A game that feels like a poor man's homage to DMC that was developed in 2008, buried, and then discovered in 2022. I don't even think this would've been a good game in 2008 though, it's just so chunky and stiff.
It wants to be over-the-top and arcadey (least this feels intentional), but it is more of a half step in that direction than a full commitment. The action, the attacks, the enemies, their own attacks, it just all feels so toned down. The special attacks all feel the same. The only differences are the ranges on those special attacks and how long they take to charge and use, that's about it. Most of the time I completely forgot to use them.
There's not a whole lot of purpose to any of the attacks in this game. They don't feel good to use, they don't feel easy or fun to chain together. I got through this game mostly just holding down the shoot button and dispose of the waves that were coming at me with my melee attack. Both attacks do enough damage to just about anything, even at a normal difficulty. I didn't try it on anything harder than that so maybe the other attacks are more worthwhile but I just never found any motivation to try and make this game last longer than it already did.
The gameplay does feature an upgrade system like you'd see in games like Bayonetta. You can unlock more generic special attacks and damage/health/range upgrades as well. Those upgrades were pretty noticeable at the very least.
The game does feature a few technical hiccups and some glitches, but honestly, the game was pretty stable outside of a few quirks. The sound mix at the start is very poorly done with the special effects completely drowning out any background music this game features. You can adjust these things in the options, but I've rarely had to do this with a modern game. That being said, the audio isn't anything to write home about in either direction. It's just the same generic bullet sounds and upbeat electronic music.
The story is also so hard to follow and pretty bad from what I was putting together. The entirety of the story is told through load screen text. That's it. There are cutscenes but you won't really be able to put together the things going on just in these sequences.
Despite all of this, I beat this game. It's just so fascinatingly bad in just the right way. The gameplay is so blase that it just washes over you, so it's easy to just shut your brain off and let the bad aspects just keep coming without too much frustration. So maybe play this and there's something better/great about this game that I'm just not picking up on? It's weird, it's bad, it's still kinda weird and bad enough to recommend. But probably don't play this? I dunno, if you're still reading this at this point you should just give it a shot.
It wants to be over-the-top and arcadey (least this feels intentional), but it is more of a half step in that direction than a full commitment. The action, the attacks, the enemies, their own attacks, it just all feels so toned down. The special attacks all feel the same. The only differences are the ranges on those special attacks and how long they take to charge and use, that's about it. Most of the time I completely forgot to use them.
There's not a whole lot of purpose to any of the attacks in this game. They don't feel good to use, they don't feel easy or fun to chain together. I got through this game mostly just holding down the shoot button and dispose of the waves that were coming at me with my melee attack. Both attacks do enough damage to just about anything, even at a normal difficulty. I didn't try it on anything harder than that so maybe the other attacks are more worthwhile but I just never found any motivation to try and make this game last longer than it already did.
The gameplay does feature an upgrade system like you'd see in games like Bayonetta. You can unlock more generic special attacks and damage/health/range upgrades as well. Those upgrades were pretty noticeable at the very least.
The game does feature a few technical hiccups and some glitches, but honestly, the game was pretty stable outside of a few quirks. The sound mix at the start is very poorly done with the special effects completely drowning out any background music this game features. You can adjust these things in the options, but I've rarely had to do this with a modern game. That being said, the audio isn't anything to write home about in either direction. It's just the same generic bullet sounds and upbeat electronic music.
The story is also so hard to follow and pretty bad from what I was putting together. The entirety of the story is told through load screen text. That's it. There are cutscenes but you won't really be able to put together the things going on just in these sequences.
Despite all of this, I beat this game. It's just so fascinatingly bad in just the right way. The gameplay is so blase that it just washes over you, so it's easy to just shut your brain off and let the bad aspects just keep coming without too much frustration. So maybe play this and there's something better/great about this game that I'm just not picking up on? It's weird, it's bad, it's still kinda weird and bad enough to recommend. But probably don't play this? I dunno, if you're still reading this at this point you should just give it a shot.