This game is TECHNICALLY, by all accounts, a "Good" game, but i could never recommend it to fans of the genre or as a game itself. This game is like Poison Damage, where there's just so many small problems that tick tick tick at my psyche until i find it entirely frustrating. Made without a original bone in its body, at least any good ones, if you're playing this, then more or less you've already seen all of its mechanics somewhere else. Unlockable moves are outclassed by the first one you can get, other moves being either useless or too niche for their own good, levels of VARYING quality. My biggest problem with the levels is how many times the jackass smiley ball is used, seemingly thrown in whenever, not to be arsed to come up with something else for difficulty, including slight variations of the same mechanic. You cannot defeat thy foes in this title, but only merely disable them, or a timer dictated by their max health, then they return to frustrate. They want to keep the pressure up. The difficulty isn't challenging mechanics, but how much ♥♥♥♥ can be on-screen, bullet hell flavored. I'm no stranger to such, but with what tools you have at your disposal, being 1-2 usable abilities and your low-range pea shooter, difficulty in this game is mixed, 2 hit points every screen that regenerate, and no lives. It's a battle of attrition for MOST of the game. Then there's the S P A C E world that you'll find warps too throughout your journey, and about all of them have a little heart friend at the beginning for a one and done run, single hit point, and no check points, start over on death.
I wanted to a hundred percent this before writing a review, but doing these levels injured something in me.
If this game was a living, breathing person, I would kill them and then myself.
Other points of contention include:
The end game island does not have a map warp, unlike the starting house or the fact you are put on the island every time on launch.
Going anywhere on the map ever for any reason
The humor was clawed out of dirty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
Any feeling of progression, skill or unlocks being non-existent.
The fact that buying it on sale is still not worth it
It feels like a homage to all the developer's favorite games, while not having any love for what they did.
Hope their next game fares better.
