While fundamentally sound, Azure Reflections struggles to truly captivate players due to its disappointingly short levels. The enjoyable boss fights and a cute aesthetic manage to salvage the experience for those that love a good shoot ‘em up, but it’s far from an essential offering within the genre.
"Providing gamers with a rewarding challenge is an incredibly difficult endeavour in itself so here are my thoughts on how to optimize video game difficulty so players can feel satisfied with a minimal level of frustration." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
"Azure Reflections", the vibrant, side-scrolling bullet hell from Sony publishing label Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)’s publishing label UNTIES and developer Souvenir Circ., will defend Steam from evil on Sept. 19.
Other than that, an additional mode including two new bosses will come to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 simultaneously.
Azure Reflections is a vibrant, side-scrolling, bullet hell shooter where you dominate levels and relentlessly attack enemies with a variety of skills and upgrades.
At least it isn't Touhou Kobuto Burst Battle.