I really like the presentation and music. Especially the former point stands out a lot. Not many of these kind of games look that good. Same with the really interestingly designed bosses.

But... The gameplay is really not good for shmup standards. Nothing seems balanced and the difficulty is crushing and unfair. You often dont have enough bullet time which seems kinda thrown in as a way to make it more fair but it feels tacked on. And the fact that you lose almost all your upgrades with a single hit is awful and ends up in you chasing after them since without you gonna have a hard time against bosses.

The story is actually a lot more interesting than you would think with this kind of game.

Music is quite nice. Its balanced between ambience and action parts and sometimes incorporates cues from what going on on screen.

But for me the bad and unbalanced frustrating gameplay is sadly a deal breaker. The most important part of a game that was apparently overlooked or done by people who have no idea about the genre. Its even more frustrating if you make it through a level and then constantly get rewarded with E ranks. I mean im no pro at this genre but damn...

On another note this game runs perfect on the deck.