What could I possibly add to the conversation about this game that hasn't been said a million times? Not much is the answer, so I'll keep it short. As my first experience with this game, with absolutely zero nostalgia involved, I can confidently say that if I didn't know this game came out in 1994 and someone told me it came out today, I'd believe them, It's been almost 30 years and yet it still feels like it's so ahead everyone else, I've played so many Metroidvanias in my life that I now realize were merely attempting to replicate what this game achieves. Super Metroid is and probably always will be the blueprint for one of gaming's best genres right now, that's the best compliment I could possibly give it.

The only reason I'm not giving it a perfect rating is because there's a few nitpicks I have regarding some boss-fights being a little gimmicky, and some hidden items being way too hidden for anyone to be able to find during a regular playthrough, besides that however, no reason not to love this game. If you haven't played it, stop reading this, do yourself a favor and play it right now, if you have played it, replay it, it probably gets even better, I might do that right now actually.