Aside from a bit generic music, and the sprint power up being under-explained and hurt my finger with it's button placement, this is easily an amazing return to form for the Metroid franchise! Absolutely loved most of my time with this new game, and is easily a top 3 Metroid game, behind Super and Prime 1. Loved the level design, atmosphere, Samus being a badass, and the bosses are top tier. Won't say anything, but that final boss pushed me to my limit to beat it. Absolutely fantastic game!

As a casual fan of the original games, and not someone that plays the games like they are a speedrunner or a pro, this game is a great. It makes a lot of quality of life improvements like faster restarts, more characters, customization, and revamped difficulty for some stages for lesser difficulty spikes. Yes, there are no story cutscenes, and the DLC is very bad, but I still had a fun time with it.