Will Dread be the best Metroid sidescroller ever?

Well, you're not a waste of space at all. Go play some games or something.

@Litchie: don't get upset over me. 😎

Ah yes. I'm also having a meltdown now, right?

Looks like it may be the best looking game on the SNES, so it has that going for it at least. lol :P

@Litchie:

I dunno why but Nintendo struggles with sci-fi. Star Fox and F-Zero get similar treatment too. They know that there's a market for them, they just almost never bother with those ip's. It feels like we should be grateful for Metroid Dread as it is. I'll take my Metroid where I can get it.

@MirkoS77:

The best thing I like about 2.5D Metroid is the use of in game cutscenes. They take advantage of the perspective and let you see more of the levels and events.

I loved watching Samus' swagger she way calmly took down this monster boss that could turn invisible. She just walked around it while charging her power beam and waited for the right to pounce. It was pretty badass.

I prefer super metroid over this artstyle period.

I don’t think it’s so much about the genre but suspect one of the predominant reasons is more so cultural.

All of those IPs came about in Nintendo’s early years. I noticed after Iwata came into power Nintendo seemed to become more and more Japanese focused, and IPs that held western appeal were somewhat marginalized. I don’t think this was a coincidence as Yamauchi was a businessman, and Iwata a gamer, and the products they deemed suitable reflected that.

‘Course this is purely conjecture on my part, but I think it has something to do with it.

@casey-wegner: Your poll.... Interesting. The game could totally have the best performance and polished gameplay and still be a shallow turd overall.

Likewise, it's very possible the game will not be a more complete and focused experience as it's classic masterpiece predecessor.

@MirkoS77: You could be right. I never realized that there was a change in management. But that does explain the recent drought of those ip's. It sucks double for those who are big fans of them too. Metroid was 90% of the reason I wanted a Switch in the first place. So you can imagine how frustrated I was seeing so much Zelda and Mario and now we just BARELY got news of Metroid Dread. We still haven't seen footage of Prime 4! When will that be? 2022? 2024? Jesus....

Thank God for the Switch's 3rd party support. That's pretty much the only thing that's kept me sane. That and of course, Super Smash.

@nepu7supastar7: Maybe next time buy a Switch when the game you want to play is released. Crazy you bought one with nothing you wanted to play.

Not that crazy to think Nintendo would use their IPs. I thought so too and was dissapointed. At least I had Zelda. Will wait getting their next console until I kinda know their plans. I want new Marios, Zeldas, Mario Karts, Pikmins, Metroids and Donkey Kongs. That's enough for me to get their console. If they're gonna give me ports of old games again for full price instead and ignore their IPs, I'm out.

@Litchie: Good thing is you can sell all your stuff to near or more than when you bought everything.

@mesome713:

I definitely wouldn't say that there was nothing to play. Bioshock, Resident Evil, Doom, Persona 5 Strikers, Super Smash, Bayonetta, Neptunia.. there was plenty to catch up on. My backlog for the Switch is still massive.

You really think Nintendo EAD is going to release a shallow turd? They're co-developing this. It will be a masterpiece which is why I don't even consider its failure a reasonable option. I've never seen them push a Metroid like this either, which is further evidence that they know they have gold here.

Also, everything here suggests a marked improvement from Samus Returns which was already a Gamespot AAA.

So freakin dope

Why is there so much uproar here over this being $60 when NSMBU, which doesn't look 1/10th as good, was an old port, a 2.5 d sidescroller, sold for the same and never caught any flak?

TBH, I think fanboys get tense when Nintendo delivers an awesome looking core experience that they wish was on their platform.

This has real potential to be something great. The sliding and the melee add a lot of fluidity to the movement. That gameplay looked like it had some momentum.... and this is early on in the game.

Add in the ball and other mobility skills that are all fully stackable along with steady arsenal upgrades.... and it wont do this select a build crap you see in a lot of these games. The bounty hunter will have all her tools to play with in one of the most classic suits in gaming.

Ori can go bore some other pixies in the forest, and Hollow Knight wishes his needle was as badass as the arm cannon. Samus gonna remind yall why a whole genre is named after Metroid.

@casey-wegner: That video isn't helping your crusade much...looks lame, really lame.

Reviews, and sales will completely disagree with your biased assessment.

Game looks dope af.

@casey-wegner: I'm not saying it won't be a fun game, just that the presentation looks like ass and you haven't shown anything to counter that. From the dull graphics to the 2 gens ago animation it just all looks really cheap.

@casey-wegner said:

@enzyme36 said:

This has real potential to be something great. The sliding and the melee add a lot of fluidity to the movement. That gameplay looked like it had some momentum.... and this is early on in the game.

Add in the ball and other mobility skills that are all fully stackable along with steady arsenal upgrades.... and it wont do this select a build crap you see in a lot of these games. The bounty hunter will have all her tools to play with in one of the most classic suits in gaming.

Ori can go bore some other pixies in the forest, and Hollow Knight wishes his needle was as badass as the arm cannon. Samus gonna remind yall why a whole genre is named after Metroid.

What was the last GREAT metroid game??

Seriously... If you dont know it was metroid fusion.. a game that came out in 2002.

ITS BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS

metroidvania genre might have started with it, but the genre has left the series way behind in the past

others are doing it better. Hollow knight does it better. Ori does it better.

Metroid fanboys are funny with this game, because no matter how bad it looks they will hype it, because for the last 20 years Nintendo has shafted the series along with the Metroid fans.

This game wont hold a candle to hollow knight.

Did you guys play samus returns? i bought it the day it came out. it was trashhhhh lol

@sargentd said:

@casey-wegner said:

@enzyme36 said:

This has real potential to be something great. The sliding and the melee add a lot of fluidity to the movement. That gameplay looked like it had some momentum.... and this is early on in the game.

Add in the ball and other mobility skills that are all fully stackable along with steady arsenal upgrades.... and it wont do this select a build crap you see in a lot of these games. The bounty hunter will have all her tools to play with in one of the most classic suits in gaming.

Ori can go bore some other pixies in the forest, and Hollow Knight wishes his needle was as badass as the arm cannon. Samus gonna remind yall why a whole genre is named after Metroid.

What was the last GREAT metroid game??

Seriously... If you dont know it was metroid fusion.. a game that came out in 2002.

ITS BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS

metroidvania genre might have started with it, but the genre has left the series way behind in the past

others are doing it better. Hollow knight does it better. Ori does it better.

Metroid fanboys are funny with this game, because no matter how bad it looks they will hype it, because for the last 20 years Nintendo has shafted the series along with the Metroid fans.

This game wont hold a candle to hollow knight.

Did you guys play samus returns? i bought it the day it came out. it was trashhhhh lol

Samus Returns was a certified Gamespot AAA and has the best combat in the sidescroller series. It's drawback is that it had to stick to be a remake of the linear Metroid 2.

not a huge fan of sidescrollers, aside from castlevania which I enjoyed for the most part. But I think metroid dread will look great on the switch, and even better on the new OLED model.

That advert with the OLED and Dread has me pumped

Going to be hard to top super. The sprites also make super age well. I was playing Fusion the other day and it’s also one of my favorites.

I doubt it but I will be buying it day 1 to show Nintendo I want more Metroid games

The best Metroid in the last 10 years is one that came out a few months ago, its a Sony exclusive called Metroid: Returnal.

Regardless of the quality, it will get the "omg it's Nintendo!", buffer from the typical subset of soy faced reviewers.

Gotta super anything Metroid. Let’s go!

Man I love some Metroid, but dunking on other genre greats to prop up this game we haven't even played is pretty dumb.

Nevermind that Ori and HK are making Nintendo look like the indie dev here from a production standpoint. That's whatever. Should be hoping that Dread is half as expressive as Ori is mechanically, especially on the mobility front. Or half as inventive and intricate as HK is with its level design and secrets. Half as tight as HK is with its boss battles.

Would love nothing more than for this game to live up to its namesake and "show 'em how it's done", but this game has some shoes to fill. And with the crux of a great Metroid game being its interlinking level design, something you can't glean from a couple of short vids, think some of y'all are getting way ahead of yourselves.

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"Yes, I like beautiful 60 fps..."

Super Metroid is 60 fps. 😐

Most video games pre gen 5 were 60 fps lol. Wish people would quite acting like this is some new thing, this used to be the gaming standard.

The irony here is that Dread will likely have dips.