metroid dread review

Metroid Dread Review: ‘An excellent comeback for the series’

By Jason Faulkner

It’s hard to believe Metroid Dread is the first original 2D game in the series since Metroid Fusion was released in 2002. Appropriately, Dread picks up where Fusion left off both in story and in gameplay. Longtime fans of the series will be immediately gripped with a feeling of familiarity as Samus explores the mysterious planet ZDR.

Given its popularity, it feels like…

  • Most accessible Metroid to date.
  • Environmental design is excellent
  • Well-balanced storytelling.
  • Vastly improved control scheme.
  • Great new upgrades.
  • Performance can be spotty.

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Jason Faulkner
Jason Faulkner

Jason Faulkner is Evolve Media's Evergreen SEO Manager. On a typical day, you can find him working desperately trying to get late-1990s/early-2000s PC games working at 4K and 16:9 ratio without crashing.

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