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I'm sorry Retro fans, Dread is better than Prime
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Pilgrimzero
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Works better when you don't change your avatar, slick.
skit_data
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I think it’s very hard to compare Prime and the ”2D” Metroid games because the gameplay feels so different and depending on the day I’d say either Super Metroid or Metroid Prime is the better one.
Sadly I have yet to play Metroid Dread outside of the free demo, but I could already tell it’s probably another contender for the top spot.
Sadly I have yet to play Metroid Dread outside of the free demo, but I could already tell it’s probably another contender for the top spot.
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GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
It's your lucky day, Dread is better than the other 2D Metroids.
Team Andromeda
Member
And I'm sorry Exhumed/Powerslave is better than both
NeoIkaruGAF
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Too many GAFfers off their meds these days.
worldwithpyramids
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I enjoy Dread but I really don’t understand the overwhelming praise that gets heaped upon it. It’s good but it’s really just ‘another one of those’ games. Super Metroid is better. Zero Mission is better. I’d probably rank it above Fusion but the stealth parts in Dread are terrible so I don’t know. Prime is way ahead of it though.
mcjmetroid
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I love super and I kinda agree. The controls haven't aged too well. It's by no means awful it's still very playable.
Also mariadia with the sinking sand is frustrating as shit.
Honestly if it was about 3 times longer I'd be giving the crown to Metroid zero mission.
I can't give the best Metroid games to the primes because of the ridiculous end game missions they put you through.
I think Dread is probably better overall.
Spaceman292
Banned
Oranges are a pain to get into but they're more rich in vitamins. And that is why Dread is better.
jufonuk
not tag worthy
Topher
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tomato shrub
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Dread is Metroid without atmosphere, in a series whose strongest aspect is atmosphere.
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jufonuk
not tag worthy
I too am a middle aged man. I am doing fine. But things are way too expensive now and sometimes. My back hurts.I'm a middle aged man
But yeah. I look at the mature ladies and go damn they fine for Their age
Then I realise I am the same age.
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Little Mac
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hyperbertha
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There is nothing emergent in dread. No real metroidvania style exploration, trial and error emmi sections that become piss easy with foresight. Horrible design. The praise is wholly undeserved. Boss fights were reused too.
GametimeUK
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They are both excellent games, but I enjoy Metroid Prime more. I can see why someone would choose Dread its a special game.
SantaC
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Other M is better than Dread
StueyDuck
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^this guy gets it
jufonuk
not tag worthy
Other M wasn’t that bad gameplay wise. Story no. Gameplay yeah.
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Deleted member 1159
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What, bad taste? Trolling?
Prime nails the Metroid formula in 3D, but gets bested by its own sequel in several key areas (like not having convoluted routes to traverse to backtrack over and over again), but on the other hand Dread kinda fucks up the Metroid formula by setting you on a path where you can’t go back…but it plays like a dream. Dread’s soundtrack is its weakest points while Prime’s is one of its strongest. Samus controls like a lumbering tank in Prime while Dread has the best controls in not just any Metroid but any game in the whole genre.
Maybe it’s fun to have a hot take and declare one or the other way better but I’d have to choose my favorite kid here
SantaC
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And i play metroid for gameplay
kunonabi
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A lot got mangled in the translation but even then it's still better than the horseshit dread pulled in the end.
Teletraan1
Banned
I actually enjoyed all of the 2D and 2D ish Metriods. Did not like the Prime series at all. I would bet that most people who prefer prime here had prime as their first introduction to metroid so they like it the best. Inversely my first exposure to Metroid was the first game so my nostalgia is leaning towards what I grew up with. This is not a specific phenomena to Metroid, it happens in all type of media. There are actually people who were children when the prequel Star Wars came out and that was their first introduction to Star Wars. They have nostalgia for the prequels and somehow put them above the OG Trilogy. I encountered two of these MF'ers during my Easter dinner last night. Both of my nieces SO's were introduced to Star Wars with the prequels.
It also could be that they prefer a completely different genre of games. FPS with clunky controls was not my genre of choice so naturally I would gravitate towards something that actually played well.
It also could be that they prefer a completely different genre of games. FPS with clunky controls was not my genre of choice so naturally I would gravitate towards something that actually played well.
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DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy
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Both games are excellent, but have one major flaw each that can be mitigated to a degree.
Prime 1 has the artifact hunt, which on replays you can do as you go along the main path, so it’s not so bad.
Dread reuses mini bosses way too much. In Samus Returns it was understandable because the whole point was the fight the different metroids. I didn’t need to fight Chozo Warriors so many times in Dread. Luckily you can skip some of them with sequence breaking if you want. They also reuse the Emmis a lot, though unlike some people I don’t mind them because they’re more like puzzles than bosses, where you have to figure out the level layout and how best to line up the shot for them.
Also Dread has one of the most lackluster soundtracks in the series, while Prime has one of the best.
Prime 1 has the artifact hunt, which on replays you can do as you go along the main path, so it’s not so bad.
Dread reuses mini bosses way too much. In Samus Returns it was understandable because the whole point was the fight the different metroids. I didn’t need to fight Chozo Warriors so many times in Dread. Luckily you can skip some of them with sequence breaking if you want. They also reuse the Emmis a lot, though unlike some people I don’t mind them because they’re more like puzzles than bosses, where you have to figure out the level layout and how best to line up the shot for them.
Also Dread has one of the most lackluster soundtracks in the series, while Prime has one of the best.
Gamer_By_Proxy
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I keep trying, but I still can't get into first person Metroid.
i want a remaster just to see is it bad or not.
kunonabi
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Nah, I grew up with the first Metroid and Prime resembles the original trilogy more than Dread which is basically pinnacle of Sakamoto's desire to make the series more and more linear with Zero Mission, Fusion, and Other M. It's arguably the most linear it just does an amazing job of fooling people into thinking they have the agency of the older games. Prime mostly misses out on the action end of things which is a small price to pay for everything else it gets right. I mean the fluid action and creativity of Metroid's original design only really resurfaced in Other M anyway.
Randy Solo
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They are both great. Just enjoy them both. Extremes are pathetic.
justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
OP, since you "just picked up", maybe wait until you finish the game to give your verdict?
Pimpollo818
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lol, only by featuring better boss fights
Shut0wen
Banned
20 year old game generic? Lmao there is literally no fps that is remotely like the prime series
Tell me you’re a Fortnite playing baby casual gamer without actually telling me that, I guess
Ristifer
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Well OP, you're off the hook, because this take is now the trash take of the thread.
bender
What time is it?
TerribleAtThisGame
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Check out the big brain on Brad!
