> I've never been particularly good at shoot-em-up games, so for me, having a checkpoint after the sub-bosses would be of great help.
Agreed!
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I just noticed this response, apologies for replying late. There ARE checkpoints in the game now. On every difficulty except for Nightmare!
On the difficulty select screen, press the top face button on the controller and you'll toggle the difficulty descriptions with the actual details of what each tier brings to you in terms of challenge.