However, all of this is intentional and serve a purpose, so the game has a different style than other Metroids but that's okay because it's really really good in what it sets out to do. It's also more fast paced and always pushing you forward because the environments are more constricted, they don't allow for a lot of deviating from the path unlike past games The main path is straightforward and items are all easily findable since the game gives you many tools to locate them. I certainly felt satisfied exploring in this game searching for those items.ĭread isn't focused on exploration and doesn't really try to hide anything from you. Stopping at 39% item completion rate on a first play through is fine if he felt that limited, but it would have been nice to have commentary on another play through purposefully targeting 100% completion because there are a lot of items hidden behind areas that the game doesn't aggressively spotlight unless you carefully examine the map for possible new areas.

It's pretty apparent how the game guides you towards the critical path and when the way back was locked to me, but rather than let that deter me completely from trying to get 100% I became even more mindful of figuring out the explorable areas accessible to me and taking advantage of opportunities to sweep the world for collectibles. I love this Youtube channel, but I think this specific video has a pretty big missing element in that he doesn't comment at all on how the 100% item collection aspect ranks in terms of scratching that exploration itch when it does open-up.

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