Metroid Dread

Quotation forthcoming.

For 15 years I have been waiting for this game, and to see it out and also be as good as I hoped it would be is simply incredible. The gameplay is sublime, the map design is great, the bosses are fun and the E.M.M.I are threatening. All these come together to create what possible is: The Nintendo Switch's 2021 game of the year.

Overall, Metroid Dread brings a narrative close to a decades long story with excellent level design and combat. It also looks great as well. So until Samus Aran is needed once again to save the Galactic Federation, I am happy to just savour the joy of another successfully completed mission.

Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch is a worthy holder of the title "Metroid 5." Its sprawling world begs you to explore every inch of it, and while it keeps Samus Returns' control elements, they feel much better on the Switch. This is a proper Metroid 5, and that's more than enough to make it an Editors’ Choice pick for Switch games.

Metroid Dread is one of the best Metroidvania games out there with its awesome collection of abilities and its action-packed E.M.M.I. areas. It may not provide as much challenge as old-school fans would expect but it's still an undeniably incredible adventure.

Metroid Dread is hard, but it's hard in a really good way. The kind of way that makes you sometimes want to toss your controller, but doubles your resolve while doing so. It's smooth, quick, and makes Samus feel fast and powerful as much as it possibly can without turning into an action platformer.

Metroid Dread can't commit to giving players an action-packed power fantasy or a suspenseful adventure against the odds. It's quick, short, and snappy -- all things that can be good when used right, but not at all what Metroid Dread set out to deliver.

un gioco stupendo pieno di colpi di scena (non è consigliato a chi soffre attacchi di ansia.)

Not my favorite Metroid. Less exploration, more unfairly difficult fights. Yes, I played through and killed all the EMMIs but they were nothing fun. Even on easy difficulty, there were a lot of deaths and a big part of the game was just watching the loading screen and then doing the same thing again with some more essential information. Also, it felt like every time you got a more powerful weapon, in that second all the enemies also became 10x more durable, and there was no real feeling of overkill progression at any point until the very end phase.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Fan-made Metroid game by a Spanish studio, feels like a a bootleg, an immitation of the old Japanese Metroid games.

Flashy but shallow, like it's going through the motions of what MercurySteam thinks is 'good enough' for a Metroid game.