I adore everything about this game aesthetically, and I think it's got some neat mechanics like being able to blank all the shots around you.
That being said - even on the "lil piss baby casual" mode this is waaaaay too hard for my current shmup skills. I've been playing on and off for a couple weeks and haven't gotten past the first couple of levels. Could see coming back a bit more, but I feel like I need more experience with the genre first.
That being said - even on the "lil piss baby casual" mode this is waaaaay too hard for my current shmup skills. I've been playing on and off for a couple weeks and haven't gotten past the first couple of levels. Could see coming back a bit more, but I feel like I need more experience with the genre first.
The greatest game ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buy Devil Engine!!!!
Buy Devil Engine!!!!
Without a doubt the hardest "indie" shmup ever made. Devil Engine will absolutely destroy you and doesn't even pretend to be fair for a single second. Things get more manageable once you learn how the bullet-cancelling burst mechanic works but there's a limit to how much that will help with the onslaughts of instant-screen flooding enemies and imperceptably fast untelegraphed lasers that you'll be up against.
I've only ever 1cc'd the game on easy mode. On very hard (the game's equivalent of a "normal" difficulty) I routed the game up to the last boss before things got too much to handle for me. It's a good thing that the game lives up to the Thunder Force games that clearly inspired it, and has engaging levels and setpieces throughout. The soundtrack also slaps.
I've only ever 1cc'd the game on easy mode. On very hard (the game's equivalent of a "normal" difficulty) I routed the game up to the last boss before things got too much to handle for me. It's a good thing that the game lives up to the Thunder Force games that clearly inspired it, and has engaging levels and setpieces throughout. The soundtrack also slaps.