I was a critic of this game when it first came out (I played it at a debut launch party and then a bunch after that at the same bar), I really love the theme but thought it was such a disappointingly plain shooter. But it's been growing on me since by watching it in videos with the code updates, and it really does have a lot of great mechs/toys/structures and a real nice color scheme and lighting. So I just picked up a sweet modded out premium, all the Medisnyl mods, a bunch of others, powder coating to match the LE... pretty much indistinguishable from the LE except for the cabinet art, and it's really a beautiful game at home. Noisy, crowded bars are bad places to get good impressions of games, but they're often the only places. Same thing happened to me with Wonka (Pintastic), JJPotC (an arcade bar), Star Wars (many bars) -- games that I love at home -- it's just hard to get a good handle on things when you can't hear what's going on and the lights are far from optimal.
So, yeah, it still is a real easy shooter, but that's fine, it's good to have a mix. It reminds me of Batman '66, but prettier. A pretty standard shooter but because of the clips, call outs, and music, it puts a smile on your face every time. Happy to join the club!