"I feel like this is a fun game but it just doesn't do anything to set itself apart from the pack. The power-ups are a bit unimaginative, doing what they need to do but nothing more, and there's no real choice with them. You get powered up pretty quickly and the only time you stray from the same old Gradius-inspired power-ups is to pick up some time-limited weapons here and there. It does give you the choice of normal bullets or charge shots which adds a little to the gameplay but its a fairly minor point. The game does a reasonable job in all areas but just doesn't excel in any area bar the presentation, including lots of very nice cut scenes interspersed between the levels that move the game's story forward."
