I'm sure these series are not for me.
I still remember Azure Striker Gunvolt 1 being so much fun. But after playing ASG2 and this... I am now sure that I dislike this series.
The game is easy as a whole due to the challenge being getting high scores and kudos and everything, which is something I do not enjoy.
I know a lot of people do like tho.
The upgrades that you can buy are nice but you might as well just finish the game before getting the most important ones, as they are quite expensive and the game is really short.
Overrall, not for me.

the sad thing about gunvolt as a series is that while the gameplay gets better with every entry they also crank up the epsteincore and it makes me uncomfortable. it's still gunvolt 2 copen gameplay basically unchanged which is good, and there's no gunvolt, which honestly just makes it better, and there's some actual poignant moments in the narrative so this is still definitely the best in the series by a long shot. sucks that this was otherwise clearly a budget title because so many of the assets are just ripped from gunvolt 1 and 2 and the ui is noticeably barebones. if I had to recommend any gunvolt game it's this one at the very least

I keep trying these games. There is obviously a lot of polish behind them, but I feel the formula is just mechanically flawed for someone just getting into them. You have to dash into enemies to start a combo and lock on. But in turn you risk taking damage which also ends your combo. It is a bit frustrating but to be fair I think it is a game that wants to be mastered to have the most fun out of it. I still love how it looks, the art direction of its characters and some of the world lore. I just wish it was a normal Mega Man X style game.

Before I go into the (relatively brief) review here, I want to say thanks to my buddy 12thSilverDragon for getting me this as a Christmas gift. Much appreciation from me, thanks for the fun gift.

Now I haven't played Gunvolt 1 or any of the other games so to say that the big story twists at the end didn't mean anything to me would be an understatement. Though the general plot of helping these powerless kids survive while they're being hunted by super powered robot people making contracts with stuff was perfectly fine.

For what it does it's not super special but it's passable for this kind of game.

I will say one complaint I do have is in regards to Kohaku's design. I hate it. It's an incredibly uncomfortable fetishistic design that I really don't dig, and as far as I'm aware this is kind of just a thing that IntiCreates does in the Gunvolt series so that's gross.

The gameplay is pretty fun, focusing primarily on movement resulting in fast paced levels where you bounce up and down and all around. It's inherently satisfying though I didn't find any of the levels to really stand out super well.

I like the Bullit system and how it essentially gives you a resource to manage for the sake of not taking damage as well as being able to do your dashes, and having multiple ways to refill it in order to keep your combo chains is very efficient at keeping the pace.

Really the only other issue I have is that I didn't really bother with the EX Weapons. Outside of the Anchor Nexus which ties directly into Copen's moveset giving you essentially a homing attack, I didn't really bother with the others because they felt incredibly situational. I've been told they're super powerful but... eh, I didn't feel the need to use most of them unless it was required to get a bonus medal or something along those lines.

I didn't really have an issue with the score system, it was alright, and the game wasn't scaling properly to my monitor so the score was always out of sight (which I don't mind I don't care about score related stuff anyway).

The music is great, especially the J-Pop which rewards the player for playing well. The bosses were relatively ok, not a super big fan of the Final Boss but it's whatevs.

I honestly don't have much to say on this game, it's just really solid and easy to pick up and play. Would I recommend it over something like Mega Man X, no, but it's still a good time.

S+ ranks in every main game stage 😎 Extremely excellent. Great action, a nice concise main game, very cool story payoffs. It's the kindest Gunvolt which I love -- the bosses are easier like Gunvolt 1, but with the gentler ranking of Gunvolt 2, plus it's very easy to feel awesome playing as Copen. I like playing on Fearless and taking on stages in three chunks (first half, second half, boss) without taking damage in each chunk, and this game was perfectly balanced for that. I'm choosing to just accept that every modern mega man game is gonna have one actual fortress stage plus a boss rush instead of a proper fortress, if I don't I'll just be grouchy forever.

Fue el primer juego con el que estrene mi switch lite hace ya varios años. No sé qué tan raro es que comenzara con la saga con esta entrega, pero tampoco me quejo, ya que lo disfrute y ame a Copen como protagonista y genuinamente considero que el tema principal de Copen en esta entrega es el mejor.

Habiendo jugado después el resto de la saga me doy cuenta del gran salto tanto "gráficamente" como en jugabilidad que tuvo a comparación de los de Gunvolt. Mi único problema sería su corta duración, pero meh, eso hace que sea un juego que te puedas terminar en una madrugada.

This game just makes me angry.
A full spinoff game based on what was easily the best part of GV2 was such a good idea but the result is just not it and probably the most unpolished game in the franchise (I didn't play IX2 don't force me).
Copen's gameplay is still fun to its core but some new powers just don't feel as good as the ones in GV2 (especially Anchor Nexus which is the one you're supposed to be using almost all the time and which straight up trades what made Copen's gameplay fun in the first place for an auto target system that only requires you to press a single button).
The medals/loot/craft system which rewarded you for knowing the levels and completing them as efficiently as possible has been replaced by a simple shop which encourages you to just stop in your track to pick up coins like a dumbass (I am so fucking mad) and it's not just this, some enemies seem designed to stop your momentum and make you wait before destroying them (which should be illegal in a game like this), I don't know maybe it's because the levels are shorter too.
The writing which used to be at least alright got pretty boring this time around except for the very end.
The game also randomly sexualizes the little girl for no reason and I do not like this at all.
The UI (yes I'm ranting about the UI) isn't pixel art like the rest of the game anymore making it look very visually incoherent which wouldn't bother that much if it wasn't so bland.
Seriously even the damn title screen, the very first thing you are going to see after buying the game, is a comical case of empty "I'm not paid enough for this !" white screen of shame.

I'm nitpicking a lot, the core gameplay is still pretty solid,
it's not that bad but for me it lacks so many things that made GV2 a great video game, and it certainly pisses me off.