Metroid Dread (Switch)

Endlich ein neues Metroid-Spiel. TechStage testet Metroid Dread für die Switch und zeigt, was der neue Teil gut macht und wo es hakt.

Metroid Dread punktet mit altbewährten Stärken der Serie und überzeugt durch spannende Bosskämpfe und einem sehr gelungenen Leveldesign. Leider gehen viele Versuche im Spiel, eine bedrückende Atmosphäre zu erzeugen, nicht ganz auf und vor allem die technischen Limitierungen durch die Nintendo Switch halten den Titel davon ab, sein volles Potenzial auszuschöpfen.

Metroid Dread takes risks for the series, but it succeeds in doing so.

Metroid Dread doesn’t take a lot of big swings, but it rarely bats a foul ball. You can tell this was carefully crafted with existing fans in mind, but it’s not so heady that newcomers wouldn’t be able to pick it up.

More than anything else, Metroid Dread feels like going back to a place of comfort after a long time away. Though the gameplay is refined and new features have been added to the mix, Dread sticks closely to the formula of its predecessors.

After 19 years, Nintendo finally delivers an official sequel to Metroid Fusion that concludes Samus Aran's lifelong battle with a race of deadly alien organisms.

Metroid Dread sees the galaxy's best bounty hunter return in fine form. It takes the terror of being hunted from Metroid Fusion, the more modern direction of Samus Returns, and the freedom to add to the series' decades of lore to create something that's nigh on essential for Metroid fans.