Is it perfect? no defintely not but i adore this game for being truly open, i mean: you can run to the final boss after the tutorial for gods sake what other modern video game lets you do that, the balls on these devs and having tons of secrets and un-scripted fun tucked away, being super gamey feeling with fun physics, non-scripted puzzles and fun combat.

Compare this to say horizon zero dawn where it's a linear game with a bloated map that only exists to extend travel time and play time so people dont feel ripped off at full price, it's extremely scripted and boring to play and way more forgettable.

Great remake of a very fun and memorable game with an undeniable charm, great level variety and enjoyable characters that i wish nintendo would stop copying cause this franchise has so much more potential it's not funny like a star fox game with the same mostly arwing gameplay with some other fun things to mix it up and a grand scale space opera plot bulding on the story of this game and assault and such would be amazing.

Tldr: game and remake great, nintendo be original and for the next game make fun gameplay like this but expanded upon even more and give it a story like the 'fox in space' fanmade youtube short.