I feel like the acceleration-based movement doesn't really mesh with the dash. You have to use your mouse to both steer and to aim, forcing you to pick aiming your anchor shot to kill the enemies or to survive and boost away. And because aiming can kill your momentum you feel like dead weight directly after dashing, making it harder to survive it. However, the problem wasn't too bad until level 6 where there was a ton of enemies and the rest was fun.