CREDITS USED: 12
RATING: Costed me a Big Mac combo

Probably the most popular CAVE shooter known to shmup fans. This a great Shmup and I can see myself replaying this one. It's an excellent sequel to DonPachi which addresses the pacing issue I had with that game. There is no repetition of levels, it's a 6 level journey all with cool unique locations, enemies and bosses. Gameplay is generally the same as all CAVE shooters, but this one in particular is hard as hell. Not sure what to expect from the other CAVE shooters so I can't compare how hard it is to the others. I did get through on my first playthrough with only 12 credits as opposed to 32 credits for DonPachi so I feel like this one is a little more balanced.

Besides the pacing and balancing, the only other big improvements from DonPachi are the beautiful backgrounds, improved sprites and that fucking soundtrack. I was so surprised of how good of a soundtrack this game had. Just all around banger rock music.

Loved this one and will come back to it to try to beat it using less credits.