Didn't feel this. You have 12 weapons, one for each Chinese zodiac sign, and I'm here to tell you that that is too many weapons.

I'm convinced that scrolling tube shooters like this just don't work as deep, replayable arcade experiences. They are often flashy and fun to look at and mess around with for half-an-hour (as this is!), but who's actually sitting down with one for many hours and mastering it? It's all too slippery, visibility of oncoming threats is (definitionally, on account of the tube perspective) shit, and they all use the same formula of psychedelic visuals and techno music because... what else are you gonna do? It's a tube.

I dunno, if anyone has any really hot tube game recommendations, send 'em my way. (Tempest, a static vector tube shooter, is cool and doesn't count)

Reviewed on Jul 27, 2023


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