I just got mine too and honestly the whole thing feels chintzy doubly so if compared to Nintendo's previous hardware offerings. Taking the thing in and out of the dock is dreadful and even just unhooking the joycons feels awful. I'm sticking with joy-cons since I prefer split controllers but I had to remap the buttons at the system level to make them workable.
Metroid 1 and Other M control the best due to their focus on simple, fluid motion although Other M had a distinct learning cover before it starts to feel natural. With Dread I think the real issue is the actual control device and the modern trend of using every button available.
I agree. I have been playing this game undocked. I usually play docked with my pro controller. I had to switch to table top for a few boss fights.
Same here, love getting stuck in video games but I’ve never seen such a difficult puzzle in my life. Nothing like this one. There is one that I’m working towards completing without any substantial breakthrough despite attempting, thinking through, and practicing for five hours in total now. Five entire hours trying my best to solve this thing. I still don’t know which method is the correct way to go about it. I’m honestly preparing mentally to be stumped for at least a few more days if not the entire week because I refuse to look up a video for this game. It’s that ridiculously hard IMO, but not only that, it’s kind of perplexing as well. There are four or five, maybe six scenarios that I can see that might be the correct sequence. Not sure which one to commit to at this point either, but I’m sure I’ll get it eventually. There’s only one truly tough puzzle in this game, the rest can be done in the span of 15-40 minutes with enough effort, but this one is a different beast
you sequence broke Escue, I just got to the Screw Attack and I had already beat him, the movement now with the Space Jump and Gravity suit is great, I think I need to go looking for Energy Tank upgrades as I only have 6 or 7 atm
I agree with most of this, I like the Boss fights, but the EMMI's were all pretty much the same and really slows the game down, they needed to be different for each one, maybe force you to use a new ability on them (though then again, you can miss abilities until later so maybe not)
Maybe you just don’t like it. Don’t rationalise it too much. I hate Hollow Night and Blasphemous with a vengeance. Everyone loves them and they’re adored by Metroidvania fans. Bought them both. I know they are good games and they’re supposed to have good atmosphere but I just can’t stand them and couldn’t play them for more than 2 hours. It’s what it is. Don’t force it.
Finally got it, took me a little over 7 hours to figure out. That was a painful experience. The price I paid for wanting to complete the game 100% is an irritated ulnar nerve and some inflammation of the elbow region from repeating the puzzle hundreds upon hundreds of times. Was a foolish choice tbh, but I decided against looking at a video for a tutorial no matter what
It’s nearly a modern classic IMO, admirable efforts by Mercury Steam but even with my saying that, the game is not without its faults
Yeah, I scored the last one at my Wal-Mart too. They weren't on display so I asked the manager since brickseek said they had some and the website was also showing stock. Lucky too since they sold out online while I was in the store.I went to Walmart today to see if they had any Switch Lites, and the only ones they had were OLEDs.
I couldn’t help myself
Yea I powered through it, I was surprised on how quick it took me to beatThe first one was hard, but the second one at Burenia was hilarious, I just thought to try a power bomb and it instakilled both of them
I remember Metroid Prime feeling extremely different though, it felt like its own standalone experience. But I only got maybe 3-5% in that game
Yeah sure, sometimes a game doesnt click, but after i acquired some more abilities the game is getting better for me, its not reaching very high levels of fun/satisfaction but im happy with it just getting better. I just got an ability to check for blocks and i think that will help me explore without wasting too much time. Though i still wonder if i can find anything worthwhile that isnt energy tanks or missiles.
GOTY?
Another reason why this game rocks, even in these insane tight challenges there are different ways to do it
This is how I maneuvered through the Burenia shinesparkAnother reason why this game rocks, even in these insane tight challenges there are different ways to do it
I’m guessing you went diagonal 45 degrees up the hills?
Cool! Different but still the same result
Well … no. That’s what makes it a Metroid game. Just like what makes an Indiana Jones movie an Indy movie. Successful “formulas” are the basis of just about every franchise in existence. That’s … what makes it a series.
Just as every Mario game and Zelda game before Breath of the WD I suppose.
Yeah I mean it’s no different than how it takes awhile until you get the bombs, bow, master sword and how you open doors by lighting torches in a Zelda game.
It's OK for Dread because it has been so long, but in a perfect world where we get a Metroid game every 2 years Dread should have been the opposite:
Honestly, the time to attempt a reverse Metroid was Samus Returns. Losing powers the deeper you venture in to the bowels of the planet would work pretty well with how the original game was laid out.
This is essentially what I was trying to point out. Thanks
NeoIkaruGAF
They're still great games, and I plan to play Zero Mission after this one.
