Something about your play kind of bugged me, neo@lex. Do you use counterbombs at all? Or were you distracted by the battle music too much to notice?
I'm actually pretty surprised at the different play styles between the three of us. I just move wherever I think the next enemy wave is, trying as much as possible to stay near the POC line (and besides that, just hoard Time orbs like there's no tomorrow). I'm prone to making ⑨ level mistakes, though (like trying to get to the POC for non-existent items at Fire Rat's Robe).
Loginer seems to prefer the bottom of the screen, playing tight, or maybe that's because of his keyboard, only allowing 3 strokes. Surprising he didn't get hit with that first Master Spark, though.
neo@lex seems to enjoy being at the middle of the screen, but usually doesn't go higher, and lets Points just fall out of reach. Movement as a youkai is fairly tight, but human movement just goes everywhere.
Both neo@lex and Loginer seem to prefer being a youkai, although neo@lex is okay with going human (sometimes just randomly switching between the two). I just go into youkai mode to move around during boss battles (as the Netherworld team), when it's too hard to stay as a human (say, during the Reisen boss battle), and to kill enemies with slaves.
I'm probably dead wrong about some of these points (Loginer most likely).
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Sorry, man. My mind just puts the "n" there automatically. Sheesh.