I don't really like Axelay much myself, and it's not too easy to explain why.

Yeah, to begin with, the game is pretty easy. But then, as FO said, I'm not fond of the control, either. If the game were more challenging, with that type of control, it just might make the game more irritating.

But then again, Ray Storm has that "self centering" style of play control, too, and I like it more than Axelay. But that game is more challenging than Axelay. So, maybe, instead of being more irritating, that actually makes the control more tolerable. Or maybe Ray Storm's control is different enough from Axelay's that it's not as big a problem. I can only speculate.
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