I wasn't a huge fan of the original. Hyper fast bullets piss me off or I suck at it. The speed mechanic is frustrating. It’s so punishing to die because your speed gets reset to super slow and if you MAX out, it's too fucking fast (not to mention you will miss out on bonus points if you don’t grab speed powerups over MAX) so I play this stupid game where I avoid bullets AND speed powerups but only to die and lose all my lives quick because I’m not fast enough to dodge bullets anymore.
Just a rant, part 2 looks better than the first actually. Reminds me more of the brilliant Batsugun Special.