Really solid follow up to the first game, in fact its essentially the first game plus. More levels, more mavericks and more weapons to choose from. However, most of the bosses don't live up to the iconic original. The levels play great and are fun to use the different armors and vehicles to traverse the stages. Backtracking can be a chore though, as you have to go back and collect upgrades throughout stages you already have completed. It's not a huge deal as most levels are short enough to just quickly dash towards the upgrade, though how you were supposed to figure out some secrets is beyond me. The X-Hunters are also kind of annoying as even if you lose once, you lose out a chance to get all the Zero parts. Though doing so is kind of useless so why did they even bother adding this feature is perplexing. Grievances aside, this is an excellent follow-up to the original and in many ways surpasses it.