Hell Pages Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)
This Hell Pages Review is about how the Earth has become a battlefield among 10 infernal armies. Bael, the most feared of all demons, sets out on an insane crusade to conquer the Earth for himself across 10 stages of bullet hell action. Violence and blood surround you. Nightmarish fiends accost you. It slay or be slain as the forces of evil fight to determine the fate of mankind! Hell Pages is a traditional side-scrolling shoot’em up presented through grotesquely gorgeous HD visuals and set to a pumping soundtrack! Fly through ruined cityscapes, dark caverns, frozen wastelands and more as your quest for domination pits you against horrors that only a powerful demon could endure. In between stages, purchase items to aid in your survival, from magic and health to continues and save points. Will you emerge victorious or suffer everlasting torment alongside humanity?
Hell Pages Review Pros:
- Decent graphics.
- 572MB download size.
- Shmup gameplay.
- 3 difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
- Soundtrack – listen to any song in the game here.
- Pick up power-ups to change your gun and adapt it with the weapon mode button that can do things like change the direction of shots.
- Coins drop from enemies.
- In between levels you spend coins in the shop.
- Life bar system.
- Big end-of-level boss battles.
- Simple controls.
- You get one life but you can buy continues and save points from the store.
- When you continue a run you keep all previously collected coins.
Hell Pages Review Cons:
- Cannot rebind controls.
- Continuing a run puts you back at the start of the level.
- No touchscreen support.
- No tutorials.
- Basic level design.
- Enemies all act the same.
- No online components.
- No replay value.
- You cannot see the controls or options in-game.
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Hell Pages:
Developer: Ratailaka Games
Publisher: Eastasiasoft
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Summary
I am becoming quite the expert at shmuos it must be said, I’ve seen a lot and played even more. In Hell Pages it goes for a one run style game where you collect coins from enemies and spend these on continues and save points. It’s all very safe, the actual shooting never really mixes it up as I pick up one power up and get the good wide spread gun and then despite collecting more power ups, nothing changes. You can change the direction of the guns but it’s just forward and/or backwards. Magic attacks are limited and these are just like a screen killing smart bomb type deal. A health bar on your character means you can take damage and regain health rather than the traditional one hit death you see so often. Add in boss battles and you have all Hell Pages has to offer. I didn’t hate playing it but I didn’t love it either, the colour of enemy bullets got lost in The scenery, the levels all played the same and the control layout is weird and you cannot rebind them. Maybe give Hell Pages a go if you want a more simplified Shmup experience as this seems more geared towards new players rather than veterans of the series.