Played through the Vasara Collection on Switch.
Really fun and challenging shootemup, though the design tends to funnel you into a very aggressive, melee-heavy approach as the only option, as the bullet hell is almost impossible to negotiate without it. The visual design is a little plain, the steampunk samurai vibe sort of warrants that, even still, not totally my thing. I loved how brutal it was, even with infinite continues, it forces you to complete the last stage without a continue, which I thought was an excellent way of balancing difficulty gated progression and flexibility, and really made that final victory sweet. I'm a little burnt out on it after beating it with the absolute lowest difficulty, might return to it after a while when I have more experience with the genre.
Really fun and challenging shootemup, though the design tends to funnel you into a very aggressive, melee-heavy approach as the only option, as the bullet hell is almost impossible to negotiate without it. The visual design is a little plain, the steampunk samurai vibe sort of warrants that, even still, not totally my thing. I loved how brutal it was, even with infinite continues, it forces you to complete the last stage without a continue, which I thought was an excellent way of balancing difficulty gated progression and flexibility, and really made that final victory sweet. I'm a little burnt out on it after beating it with the absolute lowest difficulty, might return to it after a while when I have more experience with the genre.