Gosh um, I'm almost at a loss for what to say. Firstly, standard Leah Backlogg'd Review table stakes: I used an invincibility cheat on this or else I wouldn't even have gotten anywhere even close to like, beating even the first level.

I had a lot of fun with the various weapons, and I'm glad I was streaming while playing this because some nice folks explained to me the intricacies of the leveling up and the scoring that went completely over my head. But the shooting and the movement feel superb.

The stages, enemies and bosses are bonkers and the levels look really neato!

What really elevates this for me is just the overall presentation though. The boss intros, the menus, all of it. Like, gosh, you just kinda stare in awe when the giant final boss emerges from the crystal thing. It's really, really something. Quite simply a moment as good as video games ever get.

I wish I had something more insightful to say. I think what Hiroshi Iuchi said about the last level really makes me stop and think (found this in a review below): https://web.archive.org/web/20080419104927/http://www.emuxhaven.net/~silver/Link%20Stage%20Explanation.html

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