It’s not the end of the world, mind you, but it made the experience run less smoothly. I really think it would have been a better idea to make the guide able to be viewed from the pause screen as well. That may not sound like a problem, but keep in mind that if you are a few levels into the game and want to go back and check, you’ll have to forfeit your current run. Stranger yet, you can only access the control guide from the start screen. I literally had to figure out the combat on the fly (pun intended). Which is good, since inexplicably Panzer Dragoon: Remake features no tutorial. Thankfully, once you start to learn the enemy patterns, levels begin to go smoother. Even with radar showing enemy locations as blips, the action moves very quickly, so it’s easy to get surprised by bullets. Even on Normal, I got killed plenty of times, and foes like to hit you from blind angles. That said, I’d be lying if I said the game was easy.

All you need to do is press the shoulder buttons, and the camera will turn in that direction. It’s fun to fly around wreaking havoc, especially since it’s pretty easy to move the camera around to hit foes on your flank and sides.

You can weave back and forth, lock onto foes to blast with homing shots and fire standard shots.

As far as gameplay goes, it’s also remarkably faithful.

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