"oh, I didn't know I didn't have the dlc installed. the dlc doubles the stage and boss count. the new stages are generally better than the base game ones, but they're still nothing special. they were designed more around the three playable characters' exclusive abilities which is nice. the main outlier is the highway stage which has some pretty cheap enemy types, there's not much time to react. the new bosses are more mixed, and they are the hardest part of this game. the highway stage boss is pretty tough because of his rng heavy pattern. I wouldn't call this boss unfair but it is a notable difficulty spike. when playing as ekoro though i kinda just floated over him every time hoping he wouldn't jump. much worse is the bio lab boss which is just a pretty half assed and cheap pattern that overwhelms you with projectiles. beck is much much more effective in this fight here than gunvolt because of his slide, the character balance could be better in this instance. gym boss is a god damn joke, actually not a challenge at all. the game's overarching systems are a bit pointless. lives system serves no purpose other than an annoyance after you die to the boss that's notably harder than the very simple stage it was in. the game is full of collectibles that give you points but these points also serve no purpose. there's no ranking system so even just getting a high score can amount to respawning enemies and killing them over and over, which means the hunt for a high score is pointless. more interesting systems could have been created with these collectibles to make them worth something and increase depth and replay value while keeping the moment to moment catharsis of collecting stuff intact, but the game opts for a lazy route. as i said in my previous note, feel free to skip this game. it could have been quite a bit better. not sure why i act like anyone reads these notes, though."

"played this game with all three characters. pretty uninteresting game, but at least it's extremely short- the game only has four levels and five bosses. controls and physics aren't very fun to use. level design is serviceable and not much more really and boss patterns are a bit too obtuse. some okay setpieces, but everything could have been done so much better, even with the short timespan. feel free to skip this."