Gunvein

As a new shmup player, this was a great entry point into the genre. Fast, frenetic pacing, amazing level design, and a killer soundtrack that will get stuck in your head. If you're a fan of fast paced, arcade action look no further.

Superb, simply superb. A fantastic shmup that is both approachable for newcomers but has plenty of challenge for the more experienced player. There are 3 difficulty levels, 3 different ship types and an unlockable rogue-like arrange mode. The soundtrack is also fantastic. I do have one main gripe with the game, that being there is no ship type for the standard arcade mode that features a simple wide shot and a concentrated shot. I'm personally not a huge fan of hold and release lock on lasers so I would have liked a standard ship type to be available, not a huge gripe as the game is still very fun so I can overlook this but worth mentioning. The arrange mode does feature this ship type however so at least I can play that mode for a more traditional experience. If you have even a passing interest in shooting games this should be an instant purchase, no question. 9/10

Took me 3 hours to get the intense 1CC, I wonder how long expert will take

The more I play of this title the more I enjoy it and notice new things. One ship is like Ray storm / Ray crisis, one ship is like Dodonpachi type B, and the last ship reminds me of Zero Ranger a lil bit with the charge shot. All fun to play. Gameplay wise def reminds me of Dodonpachi and Crimson clover. If you like those there's no reason you wont like this. Solid 7/8 out of 10 shooter

Gunvein is overall a reall nice game and I don't really have any criticism of it: it playes well, looks nice, sounds great and to ease in the new players the game has a couple of tuorials, practice mode and myriad of accessability settings. The game didn't grip me enough for me to try to become proficient at it, but perhaps a bigger bullet hell fan can get more out of this.