It still hasn't sunk in that Dread is real, and is this immaculate. This is the most joy I've had in my heart as a Metroid fan since 2004. Whatever happens next, however many years later, we will always have this win.
Dang, a 39/40. So close to perfection but still, I am really looking forward to GotY of this year. By the way, you can skip the opening cutscene. If you immediately quit after regaining control from the opening cutscene, it automatically saves so you can keep copying that file and be able to just go. Also tiny nitpick: you can actually infinite single wall jump in Zero Mission. Fusion, Samus Returns, and Dread are the only games that have that forced momentum, and even then there was discovered tech in Dread that lets you single wall jump (but it's VERY hard and Idk if it has any practical use) and Fusion has a TAS method but not feasible or useful for actual runs.
Wall jump morphing, which I assume is what you're talking about, is definitely useful against Kraid, but aside from that I'm not too certain about it's application.
Probably my Favorite Metroid game and if Mercury Steam handles the the 2D style ones from now on, I would have no problem with it. They have learned a lot from murdering the Vania from the Meteoidvania lol
I think what told me these guys were firing on all cylinders design-wise was that they make you go through a significant chunk of the game having to chug your slow-ass through large areas full of water without a Gravity Suit and I never felt bothered by it at all. In a game where you move SO fast and everything is so precise, they spend a good chunk of time making you chug and it just never feels bad. They even did an underwater boss fight right. This is just ONE instance where I feel that the minds behind this game were REALLY on top of their game.
It warms my heart to see how overwhelmingly positive the reviews for Metroid Dread have been, I'm so glad I could (almost) play this on launch day, I truly felt like part of a community in gaming like I hadn't in quite some time. This game is insane, 10/10 for me, but they DESPERATELY need to give us a Boss Rush mode.
me just now realizing that the Federation is stupid enough to have likely taken some of the goop from when they removed the X from Samus and they probs keeping it around and so the X is still probs around big rip.
23:47 now imagine fighting the red chozo warrior with the shield AND the experiment boss without the space jump or missile rain, that's what I did when I sequence break and got the gravity suit early, made the purple emmi easier so it was worth it in the end but... yeah
it was all part of their grand plan to kill the "-Vania" part and then save the "Metroid-" lol something-something-something "i actually wanted balance between -light and darkness- Metroid and Castlevania" something-something "i sent myself into the past -Sora- Samus, funniest shit i've ever done" something-something *"EXPIRE"*
Dread has so much interesting shit to it, both in lore and gameplay. Lorewise, the Data things on the Dread webpage tell us that the new suit look is due to Samus' Power Suit regenerating on top of the Fusion Suit. Which is neat. Gameplay, once you get the Plasma Beam, rapidfire shooting deals a lot more DPS than missiles thanks to the Plasma Beam piercing through most armors. Go back and rapidfire Plasma Beam against a Chozo Guardian, you transition into the second phase so quickly.
@@HatsuneMarvin it didn't really integrate or possess it tho, it just stole the data for the suit (I guess?) which isn't all that strange, when all the other Core-X's also have upgrades compatible with Samus' gear
Dread is the first Metroid game I have finished, I played Super Metroid on the Wii U and got lost and gave up. I didn't really feel like I got lost too often in this game which was surprising for me! Definitely in my top games of the year, let's hope we can get a sequel! (I also played Prime 2 but that's a 3D Metroid, and also only ever got so far when I was little, that shit was scary for a 9 year old me)
I absolutely love this podcast! So funny and insightful. Will definitely be checking the channel out. You guys *HAVE* to do more of these for the other Metroid games, please!
Imagine a Metroid Prime game where you get the absorption grab as a melee attack. Also, yes the next Metroid needs that insane thing at the end as a game mechanic... I'm still trying to decide whether I prefer to call it Metroid Trigger or Metroid Install.
I dunno why it took me so long to listen thru this but I find it hilarious how at around 1:20:00 you guys were talking about that one floor/ceiling you gotta shoot to progress, and how around the time the game was new, losers on twitter who thought one unclear aspect in a game made the whole thing garbage were in fact saying that one moment made the whole game unplayable.
wasn't expecting anyone to give this a 9, let alone a 10. I love Dread but I also love fusion. thought dan and bob would have really liked fusion so when they didn't. figured dread wouldn't do much better. I'd probably give the game an 8 or 9. Didn't like some of the music or the lack of button remapping. Lots of nitpicks basically.
It still hasn't sunk in that Dread is real, and is this immaculate. This is the most joy I've had in my heart as a Metroid fan since 2004. Whatever happens next, however many years later, we will always have this win.
I love all the Primes so I’ve only been waiting since 2007… which is still a crazy long time
Dang, a 39/40. So close to perfection but still, I am really looking forward to GotY of this year.
By the way, you can skip the opening cutscene. If you immediately quit after regaining control from the opening cutscene, it automatically saves so you can keep copying that file and be able to just go.
Also tiny nitpick: you can actually infinite single wall jump in Zero Mission. Fusion, Samus Returns, and Dread are the only games that have that forced momentum, and even then there was discovered tech in Dread that lets you single wall jump (but it's VERY hard and Idk if it has any practical use) and Fusion has a TAS method but not feasible or useful for actual runs.
Wall jump morphing, which I assume is what you're talking about, is definitely useful against Kraid, but aside from that I'm not too certain about it's application.
41:32 Hate to break it to you guys, but since the Fusion proluoge the og gunship is just long gone.
Got Dread finally last night and thought "oh man, better hurry so I can watch the inevitable spoilercast." I was not near fast enough lmao.
Probably my Favorite Metroid game and if Mercury Steam handles the the 2D style ones from now on, I would have no problem with it.
They have learned a lot from murdering the Vania from the Meteoidvania lol
You know I was worried for a little bit that we’d have to wait until after the far cry 6 spoilercast for the dread spoilercast.
I think what told me these guys were firing on all cylinders design-wise was that they make you go through a significant chunk of the game having to chug your slow-ass through large areas full of water without a Gravity Suit and I never felt bothered by it at all. In a game where you move SO fast and everything is so precise, they spend a good chunk of time making you chug and it just never feels bad. They even did an underwater boss fight right. This is just ONE instance where I feel that the minds behind this game were REALLY on top of their game.
It warms my heart to see how overwhelmingly positive the reviews for Metroid Dread have been, I'm so glad I could (almost) play this on launch day, I truly felt like part of a community in gaming like I hadn't in quite some time. This game is insane, 10/10 for me, but they DESPERATELY need to give us a Boss Rush mode.
I was already blown away by this game after playing it. All the new insane stuff I'm learning from this podcast has me itching to play it again.
me just now realizing that the Federation is stupid enough to have likely taken some of the goop from when they removed the X from Samus and they probs keeping it around and so the X is still probs around big rip.
23:47 now imagine fighting the red chozo warrior with the shield AND the experiment boss without the space jump or missile rain, that's what I did when I sequence break and got the gravity suit early, made the purple emmi easier so it was worth it in the end but... yeah
I misread this as “imagine fighting Experiment and Red Chozo at the same time” and I honestly want it now.
I fought the expirement withoutnspace jump and luckily got the shinespark instakill lmao.
Now I just skip experiment all together 😂
we were the metroid dread all along
I can't believe two of the best Metroid games were made by Mercury Steam. A company who made 3 Castlevania games so bad they killed the series. How?
It was sabotage
it was all part of their grand plan to kill the "-Vania" part and then save the "Metroid-" lol
something-something-something "i actually wanted balance between -light and darkness- Metroid and Castlevania"
something-something "i sent myself into the past -Sora- Samus, funniest shit i've ever done"
something-something *"EXPIRE"*
honestly i liked the story of Gabriel Belmont and his fall and redemption as Dracula, the LoS trilogy is one of my faves.
Turns out that against all odds, some companies DO learn from their mistakes.
Dread has so much interesting shit to it, both in lore and gameplay.
Lorewise, the Data things on the Dread webpage tell us that the new suit look is due to Samus' Power Suit regenerating on top of the Fusion Suit. Which is neat.
Gameplay, once you get the Plasma Beam, rapidfire shooting deals a lot more DPS than missiles thanks to the Plasma Beam piercing through most armors. Go back and rapidfire Plasma Beam against a Chozo Guardian, you transition into the second phase so quickly.
RE: the X integrating with tech, they cannot do that, the only reason the BOX was copied was because it was being piloted by organic components
There was an X in fusion that attacked a computer console to steal the varia suit upgrade
@@HatsuneMarvin Ohhh, right
@@HatsuneMarvin it didn't really integrate or possess it tho, it just stole the data for the suit (I guess?)
which isn't all that strange, when all the other Core-X's also have upgrades compatible with Samus' gear
@@Vee_Sheep It literally stole data from a computer
Dread is the first Metroid game I have finished, I played Super Metroid on the Wii U and got lost and gave up. I didn't really feel like I got lost too often in this game which was surprising for me! Definitely in my top games of the year, let's hope we can get a sequel! (I also played Prime 2 but that's a 3D Metroid, and also only ever got so far when I was little, that shit was scary for a 9 year old me)
The Prime series still gives me anxiety while playing it to this day at 25 years old haha
You can spineshark to kill the shrimp boss in super as well
I absolutely love this podcast! So funny and insightful. Will definitely be checking the channel out. You guys *HAVE* to do more of these for the other Metroid games, please!
Imagine a Metroid Prime game where you get the absorption grab as a melee attack. Also, yes the next Metroid needs that insane thing at the end as a game mechanic... I'm still trying to decide whether I prefer to call it Metroid Trigger or Metroid Install.
I'm actually wondering if they're planning to just take the Doom Glory Kills using her Metroid powers since they seemed to be very popular.
10 out of 10 for me to. It's super fun and the EMMI rooms really do cause a sense of dread. L9ve it.
I dunno why it took me so long to listen thru this but I find it hilarious how at around 1:20:00 you guys were talking about that one floor/ceiling you gotta shoot to progress, and how around the time the game was new, losers on twitter who thought one unclear aspect in a game made the whole thing garbage were in fact saying that one moment made the whole game unplayable.
YOU CALLED IT YOU CALLED PRIME 1 REMASTER! and also the lack of prime 4
wasn't expecting anyone to give this a 9, let alone a 10. I love Dread but I also love fusion. thought dan and bob would have really liked fusion so when they didn't. figured dread wouldn't do much better.
I'd probably give the game an 8 or 9. Didn't like some of the music or the lack of button remapping. Lots of nitpicks basically.
METROID DREAD!!!!!!!