This game is basically everything I’ve praised other metroidvanias for and more(and also quite possibly my goat metroidvania). the way its story unfolds is great,the exploration is plentiful,the combat and movement the smoothest ive experienced in a metroidvania along with challenging and engaging boss fights that are well thought-out and can allow easy victory as long as you’re sharp about how you use your abilities,this is all without mentioning the emmis which are probably my favourite unstoppable force in the series above sa-x and zero missions space pirates. i genuinely cannot think of a single problem in this game besides the fact that at the end of the day Soma Cruz>

Samus returns easily sports the best combat of any metroid I’ve played so far with smooth movement and added depth, aswell as a vast world to explore,to the point where it’s actually somewhat overwhelming,the traversal especially with the space jump is extremely fun and the puzzles are far better than previous entries even if some were clear as to what to do, this is wall without mention that Samus is probably cooler here than shes ever been before with the help of cinematics. All these amazing things being said this is probably still my least favourite metroid and that is because it is repetitive to no end,essentially all the enemies are reskins of one another,you do the same bosses so many times it becomes more of a chore than a challenge and there are really only 3 bosses with varying movesets that are interesting to fight (ily riddley),however, even with these flaws it is still nothing short of great

This game is home to amazing sprite work with beautiful settings, although its combat feels rather dated in the way that the moves happen in a sequence and not as you input them which hasnt left a good impression in me both in this game and its predecessor (innocent sin). What stands out about this game is its phenomenal story, Persona 2 is a masterclass of storytelling in the persona franchise, not only from the perspective of the characters own stories and relationship developments, but in how well paced it all is, in terms of Persona stories, theres this and then theres everything else

Maybe this is just a huge difference between portable and fes but this game was a let down compared to what i’d heard of it,imo there are only 3 truly great characters,that being junpei,aigis and chihiro,the social links are rather forgettable and i did not like the music that much,besides memories of the city and memories of you,the tartarus ost is downright awful staying in that dungeon for more than 3 minutes drives you insane,i dont mind the visual novel look truth be told but i think a lot of things this game does are done better by games that released before and after it,however i will give it the credit its emotions emotional moments