Using guns is pretty cool - point and shoot for the most part. There are pistols, machine guns, plasma launchers, swarm missile launchers, grenade launchers and a cool VDG pistol that stuns targets momentarily. You can also pick up ancillary items, such as an energy shield, cloaking device and med-packs. If you exceed your health maximum via these med-packs, Konoko will become empowered. Issuing head punches and crotch kicks will KO challengers lickety-split.
Ranged combat is short-lived.
This is due to two things - Konoko can carry only one weapon at a time and ammo is rather scarce. Most weapons are very finicky about where you use them, too. Don't even think of using the swarm launcher at close quarters. But with the bad comes the good - enemies have finite amounts of ammo and must reload, like you. This allows you a few seconds leeway to jump in and lay the smack down.