if project phantasma was a shorter and less substantial ac1 with marginally better gameplay, then this is an even shorter version of that with little to no improvements across the board. that said, there's nothing really downgraded here either (except for the wa-finger being nerfed out of fucking existence - that was truly tragic)

i don't really get what others love so much about this game's arena. the extra disc has its moments, but generally enemies just let you absolutely obliterate them with barely any resistance. there's virtually zero difference between the sub arena and the actual arena. no wonder some of these losers were selected for human plus - they cannot hit SHIT

as for the missions, they're easily the weakest in all of gen 1. honestly i'd say the most captivating thing here is the story - minimalistic as it is, it's pretty neat

nine-ball's cool in general though. shout out to tha goat. i'd kill the protagonist's family too. prolly had it coming