Deathsmiles

released on Oct 19, 2007

Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!


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After so many months of searching, I finally came across this game at the resale store in town today, and HOLY CRAP IT WAS WORTH IT. I'm certainly not the first on the site to rave about it, nor will I probably be the last, but this is one immensely kick-ass shooting game. The theme is unique and silly, the monsters look great, and the difficulties will really kick you in the teeth if you think you're so hot at bullet hells.

Verdict: F*cking Excellent. I don't quite remember who last raved about it and called it the best sh'mup ever, but that's an accolade that might not be totally undeserved. (I have certain reservations about such an extreme statement, as I've still not tried the other CAVE games on 360, any of the Raiden series, or Akai Katana, all of which I've heard are also fantastic).

Casper is so cute,
god I suck at this type of game. I'm never gonna be able to 100% this bruh....

It's kind of crazy how something as simple as being able to shoot in both directions completely changes the feel of a horizontal shmup like this. Also other than the weird bull boss that looked like one of those pre-rendered models cut down into a sprite from games like Donkey Kong Country or Mortal Kombat, I really enjoyed the aesthetic of this game. It leaned pretty heavily into both Gothic horror and Gothic lolita, which is a pretty cool combination.

best shmup there will ever be

One of the weaker CAVE shooters IMO, but at least this one is on Steam as well.

Little on the easy side if you're not pushing for max rank on all levels, and I personally prefer vertical to horizontal shmups. This isn't a bad play just for the 1cc, but doesn't keep me coming back and grinding like other CAVE shooters do.