Devil Engine Review (Nintendo Switch)
Our Devil Engine Review shows off Devil Engine, a high-octane, classic-style side-scrolling shoot-em-up heavily influenced by the best in the genre from the 32-bit era, featuring a variety of incredible locations, hand-drawn pixel art, and a blood-pumping soundtrack that brings the dark future to life.
Devil Engine Review Pros:
- Devil Engine has beautiful 32-bit era graphics.
- 2D Shmup gameplay.
- 619MB download size.
- Optional tutorial.
- Devil Engine has a solid soundtrack.
- Options- visual hitbox, ship outline, background dim, screen shake, starting movement speed.
- UI options- color, pause color, HUD has X and Y sliders to move it around, timer, kill display, and smooth menu.
- Rebind controls and tweak deadzones.
- Stats screen.
- Local leaderboard.
- Power-ups fall from enemies and change your gun to ones like the laser, spread, and homing shots.
- Gun color changes depending on your gun type.
- Devil Engine is difficult.
- Actions- shoot, bombs, change speed, and absorb bullets.
- Combo counter.
- Analog and d-pad support.
- Hardcore classic bullet hell Shmup.
- Challenge mode- unlock special events.
- Points aren’t just for collecting, as you spend your points to unlock in-game shaders, additional music, stages, and playable ships.
- Constantly unlocking options and modes.
- Arcade has 2 difficulties- very easy or very hard.
- The pause screen shows current stats and overall stats.
- Collect the same power-up to improve it.
- Arcade mode has 3 continues by default, as you can unlock more.
- Clear, easy-to-read HUD.
- Slick animations.
Devil Engine Review Cons:
- The analog stick doesn’t work in menus.
- No online leaderboards.
- Very difficult.
- Devil Engine has no touchscreen.
- At the beginning, the offerings are slim. No checkpoints or level select.
Devil Engine:
Developer: Poppy Works
Publisher: Poppy Works
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