It lacks the charm of the original, where I think the opening cinematic is awesome, and in here it's just a bunch of words when you want to get to the action. It's an improvement though in other ways; better graphics obviously, great Metroidvania level design, the top-down shooter/platformer genre mash-up is still great. But it's also waaaaay too easy to the point I could just annihilate bosses and even in the tank I never felt threatened.