In the year of our lord 2016, you would be hard pressed to find a new schmup (shoot-’em-up) targeted at the home console market. This isn’t to say that there isn’t a demand for the genre, because quite frankly there are plenty of PS4 owners out there that hate themselves. I, unfortunately, count myself among the depraved…
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The brisk pace and relentless action is extremely exciting
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Constantly shifting art design helps keeps things fresh
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Some of the amusing dialog can help take the sting out of repetitive losses
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Though meant to be amusing, the death screens feel excessive and unnecessary
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Many of the new mechanics are deceptively taught
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Unapproachable to those that are not pre-existing schmup fans
