Deathsmiles is a REALLY fun, gothic-flavored horizontal-shmup with some killer music and great visuals. It's hands-down one of my all-time favorite shmups, even if I'll likely never get a 1CC on Arcade.
I have a very minor complaint though, in regards to the Steam achievements. They only activate if you're playing the Arcade versions, it can't be Normal or 1.11 versions for achievements UNLESS it specifically mentions one of those versions in the achievement's description. This kind of sucked for me at first because I got quite a few of the character endings while playing the 1.11 versions of both Deathsmiles and Mega Black Label.
I have a very minor complaint though, in regards to the Steam achievements. They only activate if you're playing the Arcade versions, it can't be Normal or 1.11 versions for achievements UNLESS it specifically mentions one of those versions in the achievement's description. This kind of sucked for me at first because I got quite a few of the character endings while playing the 1.11 versions of both Deathsmiles and Mega Black Label.