Metroid Dread Review - IGN

A surprise sequel after nearly 20 years, Metroid Dread brings back the legendary exploration and progression and merges it with excellent modern combat and some of the best boss fights ever.

[Vegamyster]

Happy the game finally came to light after so many years, I can’t wait to jump in.

[NecrumOddBoy]

Reviews look promising. Definitely glad to hear this is a great game. My concerns are highly reduced.

[solideagle]

what did you expect? Nintendo = Quality

[Tacoboto]

Half a day ago you were saying this game is "looking mediocre as hell".

That's not being "concerned", that's trying to crap on something before it even releases despite universal praise from previews. All that's changed in 12 hours is those praising it in previews can finally attach a score to it now.

[TheDoomedGuy]

Be honest. You just thought it look mediocre because of the graphics.

[whitbyfox]

Another jewel in the crown for the Switch. Nintendo are just making it unfair on Sony and Microsoft now.

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

:) LMAO why? cause it has a game that scored the same as dethloop and ratchet and clanck ? and because it will get the old KOTOR while ps5 will get the new one? :) :) :)

try again fanboy! but try harder!

[whitbyfox]

Maybe it’s because the Switch has 2 97-rated exclusives on Metacritic and the best the PS5 can do is a single 92.

Don’t cry Sonyboy.

[Hikoran]

I'm a PS5 player myself but you need to shut it mate, we all play games. I love that Nintendo get another one under their belt! I think the community is getting a little tired of Mario for a minute.

[Nintentional]

Go watch Dunkey play Death Loop. Game looks like trash lol

[Seraphim]

@ Hikoran - after the past year or so, yes, give the dam plumber a break. Nintendo has been working Mario to death the past year-ish. Give the man an infinite travel ticket to travel the world. Make sure to tell him to spend 15+ months doing so. Paper Mario, Mario 3D All Stars, Mario + Bowsers Fury, Mario Golf, Mario Party, etc. there is such a thing as too much of a good thing....

@whitbyfox - nice try there bud. Both the Switch & PS have their share of great games and I'll leave it at that.

I don't really care a whole lot about who sits where on Metacritic as a vast majority of websites & their writers can not objectively review any game. End of the day all I care about is what I thought about X game & whether or not it's worthy of a spot in my collection. Yes, I admit that seeing great reviews and high scores etc [as fans] is great but it's terribly subjective instead of objective. imo any professional gaming journalist/reviewer needs to be objective and rate according to the games own merits, strengths, weaknesses, etc. But that's an entirely different conversation and something that will likely never happen.

end of the day, yeah, I'm just excited to start playing Dread come Friday. Just hope I don't wrap up Ys VIII tonight which would likely force me to start something else tomorrow lol. And I tend to only play one game at a time to prevent backlog issues and incompleted games.

[-Hermit-]

Take the name Metroid out of the title, and I guarantee they wouldn't score it as high.

[pramath777]

I’m sure you’ll say the same thing for Ragnarok when it scores high

[TheDoomedGuy]

That's silly. All Metroid games are great...except for maybe other m

[MadLad]

There's literally nothing to base that off of.

With that logic, any new IP automatically gets a couple points taken off. There have been Metroid games with fairly negative reviews.

Calm down.

[-Hermit-]

@pramath777

Couldn't give a damn about God of War either, I have never liked the series.

@TheRealTedCruz

"Calm down"

I am calm, I really don't care that much, I'm not the one that takes reviewers opinions seriously. I know they are clouded by their own biases.

@Zacfolder

I don't hate Nintendo, I just think that everything they do is massively overrated.

By the way, I didn't even say the game is bad, it could well be a 9/10, but let's not pretend that an indie game released on something like Steam that is just as good would rate just as high.

[NotoriousWhiz]

Yeah, that indie game called Dead Cells did review terribly. Only got a 9.5. If it had Metroid in the name, it would've been at least 9/10.... Oh wait....

https://www.ign.com/article...

[Sprucegoose77]

I have a switch and will enjoy the hell out of this game. That said, grow up!

[CrimsonWing69]

Are you trolling? I really can’t tell, which is concerning.

[UltimateOwnage]

It looks like it for sure. If one can disregard 1080P, or 720P resolution as a factor, the sheer lineup of new high quality 1st and 3rd party games, the wealth of excellent remasters, along with a bursting range of great content on eShop is really makes the Switch an outstanding platform.

I’ve always been a PC and multi-console gamer, but Switch has become one of my favorite platforms of all time. I haven’t had this many games for one platform that I feel are gems since the SNES and PS1 eras.

[darkrider]

Unfair? I think a game like this could run on the Dreamcast without any problems. It's funny that in Nintendo reviews they forget the generic and done before, in this case for generations, excuse to drop points.

[Sirk7x]

No way. The animations and attention to detail in this game are top notch. I can guarantee Digital Foundry are going to have a field day with this one. This is classic game design at its damn near best. I think I'm almost at the end, and it's one of the best games I've played all year easily.

[thesoftware730]

Dark,

Yeah, you are way off base on this one. What most Nintendo games offer is masterclass, gameplay, controls, level design, music and most importantly is... pure fun.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but you're silly attacks are definitely in the minority. I am grateful that you have nothing to do with making, designing or producing games for Nintendo or any other company than I am aware of.

There is a reason why Nintendo is still in the business, and It's not off of pure nostalgia like I have seen some people claim. The games speak for themselves as they are just plain old fun.

[RickRoland]

But the switch has been out for nearly 5 years…. I’m pretty sure the PS5 library year one beat Switch year 1…

Astro’s Playroom
Demon’s Souls
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Deathloop
Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Switch Year 1:

Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Super Mario Odyssee
Splatoon 2
Super Bomberman R

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[whitbyfox]

You missed out:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Zelda Breath of the Wild
Bayonetta 2

All of which are rated higher on metacritic than every one of those games you listed except Demon’s Souls, which shares a 92 with Kart and Bayo 2.

[pramath777]

Lol you’re not even trying to keep up appearances with how transparently fanboyish and cherry-picked this list is are you?

Like, fuck, I don’t think I could have made a more blatantly fanboyish post if I’d tried.

[thesoftware730]

HAHAHA, Rick, you left off the biggest game, Zelda:BotW!

Wow that was a hard fail, the' Full' list is definitely debatable, but I give the nod to the Switch first year, I still play MK 8, Played Zelda to 100%, Ended up playing Bayo 1& 2 as they came together, Mario Galaxy was pure genius!

[Terry_B]

Its just another Metroidvania. There are like 20+ of them Playstation or Xbox and probably 50+ great ones on Steam.

[lellkay]

"unfair on sony"
People on this site, honestly lol

Either way, game looks fun, but artistically and graphically looks very below par IMO, I definitely expect better from this sort of game, especially at full price, but I like a Metroidvania so I'll no doubt enjoy it. Will probably wait for a price drop though.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

Waiting for this and my OLED Switch preoder from GameStop 👍Now to trade my old Switch in.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Man I'm hoping they have some decent stock in December. I'll have some extra income then and want to trade in my Switch Lite towards one.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

I hope so to, but the demand for this might be pretty high even though it's not a major hardware change. ☹

[Yui_Suzumiya]

You could have saved a bunch if you trade in your old Switch towards the OLED Switch at Gamestop. The Switch Lite alone takes $120 off. I think the original Switch takes $150 to $200 off.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

That I could have, but I jumped at the chance as soon as I saw it available on GameStop online and just preordered it. I would have liked to walk into GameStop and trade my old Switch towards the new one but, it would be sold out as it still is now. :(

[TheColbertinator]

Finally here 💪

[Pancit_Canton]

The graphics looks like it was ported from 3DS. Looks awful. I prefer the 2D aspect or cell shaded graphics over this.

[Eamon]

That's not very honest. They are clearly superior to Metroid Samus Returns on 3DS.

Sure, they're not cutting edge like the compeition, but the Nintendo Switch is technically inferior to the PS4/X1 let alone PS4/XSX.

[Sirk7x]

I've been playing it the last two days. The attention to detail in this game is insane.

[darkrider]

It's Nintendo. They can do whatever they want and sell the same thing over and over and still get away.

[Neonridr]

please elaborate how this is the same thing..

[Terry_B]

They are on Bloodstrained's graphic level but yup..Metroid Dread does not look like a Nintendo AAA game.

A few other Metroidvania titles like Hollow Knight look levels better while made by small indie teams.

[iplay1up2]

This game looks great! Many of the good reviews, say the Boss battles are epic!

[darkrider]

Ign is done. This a perfect game and not almost perfect. Graphics 10, replaybility 10, sound 10, innovation 11, gameplay 10, story, doesn't need. This make me want to turn on my Neo Geo CD and play some great 2d games.

[Knushwood Butt]

You'll be lucky if your Neo Geo CD still works.

[darkrider]

True. And the game pad are also bad, because of all the fighting games

[Knushwood Butt]

I never had a problem with the pads, but I had vhe lens/reader unit fail on 2 or 3 Neo Geo CDs. Most unreliable gaming hardware I have ever owned, but I loved it!

[Nintentional]

Ok and wait 20 hours for games to load on Neo Geo CD lol most of those games are on the Switch anyway 😏

[darkrider]

Iw was cool but slow the CD version. But much much much cheaper then the cartridge version

[Knushwood Butt]

Yeah, the loading was bad, but you got the fully re-recorded music that streamed off the CD while playing, and it was way better than the cart versions.

For some reason, none of the current day re-releases include this.

[saint_seya]

Sadly graphics look like from a celphone game (i play a lot of those lately so i can tell they look like that), but then again i love metroidvania games, and im sure the game is great - the games of this style are called like this for a reason, so been a metroid one, its like a certifacte of a good game- ( wish nintendo tried a bit harder on graphics). I dont have a switch but guess time to get my friend to lend me his, or download an emulator.

[Jin_Sakai]

You guys and graphics I swear. I like graphics myself but that’s not what makes a great game. Maybe one day you’ll understand.

[saint_seya]

Well i do intend to play the game, but it is impossible to have same game with better graphics? if it isnt, why i can't hope for it? i don't understand when people defend low graphics, like if the game would turn worse for having better graphics, its no like we are talking of trading one for the other. Maybe one day you'll understand.

[Jin_Sakai]

The art style is good and the attention to detail is too notch. I don’t see what the problem is?

[shammgod]

“best boss fights ever”

I’m in!

[FernDiggidy]

Was there ever a doubt? Long live METROID!!!!! Next up Prime 4 baby

[unjust75]

If you look at every metroid game released not 1 has scored under a 8.5 and most score 9 to 9.5 from the major sites. I’m calling BS on this game’s reviews.

[pramath777]

https://www.metacritic.com/...

https://www.metacritic.com/...

I remember when fanboys at least used to try to make an effort. Good times.

[Fntastic]

I'm not into this whole Metacritic scores nonsense like a sheep, it's like people who look at the score of a movie before watching it and deciding for themselves.

That said, i do try to watch/play stuff that's at least a 7, for movies I've found that I've seen some good stuff even ranked in the 5/6 range. I guess it's slightly different scoring wise for movies over games, but some people can be extreme snobs.

I just play what i enjoy personally, then score doesn't even matter. Plus I've played some things that are highly ranked score wise, then found that i don't even like it myself.

[unjust75]

Nintendo needs new stuff you Nintendo fans keep this bs alive supporting of old franchises that should have died along time ago. Nintendo fans would buy this game two months later if it was repackaged thats how ridiculous you guys are its ashame. Nintendo owes more to its fans a lot more.

[TargusX]

Just looks kinda boring, not trolling just saying

[LoveSpuds]

I am ashamed to say that Metroid is a series I have barely played. I hammered the first game on NES as a young teenager but didn't pick up a Nintendo machine until the Wii came along (I was more into computers over that period).

Regardless I really fancy giving this one a try but I am thinking of trying Super Metroid first....my backlog is getting worse by the day.

[SeTTriP]

Another game to buy for me smh.