I Wish I Could Actually Play This Game - Blog Posts

I’m sure it is but I can’t beat that first boss. (The one she casually murders in the first video.) I’m just not cut out for Metroid.

I think Samus has a lot of that faceless appeal but also and especially in Dread you can really tell by the way she carries herself that she is just extremely confident in herself and shows off a little beyond what's necessary. There's one cutscene moment I remember where she just casually struts around a boss while charging her gun to deliver a killing blow and it just oozes badass. Here's the clip actually

Spoilers for the end of the game but Dread also contains the one moment in the series where we see Samus lose her shit (Other M isn't real) and she doesn't cower, or cry, she just fucking yells in pure rage until her enemy is fucking dead. She overcomes a superior enemy through pure anger and willpower. It's the best.

As if I didn't already love Samus. Dread did so right by her.