A Metroid fan's brief thoughts on Dread (totally unbiased)

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Jaicee said:

mZuzek said:

I think before playing Dread, I could rank the Metroid games in tiers, something like

tier 1: Super, Prime
tier 2: Fusion, Echoes
tier 3: Corruption, Samus Returns, Zero Mission
tier 4: the other ones

I was hoping, if not expecting, Dread to make it at least somewhere in between tiers 2 and 3 on that. After playing it, I'm not sure whether it falls between tier 1 and 2, or within tier 1 entirely. It blew me away.

My take is extremely similar. I played through the game over the launch weekend (you know I cleared my schedule). After letting it sit with me for several days, I've reached the conclusion that this is my official ranking of the Metroids:

1) Super Metroid
2) Metroid Prime
3) Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
4) Metroid Dread
5) Metroid Fusion
6) Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
7) Metroid: Samus Returns
8) Metroid: Zero Mission

Seeing your guys' Metroid lists makes me want to make mine.

Okay, here we go. It's been a few days since I beat dread, so I think i'm ready. My top 10 Metroid games:

1. Metroid Prime
2. Super Metroid
3. Metroid Dread
4. Metroid Prime 2
5. Metroid Prime 3
6. Metroid: Zero Mission
7. Metroid: Fusion
8. Metroid: Samus Returns
9. Metroid: Other M
10. Metroid Prime Hunters

Honestly, I MAY actually like Dread more than Super, but i'll need to play the latter again to make absolutely sure.