Well somebody should at least talk about the games so... I watched the teaser for Axiom Verge and on the one hand, looks fun and I want to play it. On the other, it's pretty shameless in its Metroid-ness. Yahtzee is spot on. Even the rythm track of the teaser is close enough to the Super Metroid theme to land Vanilla Ice in heap of trouble again, or even content id'ed by Nintendo. Seriously watch the teaser, the music at least for the first few measures is hrmmmm... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U04mprotZU
And I was immediately turned off by the, "Let's define the word 'Axiom' in the context of our game with dramatic dictionary title cards for the audience because we've contrived our own meaning..." bit.
I guess there is something to be said for wearing the influence on the sleeve, but with all the effort put into what looks like solid design I would think the devs would want to set themselves apart a bit more.
Despite all that, it still looks fun and I still want to play it. So - kudos, I guess?