Wow, some of you guys are really good. I gave it 8 more attempts this morning, just for the hell of it, never even got to the first stage boss, could never keep my power up, always got hit, as was every single game I played I could never make it to the mid-stage boss with any kind of firepower. No matter which weapon I chose to stay with, totally blew it, none of them seem strong enough to handle some of those enemies and damn bombs are worthless as something always got through and hit me. This difficulty was way out of my skill level, no amount of practice would help, its total chaos.
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