I feel like a broken record at this point, but it's hard not to continue to sing praise for Rogue Dawn. It is an immersive, enthralling experience, and genuinely feels more like its own game than a "mere hack" of Metroid. Everything about its world is a whole new experience for those familiar with the source material, and Rogue Dawn offers hours of exploring this brand new world.
- Miranda Gemini

The world of Rogue Dawn is really fun to get lost in and full of hidden surprises.
- MetroidMst

Deep Freeze only has one Area theme which gets quite boring after a while. Rogue Dawn on the other hand has a lot of different Areas with beautiful graphics and a lot of content.
- Contendo

Rogue Dawn exploration being its biggest strenght, this is an easy win. Not only typical items hunting, but a ton of easter eggs, some of them being more than a show-off, showcasing how much efforts was put and the passion that went into this project
- benox50

As has been said many times, Rogue Dawn is better than it has any right to be. Even if you hate NEStroid, you should try Rogue Dawn! So many new mechanics are in this hack that modernize the NES physics; combine that with its much better designed world, loads of code (map system, new items/abilities, new bosses), tons of secrets and easter eggs, great custom graphics/music... there's something here for everyone. Really fun to speedrun too!
- nodever2