Grueling on the thumb. The artstyle looks really cool, but it's unfortunate that I didn't see a lot of it as I was way too focused on the rhythm meter. Even after beating the game, I'm not entirely clear on whether I'm terrible at rhythm games, this game is just hard, or somewhat poorly designed. There's certainly a lot to keep track of, as just pushing the buttons in the rhythm isn't enough, you also need to keep your peripheral vision on where the enemies are to shoot in the right direction. Couple that with the fact that enemies sometimes stay out of the line of fire but still 'near' that line, it can be confusing and difficult sometimes to really figure out what you did wrong in a given level if you can't succeed.

Not terribly into metal, but I enjoyed the vast majority of the tracks in the game. I also appreciate that some effort was put into the writing; it could've easily been complete filler, but they made something out of it.