May Abandonmnent #1 (Backlog / Snowball)

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One of the worst, if not the worse twin stick shooter I ever played. It is incredibly opaque in communicating information to the player, to the point that you beat a boss and has no clue what each power-up is supposed to do; has this awful design choice of tying shots to the four face buttons, meaning enemies can approach you from each angle but you can only shoot in four directions; movement is sluggish and you'll frequently be mobbed against walls and into unavoidable explosion damage; and the success of your run is mostly determined by RNG - where enemies will spawn once you enter a room (if near the door, your run is over. and if far, you can kite them one at a time to beat the game without taking damage). Your pistol is piss-weak and if you're doing poorly, the game rewards you with not giving any powerups, whereas if you're doing well you'll have a lot of redundant powerups all at once. Awful design, poor gameplay loop, an experience best avoided