Super Metroid - Hollow Eve is one of those SNES games that just sticks with you. You start off in this eerie, abandoned space station—no hand-holding, no long tutorials, just you and Samus figuring things out as you go. The atmosphere is thick, with flickering lights and distant alien screeches making every new room feel like a gamble.

The controls are tight, and that first power-up (you know the one) changes everything. Suddenly, you’re rolling through tunnels and blasting doors open, backtracking to areas you couldn’t reach before. The bosses? Brutal, but in that satisfying way where you actually learn their patterns instead of just spamming shots.

And the music—haunting synth tracks that somehow make empty corridors feel alive. It’s aged way better than it had any right to. If you’ve never played it, you’re in for a masterclass in how to do exploration right.