As a stand alone 2017 metroidvania it's an alright time. However when you understand the context in which this game was released in and what most NES "metroidvanias" are like this becomes one of the most interesting and important games of the 1980's

*Also I did not finish this. I got it for free last year on the EGS and stopped at the final dungeon, but I do intend to come back and beat this