I grew up playing so very much Lightening Force - to the point where I wore one of my Sega Genesis controllers out. This game rips so dang hard. It's not just a "love letter to shmups of the past" - it genuinely feels like it slots right in and punches as high as the genre can go. The sprite work in this game is mindblowingly out of this world. It feels like a modernized Sega Genesis title. There is so very much love and effort poured into this and it shows. The MUSIC and SOUND. Oh my GOD. Pick this up if you love bullet hells or shmups. You will NOT, in any way, be disappointed.