First time beating this. Really excellent remaster/remake. Looks excellent, runs excellent, and has great QOL improvements such as a hint system, dual stick controls, and the ability to remove Samus' helmet. If you want to play MP1, this is the best way to do it.
I really liked the game as well. Really fun blend of action, platforming, shooting, and puzzling. I see why this is some folks' favorite game; there's a certain brilliance to it slowly becoming a 3D, Mario 64-ass Metroid game. Super fun boss fights that hold up now also.
4 stars for me because I lost 20-30 minutes of progress a few times dying between save points that are a little too spread out. I also felt the fully manual backtracking was a bit much for me and turned a 6 hour game into a 12 hour one, and a few of the late puzzles were fairly obtuse (I looked up 2-3 of the artifacts).
Still, I had a really good time and look forward to playing the next two. Remakes like this should be rewarded.
I really liked the game as well. Really fun blend of action, platforming, shooting, and puzzling. I see why this is some folks' favorite game; there's a certain brilliance to it slowly becoming a 3D, Mario 64-ass Metroid game. Super fun boss fights that hold up now also.
4 stars for me because I lost 20-30 minutes of progress a few times dying between save points that are a little too spread out. I also felt the fully manual backtracking was a bit much for me and turned a 6 hour game into a 12 hour one, and a few of the late puzzles were fairly obtuse (I looked up 2-3 of the artifacts).
Still, I had a really good time and look forward to playing the next two. Remakes like this should be rewarded.