I’m personally disappointed that this spin-off is the first metroid game since Other M, which also departed from the traditional metroid gameplay. I’m disappointed that the first game to enter my favorite franchise in quite a few years is one I have to be neutrally disinterested in, with no news of a real metroid game…

I don’t remember the bit about “any item you’ve ever looted” - that’s much more work to keep track of than quests. The game already has a back-end log of all of the quests you’ve ever completed, one that you can even access via console commands if you know the right ones. Looted items, on the other hand, might take…