This game has a rocking soundtrack and a ton of cool ships to choose from and I really like the framing of it being a simulation that leads into a "real" mission but unfortunately I feel like this game is punishingly difficult to a fault which makes it hard to enjoy compared to others. It's one of those games that I'd play the shit out of if there was a cabinet in a local arcade or the laundromat or whatever but when I can choose any shmup to play it's probably not gonna be this.