I recently played through and beat this WEIRD horizontal shoot-'em-up. I had never played it before, & I just marathoned through it on 'Easy' difficulty mode in around 2 hours or so. I used the female hero Benton for all but the final level. Here are my reactions to the game in order:
1 Graphics are odd.
2 Music is oddly cute & interesting.
3 Graphics are weird.
4 My ship/hero is nice and small.
5 My options look strange.
6 Why do I randomly shoot this wide power shot as opposed to my regular shot?
7 Enemies look offbeat.
8 Why do I have no control over my options? They randomly follow me around or commit suicide. This is frustrating, because I could really use the extra firepower.
9 This boss looks weird.
10 This game is not too difficult, but it's no cake-walk either. I have died many times.
11 Nice! I don't lose all of my power-ups when I die.
12 There is some psychedelic art in this game.
13 This freaky-looking boss has some very intriguing & captivating music. Perhaps I should allow my hero to die, so that I can listen to this music some more.
14 I have finally arrived at the last stage! The third miniboss is mindblowingly bizarre!
15 Wow, this mindblowingly bizarre miniboss is incredibly difficult! I am tempted to put this game up for the night, because I still cannot consistently get to this boss, much less beat him.
16 I have realized that Idaten is the FAR superior character to play as, so Benten gets sidelined for the rest of the game.
17 I've learned that my power shots & option's suicide charges are NOT random.
18 I have somehow miraculously defeated said mindblowingly bizarre miniboss.
19 Wow! I somehow cruised through the rest of the level and beat the final boss without losing another life! I am shocked!
20 The game is over. I can come down from this hallucinogenic trip I have just taken.
21 Who am I?
I rated this game as a '9' out of 10. If your sanity can handle it, then buy it, and play it. That is all.
