I might pick it up as well especially after reading that review.

It should be a nice update tomorrow

i thought i was the only one...i actually made it to the 4th boss..then that was as far as i got..lol

good fun tho

Sounds like this may be better.

It's much better. Your weapons aren't constantly the equivalent of a pea shooter, the enemies are more vulnerable to your attacks, and it's balanced out with a heck of a lot more bullets. If I could point out the most similar shooter I've played to this one, it would probably be Darius Gaiden, but it goes a bit beyond (beyond!) that with its firework-like bullet patterns that look more toward the Japanese "bullet hell" shooters.

The stupid chaining system that made you switch your underpowered weapons around is completely gone, and replaced by chaining by ring collection - another shoutout to later Japanese shmups! It's far more fun this way, and puts in a nice risk-reward system.

The voices and dialogue are hilariously bad. Almost Gradius Gaiden bad (which, when thinking about GG, feels a bit more intentional!). I think they're Europeans trying to sound American. Also, you had better like mid-00's Euro trance, because that's all you get!

Still, the gameplay is eons ahead of its predecessor, and it looks great. It seems like the original team got their first not-so-good shooter out of the way and went all out on this one. Well, well worth the $12.

Limited Run Games are behind this and Volume.

Cosmic Star Heroine, too.