finally got my grippy thing and sat down with this. and it's actually kind of great. well, except level 3, which is one of those forward-scrolling 'base' things from the first game. it works in the style of the first two games, with certain touches of the later style. but the devil is in the details, and wayforward gets it -- you see their understanding of the genre in the little moments. like those four armored soldiers firing aimed bullets at you before the second boss. i'll out and say it: i never would've expected a non-japanese developer to pull this off. been playing on one credit so far, and have gotten to level 4, but i may start credit feeding to learn the thing
i actually don't mind the two screen stuff -- it'd probably annoy me in a lesser game, but here i've adapted to it
stick with it prole