Samus is injected with vampiric jellyfish DNA in Metroid Fusion and the series still somehow isn’t a horror story.By Jordan Ramée on October 9, 2021 at 9:00AM PDT I’ve been looking forward to Metroid Dread a long time–my introduction to Samus and her story was 2002’s Metroid Fusion and though I would go back to play her earlier adventures and go on to enjoy the 2D remakes and Prime trilogy, I always hoped a sequel for Fusion would come out some day. The Metroid series has always toed the line when it comes to horror, traditionally taking place in spooky settings and putting Samus into situations that induce sensations of dread. I’ve always believed that Metroid would make for an incredible horror franchise for Nintendo, and Fusion came awfully close to making that jump for the 2D series.But if anything, Dread is a step back in that regard. That’s not to say Dread is a bad game–I love Dread, and I foresee myself playing it repeatedly just like I’ve done with most of Samus’ adventures (what do you mean there were two Metroid games between Prime 3: Corruption and Samus Returns–no there wasn’t). But Dread doesn’t really live up to its namesake. There’s very little sense of dread in the game, and not much in the way of horror either…. Click below to read the full story from GameSpot
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Metroid Dread Still Doesn’t Quite Deliver The Horror Experience I Know The Series Can Be
