Fun little game for Metroid and Mr. Driller fans alike

Why would I play this over Super Metroid?

After putting an hour into this one, I got several upgrades and defeated two bosses, while exploring various areas of two maps. Having played Metroid on the NES as a kid, and Super Metroid on the SNES when I got a bit older, this game seems to borrow more heavily from the visual aesthetics of the former than the latter, while including a FEW of the quality of life aspects of Super Metroid. Specifically, you can save your game in certain rooms and can switch weapons at will. That said, the overall feeling of the game - at least for me - was mostly on par with the original, albeit less cumbersome and frustrating.

I had an alright time with what I played of the game, though after just one hour, I'd gotten all I really cared to out of it. I quite like the Metroidvania genre, but this one only really hits the nostalgia angle, as opposed to outright sucking me in like Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Steamworld Dig 2, Ori and the Blind Forest, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Shadow Complex did. Also, the fact that the map in this game doesn't mark items in rooms like Super Metroid (or other Metroidvanias) build up the dread of having to go wandering around lost looking for them later on once I got the appropriate upgrades. The game only lets you mark two rooms as points of interest, and I already had 5 places I wanted to mark by the time I finally quit. Also, I would've liked it if the gun kept firing (even if slowly) while holding the fire button instead of having to hammer it non-stop during boss fights.

The game is well made and - based on an hour of it - it seems like a very solid game for fans of the original Metroid on the NES. I can't guarantee it will satisfy beyond that OG Metroid craving, though.