Random thoughts from a first-time Metroid player:

-I love how cinematic the intro looks for a 1994 game.
-I would've loved to know that I needed to shoot 5 missiles to open pink doors.
-So many secret walls. Did this inspired Dark Souls?
-Pacing is great. You get new abilities so quickly.
-Atmosphere is impeccable.
-HOLY… WALL JUMPING IS HORRIBLE.
-They put an important boss behind a secret wall. This is somehow worse than Dark Souls.
-The special interaction with the charge beam and jump/morph ball is pretty cool.
-This boss is not attacking…
-God, his death animation was horrific
-Did I just kill an innocent creature just to get to the other side?
-Is Samus Doom Guy, but evil?
-I'm getting the hang of wall jumping now.
-Interesting how very little improvements modern metroidvanias had to implement.
-Oh cool, if I speedboost then crouch, I can propel upwards.
-THE GLASS TUNNEL BREAKS WITH THE POWER BOMB? I wasn't expecting for it to actually work.
-I HATE PHANTOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
-It took me like 5 whole minutes to figure out how to get out of sand.
-Now this game has transformed into Pathfinder (Apex) gameplay.
-Botwoon was a cakewalk.
-Wow, that's a really cool way to kill a boss. (Draygon)
-Draygon's babies :(
-Samus is Doom Guy, but evil. Confirmed.
-That Chonzo Statue just yeeted my Super Missile at me.
-Aww, the metroid.
-Final boss is hands down the best boss of any retro game I've played so far.
-This game was awesome. There are other endings? Let's check them out…
-… Oh.

Played on Nintendo Switch Online with Yuzu Emulator. Added Reshade with CRTNewPixie + CRTFakeLottes + CRT_Royale shaders. For reference: https://imgur.com/a/xYaZwlI

★★★½ – Great ✅