[1] Jeremy Peeples of Hardcore Gamer rated the game 4/5 points, saying that "it takes everything that worked about the original and improves upon it with modern flourishes".

Expressing surprise that the original game was even playable without a modern stick setup, he called the remake more forgiving, yet still challenging.

[3] Ramón Nafria of Vandal rated the game 7.5/10, calling it "difficult, intense and epic", but said that it would most appeal to older retro gamers.

[4] Robert Ramsey of Push Square rated the game 7/10 stars, calling it a "solid mech shooter" and praising the fact that the entire original Genesis title was included.

Calling the gameplay satisfying and accurate to being a large mech, he further described it as "uncompromising", but, on Easy or Normal difficulties, "far from being soul-crushingly brutal".