VIVIDLOPE

It joins the ranks of games like Pizza Tower- where the gameplay is beyond solid, the music is great, and the chosen aesthetic is maxed out to its fullest potential.

For those who just want to soak in the Areo Frutiger backdrops and bubbly edm pieces, you can ease up the difficulty and enjoy your time running around as one of the cute characters and smash the variety of enemies to bits... but let me reassure you, true enjoyment of this game demands that you take off the safety gloves, and go bare-knuckles for those high ranks for as many levels as you are willing to sink time into.

although frustrating at times, i enjoyed this game enough to end it feeling fond about it and a bit sad that it was over. beautiful, very impressively accurate Y2K aesthetics and Dreamcast/PS2 style, good soundtrack, and addicting core gameplay. i found this game the most fun in open-ended levels with balanced spawnrates and not too much in the way of gimmicks, or at least ones that were less obtrusive; so Levels 1-3, Endless, the Finale, and a few portions of i think mostly Levels 7 and 9. i initially thought of the ranking system to be somewhat of an afterthought, but now that i've played the game and gone out of my way to go for V ranks on certain stages, i find it to be a welcome addition that does successfully add replay value

I appreciate that the experience of playing the game; the visuals and music, were all well-thought and implemented, aside from just the game play.

It's cheap with a fantastic demo and it's on two handhelds, the Switch and the Steam deck!