At last the much vaunted sequel to the shooter held dearly to the pulsing fingers of many a shmup fan. As such it was always going to prove a controversial project somewhere along the line, yet Sega has produced a fine blast with bold, cinematic shifts in the camera angle and wonderful lighting effects that bring warm light to the dark silence of space. Add to that some well designed space critters and mammoth bosses battles and plenty of on screen obstacles whirling around all to some rocking riffs.