After brief reflection, I realized my original review did not emphasize just how good the music in this game is. You have to re contextualize the entire experience around it. Point of fact: This is not a game with a good soundtrack, it is an amazing album that comes with a game attached to it.

Back to the original review.

Definitely a fun little arcadey shooter. I don't usually go for this sort of thing, and the game's really difficult, but something keeps drawing me back to try again. I've managed Easy and Normal modes so far, and I'm trying for Hardcore, but my hopes aren't high. Still, the absolutely banging soundtrack, stunning visuals, and snappy gameplay were well worth what I got out of it.

The only downside so far I've noticed is that the plot is confusing. I thought I got the bad ending at first, but it seems that's actually the only ending. Not sure what I'm supposed to take away from that. Who is this masked man? What's he after? Why is his failure inevitable even though I went through all the effort of beating up the final boss? Very perplexing. Apparently the hardcore ending hints at something or other, but also apparently the original ended the same way, so I must ask what the point of it all was.

After brief reflection, I realized my original review did not emphasize just how good the music in this game is. You have to re contextualize the entire experience around it. Point of fact: This is not a game with a good soundtrack, it is an amazing album that comes with a game attached to it. Back to the original review. Definitely a fun little arcadey shooter. I don't usually go for this sort of thing, and the game's really difficult, but something keeps drawing me back to try again. I've managed Easy and Normal modes so far, and I'm trying for Hardcore, but my hopes aren't high. Still, the absolutely banging soundtrack, stunning visuals, and snappy gameplay were well worth what I got out of it. The only downside so far I've noticed is that the plot is confusing. I thought I got the bad ending at first, but it seems that's actually the only ending. Not sure what I'm supposed to take away from that. Who is this masked man? What's he after? Why is his failure inevitable even though I went through all the effort of beating up the final boss? Very perplexing. Apparently the hardcore ending hints at something or other, but also apparently the original ended the same way, so I must ask what the point of it all was.