Deathsmiles is a shoot um up (shmup) game is the sence of R-Type and Ikaruga, were you choose from 5 anime chicks to play as; fly around (2D Side-Scrolling) shooting lazers that kill, did i mention that you have a demon friend that follows and reacts to your movments/attacks, mirroring you in a way. the rest is basic shmup formula; huge bosses, lots of bullets, many game modes. the arcade'ness of the game leads to a short gametime made for many play throughs,but the storymodes are branching, allowing for you to switch up the order in which you complete stages, inculding optional stages that can be skiped, leading to a epic and humorous boss fight ending, but this is not the end, you must make a choice, leading to many "endings" (much replay value to be had here). so if you enjoy the shmup genre or anime this is right up your ally, for everyone else, did i mention the game is almost entirely 2 PLAYER CO-OP (with infanite lives and bullets right out-of-box, a free faceplate and soundtrack included as well) all this for $49.99, 10 bucks less then most new game (get SSF4 its $25 new btw ownd)
