Decent gameplay loop, fun progressing and getting stronger. You understand your deaths and what you should've done differently, usually it's because you get too greedy. The gunplay feels pretty nice, I liked the top down shooter angle better than I thought I would.
The UI sucks in a few areas.
The reticule is red, the aim line is red, every version of grenades are red, explosions are red, fire is red, several different gun munitions come out red. It's hard to see your red reticule, no reason not to have the ability to customize it so you can see it better. I wouldn't say this game is a bullet hell, but later on when the density is so high it becomes a bullet hell, and it's hard to see where you're shooting.
They did a lousy job with the perks/enhancement symbols. Every time you die and start over, you can buy some enhancements if you can afford it. Their symbols barely differentiate from each other. It's hard to find particular enhancements when you try new builds. They should have just had a list with the names, it would have been a lot easier to recognize/remember the names of perks rather than trying to remember what particular symbol it has.
I got the deluxe because I prefer buying the OST with my games, but I muted the in game music and played my own. Lot of amazing synthwave artists out there, one email away from doing a killer album for your game, but instead you opt for this incredibly generic forgettable background noise. Geer does have quite the catalog of albums, but this isn't even close to Katana Zero for example. I tend to look for at least 1 track that makes the album worth it but none sparked my interest.
Other than that, it's pretty solid. I have 27 hours played, and I'm just kind of done with it. I am on overseer level 7 I think, and no motivation to continue climbing the difficulties. You have max weapons pretty much every restart but they feel weak already. The climb in difficulty is mostly a power creep. Still recommend.
