It's a really fun sandbox game that doesn't force you into solving a thing in a particular way. If you don't like turn-based strategic combat, you probably won't like this game as there's a lot of it, but you can probably minimize it in story mode. Visuals and story are very deep, and voice acting is superb. I would recommend this to anyone who: Enjoys sandbox games Enjoys D&D or other table top RPGS Likes a good story Wants to play around with D&D (like) character classes
The game is a lot of fun, but I think they could do better: There's a lot of repetitive waiting, and every three lives you have to do a continue cycle. Five or seven lives per continue would be nice, but I don't see a way to configure that. I feel the series has lost the feeling of power behind the wave cannon. In the very first game, the fully charged cannon felt and was super powerful. The right shot in the right place or with the right timing did devastating damage. You could kill a boss in one or two fully powered blasts, yet the game was balanced/fun in other ways. The cannon feels a bit too much like a normal weapon that you need to fire all the time at the expense of the other force weapons. Besides that, this game captures the feel of the R-Type games. I haven't played all the levels yet, I'm happy with the level art and design so far.
