These Bosses Are INCREDIBLE - MAX PLAYS: Metroid Dread - Part 2

[@Batterskull]

I love how when Samus first enters the boss room she’s cautiously looking around, but when she realizes it’s just Kraid she relaxes and casually pops a charge shot in his mouth. It just shows how experienced Samus is as a character, especially against recurring enemies like Kraid.

[@LadyRamkinFP]

I saw that much more as the realization that he was tied up and couldn't actually touch her.

[@milesprower6110]

and loved way more in phase 2 animation when Kraid freed his arm and the camera does a ZooM at her mask like we can't see it but totally shows a "ok, let's get serious" face probably

[@MauZangetsu]

That was badass as all hell

[@LowerBlack64]

She isn't even phased when the guy just shoots a spike to her, she just casually sidesteps it like she doesn't even care.

[@FlutterSwag]

@@milesprower6110 kinda wish a Zero suit mode existed so we could see her face

[@SMNtheNight]

The pure eye candy animation in this game alone is 10/10. They went HARD on bringing Samus to life and giving her personality, like she's never felt so real and immersive in a Metroid game, not even the Primes.

[@n8tivet3ch96]

Yup, I started to see a little personality in Prime 3 especially when you destroyed a brain with her walking away they were subtle though. I know what you mean on the sassy samus presented in this game.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

I fucking love the small movement touches. Like her leaning over to shoot behind her when you aim. Or the slide into morphball animation.

[@spreadthevegemite8064]

Oh hell yeah, it is slick, if I have a PS5 ,I'm still in Ps1,2,3,Nintendo,Super Nintendo, Xbox world

[@spreadthevegemite8064]

I wonder which I should get Nintendo Switch or Ps5

[@broaddragoon2775]

sssssssss8ss

[@themilkman5004]

Samus: Okay what do I have to fight this time- Kraid: reeeeeee Samus: Oh it’s just Kraid

[@games8-6-9]

ROUND 3 FIGHT Metroid 1s first boss Super metroids first boss Metroid dreads 2 boss Cant have an odd numbered metroid game without him lol

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

He's the strongest dragon you've ever seen. He takes up 5 screens.

[@eldin8881]

@@bazzfromthebackground3696 nice starbomb reference

[@hugogamboas.5550]

Samus: Okay let’s go into this carefully *sees Kraid* oh it’s just this fucker again.

[@OmegaMetroid93]

Max: "Samus is the Doomguy of Metroid" Samus: Immediately talks Max: "Okay I'll shut up now" Cracked me up bad lol

[@Zack_Wildfire]

She is she only talks more if necessary or during her down time Seen by the other games galleries and manga.

[@Agent719]

I seriously, but in a meta-sense, believe that Samus Aran and Doomguy are the Mother and Father of Master Chief.

[@kachosuffer7]

timestamp?

[@Zack_Wildfire]

@@Agent719 3:10:40

[@SorcererLance]

well, there was Doom Eternal where he did say a few things :P

[@CountofBleck]

Max:Man, ADAM suuucks, telling me stuff i already know and shit. Also Max: *proceeds to run into every hot and cold room he can find before running out screaming*

[@Gizmo524]

Max **lowers the lava and the scene shows him it is the area below him.** "I'm not sure how relevant that area will be."

[@KGRSwifty]

Max: I need to move the lava flow Also Max: has map cursor on interactive device and comments on it Also also Max: doesn't realise the map dims rooms you've not been in. Proceeds to backtrack all over the place before returning to where he started and finally checked the room he was staring at earlier Max: "IT WAS IN THE ONE ROOM I DIDN'T LOOK IN" Me: facepalm

[@MiyaoMeow588]

Never underestimate a grown man's ability to make basic bitch mistakes Maybe Adam is actually necessary lol

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

If he wanted to be useful, he could have said "Hey, you can see the heat glow/frost coming out of the area before you even screen transition" That's something you can miss. Though personally I think it's a nice detail that people should figure out on their own.

[@theflashfan3234]

That is literally how you did it in super metroid

[@CapitalPSY]

I will say, a good thing about Adam (outside of moments where he's not stating the obvious) is when he just savagely drops a blunt-ass statement with no emotion. i.e. "You are faced with overwhelming power. Accept your helplessness."

[@esmooth919]

That statement gave me bad vibes.

[@Arksimon2k]

Hehehe

[@Distortia1994]

@@esmooth919 No joke, it sounds there like he got hacked or some shit.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

And there is a good reason for that...

[@Sentarry]

Adam has a couple of good quotes in this game and that's one of them.

[@esmooth919]

*_"WHERE THE FUCK IS MY MORPH BALL?!"_* That was the one question on everybody's mind an _hour_ into the game.

[@terogates1]

For real!!! Never have I felt so naked In a Metroid game for so long! Really start to miss it

[@DissedRedEngie]

"where the hell is morph ball" little did he know, he was running away from it this entire time.

[@ethanhayes9362]

Maybe the real power-up was the dread we made along the way.

[@LordTyph]

EMMI: Report here to receive Morph Ball. Cost: Your DNA

[@ArtemusCain]

“This might be a thing where I go back and play old Nintendo games” YES YES YES PLEASE PLEASE

[@Abpaco1]

100 times!! I wanna see that

[@KalibreSteelblast]

Seeing him Play Alien: Isolation was a joy, same with when he played the DLC; and watching him play Super Metroid almost completely blind, learning how to play, finding awesome secrets, and getting _hype_ over it was beautiful enough to warm my cold, dead heart. It'd be neat to see him play older Nintendo games he never played/beat.

[@etp4899]

Crossing my fingers he plays Pokémon!

[@usamimi-no-majo]

Bold move to have Samus speak again, but at the same time...it's in the language that's more important to her, so it's actually very cool.

[@anthonynycholas4230]

Agreed but they execute it as Samus was making an oath of duty to Quiet Robe being similar to Adam saying to Samus after every briefing "Any objections, Lady" ...beeeeefore a Chozo Robot Soldier shot him in the back

[@MinMin4theWinWin]

I mean she speaks in smash xD

[@BloodPlusPwn]

It was easily the coolest part of the game. Definitely the kind of thing you'd expect Samus to say, if she said anything. I think they should have spread Quiet Robe's exposition over the entire game and had Samus not say a word until it was time to go fight Raven Beak. Woulda been better than shoving it all in one cutscene imo, but still it was nice.

[@pampamtamtam4001]

@@BloodPlusPwn I like that idea. He could have been the guide instead of Adam, and when he dies, Adam could've taken over so the twist could still happen. Interesting

[@Xemnasty]

On the one hand, Max has successfully performed the EMMI quicktime events many more times than I've seen others do it in their playthroughs, on the other hand he has completely forgotten he can slide underneath them after he is successful which I find completely hilarious 😂😂🤣

[@richardo490]

He never did even though the game tells it

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

At least you get two shots.

[@maroonkennedy6213]

Lmao I'm in the same boat. I parried an EMMI 3 times in a row but didnt slide under it

[@travistouchdown2222]

It's that fighting game reaction time dude

[@maroonkennedy6213]

@@travistouchdown2222 Max wouldn't be a good fighting game player if he didn't know how to parry after all

[@JohnWithNoEyes]

LMAO playing it like a true fighting game player: - Nails the almost frame perfect parry again and again. - Doesn't read the tips to know you can slide under a stunned EMMI.

[@yeahboyz9314]

And other stuff

[@StoicFC]

This is exactly how I played it coming from a fighting gamer POV. I parry everything so easy, but don't know what else I'm doing hahahh

[@spectriaofficial]

FORREAL LOL

[@NuiYabuko]

@@StoicFC That's completely normal. If you're well-versed in one genre or even several genres, it might take some time to learn a new one.

[@bakersdozzzen6553]

I love how Max literally doesn't know that you can slide under parried EMMIS even tho Adam AND CHAT told him countless times

[@hmmmmmmmmmm_]

Samus sees kraid, Casually shoots him in the mouth while looking badass while hinting to the players that you should also shoot him in the mouth. Genius game design right there.

[@anthonynycholas4230]

That's a typical rule of thumb, same w/the eyes too. Many novice players in several games know that the mouth and eyes are always a weak point. Ridley, Kraid, Crocomire, King Dondongo, Diababa, Hinoxs, Metroid Prime (first form) Queen Metroid, the Lynels in breath of the wild. The list goes on and on. Hell, even those damn E.M.M.I.s killshot point is at it's head.

[@devinspencer1678]

This game does that several times with the cutscenes, and it's pretty brilliant. Sliding under the scorpion, shooting the generator in the water boss, and several encounters with the EMMIs also hint at their abilities or the best way to avoid them.

[@Sm0k3turt]

Just good design period!

[@JohnLouisyJoseph]

i love how Mercury Steam understands Samus, just with Kraid's cutscene, she's way more interesting than a lot of cutscenes in Other M.

[@lov_eli]

Which is kinda a bit sad cuz Other M was Metroid's creator vision in the narrative department at least...

[@BknMoonStudios]

@@lov_eli And the same person was the creative director of Dread. I can't understand how one same person can create two products of such differing quality... But then again, I both love and hate the games made by Nomura and Kitase. :P

[@KingsBard]

@@BknMoonStudios part of Samus' problems in Other M is that it was a Japanese game developer voice directing an American voice actress, monotone talking about feelings maybe sounds good in Japanese but in English it sounds unconvincing. We like Samus having emotions, just not going on long monologues and moping about them.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Without any dialogue she says "You're not a threat Kraid." *Dodges spine* "You never were."

[@BlastMagicianYGO]

@@bazzfromthebackground3696 I honestly found that part really goofy, like, disney-era power rangers goofy

[@tinybee7780]

Eagerly waiting for Max's "sequence break" playthrough to be uploaded here in KZbin. That alternate bomb kill for Kraid was so satisfyingly visceral to watch as Max pulls it off. Not to mention seeing Max attempt the sequence break paths will be hilarious, specially the multiple drops to the "hot salsa" whenever he fails the attempts.

[@darksoul8531]

Ñn.n1

[@solomon9655]

Oh wait he’s doing this already? No way!

[@primemetroid4427]

Yeah it was awesome watching him play hard after and sequence break a bunch of things. Dude played metroid for the 1st time couple weeks ago and now he’s a full on metroid fan that’s addicted lol. Crazy Dread is tied for his games of the year.

[@Darkkfated]

Will he figure out where the Missile button is by the Hard Mode playthrough?

[@TogiDX]

" Am I gonna slide in there? " 1st Run Dread Players: "No." 4th Run Dread Players: "-But actually Yes."

[@gamemincraft1234]

Where was this?

[@TogiDX]

In the 2nd Phase of the Kraid fight, there's a morph ball launcher in the bottom left. You can sequence break and get Bombs early for the fight, and should you do so, you can use that launcher to shoot inside Kraids lower body and bomb him to death, skipping the 2nd phase entirely.

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

@@TogiDX Is it really a sequance break if it is seemingly intended

[@gladio8204]

As soon as I saw that I looked up a tutorial so I could go the right way and it took me all day but I managed to get to where I could beat Kraid with the bombs. It was awesome.

[@games8-6-9]

@@TopOfAllWorlds if you play the dev instead route you get bombs after kraid And its there way of saying we fuged fusion and made it a better story game then the forbidden title but we learned from our misstakes and we made so we made this game sequence break friendly

[@KNICKLE69]

Max being surprised that it controls better than a snes game is sending me.

[@harrisonlichtenberg3162]

Zero mission would have been a fantastic stepping stone between them

[@Pixygon]

@@harrisonlichtenberg3162 imo Zero Mission has the best controls in the series.

[@marusux791]

@@Pixygon Dread is better. Zero and Fusion are great, but Dread is just overall waaay better. Control and gameplay wise

[@Pixygon]

@@marusux791 I respectfully disagree. While I preferred Dread on the whole and loved its controls, I found that Samus in Zero Mission felt amazing to control and the ability to wall jump off of the slightest bit of a wall present in the older games as well as the ability to do single wall jumps made movement feel absolutely incredible. I did not and would not make the claim that Fusion plays better than Dread though.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Snes games tend to still hold up though.

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

This game is proof of how much loving care than Mercury steam have put into Metroid Dread to give it the great experience that makes it feel like you're in a horror sci-fi film. As Max is being shown that you have to be smart and clever to travel through most of these corridors when encountering the emmi's.

[@felipeaglo8699]

Not mercury steam, Thanks Sakamoto!

[@EnzoZambrotti]

I love how Samus just casually shoots Kraid in the mouth like it’s just everyday routine.

[@quez2564]

"Business as usual"

[@Yeen66]

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man

[@lexicus1275]

"Can we stop screaming and shoot eachother already holy fuck--"

[@briana.9395]

I like how the Chozo backstory uses the Brinstar Depths theme from Super Metroid.

[@anthonynycholas4230]

@@HighLanderPonyYT Yup. I love the Fusion throwback of fighting a Core-X.

[@schultz4966]

Max,for the love of God, when you use your normal beam attack on a boss and it makes a metal “clank” sound - That means it does ZERO DAMAGE. Seeing you spam it on bosses for literally no reason is mildly infuriating 😂

[@marioargaez2285]

@@tbhaver he's super good with fighting games, but sucks a LOT with other kind of games. Like, his brain doesn't go logical and forgets a lot of stuff lol

[@Yeen66]

Max complains about adam telling him how to play even tho he still doesn't know when to use missiles

[@drew1753]

Yeah and you've gotta love Max saying things like, "She interacts with the environment way better than any of the other ones." He's literally only played one other one and it's the oldest one not counting the NES/GB ones...I guess he's an expert in Metroid now.

[@pjs232]

@@drew1753 TBF I have played all the old ones and I agree with that so he's still right IMO

[@drew1753]

@@pjs232 Oh for sure, he's correct. It's just funny that he's making that kind of declaration without really having experienced it himself.

[@metalucipherable]

Yeah, the final fight in this vid was excruciating watching him reserve missiles like elixers in FF

[@ASHtheSLUGCAT]

@@tbhaver lol what? Changing your opinion makes you a fraud now? Honestly Max is right about this game hand holding you alot. Adam explains alot of shit too you that you could've figured out on your own but the developers probably realized alot of new people would be introduced to the Metroid series with this game so they made it easier to understand.

[@acemarvel1564]

I sure hope this franchise doesn’t go into limbo again now that this one seems successful

[@jasonlobo2350]

Now we just wait for metroid prime 4

[@solomon9655]

Yeah I really hope they green light Mercury Steam to immediately make a Metroid 6. They’ve earned it.

[@joshuagreen8995]

@@solomon9655 I wonder if they ever get to remake fusion how awesome that would be.

[@kevinramirez3134]

@@joshuagreen8995 , Which they should remake next with Nintendo but in the same vein as Dread. Remember that MercurySteam originally wanted to remake Fusion before Nintendo told them to remake Metroid 2 into Samus Return instead. Samus Returns was amazing since I never played Metroid 2 on Game Boy so Samus Returns was a brand new experience to me with quality-of-life improvements that are now in Metroid Dread.

[@Vezii-DJake]

@@kevinramirez3134 I understand they wanted to remake Fusion, but Fusion still holds up to this day. It's doesn't need a remake. Mercury Steam has proven that they are the ones to lead creation of NEW 2D Metroid games going forward.

[@nolanlehman6392]

What a treat this game was. First roguelike in Hades now Metroid it's cool seeing Max dip his toe in genres I love

[@spidey2dope800]

Is Hades worth it? Never been a big fan of Roguelikes for the most part but I see the name thrown around a lot. I'm a big fan of anything about mythologies though so I've kept an eye on it.

[@punketsu6222]

@@spidey2dope800 I highly recommend it. The story is actually *really* good and it uses the genre it's in as a very effective delivery method. There's some things the game lets you use to make it easier for new people as well.

[@kevinramirez3134]

Max needs to try out Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero Mission on the Wii U virtual console, and at least try playing Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Wii next.

[@nolanlehman6392]

@@spidey2dope800 I really enjoy a good roguelike and hades is top 5 in my opinion. Extremely polished all around (music, art, lore and responsive combat). If you're on the fenced check out a little of max's playthrough at the beginning and see if it strikes your fancy :)

[@brandonspencer5594]

@@kevinramirez3134 his schedule is busy but on this stream he mentioned wanting to try the other Metroid games so fingers crossed

[@MadCrashSJ]

"Some weird tech that I do not have." No, you had the means to do that when you were first there in that room. Wall jumps let you keep the speed boost for the first time ever, and it is great.

[@TiJoe6]

The long pause before Samus finally speaks and the music changes. So badass.

[@kcJOOONES]

The cutscenes with Adam definitely go on long but I feel like a lot of players might not be able to get through the game without him. So he doesn't bother me much

[@imsoready1114]

The rooms with “Adam” I feel are a good way to let the player know that they’re heading in the right direction

[@LadyRamkinFP]

Adam malkovich, Continuing to be the worst part of every game that he is in.

[@CyberSlayer128]

Plus I'd rather have an Adam tell me where the next item I get may be compared to when he'll give it to me.

[@kevinramirez3134]

@@LadyRamkinFP, What's wrong with Samus having an A.I. to help her? If Master Chief can have Cortana, then Samus should have Adam as her computing A.I.

[@brandon-butler]

@@kevinramirez3134 Samus is supposed to be isolated. The AI is utterly useless.

[@dustymax56]

3:11:27 The Chozo are so advanced they wirelessly hack your controllers. Psycho mantis eat your heart out.

[@braunstein5645]

Better plug in a second controller in port 2

[@connorryan2715]

Holy hell man, your thumbnail artist is fuckin crazy good.

[@FlameOfUdun96]

Watching you do those shinespark puzzles was such a great time! I love how this game rewards out of the box thinking, not just with the sequence breaks but with the normal gameplay too! Also “Max worrying about sales? He really is a Metroid weeb now” sent my sides into orbit lmaooo

[@TheRagingStriker]

Max: *looks directly at the interactive device he needs to go to on the map.* Proceeds to run in the opposite direction and be confused for 5 minutes. Me: It do be like that sometimes.

[@maninblack3410]

Whew boy. And even before that he asked “do I need to follow this pipe all the way back?” Yeah! You figured it out! Why do the opposite? Lol

[@roncash7640]

I knew you were going to get "Morph Ball" from an E.M.M.I, when ADAM said they can change their structure to fit in tight spaces. . .😆😎👌

[@FearTheDeep]

I see that Max is channeling his inner Arin Hansen. He hates to read and just wants to go pewpew lol great playthrough though honestly regardless. Edit: Wow, that was an understandment. There were many times when Max was like "I can do that?" because he didn't read _the last couple sentences_ multiple times lol. He also doesn't seem ready for the Speed Booster puzzles.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

I didn't know Arin from Game Grumps was playing Metroid Dread.

[@richardo490]

@@fernandozavaletabustos205 that was egoraptor right?

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

@@richardo490 Yeah, Arin Hanson is Egoraptor.

[@keystrix3704]

Some of those speed boost puzzles are crazy - too much precision and finicky timing for me, so I had to skip them.

[@raedien]

@@keystrix3704 the puzzles in Dread are among the easiest. You can do it!

[@cerosaroset2263]

Max: (finds hidden destroyable blocks) My huge brain! Also Max: (seconds later, walks into hot area) AAAAAAHHHH

[@abaque24]

I think NOW we are ready for super metroid remake- not cuz it's needed, but it would really look amazing if mercurysteam flex on us again like this.

[@Nightmare-ij4el]

Love how Mac continues to forget after and EMMI is stunned he never slides under them lol

[@PathFinder1490]

I love how the EMMIs give a sense of horror and suspense **hence Dread, haha** and thought to myself what it would be like to have a horror-style Metroid game. Then I remembered Dead Space x) Along with the UI and inventory management doesn’t pause the game.

[@ahappycatfish4246]

Metroid fusion touched on this with the S-AX

[@esmooth919]

@@ahappycatfish4246 yes, but the SA-X, to quote Foghorn Leghorn, was "about as sharp as a pound of wet leather."

[@JPVersus_]

Would love to see Max play through Zero Mission or Fusion

[@Swordmaster7th]

Imo those 2 are some of the best 2D metroids

[@wielderofthetriforce1934]

Or Samus Returns

[@Cri_Jackal]

Max really did neglect the missiles, the chozo robot is a great teaching moment as he said.

[@saitoukuro5323]

I cant wait to see Terminal Montage animation of this game, especially the part where he got the speed booster.

[@mk0664]

Max: Complains about Adam bashing you over the head with information repeatedly. Also Max: Not taking note of context clues in short cutscene that show the hot room filled with lava getting drained so he can enter it and getting lost because of it.

[@Narifamen]

Max isn't an analytical gamer that considers things. He just goes, constantly. It's generally a good trait to have in fighting and FPS games, but in most other genres it can really a hinderance. He's Unga Bunga man, it's just how he is. I do really wonder if he played some story heavy mystery/puzzle game (like Layton or Phoenix Wright) if that'd be what gets him to finally switch gears and use his head.

[@raptros]

@@Narifamen err being unga banga at fighting games is not the way to go, it happens to me a lot too, you really have to use your brain and have great dexterity, the thing with fighting games is that you train your brain to think and react in a fraction of second and you try to mitigate the surprise factor, the more focused you teach your brain to be the less chances you have of being surprised and freezing up and be unable to react. if you look closely, he doesn't mash buttons he's timing each press, to the average person it feels like he's just going with it, in reality, every move is calculated and placed and decided within that fraction of a second and what usually happens is when you try to play other games you'll try to play them like a fighting game, and it's very easy to do that in Metroid Dread due to how fluid and quick Samus zips around. But in contrast you also have those moments in the game when you have to stop and think, look at the surroundings but doing that kills your pace so you try to adapt that fast thinking and shooting everything and the game also allows you and encourages you to do that but you try to plow your way through, trying to always stay on the move otherwise if you stop you'll just fall asleep. You'll always end up overlooking shit and missing things. Took me ages to train my brain to not play every game like a fighting game hahahaha, what i do is i put my brain into fighting game mode when i'm in combat and turn it off when i'm exploring.

[@EvilPhantasm]

As a long time metroid fan, I'm so happy people have started to take notice and really appreciate the franchise.

[@omitall1631]

It's always funny to me how people complain about a game repeating things you already know but then the same players immediately forget how to play the game afterwards.

[@dowfreak7]

"Don't tell me how to play, I know, gawd!" *Doesn't know how to play*

[@lukiapotato8526]

Yes and for these players, no amount of text box repeating exactly what they knew will ever charm them. If they're not presented with direct, precise information about what needs to be done or something substantial, then they'd skip the entire dialogue - even if crucial information DOES come around. If you fail to catch my attention on the first dialogue in a game that's game play heavy, you lost me. So can't really blame him. I never minded Adam in fusion, but he's being very redundant here.

[@SJNaka101]

Lmaooo, "some weird tech that I dont have". It blew me away when I realized you can do every shinespark puzzle as you come across them after you get the speed boost. They're all so clever and fun, and most can be approached 2 or more ways.

[@esmooth919]

6:27 They animated her very well in this game!

[@kevinramirez3134]

MercurySteam worked their magic when they developed this game with Nintendo.

[@Otaku387]

I'd love to see Terminal Montage do a "Something About Metroid Dread" animation, now that'll be hilarious.

[@Degdreams]

I'm still waiting on "Something About Monster Hunter Rise"

[@donnylurch4207]

Max is really good at timing the EMMI flash! I actually didn't know there were two opportunities. This will be helpful on my second run.

[@Mgauge]

I have no idea why Kraid was there or how he got chained up, but it was fun to crush him again.

[@suprshin]

It also give a reason why the throw trajectories are different between his arms. Ones free and the other is still tied limiting his range of motion.

[@Batterskull]

In one of the game’s item completion artworks it shows the big bad’s henchmen fighting and seemingly capturing Kraid. Although he might be a clone, but his visible scars and his reaction toward Samus indicate otherwise.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

@@Batterskull There's a fake Kraid in the first Metroid, and mini one in Super Metroid. And then there's Ridley, who keeps coming back. I'm not sure if they just regenerate, or if their mind ditches their dying body and find themselves in a different Space Pirate lab.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

This is the first time Kraid has a 3D model in the series.

[@anthonynycholas4230]

At first when I saw him pop up in the trailer I thought "So somehow we'll see some Space Pirate activity. Maybe ZDR is a secret Experimental bioweapons facility similar to the Bottle Ship" as Kraid is one of the higher ranking creatures that are part of the Pirates organization (as the Pirate logs in Metroid Prime mention a Science Team and a High Command)

[@lukemoonwalker8444]

Can we just take a minute to apreciate Max calling the lava "Salsa" in a game from a Spanish development team?

[@dannyrodriguez7731]

Love seeing Max play Metroid! Has been a blast watching him play after I played it. It great to see others enjoy and discover Metroid games. They are fantastic

[@lambiepie6436]

With how amazing that Kraid fight is, it reeeeaally solidifies that it should not have been spoiled in a trailer from Nintendo.

[@dowfreak7]

Honestly, if you watch spoilers/teasers/trailers, it's your own damn fault. Just stop doing that shit. I haven't watched movie or game trailers in years and it's made discoveries and stories so much more interesting. You gain nothing from a trailer, but spoiled information for a game/movie you already were going to get.

[@lambiepie6436]

@@dowfreak7 ….how would I know if I want a game without watching a trailer. That’s the point of them.

[@dowfreak7]

@@lambiepie6436 Maybe if you watch the trailer for a completely new IP, but for any established name? Also you can just check descriptions on Steam or read the box and box art in a store. Trailers are legit just there to spoil shit in the game and to "keep up the hype". Given the profile pic, I assume you're an adult, as such this should be a no-brainer. If you hear "Metroid Dread" and you're a Metroid fan, you'll buy the game regardless. If you're not a Metroid fan, you can check one of 200 million lets players on several platforms to see a glimpse of the game, before deciding to buy or not. So no, there's no reason to watch trailers.

[@lambiepie6436]

@@dowfreak7 I am an adult. And personally I don’t have time to be hanging around a store reading game boxes. Nothing wrong with that at all tho. But I usually know what I want before launch and that’s because of trailers. Dread was a game that had A LOT of videos/info out from Nintendo. I avoided most of it, but Nintendo shoved Kraid in everyone’s face via tweets and videos. In retrospect Kraid was very early in the game and isn’t part of the overall story. But either way, trailers are needed for the general public to go out and buy a game, which is what the marketing team at Nintendo want. I can think of an example for going in blind to an established series that I was burned on and wished I didn’t give my money to it at all. Paper Mario is one of my all time favs. 64, TTYD, and super are fantastic, so I went blind into Sticker star on the 3DS. I reeallly wished I saw any trailers for that garbage.

[@bladenight23]

You can tell Max doesn’t read the instructions at all judging from the moment he got the grapple arm and got stuck immediately after.

[@Cwronaga216]

Its entertaining how he forgets things instantly. Like when hes standing in front of a door or path he just learned how to open but hes looking at the map instead and just walks away never to return😅

[@dowfreak7]

Finds bombs. Man, I guess I'm just stuck in this room, weird design choice. ...

[@Wheelz4Eva2]

I really like that you’ve been giving metroid a go lately and wouldn’t mind at all if you tried out some of the older Nintendo classics like Mario 64 etc.

[@kevinramirez3134]

Max should play Metroid Prime Trilogy, Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission on the Wii U Virtual Console next. Speaking of Mario, he should play Mario Galaxy 2.

[@Wheelz4Eva2]

@@kevinramirez3134 great picks. If he sticks with metroid the gba ones are great and I hope he at least gives the prime series a shot. Hopefully he gets hooked lol. And yeah he should definitely give Mario Galaxy a try.

[@Knux_2]

So thankful Max was playing around with the Grapple Beam and accidentally attached to the magnet wall. Almost went back the way he came, just because he skipped reading the instructions and missed that part.

[@Mitsu_Vagrant]

I’m loving this game so far. Why do people always criticize Metroid games and their storytelling when I feel they probably wouldn’t other games that might do it the same way? It genuinely doesn’t bother me all the much.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

There's just really no need to check in at the communication stations and receive the same information you already have. Some of it you should figure out on your own old school style, hot rooms hurt you. And some of it you already figured out or could reason on your own. Turn invisible to not be seen by the E.M.M.I. The Chozo text dump was fine enough, though I think the first Prime game handles it best by having it largely in optional texts, rather than cutscene character exposition.

[@espurrseyes42]

@@kamikeserpentail3778 Don't confuse "storytelling" for "worldbuilding".

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

@@espurrseyes42 what?

[@espurrseyes42]

@@kamikeserpentail3778 Prime 1 doesn't have much of a story beyond "Get distress signal, explore Frigate, escape exploding Frigate to Tallon, explore Tallon until you get to Impact Crater, destroy Impact Crater". All the lore you can pick up is more so worldbuilding, not storytelling. None of that information is necessary or key to understanding main plot of the game. You don't need to know why the Chozo dipped from the Planet or that Space Pirates were copying your gear (and broke their backs attempting to copy the Morph Ball), but you do need to know where the SA-X came from and what the GF were doing on the BSL.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

@@espurrseyes42 uhh, no. Space frigate orpheon send out the distress signal because their own experiments got loose. Their experiments using Phazon. You find that they found the impact crater where the meteor containing Phazon hit the planet, and began conducting all kinds of experiments using it. And one of those experiments was the titular Metroid Prime, along with Phazon enhanced super pirates. Upon defeat of prime, it absorbs your phazon suit to form Dark Samus, which is more important for future Prime games and I suspect will play a part in Prime 4. Though I would say that the lore bits explaining that they were trying to copy your gear very much alludes to this, as Prime absorbs THEIR gear, showing not only it's capability, but creating opportunity to already encounter tech similar to Samus Power Suit beforehand. It isn't deep, but it's just as prominent and important as the origin of SA-X and the Metroid experiments on the BSL. Fusion would still work if you cut out the text explaining what was happening, just as well as Prime does if you skip reading anything. But none of that matters because nothing Adam says in Dread says is deep as any of that. the text dump at the start of the game explains what you need to know, followed by Quiet Robe's conversation. ***Spoilers*** Do you need Adam to explain that the X were sealed in Elun? Hell no numerous things you witness yourself tell you that. But of course he's not telling you anything important he's not Adam. They make a point in having him call Samus "lady" multiple times at the start of the game and then saying that signal was being lost as you went down. Because as you find at the end, the whole time you've been talking to Raven's Beak posing as Adam, who was only pressing you forward to try to awaken your Metroid DNA, something he clearly realized was a possibility in his first fight against you when he kicks your ass. if all he wanted was the DNA itself he could have taken it then. he wanted an ultimate warrior and he wanted to convince you you need to use your power to enforce control over the galaxy. but even skipping all of the cutscenes the game works. It works like super metroid works, where you infer most of what is going on just by looking at the environment. Super didn't have to explain that the space pirates were trying to clone the Metroid Ridley stole from you. You find that out by encountering mochtroids, and later cloned Metroids.

[@beagle626]

his refusal to fire missiles during the counter cutscenes was sending me

[@joshuavargason8442]

Love how Samus just casually pops a shot into Kraid's mouth like "We've done this before, you know it won't end well for you."

[@MadCrashSJ]

I am very confident you've figured it out again by now, but you slide under a stunned EMMI! Also, dash melee will one-shot the mines.

[@VitaEx]

Love how the boost actually comes from her Jetpack looking boosters in this game

[@johnrizzo9901]

"i feel like im missing something this whole fight" you are sir. its the r button

[@scottperkins599]

Love seeing other people feel just as frustrated with EMMI as I was

[@mob8502]

So far the blue emmi scared me the most

[@Nitosa]

Cloak is ya best friend since it negates being frozen and the blue EMMI can't go in run you da fuck down mode by default so your slowed speed is less penalized. So just cloak whenever you know he's going to look your direction and uncloak if ya wanna be speedy about it.

[@mob8502]

@@Nitosa nah I already beat him just scared me the most when I had to shoot him with the beam

[@games8-6-9]

@@mob8502 purple for me im just climbing a wall and bang im in a bad spot Tho i did love the final one the story telling on that one was awesome

[@shadowdemon1375]

A series where Max revisits old games to try and complete? Sounds like a fun time.

[@ItApproaches]

You were doing 0 damage on that robot chozo soldier boss with regular attacks and charge shots lol. USE MISSILES on bosses in Metroid, it's why they give you so many. As for countering him, blue attack was parryable, red is not.

[@pjs232]

Charge shots do hurt it, it tells you this on the hint screen like every single time you die to a boss.

[@ItApproaches]

@@pjs232 Wave Beam yes, as it goes through their armor. Regular Beam charge shots don't hurt the robot chozo soldiers. They're not really a "boss" more a specialty enemy.

[@DarkonFullPower]

@@ItApproaches Both Charge Shot AND Missiles must make contact with his chest orb or NEITHER deal damage. Missiles do NOT get a free pass, but they are much easier to spam at the orb. Both deal damage, even regular Charge.

[@ItApproaches]

@@DarkonFullPower I'm on my 3rd playthrough, missiles damage all Chozo robot warriors. I don't even counter them, just jump over and spam missiles and they die in 30-45 seconds.

[@Daigon95]

On tht mistranslation part. Im honestly glad it happened. I like the name "Varia" more than "Barrier" lol

[@anthonynycholas4230]

Yep. Glad Nintendo keeps happy accidents like that!

[@avalonfour8054]

TIP: When you stun an E.M.M.I. you can slide between his legs Also, you can combo your Flash Shift up to 3 times

[@Kodoji]

"You can grapple the blue shits?" YES, YOU CAN! READ YOUR TUTORIALS, MAN! THEY ARE THERE FOR SOME REASON!

[@TimelessWolves]

The more i watch and play this game the more my rating goes up this game is a masterpiece totally worth waiting decades for this one lol

[@twilit8162]

I'll be honest, I would love to see Max play the old Nintendo stuff. Watching him react to Zelda: Link to the Past or Super Mario Galaxy would be awesome, especially if he enjoys them as much as he did Super Metroid or Dread

[@ltsquirtle551]

I'd love to see him play more of the gamecube era of games. Metroid prime, LoZ WindWaker, Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, & Tales of Symphonia just to name a few.

[@brandonspencer5594]

The return of retro coach with him and Simmons I pray will come lol

[@Hyperbolic_G]

LTtP is the major one for me. I'll give him $1000 if he honestly doesn't love it after finishing it.

[@okNiko]

Max, the blindest gamer alive. Gotta love it

[@YOFACE9999]

Aris is worse lol

[@guybrush3000]

watching Max refuse to use missiles is so frustrating!

[@brandonspencer5594]

That megaman blood in him lol

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

And not learn you can Flash Shift 3 times in a row.

[@HeyItsRicki85]

@@kamikeserpentail3778 you don't even have to learn it the game flat out tells you when you get the ability

[@neorickio]

Finished it yesterday and I must say, it is certainly the best game that I played this year. I could not be more satisfied with a new Metroid than I am with this one, really awesome game.

[@GooeyMr1]

wauw i was litterally about to check the stream for the vod as this comes up, what a timing indeed xP

[@dawn2891]

No no. It’s fine for samus to have “character”. Even this game exudes personality from samus. We just don’t want lame characterization. Like other M

[@criticalhit69]

People will shit on Other M, but it's clear to me that Mercury Steam based their animation of Samus off her animations in that game. Which is fair since I feel Samus actually acts pretty badass in that game during the moments she's not cowering in fear of Ridley.

[@NuiYabuko]

So being vulnerable is "lame"?

[@striderzero80]

I love how the AI still calls you lady. They carried that over from metroid fusion and it's amazing lol

[@breakwoodhopper6739]

This is my first time playing metroid not gonna lie did not expect to be this hard I don't even mean the combat just finding everything but I'm still enjoying it despite the difficulty

[@Nazzul]

Same, as someone who loved games that are a bit more difficult like hollow knight it was appreciated.

[@kevinramirez3134]

Thats what makes it fun. The challenge!

[@ElPsyKongroo]

It gets easier you kinda get an awareness for it. I beat it in about 7 hours first run, which isn't fast but compared to my first 2d metroid it was

[@breakwoodhopper6739]

@@ElPsyKongroo yeah I'm honestly just getting lost again

[@jacobriley2358]

This game is proof that samus is the doom slayer of nintendo

[@kevinramirez3134]

And Samus is better than Master Chief.

[@flashdr1ve]

@@kevinramirez3134 yessir

[@macruz8503]

@@kevinramirez3134: Agreed! Her weapons and abilities blow the chief out of the water……:sorry Halo!

[@TheOjamaYellow]

Or is Doom Slayer the Samus of Bethesda?

[@SPACECOWBOY705]

@@TheOjamaYellow HHHHMMMMMMMMM???

[@crimsonslayer6641]

This is a contender for my favourite game of the year

[@Zer0Ab1lity]

Max... I love ya man. I thought i was bad at the game, but with how long it took you to know what was parryable and not with the chozo bot? And the fact you kept using only charge shot for most part? Made me feel a bit better lmao.

[@increase9896]

when is someone gonna remind him that the game tells you that only missile shots will reveal hidden blocks and what type they are? He is constantly using only his arm cannon to check for stuff and is unable to reveal anything unless its just a normal power block that can be cleared with a normal shot.

[@gab_gabriel7091]

I like how when Max enters a room too hot to explore, it takes him a solid 2 seconds before screaming

[@asatru6072]

"big brain observation" Walks into hot rooms which show heat coming out of the doors before you enter them on a regular basis. Sus.

[@coxinhabh]

"And by people, I mean me!!" Hahahaha. It was funny bro.

[@ilmenaglar]

This game makes me want to see a Castlevania Symphony of the Night rework 😍

[@lukemoonwalker8444]

18:10 that's the exact same place where I said "Damn, the fluidity of these animations is off the charts!" in my first playtrough

[@EricTheKei]

On the Flash Shit 🤣 - I believe you can do it 3 times in a row by holding the direction you wanna go and just hitting the button some more. Might come in handy.

[@gingerbreadmann5699]

Yes! I would love a series where max goes and plays older games and finishes them.

[@Episode_13]

Max you really need to explore all rooms on the map, this is the basics haha!

[@mallrat7926]

2:04:44 When he asked "what is that thing in the background" I just realized, that's fucking Draygon isn't it

[@charlesdilks3267]

Holy shit I think you’re rright

[@sirjazz1268]

In that case... Half of it... I recognise the bottom, but what happened to the head ?!

[@meathir4921]

It’s one of the enemies from Fusion which originated from SR388; they’re from the water Sector

[@glowyrm]

Max you slide under the EMMI when you stun it with parry. That's why you couldn't jump over it early on in the video.

[@umbreonbeam3500]

I love this game it's cool seeing u play it max

[@justintantiongloc6987]

Just wrapped up this game last night - man what a fantastic experience! Truly one of the best Metroidvanias I've played in recent years since maybe Hollow Knight (which is still my number 1 favorite in the genre, but still, Dread was a masterpiece). I also started a playthrough on Hard mode immediately after, and I very, VERY rarely go for second playthroughs of anything, given how many games I still have to play in my collection.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

I made the mistake of starting hard mode on a separate file. Any gallery unlocks you get stick with the file, so if you didn't start hard over your first game they'll be separate. If that matters to you.

[@justintantiongloc6987]

@@kamikeserpentail3778 Oh wow thanks for the tip! I might consider restarting on the same save file as my Normal save then, as I did indeed start Hard Mode on a new one

[@anthonynycholas4230]

Metroid is the ORIGINAL Metroidvainia! How else do you think the genre got its name from?

[@randommaster06]

Ridley dies about four times before Samus gets PTSD when facing him in Other M, so it's probably the same Kraid from Super Metroid.

[@zappers1000]

Missiles>Charge Shot in nearly every situation

[@QwixLF]

Apparently mashing fast enough on plasma beam outpaces super missiles later in the game.

[@zappers1000]

@@QwixLF Nice, I’ll test that out. I was mostly commenting because in this video, Max kept charging when he could be mashing missiles

[@kreftmaker]

Honestly I loved hearing Samus talk in chozo language

[@scottd7222]

I wish they kept the power off for longer I feel like the atmosphere with the glowing suit and music was phenomenal.

[@esmooth919]

Agreed.

[@HermitTFG]

I like how Max barely reacts to Quiet Robe’s Death and is instead more worried about the Death of his Controller. Overall, lots of Death. When I played though the game this moment made me hyped, enraged, sad, and laugh all at once. The laugh part is when the Chozo Soldier pops up after shooting Quiet Robe looking like he doesn’t know where he’s at. Or even like he’s on to kill the next person like it’s his 9 to 5 job. 3:11:16

[@SiegeTF]

I'm at the 1:32:16 mark and wondering how many more times max will need to be told that he needs missiles to reveal secrets...

[@Eienias]

yea i got stuck a lot during the first visit to Dairon, took me a while to realize the only reason you were here was to get the wide beam and bring it back to fire town XD "OH that makes so much sense" kicked myself a lot during Dread "Kraid blew up" yeah but Ridley blew up like 6 times and he's still around so yknow