There's something relaxing about booting up the game, and jumping into a run without a care in the world. No routing, no resource management, no spellcard practice, just good old-fashioned random dodgin' and shootin'.
That is, until Stage 7 and onwards, where the game slaps you in face and ridicules you for your SHEER naiveté, thinking you could play an entirely random STG without consequences. Some days, you'll barely stumble through Aya/Medicine and Komachi with 2-3 lives intact, and then you'll be greeted by Eiki and her literal TAS evasive abilities. And as she jumps in, out, and WITHIN reality to weave though WALLS of bullets, she'll make sure to send you patterns that would make Remilia blush. Oh, and did I mention that the first round is essentially unwinnable? God help you if you didn't bring an extra life.
Of course, on other days she and the rest of them will be nice and turn off the ultra-instinct after two minutes. Such is the nature of PoFV.
That is, until Stage 7 and onwards, where the game slaps you in face and ridicules you for your SHEER naiveté, thinking you could play an entirely random STG without consequences. Some days, you'll barely stumble through Aya/Medicine and Komachi with 2-3 lives intact, and then you'll be greeted by Eiki and her literal TAS evasive abilities. And as she jumps in, out, and WITHIN reality to weave though WALLS of bullets, she'll make sure to send you patterns that would make Remilia blush. Oh, and did I mention that the first round is essentially unwinnable? God help you if you didn't bring an extra life.
Of course, on other days she and the rest of them will be nice and turn off the ultra-instinct after two minutes. Such is the nature of PoFV.