I've been playing since April 2022, and have logged in almost every single day.

I picked this game up because I found out it has an alternate "Technical" scoring system, in addition to the gacha-based scoring also found in games like Love Live! School Idol Festival, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party, and Project Sekai: Colorful Stage!. Some people are opposed to the idea of it being behind a paywall, I figure the reason it's paywalled is because otherwise nobody would spend money, I decided to take the fee.

I was pleasantly surprised by how well-designed this game is. Hold notes do not require releasing them at the exact moment, charts are genuinely designed around two-finger play, each chart has a radar detailing the chart's characteristics, and there's a wide variety of songs, from the obvious originals that have many different styles from the 9 featured units, to cover songs by the same units, and even non-cover songs from outside sources. I was quite surprised that this game features remixes of retro game songs.

I'll...also admit that I've saved up several times for the gacha. I tell myself that gacha is an inherently exploitative business model, but I couldn't stay away from Merm4id cards...

Story is so-so, I only read stories to get free gacha gems, other than M4's and the side:nova stories.

P.S. If you are that rare combination of "Is a Merm4id simp fan" and "likes shmups", please come see me.