Nightmare Mode visits Starwish, a flash game that marries the shmup and JRPG, and likes it up until it vastly overstays its welcome. As it is, it stands as interesting proof of concept but not a particularly good game.
In a world of launcher games and tower defense clones, there exists a gem; a flash game that is an incredible mish-mash of genres that is also capable of reaching into the very depths of your being, making you actually give a damn about its characters and what happens to them.