It starts out really good. It has a fun graphical style and looks like a lo-fi Metroid. The music is very good (though maybe a bit too inspired by Metroid at times). The boss fights are a lot fun too. The environments are also dynamic, meaning as you progress, they'll change. It's a nice little touch.

However, as the game progresses the honeymoon phase wears off. The tiny graphics sometimes make it hard to see what's going on. The map is very disconnected, requiring teleporters to navigate through some areas. If you're expecting a more connected metroidvania experience where you can traverse back and forth through areas, you'll be disappointed.

Also, about halfway through the game your main attack becomes essentially useless. You get a charged attack and after that point, most enemies only take damage from it, not your regular attack. I get why the charged shot is more powerful. I don't get why it should make your main attack useless. It just makes the already slow combat grind to a halt.

The enemies are also very spongy and they also mostly attack by trying to cling to your position. Since your attacks are short range, this makes it really easy to get a bunch of enemies glued to you till you die. I'm all for challenge but this seems unfair.

I don't hate it but I don't like it. I'm just disappointed. It looked really cool.