StarTopic Metroid Dread |ST| The Chozon One

[OldSkOoL]

100% Items last night, all that remains is to tackle the final boss

Playthrough timer as of now is 11hr 37mins

Excited to tackle the end boss

 

[emag]

Randomizer and boss rush DLC would be lit AF. Just saying.

 

[MeatheadSamus]

Finished Dread, 100%. Easily GOTY, probably top 3 on Switch, quickly entering top 10 of all time for me after I think more about how it made me feel towards Samus and the series. It is also the very first game in my life I beat 100%. I specifically went back to look for items because I thought the movement just felt that good. What a game.

 

[Mazzle]

Linked this in the Kotaku Take Thread, but thought some might not read that, so I link this article by Jeff Grubb here:

Our all love interest Jeff Grubb wrote about Samus in Dread and how the game showed what kind of a character she is
and what she had to deal with her entire life.

I think this piece is much much better (SPOILER WARNING):

Samus Aran chooses not to speak in Metroid Dread, and that makes all the difference

Samus Aran conveys so much more about herself and her games through her silence and her expressive body language.

venturebeat.com

 

[Nisaba]

Regarding your timeline,

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Despite being a big Metroid fan, I've never actually read the manga, I just know the lore from it. I'll just have to finally rectify that. From what I can tell, though, your understanding of things is quite accurate, with only a couple potential mistakes (?):

1.) Did the Thoha really create the Metroids after Samus had already grown up and become a bounty hunter? I was under the impression that they were older than that, but if they were, it would mean Raven Beak had to have been working for quite some time to contain the pandemic. Even if the Metroids were created that recently, though, it still took him awhile to get a hold on things, being that Samus went on multiple successful missions, during that timeframe. I guess it makes sense, being that we know how deadly the X are, and that Raven Beak didn't have the benefit of a Metroid vaccine, the way Samus did, so he had to be extra cautious.

2.) I don't think Raven Beak had any involvement with Ridley, or the Space Pirates. If he did, we don't know that for certain, as the game doesn't tell us. It actually seems more likely he had nothing to do with them, as Kraid is one of the high ranking members of the organization, yet the Mawkin have him restrained like a wild animal. It seems that, as of Super, and the aftermath of those events depicted in Fusion and Dread, the Space Pirates have been quite thoroughly decimated. Mother Brain and Ridley are permadead, Zebes is gone, and Samus did a great job thinning Space Pirate numbers across the galaxy in the Prime games, as well. I'm excited for a new type of villain, in Sylux!

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1) Yeah I'm not entirely sure when the Thoha created the Metroid and the Mawkin betrayed the Thoha on SR388...because it seems like if all that happened before Samus became a bounty hunter then Raven Beak would've had plenty of time to contain the X on ZDR before Samus exterminated the Metroid for good on SR388?

2) Yeah, I think I was trying to connect why Kraid was on ZDR and restrained by the Mawkin. I figured there must've been some connection between Raven Beak and the space pirates/Mother Brain...?

 

[Heruderu]

Just beat it in 3h34min on Hard Mode. Unfortunately, it only unlocks the arts for the Hard Mode. I will need to play it again in Normal Mode to unlock the rest. Kind of a nuisance, but the game is so good that I don’t mind playing a third time.

I already beat the game with 100% on Normal, so this time I’ll complete the Gallery.

What an amazing game. I’m not one to play games more than once, this one is definitely an exception. Easily on my top 5 Switch games.

 

[Red Monster]

3:31 on Hard. Fuck was that stressful towards the end. It was going really really well until the Screw Attack, and then I got completely turned around and it seemed like I hit dead ends at every turn.

For my fourth playthrough (hot damn, fourth?) it should go much smoother. Now I know where to go after the Screw Attack, haha. Sub-3 should be more than possible. Plus it’ll be on Normal, so it should be a cakewalk after two Hard mode runs.

And then that’ll be it for the Gallery unlocks, and maybe I can finally put this game away for awhile and play other stuff!

 

[Boyfriend]

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2) Yeah, I think I was trying to connect why Kraid was on ZDR and restrained by the Mawkin. I figured there must've been some connection between Raven Beak and the space pirates/Mother Brain...?

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At least in this case there's some background scenery in Ferenia which implies that Raven Beak was working with, if not outright the mastermind behind, the space pirates on Zebes. It does kind of answer where they were getting the ability to clone new Metroids from the beginning and how they would have gotten ahold of a Chozo supercomputer in the first place..

 

[Red Monster]

After I complete the Gallery, I kinda want to play the game again and go sloooooooow. Watch all the cutscenes, read all the Adam dialog, get the items as I go. Really absorb the game. Playing fast makes it so all the atmosphere and character and dread go right out the window.

This is such an amazing game. It’s one of my favorite games of all time.

 

[asun]

I’m currently trying to do the shinespark puzzles before doing the final boss. Wow! Some require really quick coordination to work. I think I might end up having to look at some videos to figure out how to do the really tricky ones…

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Hoo boy what a game

 

[Pascal]

Yeah this is pretty easily my GotY. The only other thing that comes close is Nier Replicant and that's an updated remaster of a game that I already loved. We'll see how SMT V turns out, but Dread has this on lock for now.

EDIT: Forgot to mention Deltarune Chapter 2. It was fantastic, but Dread still wins lol

 

[YoboD]

God damn, what a great game. I loved how literally every single boss fight went for me from ‘how the hell am I supposed to beat this thing’ to ‘learning all their patterns and never getting hit’. First Metroid game I’ve ever gone for 100% item completion so yeah, enjoyed that a lot.

I can’t believe I’m saying this for a Metroid game but I actually really liked the story moments too. Like there’s not a lot, but what was there was great. Those cutscenes before and after the final boss battle... God damn.

I’m not gonna jump straight into a hard more/sequence break play through like a lot of people are, but it’s great to see there’s a lot of way to mix it up for when I do come back for a replay.

Kind of hard to rank it honestly against the rest of the series. Prime 1 is probably still my favourite, but Dread might be the best after that? I would have liked maybe a touch more openness, maybe some optional weapons to discover, but the way the game was able to guide you along without making it explicit was pretty ingenious. Not that it stopped me from getting lost several times anyway. And flying through levels as Samus just feels so good.

Just an excellent game all around, might be my runner up GOTY to the Great Ace Attirney.

 

[OldSkOoL]

Finally rolled credits on dread. Wow, just…. Wow

I went completely unspoiled and just wow(I’m saying too much). Funnily enough I got fairly used to the end boss patterns and didn’t have as much trouble as I did with some of the other bosses

But man, please don’t let me wait another 19 years for Metroid 6, I’ll be 55 and don’t think I’ll have the hand eye co-ordination to play a game like that

 

[OldSkOoL]

Play time

Also love these two captures I took, who said Samus doesn’t express emotion?

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[eli]

I think I'm gonna start tonight

 

[BozPaggs]

Play time

Also love these two captures I took, who said Samus doesn’t express emotion?

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Her scream during that bit from the first screenshot, like damn. More Samus rage please and thank you

 

[HylianHero12]

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it’s not a big deal actually. You get the grav suit, then immediately shinespark up and out of the water, then you’re on to the frozen Artaria and Z-57.

Spoiler: Sequence Breaking

There is an Infinite Bomb Jump to get back to the teleportal. It might be avoidable but Ihave had to do it both times I've done early Gravity. On Hard Mkde Ihad to do it like 10 times because I kept dying to the two Chozo Robots in the next room and it spawns you where you need to do the jump. I feel like I will alwayswant to do early Gravity anyway though, it'sso satisfyingtopull off.

 

[Mandos]

And finished! Items were at 75% boy that was a blast and a great end to the main current storyline. Though there is still another major thread the series has been sitting on even if it didn’t play into this one Definitely a good evolution of mechanics, trading the tankiness of the early games for mobility and counter options was probably the right move. The lore too

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did not see that last story twist coming Samus the last Metroid XD, also final suit design was lit||

Also the pacing was just “chefs kiss”

 

[OldSkOoL]

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Her scream during that bit from the first screenshot, like damn. More Samus rage please and thank you

Makes me seethe over that Kotaku article even more!

 

[Mandos]

Oh no, I just realized something now that I finished the game

Spoiler: Endgame spoilers

This is now an accurate statement

The meme is dead

 

[Matplaysgames]

Just finished it. What a ride. This was my first metroid game and I loved every second of it. I died so many times but I found the difficulty to be perfect. Every boss attempt I noticed I kept getting better and better until I defeated them... super rewarding seeing yourself improve after every attempt....This is definitely one of my favorite switch games and my personal goty.

 

[BozPaggs]

Makes me seethe over that Kotaku article even more!

Right?! It takes serious effort to miss the point that hard

 

[Kevin360]

Okay.

I want to get through the game in under 4 hours on Normal. What are some basic surefire tips, or a link to said tips?

Am I dumb for attempting this having never tried to get through a Metroid game fast before?