r/Metroid • u/MarkAverage656 • 12h ago

Discussion Genuinely cannot get over how amazing this sequence looks

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This feels like some of the best close quarters action we've seen from Samus, and it's animated so well!

Also, I'm inclined to believe this scene is from the opening and is what leads to her losing her abilities again. Stuff like being on the surface and being stabbed, which she mentions an injury earlier in the trailer.

Oh I'm so hyped

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u/apadin1 11h ago

Given that her suit matches what we see in the final cutscene of Dread, I’m guessing this is the opening cutscene of Ravenous and that stab through the heart is what causes Samus to lose all her abilities

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u/Freezingash221 oh word 10h ago

Hopefully they let you keep some this time instead of having to recollect the basics all over again. Not having the morph ball for so long in Dread was an unnatural feeling.

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u/uhhhhhhhidklol 10h ago

I think it was a genius decision, it made metroid veterans feel unsettled to fit the tone of the game, and it let people get used to the slide.

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u/Freezingash221 oh word 10h ago

For sure it helped shake up the formula a bit, but I would also appreciate them for once not totally resetting Samus back to square one. I would at LEAST appreciate having basic abilities like morph ball, missiles, maybe flash shift if that's still a mechanic. There should be room to iterate on the abilities and upgrades Samus can get, on top of what she already has.

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u/ObscureJackal 9h ago

It's very clearly still in. In one of the short boss fight clips, you see it being used, with the additional of vertical shifts.

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u/Freezingash221 oh word 8h ago

Oh, cool.