every 2d metroid (if you replace 1 NES with zero mission and 1 GB with samus returns ) is phenomenal but even with all that competition, the fan game manages to come out on top in my book

mario still feels like a brick but the level design is even better than the first game

even though it consumed my life for 6 years, this game is VERY fun

i was born in 2003 so i never had any experience with old PC RPGs before this but after getting used to the UI (mouse controls work surprisingly well on steam deck), this was one of the most enthralling worlds i have ever experienced in all of fiction