Thanks to my Very Special Friend who is my partner in this new stage in life where I have bigger responsibilities... I'm able to play Metroid Dread... her copy of it. She got me Cena there's no way she was going to buy 2 copies of the same game. I won't go into too many details here, because I try to keep a thin veil of privacy surrounding my personal life... even on Social Media. Point is that she's letting me play the game in short bursts when she's not playing it in order to review it. Of course, i always do a first thoughts a few weeks/months before the actual review... trying to beat the game or at least cross the halfway point to say that I've given the game a chance.
So, Metroid V: Dread... yes it's the fifth game:
-Metroid (or Metroid Zero Mission) are game 1
-Metroid 2: Return of Samus (or Samis Returns) are game 2
-Super Metroid is game 3
-Metroid Fusion is game 4
-Metroid Dread being game 5
But what about Prime and Other M?
Good question... TO THE INTERNET!! Well, shit! Apparently Prime and Other M are canon...
This complicates the timeline...
Metroid Zero Mission is game 1. This is apparently followed by the first Metroid Prime game. So Metroid Prime is game 2.
Metroid Prime Hunters is game 3... wait wasn't that the one with Multiplayer?
Metriod Prime 2 is game 4.
Game 5 is Prime 3... now game 6 is Federation Force, the one without Samus. Game 7 is Samus Returns aka METROID 2. Seems like Nintendo took a page from Street Fighter's timeline.
OK back on track: After Metroid 2, which is the 7th game, we have Super Metroid... the 8th game in the timeline Other M is game 9, although most of the universe would want to erase it from existence along with Federation Force. METROID FUSION is game 10... Dread is 11th game.
Well, shit... that complicates he timeline a lot, but... all you really need to get a basic understanding of the story is to play: Zero Mission, Samus Returns, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, and now Metroid Dread...
But back to Metroid Dread...
Apparently, it has been criticized for being "too hard" I don't think it's THAT hard, but the unintuitive controls don't help. For example:
To attack the EMMI robots that stalk you and make you Ship your pants... Disclaimer: this post is not sponsored by Transformco, Sears or KMart. You have to go into Aim Mode then hold a button for a specific Omega attack whiel manually aiming at the 1 hit kill Boss that is headed your way. So far I only have gained access to 2 omega attacks. The rapid fire which is needed to blow the protective cover off. Then the omega charge beam which is needed to kill the EMMI. You need to hold L and Y to use rapid fire, then hild L and R to chage the beam, then push Y at the right moment while manually aiming. Miss and it's game over, man!
Since I'm getting old I cannot play this game for long periods of time. Hands cramping due to awkward controls. Seriously considering a switch pro controller.
Other than that, it feels like a traditional Metroid... I guess it would be like a hybrid between Metroid Fusion and the 3DS remake of Metroid 2.
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