Definitely have been better entries, however strongest point to me was that I really enjoyed the soundtrack for this one, years later still listening to it.

Not as tight as IV or III but still a fantastic experience all around, another one for the pile of surprisingly fantastic ps1 shooting games lmao.

Tvtropes "suicide by cop" is not a "trope" damn

1CCed on Normal with the Good Ending

THAT FINAL BOSS, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?!?!??!?

Not quite as good as the horizontal shmup magnum opus that is Thunder Force IV but TFV still kicks all kinds of ass. This game has an impressively cool energy that manages to impress today even with the low-poly visuals and the boss fights are all awesome multi-phase monstrosities with many different nuances to learn. The simple scoring system based around speedkilling everything adds depth to the gameplay without taking anything away from the spectacle.