Judgement Silversword may appear simple and generic at first but it is a very well designed shmup with a surprising amount of depth to the enemy designs and scoring systems. JS encourages a very aggressive playstyle that is hard to approach at first but becomes very satisfying once it clicks. The elements of challenge are somewhere between a more traditional shmup and a bullet hell game, giving the game a strong sense of variety.

The only issues with this game are related to accessibility. There is a "double shot" exploit where you can fire both your straight and wide shots simultaneously that clearly was intended to be used for much of the game (similar tricks are present in later games by the same developer), yet there is no information about this when playing. The best solution is to search for an autofire config which will allow you to do this trick/exploit with a single button or key.