AngerForce: Reloaded

I just recently covered a bullet hell, and now I'm doing another. Something much less known this time - it's AngerForce: Reloaded.

AngerForce isn't too far from the basic bullet hell formula. Pick a difficulty, pick one of four characters, shoot, dodge... Each character gets the standard "emergency button", the bomb, as well as two unique abilities which cost energy to use. Energy is regained mostly by slowing down your movement, but enemies also drop it. The game has 3 difficulties, 7 stages, local co-op, and two game modes. The campaign mode is the easier of the two, since you get to buy upgrades between runs that make you quite a bit stronger. There are roughly 30 upgrades. Simple stuff like more damage or bombs, but also attracting pick-ups while moving slowly, or character-specific upgrades like gaining a shield every time you used an ability. In comparison, the arcade mode starts you off with no upgrades and only yields an upgrade between stages, as a selection of one from multiple.

Compared to some bullet hells I've seen on Steam, I think this one's actually pretty good and I'm surprised it's as unpopular as it is. The visuals look pretty decent, including things like bullet contrast, and there's even a bit of drawn story to be unlocked for each of the characters. I am, however, still not particularly a fan of bullet hell games, and this one doesn't do anything to surprise me. No really innovative mechanics, still no mouse controls, no enemy indicators, no autofire. It's both kind of basic as well as on the shorter side.
So, honestly, as much as I've played bullet hells, I'd actually recommend this to fans of bullet hell games. But in the grand scheme of games, as well as taking my personal preferences into account, I wouldn't recommend it.