You think this is an STG? Imbecile. You fool. This is a Tantalus Simulator.

The 1CC seems so doable. Your hitbox is genuinely miniscule. Following Cave's conventions, the bullet speeds and patterns are downright reasonable, at least compared to Raizing or Psikyo games. You even have an alt-fire mode that slows the bullets down more. 3 lives. A generous screen clear. It's so easy to convince yourself that this is the game, this is it. This is finally the Cave game that you 1CC.

Don't kid yourself. Whenever you bend down to drink the water at your feet, or reach above to the ripe fruit above your head which seems ever so close, Cave crushes you into the dirt in a way that feels embarrassingly fair.

Still prefer ESP Da. Re. though.

Reviewed on Nov 06, 2022


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