Dead by Death
- July 18, 2018
- WILLSH
Get on Steam"Dead by Death" is a retro-style platformer with 36 adventure dungeons, filled with traps, secrets, and powerful weapons. Encounter various enemies, upgrade skills with treasures, and utilize different strategies to defeat them. The game offers a challenging experience, reminiscent of classic series like Mario and Shovel Knight, testing your ability to control characters with specific resistance and inertia.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features a variety of foes and surprises, which can be enjoyable for some players.
- The upgrades and crafting system is pleasing and adds a layer of depth to the gameplay.
- For those who appreciate retro-style platformers, it may provide a nostalgic experience.
- The level design is rough and lacks variety, making gameplay feel tedious and unengaging.
- Controls and graphics are poorly executed, leading to awkward movement and unattractive visuals.
- The game feels like a low-quality flash game, lacking depth and basic features expected in modern platformers.
- graphics4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The graphics have been criticized for being generic and inconsistent, resembling a mishmash of styles that clash, particularly in enemy design. The environments are described as vast labyrinths, but the overall visual quality suffers, especially on lower-end hardware.
“The levels are vast labyrinths with generic Castlevania graphics populated with a mishmash of heteroclite enemies.”
“The enemies are very varied, but the graphic styles and proportions sometimes clash, and a small bat can be deadlier than a huge werewolf with dual sabers.”
“They seem to have used a game creator such as Construct 2, and it's not very good on my integrated graphics laptop.”
- gameplay3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -33 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The gameplay has been criticized for its lack of depth and engaging mechanics, with users finding the moment-to-moment experience unsatisfactory. While there are various weapons and upgrades available, they are deemed uninteresting, leading to a recommendation against the game unless one appreciates its outdated gameplay style.
“The developer put some work into this game; there is a bunch of weapons and upgrades.”
“The gameplay offers a variety of weapons and upgrades, showcasing the developer's effort.”
“I may have only played 8 minutes, but whatever depth this game might develop past that could not possibly save the terrible moment-to-moment gameplay.”
“I don't think we can talk about any depth in gameplay with this.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and unenjoyable, citing awkward movement mechanics, repetitive and uninteresting enemies, lackluster level design, and poor animation quality as significant drawbacks.
“Awkward movement, boring enemies you tediously kill with your slow guns, bland and ugly levels, and poor tween-based animation.”
“The grinding feels endless and repetitive, making it hard to stay engaged with the game.”
“Leveling up takes far too long, and the rewards just aren't worth the time spent grinding.”
- story1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is criticized for its lack of narrative depth, with users noting the absence of a coherent story, thematic consistency, or engaging narrative rewards typically expected from a console-quality title.
“There is no story, theme change, or any other narrative reward to keep you interested like you'd expect from a console-quality game.”
