Finding bliss in utter sensory overload.

Man does DoDonPachi DaiOuJou feel great to play. Shooting with a powered up ship, your shots nearly covering the entire screen (or fully covering the screen if you ride with Type-B) is exhilarating but the combination of doing so while dodging bullet hell enemy shot patterns is what makes you feel like a god. At first glance these patterns can look impossible, however the lightbulb moment for me was seeing this image of your ship's hitbox from the shmups wiki. Your hitbox is a tiny fraction of the size of your ship; the same goes with enemy bullets. The result is complete instinctual play, dodging and weaving through an array of bullets requires precision but doesn't hinder the game from feeling damn good.

I finished a full loop with a boat load of continues - but as the title translates, it was a blissful death. I know for a fact that there's a massive amount of optimization and bonus content that I missed but to me, that doesn't matter - what matters is how this is one of the most satisfying game feels out there. Excited to play this on arcade hardware when I visit Galloping Ghost next month.

Also I've heard rumors of a remaster coming from M2 - fingers crossed on that.