Takes a while to get adjusted, but with some investment theres alot of fun to be had
There are some slight spoilers regarding Single Player and whats available in multiplayer
Firstly, this game is hard! Theres no lock on feature, so you need to aim properly, which is especially hard when weapons travel slowly and enemies travel fast. Luckily there are weapons that travel fast that allow you room to experiement and practice. There are several weapons in the game, all of which are unique and work well, meaning you have to be on your toes to know what weapon your using/dealing with and react accordingly.
The single player game is rubbish. Although it vaguely follows the GC style, its more, find coloured door, find beam to open door, procede. Theres not alot of room to explore, and there are creatures called Guardians that appear ALL THE TIME and spam you in the corner, their attacks are very hard to avoid. Also the bosses are awful, youl fight 8 bosses, although the same 2 models are used for all 8. Lazy! Also the bosses are very very hard, and rather than use skill to avoid attacks, you need to collect enough Energy Tanks to be able to last the fight.
I havnt played across Wi-Fi yet as im having trouble connecting, weve got so much security on our router I cant get anywhere near a connection! I have played with bots though, and this is the real fun aspect of the game. You can set up a multiplayer game with up to 3 Bots who all play very very convincingly. All the hunters really do feel different, and rather than some half-baked gimmick its very well done, each hunter having a different HUD, view, weapon, and alt-mode. Although techincally each character handles the same, its still great fun to swap hunters and find a favourite. There are lots of different game modes and loads of Maps. Using the stylus takes getting used to, but youl soon realise the briliance of it, be it to cover a wide area with Missles as Samus, Steer Sylux's Lockjaw form or try and steady the perfect sniper shot as Trace. Each hunter has an affinity, which is basically a little extra ability, an insentive to play as them if you will. Noxus can freeze people using the ice beam (Judicator) and Kanden has the ability using the Volt Driver to distort the victims vision for a few seconds. Whilst not a deal breaker its a nice little touch.
So to summarise, dont buy for the single player! If you have access to Wi-FI then you need this game, even if you dont, playing against Bots is still brilliant fun, but you need to decide whether or not its worth £.30 to play against bots. This is more FPS than classic Metroid so be warned.