Beats the hell out of Geometry Wars
I had a really good time playing this game. Really easy to pick up. I didn't grasp right away that the twinkling "stars" in the (perceived) background were actually the loot I needed to pick up in order to gain EXP, but that's my own damn fault for not reading the instructions.
I'm one of those people who has to collect everything, so I automatically went for a Pixel/Magnet upgrade combination, until I found out that it makes it more difficult to get certain trophies.
I didn't care much for the Score boost upgrade, it seemed like it was really only worth getting for the 1 million point trophy, but I forget sometimes that many people are interested in leaderboards and stuff, so the score still ostensibly has some value.
One thing I wish I could have seen (not considering it a flaw necessarily, just a personal preference) is a way to indicate that the edge of the screen is approaching, aside from having the scrolling stop. Or maybe instead having a marker of some sort near the center. Once you really get in deep, you're whipping around so fast and changing direction a lot, and suddenly you've painted yourself into a corner. With a parallax background (which looks awesome), the added depth perception makes it harder to track your position in 2D space. You can kinda get by if you check the closest layer of the background, but it's easy to lose track when the enemies really come at you.
Still, these gripes I have are really minor, and the game is rad overall.
Is there a problem with medals being awarded? I finally got double stars in my menu but I'm still missing a couple NG medals afterward.
I had all the in-game trophies except Chain1000 and Vessel King, and then the All-Gold and All-Plat trophies. I managed to get the Chain1000 first, then built up and died, and in my next playthrough I got the Vessel King trophy, which then cascaded with AllGold, AllPlatinum, and Master trophies. I dunno if this messed things up because it's logical that I'd have the Vessel King first (and therefore get all the gold before I got Chain1000 etc), but either way, I have all the trophies in-game but I'm still missing the medals that require Chain1000 or Vessel King, as the sole objective or as a prerequisite.