For such a straightforward shooter, the controls actually have a mild learning curve. Your primary weapon is fired with the “A” button while the right and left triggers are used to fast-forward and rewind time, respectively. You’ll also build up special weapon blasts with “B” firing a beam and “X” unleashing a chain shot. It takes a little while to get the hang of everything, but once you do it’s a strong setup (which is good because they cannot be remapped).

Easily the high points here are the handful of cinematic missions, which include new dialogue and cut scenes while also removing the timer. There are some pretty memorable shootouts, including an intense gunfight in a supermarket and another in a brothel. Toward the end when several of these took place I found myself wondering why there weren’t more of them.

The game’s techno soundtrack matches the high intensity on-screen action step for step, building and accelerating in all the right places. I’m not a fan of that style, but it’s so well integrated, I honestly can’t even think of what other musical accompaniment could take its place. All the classic sound effects and signature ditties are present as well.