this is a controversial game, but i think a lot of people dont give it credit where credit is due

first off, this is the most linear game in the entire Metroid franchise. however, it makes up for this by having rooms that feel like puzzles. you wont just enter and leave rooms immediately. you have to solve puzzles to get through, which makes it feel like a Metroid game, even if it isnt

the story is definitely as bad as people say. its confusing and poorly written and feels like a fanfic someone wrote about the Metroid games rather than a story written by a team of professionals

occasionally, you will go into a "detective mode" where you are forced into 1st person and told to find an object. this is like a Where's Waldo book, if no one told you what Waldo looked like. these are also not even slightly fun

with the bad stuff out of the way, the game does a lot of things right. the boss fights have this extreme intensity to them, and some of them are my personal favorites. Phantoon is my favorite boss in the entire franchise. having the game 3rd person, and being able to switch to 1st person by pointing the Wii remote at the screen is so fun as well. it gives the game a fast-pace feel to it when youre in the heat of combat

it saddens me to see this game get so much hate, but its not all undeserved. the game takes a ton of missteps, but it has strong parts that are overlooked. i personally enjoyed it, but you might not