Metroid Dread | NSW | Demo now available on the eshop

Hey all, I did a thing. Here are my thoughts on Dread.

The last boss can strawberry float off. Doesnt help Im having to play handheld which is tough going after playing the rest of it on the big tv with the pro controller.

Victor Mildew wrote:The last boss can strawberry float off. Doesnt help Im having to play handheld which is tough going after playing the rest of it on the big tv with the pro controller.

I did the whole thing handheld , if you want any tips I can think of quiet a few with the last boss

Managed to get back to this tonight, made a little more progress got the Grapple Beam and beat the Chozo boss now off to explore where I can get to now :toot:

kerr9000 wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:The last boss can strawberry float off. Doesnt help Im having to play handheld which is tough going after playing the rest of it on the big tv with the pro controller.

I did the whole thing handheld , if you want any tips I can think of quiet a few with the last boss

Thanks. It's more the swapping from decent sized buttons to fiddly little ones, and my muscle memory not being able to cope.

Edit: Just did it on my first try with the pro controller 8-)

What a game

100% items, clear time 12:09:47

Fuuuuuuck, I thought it had unlocked the actual game zero mission at the end, but it was just a picture :lol:

I've just gotIce Misslesand returned to Ferenia.
I'm not sure I'm going the right way about accessing the missile tank and it's driving me nuts.

I'm not sure it's doable, especially the last bit, but I'm getting so close....

For that one I think you charge the Shinespark when you reach the top, duck into the tunnel and fall through, then Spark in mid-air.

You can spark while in ball form. So you wall jump up there with boost, slide through the tunnel, store your spark, slide back in, bomb open the tunnel, then spark up iirc.

Turns out it's not just the credits: MercurySteam are not the best company apparently. Sigh.

Nintendo will not like these reports. I wonder if it harms their prospects for future games.

What makes it worse is that by the sounds of things they've been reported over this kind of stuff in the past and seemingly nothing has changed.

Hopefully this makes more of a stink for them now and they can't just ignore it.

I know this is unfortunately standard in the industry once you hit a big enough studio, so I'm not surprised. But it would be nice to have a success story that isn't bogged down with some "Yes, but..."s.

Anyway, this industry is trash and decent work conditions seem like the exception than the norm. But it's still good to out them. But I can't see this going anywhere if it's just a case of "my lead and director contradicted each other". It's shitty, but we've seen companies squirm out of way worse. Don't forget that Nintendo are still openly working with Ubisoft.

Balladeer wrote:Turns out it's not just the credits: MercurySteam are not the best company apparently. Sigh.

On the plus side if there run like a shambles and can make this imagine how good it could get if they sort there gooseberry fool out.

Pedz wrote:Hey all, I did a thing. Here are my thoughts on Dread.

Hearing calm Pedz is such a contrast to hearing you on Gears. :lol:

But seriously, great work! what mic were you using? Sounded great!

Prototype wrote:
Pedz wrote:Hey all, I did a thing. Here are my thoughts on Dread.

Hearing calm Pedz is such a contrast to hearing you on Gears.

But seriously, great work! what mic were you using? Sounded great!

I use a Blue Yeti, but also have a few filters set up on OBS to make it sound a little better.

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it

Just finished with a clear time of 11:40:03 for 100% items. Exceptional game, really hoping this leads to a Metroid renaissance and that Nintendo starts treating it as an A-list series again rather than waiting another twenty years for the next sequel.

Ending spoilers in here

Pedz wrote:
Prototype wrote:
Pedz wrote:Hey all, I did a thing. Here are my thoughts on Dread.

Hearing calm Pedz is such a contrast to hearing you on Gears.

But seriously, great work! what mic were you using? Sounded great!

I use a Blue Yeti, but also have a few filters set up on OBS to make it sound a little better.

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it

I too enjoyed this Pedz.

Balladeer wrote:Turns out it's not just the credits: MercurySteam are not the best company apparently. Sigh.

oh dear

Met wrote:You can spark while in ball form. So you wall jump up there with boost, slide through the tunnel, store your spark, slide back in, bomb open the tunnel, then spark up iirc.

Thanks - got it before this, but as you say didn’t realise I could do it in ball mode.

Met purple Emmi - god they made them even shitter

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Mission complete.

Final boss wasn't as hard as I'd anticipated based on the comments I read beforehand, but it was still an engaging fight - the challenge in regards to bosses (and some mid-boss encounters, such as the spear-wielding Chozo warriors) were a major strong point throughout. The way in which this game portrays Samus' attitude is another notable highlight, including her sleek armour designs (gotta love that final transformation just before the escape sequence :datass:

) and environmental staging - all excellent in their direction.

Most likely my GOTY.

Metroid Dread | NSW | Demo now available on the eshop

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