#2d metroid

I've always thought of it as the rainbow suit. like a rainbow pigeon from botw. but samus

Good LORD this game is flawless. I don't care what anyone says, I do not have a singular issue with this game. Everything is just PERFECT. But, let me try to put it into words

If I had to describe Metroid Dread in 1 word, (aside from perfection), it would be "Smooth". Everything perfectly slides together to create one of the most cohesive games I have ever played. The control is flawless. Samus has straight up never controlled better in the series. General movement is incredible, feeling more responsive then any game I have played. Her movement is literally the perfect speed, the slide blends in so well with it, especially once you get the morph ball. The wall jump is quick and snappy. Some people object to it locking your momentum, but it's personally not a bother, especially since the Infinite Bomb Jump picks up the slack anyway. Samus is so perfect to move around in this world, and the combat also ramps up nearly flawlessly. Every upgrade you get feels offset by the new enemies, but in a way that never feels annoying. It always feels good to get an upgrade. Especially stuff like the Space Jump and the Gravity Suit. And the bosses. My GOD the bosses are all incredible. The highlight, obviously, is Raven Beak, but the Chozo soldiers, Corpius, Kraid, and Experiment, etc are all insanely fun to fight as well. Each boss is like a new puzzle to complete, and even on repeat playthroughs (and believe me I've played this game a LOT), they remain challenging enough to be super interesting. Also, the graphics. My god, this is the second best looking switch game IMO, and it used to be #1 until Prime Remastered came along. This game is gorgeous, running at a pretty consistent 60fps while still looking like GOD. Outside of the slightly low resolution (which may get fixed, please switch 2 update 🙏) the game is GORGEOUS. The level design is literally flawless. Every second there's something new to do in an area, and while you may get a little lost, that's kind of the point of MetroidVania. Although, this is a bit more of a linear one. There's plenty of sequence breaks (ones I do all the time are early grapple beam and bombs) but if you just stay with the way the game guides you it won't be much of an issue usually. This game can be hard in combat though. My first playthrough, I died over and over. Now i kinda breeze through it, even on hard, but that's because I replay this game constantly. Hell, the run I did for this review was just under 6 hours, when my first playthrough was over 15. That may sound short for a 60 dollar game, but it is genuinely THE best game I have ever played. Metroid Dread is a triumph of game design, and everyone (and I MEAN EVERYONE MERCURYSTEAM HIGHER UPS) deserves credit for what they worked on with this game. I hope this team gets another shot at a Metroid (and I hope the higher ups stop being dickheads. Like seriously, I know there wasn't crunch but the lack of crediting people who didn't work on 25% of the game is really scummy, as well as the environment not being great apparently. That aside though, hopefully it gets better.)

Despite that, Metroid Dread is my favorite game of all time. Fully deserving of the 15 I'm about to give it. If you think that's unfair, fuck you, this is my review/hj

1. fusion. goated story, environments, atmosphere, sound design, music, boss fights, and fun to replay.

2. super. best music, pretty environments, best player guided story, best replayability.

3. dread. great samus characterization and boss fights, fun handling, good replayability. unmemorable music :(

4. zero mission. really fun on first play, good music, best/hardest item collection. drags a bit on replay.

5. metroid II. satisfying mission, intriguing environment, unique music. limited by hardware, but would replay over metroid. the baby!

6. metroid. least guided, so least fun for me, but great atmosphere, backgrounds, music, and establishing themes.

Sabi on Twitter, who is pretty known for his reliable "leaks" especially shared for E3 2019, is claiming that a new Paper Mario and 2D Metroid games will release in 2020.

According to him, the Paper Mario title should be "going back to how it was" and the 2D Metroid game could be "related" to Metroid Fusions.