I'm loving the game, though the backgrounds are starting to get repetitive. The gameplay is damn fun, feeling like a 2D shooter shoved into a third-person game. Maybe a good way to look at it is like a free-roaming version of Dynamite Duke or Charge 'N Blast.
You shoot, you dodge, you try to combo your enemy destructions to chain bonus points. I think the game plays great, and its rythmical exlosive shooting is fun. I can't believe the raping it is getting by IGN and Gamespot - it deserves a hell of a lot better than 5's. I'd give it a 9 right now, but that may change as I play through it for the second time. Gotta see if it holds its fun the second journey through.
