The game is fun. It starts off slow, but ramps up quickly. While the puppet-like animation style may not be to everybody's taste, the designs for the creatures and environments are amazing and the music complements them very well. The environment and music combinations are really what makes this game stand out to me. The game plays like you would expect a Metroid game to if you weren't restricted by gravity. You explore, shoot monsters, get new abilities (though that's a slightly more Zelda-esque one-per-area for the most part), and find collectibles. Some sections even manage to have some platforming. Good times.
