The abilities & improved aiming was great, as was the melee defense

The gameplay is extremely smooth and natural-feeling, and once you get used to it you almost wonder how you ever got by without free aiming

My favorite part about this game is the free-aiming mode

Now there is free-aiming which allows full 360 degree aiming while standing still

The weapons and gameplay take a lot from the game while adding a few new concepts like free aim

The addition of free aiming and the melee counter add a lot to the combat.

Besides the cramps the 360 aim is pretty cool, but not necessary

I understand they made it that way for the free aiming

Aeion abilities, laser guided free aim, teleport stations, melee attack

But while it's nice to have free aim using the Slide Pad, it's not quite nuanced enough in the hottest battles

This game is as close to perfect as I think could be made, especially with so many "cooks in the kitchen"

If you want an example, I spent about an hour in the first area dying repeatedly before I even faced the first Metroid because I really didn't want to use the move, so I watched a video about the game to find out what I why I sucked at