Despite the clunky gameplay, this is by far my favorite piece of BRS media. The story isn't too dark but it also isn't your typical happy-go-lucky moe anime plot, and the supporting characters are a bit interesting despite the short time you spend creating bonds with them, and the bosses all have their uniqueness, both mechanically and visually, not that I was expecting anything less from huke's designs. The original score by Manabu Namiki is well composed and adds a lot to the presentation, and the theme song "NO SCARED", made in a collaboration with ONE OK ROCK is a banger and easily one of my favorite songs ever. This was one of Imageepoch's last games before they got dissolved in 2015 but is clear that there was an effort put into this game and that it isn't just a cash-grab made while BRS was booming in popularity, and, despite its short budget, it still looks good in the PSP's small display, with a high-light going to the use of motion capture in cutscenes. The only thing that felt weird is how the story unfolds, little context is given to the alien attacks that supposedly decimated the human race, and White Rock Shooter (not her actual name, but if I said it here that would be a spoiler.) has way too little background for such a major character, but maybe that was solved with the manga adaption which I have yet to read. I yearn for the return of BRS in some form despite fretting it wouldn't be true to its roots due to how the landscape of entertainment is nowadays, but, until then, this is one of the best iterations of the character in the entire franchise.