Bought it based off how promising the demo seemed. Bullet hell and Snake is a pretty good combination at first and, for two chapters, its gameplay loop makes for some exciting boss fights. That said, it's short and, what's somewhat worse, reuses the same pool of bosses to an excessive degree. As a result, the game ends up feeling pretty shallow.

What brings it down to two stars, for me, is that boss gimmicks from the third chapter on are more irritating than engaging and the story takes a meta turn that is, essentially, "what if Undertale and Nier Automata were incredibly undercooked and then stuffed into a blender"? It all amounts to an experience that is less than the sum of its parts when its parts were, at best, a cut above average.

Reviewed on Sep 07, 2023


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