Super Metroid - Rulers of Ruin is one of those SNES games that just sticks with you. Right from the start, you're dumped onto this eerie, lonely planet with nothing but your arm cannon and a creeping sense that something’s watching you. The atmosphere is thick—every new room feels like it’s hiding secrets, and half the fun is blasting walls just to see if there’s a hidden path behind them.

Samus controls like a dream—tight jumps, satisfying shots, and that iconic morph ball roll that still feels genius decades later. The bosses? Brutal, but in that good way where you actually have to learn their patterns instead of just spamming missiles. And the music… man, the music sets the mood perfectly, from the tense quiet of empty corridors to the adrenaline rush of a boss fight.

If you’ve never played it, you’re in for a masterclass in how to do exploration right. If you have, you already know why it’s still talked about today. Either way, it’s worth dusting off the SNES for.