You’ve got your standard expected powerups like high-jump, life expansions, and alternate weapons… but there’s also a half-dozen powerups that you will never see coming, and this is where the game really shines. With its branching paths, interconnected areas, and numerous secrets, the level design borders on perfection.Īnd then there are the upgrades. Rest assured that you will definitely need to hunt around a bit for some power, as the game’s difficulty can ramp up to near-impossible levels if you don’t have enough HP or firepower to deal with the stuff you'll stumble across. But being lost for a while isn’t so bad, because there’s optional hidden stuff everywhere that will make you more powerful in a staggering number of ways. And once you find the way, it’ll feel amazing, kind of like discovering a hidden room in your own house. You will spend half an hour trying to figure out where to go next. There are no waypoints telling you where to go next. Like the “roguelike,” the “metroidvania” genre has been watered down as of late, sometimes meaning nothing more than “you can backtrack if you want to find shortcuts and stuff.” Axiom Verge is about as faithful as you can get to the source material. "It’s about time someone put the Metroid back in Metroidvania."
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