Why We Love Metroid

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metroid growth subtlety respect cross-game analysis

What makes Metroid games unique and special and stand out from others? Most of the games in the series so far focus on three themes: growth (gaining in power and abilities over time, which makes past challenges trivial); subtlety (environmental story telling and scant details that the player discovers organically), and respect (leaving the player to discover where to go and how to progress through introspection and intuition)