Awesome game. Around 1 hour 47 minutes to beat. Much denser than the first game in the series with alot more chaos, but easier for me due to slowdown and not being familiar enough with a few of the bosses in the previous one. I will play through that one soon too. I posted up my failed attempts there. I may also make a tutorial by adding commentary to this playthrough. I ended up going with the fastest character who has a weak shot but its a spread shot, only using one of the stronger characters when I lost a continue to finish off the final boss. I barely practiced the final boss so it was sloppy. I plan to try both games on harder difficulties as well as the 2 player mode.