The A.V. Club writes: "Spelunker Jason is exploring a cave when his date wanders ahead and stumbles upon the headquarters of a rogue paramilitary organization called the Restoration. Naturally, they believe Jason's girl is a spy sent to disrupt their vague plans to do something big. So Jason sets off to rescue her. What ensues is a slick modern version of the 8- and 16-bit Metroid games. Combat, for the most part, is fairly pedestrian: Aim with the right control stick, pull the right trigger, and the bad guys go down."