Metroid is fantastic, just like a lot of other games, this one goes back to its roots, to the genre that this series along eith Castlevania created: Metroidvania. In recent years, this genre has grown a lot, especially with great indie games like Hollow Knight. Funnily enough, the creators of this genre kind of dissappeared, the Metroid series doesn't receive as much games as Mario or Pokemon, and the few that are released are from the prime series, which are not close to a 2D metroidvania. The last 2D Metroid gane was Samus Returns, which was a 2017 remake, but just as the name says, Samus returns!, after some years, Samus is back with a new 2D metroidvania and it is everything you can expect from it. The game is a classic metroidvania, and the exploration feels as good as ever, along with a good gameplay, bosses and atmosphere. The enemies not only have great designs, but are unique in different ways, especially the bosses which are really distinctive and do not only demand you to shoot. On top of that, the E.M.M.I. manage to captura that "dread" atmosphrre, and everytime you have to face one there really is a lot of tension, just trying to escape from one of them is like a horror game. Metroid Dread is everythung you could hope for, havung great enemies and bosses, with a greta explorarion, that feels really rewarding and makes you want to come back to places that you have visited before and the atmosphere is at its best with the addition of the E.M.M.I.

Reviewed on Jul 25, 2022


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