a good Metroidvania game. This being the best 2d Metroid would make it a great game. Who wouldn't want a game to be good?

@MirkoS77:

Nintendo is STILL sitting on gold by not releasing a 2.5D remake of Super Metroid like they did with Metroid 2 on 3DS. Hell, they can even rerelease that with better graphics and do the same thing with Metroid Prime Trilogy. I am 100% sure they would sell really well too. Why haven't they?!!

Who knows, it’s Ninty.

I’d love to see a remake of Super, though (perhaps due a bit to nostalgia) done in pixel art with hand-drawn animation. I’ve never found 2.5D to be a particularly good fit for the franchise, or at least in the manner that Mercury Steam executes it.

I would like to see Moon Studios take a shot at it, they excel at crafting a living, breathing world that would be a perfect fit for Metroid.

Another poll backfire. 😂

37% of the vote is a good thing considering we're talking about being the best sidescroller in one of the best side scrolling series in all of history.

I'd be jealous if I was a Sony fan too.

Look how sad their roster of games is. It's like the land of forgotten toys 😂 Absolutely pathetic

@casey-wegner: Damn, the backfire hit you hard. 😂

@casey-wegner: It must be rough on you knowing that a 16 bit Metroid game visually looks WAY better then this new turd. 😢

That would be insane. Less so on underpowered hardware, but still.

Maybe they know that Super Metroid is still awesome and doesn't need a remake at all. I hope that's the reason.