What I Want In A New Metroid-Game

I want a survival-horror take on the Metroid-franchise. Ever play Metroid Prime 2? In the beginning, there is a strong survival-horror atmosphere. This could be a direction that Metroid NX could go.

Alien Isolation was a fantastic survival-horror game released in 2014. The IP was a deep inspiration for the original Metroid, so it's fitting that Alien Isolation, the latest and greatest videogame in the Alien-franchise, would influence the next Metroid-game. While Metroid is not solely an indoor series, the futuristic, indoor environments could serve as inspiration for indoor levels in Metroid NX.

Zero Suit Samus could make a playable return in Metroid NX. Like in the GBA-game Metroid Zero Mission, ZSS would be greatly disadvantaged in her Zero Suit, and the circumstance would be perfect for tense and horrifying stealth-levels.

Even in her Power Suit, the game could be a survival-horror game. The devs could introduce a new enemy or enemies that would make Samus's power pale in comparison. We actually saw this in Metroid Fusion. Even though Samus had her Fusion Suit, various weapons and missiles, she was no match for SA-X, the X-parasite clone of herself.

So imagine all this on a system that is stronger than PS4, in first-person and third-person, and we can continue to dream...

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