>>715243694 X1 is only "easy" once you’ve played it enough to know the patterns. First run without upgrades, it's rough AF-no sub tanks, basic buster, no dash until Chill Penguin, and you're stuck doing chip damage to bosses who can two-shot you. Once you get the Hadouken and start plowing through everything, yeah, it feels easy. But judging from a blind first playthrough? It's not some cakewalk. You only think it's a breeze now 'cause you've memorized the whole damn thing.