Okay, but...
The core mechanics work fine... nothing really new, but the controls didn't bug out on me, either. On the other hand, I stopped playing the exact moment that I realized it didn't save my money or my guns from previous stages. Players like that sense of progress, of getting steadily more and more powerful as a game goes on. When they suddenly find out it's not there (at least in any lasting way), it's a big letdown.