This game reminds me of batman arkham asylum because she gets new items and that opens up old areas that were locked off. It's a really cool game with awesome atmosphere and an interesting story despite the fact no one says a word. The puzzles were fun, the zones were cool, the music was really great and the progression was easy as pie. There are so many items and upgrades but it always feels intuitive, every new thing is an extension of the old thing. You're never blindsided, nothing feels tacked on, and you never forget about any of your tools. HOWEVER. The combat and first person platforming were two weak points. They're both serviceable, even fun, but later in the game when the enemies come at you in sevens and they're all bullet spongey it can be tough. Especially since theres a lot of knockback and, also, later in the game, platforming sections can go vertically for hundreds of thousands of centimeters. "Hey elk you have some problems with later in the game don't you?" well Reader (heh, can I call you reader?) you'd be right. Metroid prime has a bad endgame. Like an atrocity on par with xen. But Xen is just a bad part that you instantly go into, metroid's slow descent is like a pot of boiling water and you're the frog. Colour coded rock paper scissors enemies that are immune to your other bullets that come in pairs of 5 and can replicate at will, so theres 3 or 4 of them and each can only be damaged by one of your blaster types and changing your blaster type you gotta hold x and then hit the d-pad and then try to lock on but the lock on is finnicky especially near a grappling point because that will take priority. Another victim of being a videogame on controller. Another case of console exclusive game being worse due to the fact that it's stuck on and had to have been designed around four buttons and two sticks. Imagine if u could change ur blasters with 1-2-3-4 and aim with a mouse? bro. Even if u could aim freely, there's easy bosses with 2 or 3 moves where you just wait for their weak state so you can do damage, but hold on though. I don't care about the last hour or three. CUS this game is really cool and good. So i'll give it a 4.5

Ok now it's time for the elkmane personal journal hour.
fanbase: Finally!
thank you elksters. Hm... what to talk about.. I know. What's the best Rihanna album? I know everyone's mind immediately goes to Anti and honestly I get it. Loud is also a fan favourite (im guessing? I don't really interact with the rihanna fanbase or any other rihanna fans) I'd like to throw talk that talk into the ring. Cockiness is one of my fav riri songs, i'd put it up there with love on the brain (i know i know, basic pick) What do u guys think? Email me.

- Elkmane