This game is genuinely quite terrible unless you actually like chasing high scores. It's ever so slightly better than Gunvolt 2, but that's really an incredibly low bar to clear. Do not bother with this if you're looking for a good Megaman-like platformer. Play Luminous Avenger iX 2 instead.

This is the best Megaman game released ever since Megaman Zero 3. If you're a fan of Megaman X/Zero/ZX you owe it to yourself to play this game, even if you disliked the first two Gunvolts and the first Luminous Avenger like I did, as it plays very differently from those games, for the better.

I highly recommend disabling Anthem in the pause menu and not using the healing skill altogether. Doing that will make for a very satisfying experience with a good level of difficulty on Normal mode.

I've got nothing to say about the story as I skipped all of it, I'm only interested in the gameplay in these types of games.

Basically, if you're an older fan of MMX/MMZ and came into the Gunvolt series looking for a spiritual successor to those games only to be disappointed by how fundamentally different they were, then this is the game you've been looking for. This game is for you, not for people who actually like what the previous Gunvolt games were doing.

I'd also recommend looking into Gunvolt 3 if you enjoy this game. It's not quite as good as this one, but it's still a great Megaman-like that is very much worth playing, and waaaaaaaaaaay better than the first two Gunvolts.

This game feels like a gift, made specifically for me and everyone who loved Megaman Zero and ZX/ZXA. Thank you Inti Creates, from the bottom of my heart.