First, I'll start with words of advice to make your reviews of better quality.

First, I'd honestly ditch the color coding, especially on the Final Verdict (where you did a rainbow thing). It might be eye grabbing, but it is for all the wrong reasons. I'd ditch the colors entirely, and even make the font slightly smaller (Size 14 or so instead of size 20?), just to make the review look better.

Second, on to the content.

"the level design is not as breathtaking as it used to be". Tell us more about the level design. All you tell us the entire review is that the level design isn't as good as it used to be. Is it because it is repetitive? Are the backgrounds reused? (It's an arcade game, so I assume so) Tell us more about this level design, and why it doesn't hold up.

"This is just from my personal perspective but I loved playing this game". What makes the game fun? Is the gameplay intuitive? Is it unique? What about the game makes it fun? Compel me, hook me to this game and make e want to play it. All this tells us is that you loved the game, but why? Fun is great, but it is also subjective, we don't really know who you are, so we can't just assume our idea of fun is the same. Just tell us a little bit about what makes the game fun for you to play.

"I feel like I'm being a little nice when it comes to depths in shmups." So why did you give depth an 8? Is there a mode you unlock once you beat the game? Does it loop like Gradius? What makes the game deep and worthy of replay value? Is there a point in playing the game a second time to get what you missed? Or is it to just beat your own score each time?

"For player one, you have the ability to shoot behind you and your shot power is average. However, if you're player 2, you gain the huge advantage of a full frontal assault..." This sounds like a big feature. It's 2 player? This sounds like something you could have mentioned earlier to give us a better idea of what the game was like.

Now, onto the positive of the review.

I really like your pros and cons section at the end. It's a good way to recap or to hook people who were too busy or in a rush and didn't read your full review. It lets us know about as much in a brief amount of time as the rest of your review did.

If you can improve on a few minor things (which I'm very harsh on personally) and make the rest of your review reflect the same way as the pros and cons do, your reviews will become even better.

For what it is worth, I might try this game in the future. I'm a little confused as to the nature of the game (I know it is a shootemup, but little else) but it sounds fun. This was an alright review.

legacyme3 : I'll be honest, the color thing, is only a one time thing. And maybe I should put more details on my stuff later on in future reviews. Thanks for the criticism. Normally some people would flip out if someone points even ONE minor flaw. And I'm glad I got someone into it.

blahblahblah213 :

I'm glad you are taking my criticism seriously.

Too many people take my criticism, and flip out because they think I hate them.

I don't hate anyone, I just like quality. It's my goal to raise quality where I think it is possible.

I'll be keeping an eye out for your next reviews

legacyme3 : I was planning on reviewing Battle Garegga. I had the entire review, but I accidentally lost it. Now I have to rewrite it.