To stop clogging the Switch thread with potential spoilers
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I’ve played a lot of dread today and really loving it. It’s massively impacted my productivity though.
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I am 3 EMMI down and around 60% collectibles in each area BUT totally stumped. Have looked everywhere for where to go next. I feel like I’m missing something obvious…
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Resorted to a guide in the end to figure out what zone I ought to be in. Feel a bit like I’ve cheated. But also, I came through this section three times and didn’t figure it out, so…
Loving this so far. What a game.
When I saw some of the 8/10 reviews there seemed to be a lot of hedging going on - I was quite worried. they had fucked it. Turns out the heading was in the other direction - it’s at least a 9.
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Can someone sell this to me as someone who has never played any Metroid game. Its some side-scrolling shooter thing, right? Why are people in love with it?
It is. But the exploration aspect is what makes it for me. It’s not linear, and it’s satisfying discovering the different areas. It’s designed really well so that areas you’re in have parts that are inaccessible until you’ve gained certain abilities, making the areas and gameplay kinda evolve as you gain each one. There’s sometimes a puzzle element to how you get about, and loads of little secrets that can be a bit puzzle-y too. And there’s a lot of great bosses. Atmospheric too - feeling of being isolated on a strange planet, and bloody tense at points this one.
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Had another couple of shots at the final boss and still getting totally destroyed. I’m 50/50 whether I should keep chipping away and learning the moves, or head back into the world and find more health tanks.
Such a great game.
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Dunno, I’ve found myself staring at the Game Over screen on Dread more times than I care to count. I could just be Bad At Games, but then I did finish HK too. Older Metroid games are far easier - it’s almost as if they have seen what people are willing to go through in terms of challenge from HK and tried to match it.
Getting better, I reckon 50/50.
There are bosses later on which have definitely got a HK feel to them in how they move and attack. Really enjoying it.
Once I was past the tutorialesque section at the start the rest has been gold.
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Probably around 10% of the time. Thing is I’m not even sure what point I’m supposed to be twatting them.
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There are 2 points you can. The first is easier.
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All this ^
The reason why this game is also getting so much goodwill and praise is that it’s a Nintendo series that historically is adored by a cult following but sells terribly, so rarely makes an appearance. And it’s weird, minimal atmospheric solitary sci-fi so stands out from their other games.
So there’s a big buzz around this as half the reviewers are willing it to be amazing because there’s a nostalgia aspect to it (first all new 2D Metroid game in over 20 years and the final part of that story) and the other half seem quite surprised by how good it is, which there were no guarantees it would be.
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Ha yes I agree, I need to get my head down and work today but I can feel the pull of dread.
I was thinking about silksong this morning and it clicked that as it is starting as a switch exclusive (I think) that probably answers why we haven’t heard anything about it this year.
There is no way either team cherry or nintendo would want to pull focus from either game, just doesn’t make business sense. There is such a risk launching them at a similar time that they get compared (they will anyway).
I think nintendo will get dread out of the way and then we will get silksong announced probably for spring next year.
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I just got further than I had been against escue to his second phase and the game crashed and kicked me out! Started back at last save point and can’t remember how I got there! That is bloody annoying.
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Actually the save point is only 2 rooms away so not too bad. Annoying bug though.
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Any hints as to where to go after beating Drogyga?
Oh I’ve just completely missed an elevator. An hour I’ve spent looking for that.
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