This game pulls a lot of cool ideas from the Mega Man/X series, including the level-select progress structure, hidden items, and a shop for upgrades. These are great, fun, tried and true features. But of all the ideas that are copied from Mega Man/X, the maneuverability system has been critically borked. The momentum physics are far too loose. You can't halt your momentum during a jump; can't release a direction input in the air and simply drop straight down. This feels bad. You can't cancel a dash, and there is a stark delay between dashes. This feels bad too. All the precision you love about X's movement has been eliminated, while the speed has been increased.

Some of the enemy/room set ups require quick and accurate planning and execution. It would feel great if you had perfect control over Astra. There is more breathing room than there really needs to be in levels; the area planning is not nearly as tight as the MM/X classics, nor as good as some other clones like Rozenkreuzestillete and Magnetta. This is okay and not a great bother if you just really like the Mega Man feel, like I do. The wack momentum physics make it hard to enjoy though, because they undermine the main reason to play the game. This would be a +rec except that it handles that much worse than any of the significant number of MM clones you can play.