Xanthiom 2

this is neat and actually what clockwork ambrosia probably should have been. lots of gun puzzles and feels like the old exploration style of snes metroid

long long time since i didn't feel "this remembers me metroid firts runs". very good game! love the camera feature to mark spots.

Played through X2 and XZ back to back, 100% each. Great stuff, had fun much like playing through Super Metroid and Fusion first time way back when..

Fun

Solid game! It was fun in a similar way to Zero which I also liked quite a bit. Only played through the remade version of Zero for an hour or so but liked it so far. I do think even on Hard some of the bosses are a bit underwhelming. [spoiler]The last boss was too especially since I forced a bunch of slowdown with a setup that put a ton of bullets on screen at all times.[/spoiler] Some of the modifiers look fun and the game feels very replayable, having an end-game grading system and all. I'll look forward to playing again whenever I get the itch.

Both games are pretty good metroid like games, you have extensive gun customisation and can become incredibly overpowered the more you explore so it actually rewards the exploration and puzzle solving. Each game has its own unique powers, gun modes, game mechanics, music and environments and so on, so it's not the same exact thing twice There is a story but I'll be damned if I knew what was really going on