Let's Play ESα: Part 6 - Overbearing Overgrowth 

Yet again, the world design is just full of personality and just very well thought out. Secret challenge rooms like that are definitely no joke, either! We're not at Super Meat Boy levels quite yet with those, but they're definitely indicating that they're not joking around. And to top things off, a three stage boss and some very interesting lore. For the three stage boss, I do like how we're seeing that constant escalation with bosses, you can't get too comfortable. And as for the lore, it definitely feels like a great tribute to Metroid while also being its own thing. This boss and the "gotta blow up the station" definitely have these touches of taking from Spore Spawn and the endgame of Metroid Fusion, and yet it doesn't feel like it's trying to imitate it, but rather as a love letter of sorts to its influences. Always can appreciate stuff like that.

For as retro as the game looks relative to other games out there, this game nails atmosphere. It's one of the best parts of a Metroid game, and this definitely fits the bill of Metroidvania. The music box style music is quite a pleasant change of pace too. That grapple still looks tricky as heck to me but otherwise I'm quite impressed with this.

Blats - it's Jackinaplane! The prodigal son has returned! Say, what's the best email I could reach you by? There's a few things I'd like to say. I tried the email linked on your channel (something@YellowFrog.com), but I got an email saying I couldn't send anything to said email. If you're worried about sharing your email being publicly shown on RU-vid, worry not, I'll delete my comment as soon as I send you a message.