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初級者から上級者まで楽しめるツインスティック＋ローグライト風STG 残機＋シールド制。ボムが無くスキル制だが、もちろんボム的なスキルも取れる。オプションで大半の弾消しが可能 ややシステム面にクセがあり最低限の理解力が必要ではあるが、前作未履修でも問題なく楽しめる 選択次第で様々な味変が可能、ボス前の残機増加選択肢等々、親切設計で好感触 〇良かった点 ・良質なBGMとグラフィック 　後述の視認性に難はあるものの、BGMや背景敵グラは独特の世界観を創り出していて良き ・味変自由な選択肢 　気分次第で多彩なショット、アイテム、スキル、難易度の組み合わせが楽しめる 　難易度を下げる選択肢やラスボス前の残機or稼ぎの二択も、遊びやすさが意識されていて良い 　多彩が故に、ステージとショットの嚙み合わせ相性が最悪で酷い事になったりもするがそれもまた味わいだろう ・豊富なステージ数 　恐らく前作使い回しとは言え、70以上の豊富なステージ数により新鮮な気持ちが持続しやすい 〇気になった点 ・敵弾や敵の視認性 　敵弾を光らせて見易くしようとしてはいるものの、敵の群れの中での視認性はあまり良くない 　背景も敵もややダーク寄りのデザインと配色な為、敵の視認性が犠牲になってしまっている ・上級者向けの報酬が殆どない 　高難度やスコア周りのシステムもそれなりに盛り込まれてはいるのだが・・・ 　いわゆるスコアランキングや凄いスコア実績等が無いので、最高難度で自己満足する以上の誉感が薄く 　上級者が満足できるかについては賛否あるのかもしれない 　裏を返せばSTG初心者でも実績コンプ可能ではある 『設定画面からメッチャ難易度下げてメッチャ残機増やしてクリアしました』という消極的クリアではなく 『難易度優し目のルートでいい感じの選択肢が引けてクリアできた！』という達成感が得やすいので STGに手が中々伸びないSTG初心者にこそ触って欲しい作品

The mechanics fit twin shooter games, so playing with a gamepad is recommended because you use the left stick to move and the right stick to fire. If you want to make things less strenuous for your fingers, you can turn on auto aim and auto fire. Although you control one character, you are accompanied by a doll that mimics your every move, which practically gives you twice the firepower. Unlike the doll, which cannot be hit and can even be used to block bullets and crash into enemies, you will take damage. However, you can take a couple of hits before losing one of your lives. To stay out of harm’s way for as long as possible, you have a dash that gives you invincibility for the duration of the movement, and a super trigger that greatly boosts both characters’ damage output, firing speed, or other effects. However, these abilities come with a limited number of charges per stage. On the other hand, the dash is very useful and can be used in quick succession. That is all the basics you need to know because the rest comes from roguelite mechanics. Before heading out on a run, you can pick your starting weapon and accessory set. These sets include several preset accessories, and although you do not have many sets at the beginning, you will unlock more by simply playing a lot of runs. A run consists of a series of stages where the main goal is to defeat enemies and collect enough souls to reach the one hundred percent requirement. The stage will not end before that, and if you cannot gather enough souls in the first pass through a stage, you will loop and try again with slightly tougher enemies. This continues until you reach the required amount and instantly finish the stage. After that, you can pick your next stage from a random selection of two. Your choice matters because each stage is tied to a new accessory. You receive the accessory immediately, and there is no guesswork involved because you can see the exact effect. Some examples include increased firepower, a magnet that attracts souls, and a perk that lets the doll fire forward and backward at the same time. You can also change your doll’s weapon and triggers. Again, you choose between two options, but the first one is your current equipment while the second is a new one. The more stages you complete, the higher the chance that an upgraded weapon will appear. This is not always a priority because not all weapons are useful in every situation. Accessories can also appear at higher levels, but your decision depends on your playstyle and the alternative reward from the other stage. Your first run takes place on a low difficulty, and there is a high chance that you will reach the end. However, this only unlocks one of the endings. To see the rest, you have to beat the game several times. There are also certain conditions you must meet to fight the boss and reveal the true final boss. Overall, the game is a fun and chaotic shooter but does not have a lot of depth. There are not many different stages, and there is limited variety outside of the different starting accessory sets. You can make things easier or harder by randomizing letters before the start of a run, but it is best to play only a few runs per session before the experience starts to feel repetitive.