The core gameplay is really fun, and it looks fantastic, but some of the later levels (especially boss fights) kind of fall apart and aren't as polished as the rest. Story is also incredibly generic, but it's all told by voiceover playing during gameplay, so it's very easy to just ignore. Wish it had stayed more with its main formula instead of trying to fit so much variety in, because half the time when it adds a new enemy or tries something different from the main gameplay it's much worse. Still, the majority of it is great.

Short game with a surprisingly touching story, it explores a lot of interesting topics during its short runtime. I wish the gameplay was a little more varied, but most of the game is just reading anyways and it's not that long, so not a huge complaint.

"Reviewing" this before I've finished it just to say add me on steam so we can compare times: https://steamcommunity.com/id/SilverhandX/

Not really into shmups but tried this out on a friend's recommendation. It's a fun, short game. I only did one playthrough using a lot of continues, which is probably not how you're "supposed" to play these but it was pretty fun.