On the plus side, it makes really nice use of the 3D graphics with huge lumbering robots stomping in from the distance to attack for example. It reminded me of R-Type Final in some respects, possibly because of the 3D graphics, but also some of the enemy attack patterns and level layouts (certainly on the 2nd level). And one of the character's default weapon looks suspiciously like a groin-mounted piss-cannon, so that's good too.
(He's actually got 4 arms, but the two holding the gun at crotch level are hard to make out, and the gun spurts out jets of lurid yellow plasma(?) by default so it really seals the impression.)The only real issue I had in the version I've played was that I couldn't help but feel the character was too large on screen - it felt fairly claustrophobic at times, and I wasn't always sure when I was taking damage. Then again, as I said, I wasn't really concentrating too hard, and was frequently distracted by spangly special effects when I should have been paying attention (the weapon that looks like jets of mercury was v. nice indeed). Also I didn't play it enough to work out the size of my hitbox, so if that's suitably generous it'll make a big difference.
Overall, I'm looking forward to giving this a proper seeing-to. If the character size doesn't prove to be a real problem then it's looking like a definite buy for me.
