charging would have been so easy to fix–just up the charge shot’s damage slightly, and make the buster automatically fire at full charge; or, even better, have the “full charge” only active for a limited frame window (complete with a satisfying sound/visual cue) before going back to a partially charged shot. both of these would have been way more interesting than what they actually went with.
sliding was a dumb but at least not especially harmful gimmick. it definitely was not as bad as having to interrupt the flow of a level to go into a menu and pull out the mandatory Rush Spring