u know the saying "this isn't remotely good" ? well, this game is remotely good. I respect it a lot for completely 180ing and changing pretty much everything about the metroid formula, I like the scarcity of health drops making it feel like i have to be more careful, I like how we finally get to see what samus talks like, (she uses the word "must" like 6 times in one text box once, it was interesting) and I like how they kept the computer so ingrained and prevalent to the game. All of this is in theory of course. This game was really irritating to me, I didn't really enjoy the progression. I liked the bosses (most of them), I liked the areas, I liked the music, and I loved the art. I just feel this isn't really what I wanted. The SA-X was also kind of a let down for how cool of an idea it was. But the thing that interests me is how cool the themes are. The streamlined-ness and linearity and taking orders from a computer is supposed to be irritating, to contrast with how free the other games were. Samus is supposed to die in 3 hits to a random bee, because it shows that we don't have our armour anymore. Bravo. It's so thematic, it reminds me of dark souls 2. Annoying spider boss, save companion that won't shut up, and the coolest part being the dude that pursues you.

so i wonder what i should play next, metroid dread or metroid prime 2? dread would continue my 2d streak but prime 2 i can emulate and wont have to spend any money on. Plus I found this thing called primehack which gives metroid prime 1,2, and 3 keyboard and mouse controls. I'll give it some thought.