Bee Storm: DoDonPachi II is the direct continuation Cave released in 2001 of its classic DoDonPachi, with screens even more packed with projectiles and a combo-and-multiplier system built for the competitive scoring player. Within the fanbase itself it always drew comparisons to the original, which many consider superior in design. Even so, it's an essential piece for understanding the evolution of the dense-bullet shooter that Cave went on to define as its own genre the following decade, with a difficulty that separates the curious from the devoted.

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