Zek-zeks.

I really just can't love a hori shmup with a big ol' hitbox, no matter what other cool shit is thrown in there. The tentacled "flint" that you can drop or shoot out in front of you to deal with incoming fire, and to latch on to enemies and destroy them, is pretty cool! The music is cool! The weapons are cool! There's some neat stage design!

But... it's a hori with a big ol hitbox. Where you get near the ceiling and it fucking kills you. Not to mention, the game feeds you speed-ups like crazy, which have you zipping around running into shit even more often (avoiding them is easier said than done when you're in a hallway about a quarter of the screen wide).

Old school horis... I just can't get down with 'em.