Metroid Dread

eelvac's Metroid Dread (Nintendo Switch) review

Slightly Stuck in the Past

Metroid Dread is a great game. If you are a fan of prior Metroid games or Metroidvanias generally, you will like this game. I recommend it!

With that said here are my general thoughts on the game. Dread feels like someone wanted to a make a tighter, more responsive Super Metroid. For the most parts, this game succeeds in spades. Its feels like a super Nintendo game with all the benefits of modern games. The issue arises in that games have evolved since Super Metroid. Metroidvanias have become one of the biggest genres in gaming and I have played a ton since the last time I played a Metroid game (Metroid Fusion back in 2005). These games have made some amazing additions to the formula. Metroid Dread is great but I hope they don’t make this game again. The next 2D Metroid game needs to do something different to keep up with where games are going.

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