The Sengoku 2 of horizontal shooters. Mechanically nothing to write home about, but packed to the gills with wild, creative, absurd shit screaming towards you, things you just wouldn't be seeing in contemporaries. I admit I'm no expert, but I assume no other shooter from the time was throwing you into the Buddhist Cyberzone or having you shoot down pseudo-3D swastika ships in the techno-organic Hitler Hive. Have I mentioned the cutscene transition into the cyberspace levels, by the way? Look at this shit! 2077 could never. Also there's what is blatantly an AT-AT in the snow level. I'm glad we all think AT-ATs are cool!