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There are so many good metroidvania games out, what's the point of playing this one? The fact that they kinda made the genre is the point. If it comes out and sucks, then yeah, that's one thing. But remember that time that there was no possible way that a 3D, first person Metroid game could be good, and then Metroid Prime slayed us all? Give the fuckin' game a chance to come out before you crucify it loool.
As for it not looking like a Metroid game - If you took Link out of Breath of the Wild, it could be an entry in any number of game series. What are you all basing all of this on? 20 seconds of gameplay footage?
My personal problem here is that Samus Returns was just "fine" but missed the mark in a number of areas IMO. And Dread looks to be in the same vein. Mercury Steam doesn't have a great track record, either. My main issue with Samus Returns came down to the silly, mandatory parry mechanic that completely halts momentum in a jump-n-shoot action game. Other smaller gripes include being completely tone-deaf to the carefully detailed atmosphere of the Gameboy original (for example, the Metroid hives should be brooding and devoid of enemies as the Metroids feast on them - instead the hives are full of the same 5 enemy types you see through the rest of the game - that's just one example), every environment looking like the same set of caves, a dearth of enemy variety, and trying to play a twitch-style 2D action game on a mushy analog pad in 30hz. Compared to AM2R, Samus Returns is a mess. I'm not saying it's a "bad" game, but it's not a great Metroid game.
Looks like they implemented the ability to run and parry at the same time in Dread, which is nice, but then they've added yet another momentum halting mechanic - stealth - which is a core part of the game rather than a quick diversion like in Fusion. And I'll put money on Nintendo forcing you to use the analog stick yet again for a 2D game. That right there will kill it for me.
Still, I'm sure this will sell well and Nintendo will continue to work with Mercury Steam in the future. As for me, I'll just go back and play AM2R again - the last, great, 2D Metroid game.
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