This game hates you. Where to start? Good points: graphics are nice, the touch controls are super smooth, and there are tons of ships to choose from. Bad points: this is an in-game currency based game, and no matter how good a gamer you are, you won’t get far without fully upgraded ships. It costs a heavy amount of money to do this for one ship, and that’s not counting the apex forms. Now imagine trying to upgrade multiple ships. You can only have a few core ships to regularly play from because you are limited to how much money you can make in one day (it’s peanuts compared to how much upgrades cost), and buying currency is too expensive. I’m more than willing to spend money on a fun game when the purchases are fair. This game is not. Second, you can only go up in rank once per day, no power leveling. You replay the same level over and over until the next day resets (usually 9am). The stages are so cookie cutter that it should be easy enough for them to randomize stages for replays during one day, but they don’t. Early ranks are too easy, and the higher ranks get too tough to be anywhere fun. I’ve rarely been so frustrated by a game, especially when you surpass your own ability and can’t easily choose to go back. Enjoy that sweet spot when you find it, because it won’t last long. I continue to play this game because I hate it back and don’t want to be a quitter, but the game infuriates me too much to be fun. Fire up a Cave shmup instead.