I mean, kind of.

If you have a very loose interpretation of what "shooting" isand sidescrolling, for that matter, this is as good a starting point as any.

I mean those are bullets. Right?

You control a character with free flying movement around the screen, dodging bullets and danger zones and other things with hurtboxes that your tinier hitbox is allergic to. The game plays out arcade-style: several stage encounters ending in a boss, rewards that somewhat depend on your performance, and shops between stages to stock up and upgrade your ship rabbit.

You might take a look and decide it reminds you a bit of TouhouDays since last comparison: 0, and it does share quite a few parallels! An all-girl cast, monster girls, your tiny hitbox, a problematic moon, lots of bullets... but because of how the encounters actually work, I wouldn't call it danmakutouhou-like beyond the aesthetic.

It's at least, some of those words.

If you have even a basic understandingYou have played FFXIV, WoW, GW2, etc. of what that means, this is as good a starting point as any.

That's me!

The game is multiplayer, and every fight is like a raid boss, pitting you and your party's ability to deal damage effectively against your ability to position safely and execute mechanics. Every class changes how you approach DPS, and every boss has sight-readable attacks that, once learned, become knowledge for how later encounters will build upon them.

Your character skills will remind you of many modern MMO's - a loadout with numerical potencies, cooldowns, buffs and debuffs, which can be logically prioritized so you are doing the most you can. It's a test of how well you can interpret and juggle skillful execution under pressure, though there is much more than simply mastering the base case.

Or procedural...? I don't remember.

If you have very lenient feelingsand if you don't, look, I didn't invent it. about the word "rogue", this is as good a starting point as any.

Every run starts fresh, and other than some unlocksClasses, Loot series, there isn't any gameplay "progression" outside of a run, and with skill you could even beat the final boss on your first ever try. However, the randomness in what upgrades and loot you can access in one go can drastically change how difficult this is, making your choices very important to your success!

But, some failure is pretty much expected

A single full run can take about 30 minutes, but the game is designed with replayability in mind. In fact, the story outright requires multiple solo playthroughs to see every cutscene and unravel the plot piece by piece, not to mention unlocking all the playable classes.

It's Cute.

If you like Cute this is as good a starting point as any.

Every playable character is, of course, a Rabbit! Every non-playable character is also some sort of animal (or creature)!

We're talking the kemonomimi variety, to be clear - but also... the animorphs kind.

Is that really the best way to describe this?

The art style is adorable as you can see, with unlockable accessories rewarded through gameplay achievement-style, and even the dialogue leans very into the fact that all these animal girls are just doing their best the only ways they know how. And that way, is often, trial by combatcutely!.

You are in for a warm fuzzy time, which definitely helps mitigate the fact that this game does not hold back when it comes to difficulty. But this too, maybe especiallyIt's gap moe, is cute.