but the inclusion of companion characters, which so often will interrupt your "exploration" with meaningless comments and help with direction and puzzles (which is really not needed in any way) destroys any sense of isolation or wonder i might have felt without them.

all of these companions are extremely shallow, and very archetypal. you got the all-serious seargent, the obsessed fangirl, the emotionless robot who sometimes makes unintentional jokes, the awkward nerd mechanic, and the depressed lonely hunter.

the scenes with these characters are incredibly obnoxious, and i mostly just wanted them to be over as quickly as possible. they also kinda ruin samus' characterization by challenging her to interact with other people who speak.

it just does not work. she rarely reacts in any way to what their saying, mostly just stands around looking kinda dumb. samus also gets "saved" multiple times in situations where she could've easily won. metroid dread did samus WAY better.

the gameplay is nearly the same as it always was. they've done a few new things, with the psychic powers and free aim while locked on, which are both somewhat interesting, especially the latter. but because of the level design and the low enemy variety, it's still pretty dull to play.

the only part of this game which i found *ocassionally* enjoyable, was actually the part that was the furthest from traditional metroid prime gameplay: the motorcycle parts.

it's really basic and gets boring really quickly, but at least the devs knew what they were doing here in some capacity, in contrast to the other parts of the game.

i don't know to what extent the development hell this game went through has affected it, all i know that this game is the worst game i have played this year, and it makes me sad to say so.

i would rather have this be the final game in the metroid franchise, than have it be the future of it. fix it or leave it.

UNBEATABLE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ (all of the hearts) i don't even know how talk about this game right now, i'm too emotional. just go play it, please

Titanfall 2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 (7/10 hearts)

Resident Evil 2 (2019) [replay] ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💔🖤 (8,5/10 hearts)