Is bullet heaven the name for a bullet hell with character progression? Cuz that feels about right to me, lol. I loved bullet hell games as a kid, but I just can't anymore on the ones that require me to build my own skillset to do well at them. I'd rather just put in the time now to make my character good at them. I find myself playing all the "used to be hard game type but now has rpg mechanics" nowadays.

Basically the "roguelite" to their original "roguelike". Like yeah your own skill still helps, but all it does is saves time now, you will eventually get there no matter how bad you are at the game. I used to eventually beat those older games, but as time wore on it got to a point where there was just stuff I couldn't do anymore, no matter how much practice or even state save scumming I put in. Even going back to older games I had already mastered.

So yeah, I definitely am glad it's become pretty prevalent now that those games have evolved to be more accessible. I miss being able to play the hard versions, but at least I can still play something like them.