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>doors lock behind you all the time to force you in a straight line
>shitty monologues that are only tolerated because there's no voice acting
>sub-par music
>some of the worst bosses of the series (this is the series with a fucking flamethrower turret as a boss) the camera is way too zoomed in to allow any dodging with bosses taking 2/3rds of the screen
>can't progress until you see shitty cutscene, that door won't unlock until you see that theres an earthquake!! that larvae wont move until you see that the animals boarded your ship
>none of the powerups are new unless you count ice missiles
>stupid plot about the federation that is never mentioned again

the only good point this game has is SA-X is cool as a concept, but it's AI is fucking braindead so the scare factor wears off real quick
so yes, it is just like other M, but in 2D, all the same complaints, but other M has shitty voice acting and retarded controls