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Metroid Dread Video Review - A new approach to familiar tensions

Metroid Dread is now available and we touched on this title with the hope that it will take us in the field of survival / horror games, which it certainly does. However, this element has somehow always been present in the Metroid games. Samus is dropped on a mysterious planet, deprived of his weapons and abilities she needs to survive. The horror element comes from the feeling of tension and the constant trapping of the new EMMI enemy. The mechanical nature of the game also creates this feeling. Check Samus and use his weapons is a very complex procedure. Hold down several keys to select a weapon, while aiming and remaining motionless can be tense, especially when a mortal enemy rushes to you. As far as survival is concerned, you may not do much. There is a mix of difficult but indulgent areas throughout the game. Boss fights are difficult, but once you have understood and learned the secrets while dying again and again, they become safe enough. The persistent threat of the EMMI is ...