Devader

Devader is a weird and rich little twin-stick gem, and it definitely brings it. Just going through the settings, you can tell that this developer attends to the details, cares about delivering a good experience, and is at least a little strange. Lots of nice, surprising little touches in there. The whole game is chock full or weird enemies, weird bullet/attack patterns, and unique boss scenarios. Your task is to destroy everything bad coming at your big central base (which gets smaller as it gets worn down), then the usual move to the next stage and defend another against new, probably worse problems. Basic play is aim with stick and hold trigger for firing, but you also have some turrets you can place/move, a heavy cooldown attack (either a positioned but delayed blast, or an immediate blast centered on you), a heavy shot charged by briefly not shooting, and one special ability you select from a pool. Special options are: dodge, mobile drone, drop trap, bomb, place obstructions, special heavy turret, call-in pickup, and a whole-screen attack that nearly kills you. You also have a variety of basic upgrades (health, shield, etc) to take between levels, and later levels all throw in some weird new thing to play with. Special mention to the unique concept of bullet grazing, which requires both praise and explanation, since it doesn't follow the typical shmup meaning of "grazing". Here, if you stay within a modest distance to a bullet [i]for a couple seconds[/i], you will absorb and erase it. This fuels higher shot power, provides a little health, and boosts some of the special abilities and extras. It's a brilliant concept that turns bullets into resources and changes the whole texture of play as you constantly decide what bullets to chase as well as to avoid. Top-tier stuff. The game gives you lots to pay attention to, and everything contributes well to a high level of engagement. If you like intense twin-stick shooters, this needs to be not just bought and played, but reviewed and shared.

I grabbed this game during the Lunar New Year sale. Grabbed it along with a bunch of other shmups, and this is the game I have the most fun with. For me, it's the year of Devader - and I'm sure as hell looking forward the next eleven months. I won't do much more than summarize the game since the description does a fine job, but Devader is a twin stick shooter with a few more bells and whistles that make you feel VERY powerful. Every tool you have serves a purpose, and the tutorials do a decent job of letting you figure out how to make your new guns work. If you really want an awkward mashup description; think if someone took the stage variety of Darius, the upgrade spread of Gradius (and then some), and then couldn't decide whether to form it to resemble Defender or Robotron more - that's Devader. PROS: + It's controlled chaos; pure, frenetic, fun. It feels somewhat reminiscent to Risk of Rain: there's the line of brutal tension between you and the oncoming horde, and on either side is a bitter fight for survival or a satisfying sense of total control. It all comes down to how you use what you equip yourself with, and it feels amazing to turn around and crush what once had you on the ropes under your heel. + You're not stuck guessing what you're going to get. Do you want the larger AoE burst, or a slightly smaller ranged nuke with a delay? Do you want turrets following you, or a defensive wall? If you want Upgrade A, you can have Upgrade A. As deterministic as things are, there's enough variety to leave a fair amount of exploration. + None of the upgrades (that I've tried - note my small playtime) have felt worthless. The upgrades the game suggests for beginners are serviceable, and I've found myself sticking with some of them over the more flexible upgrades. NEUTRAL: = There aren't many things that feel unfair, but those that do feel VERY unfair. I might not be great at bullet hells, but dodging is reasonably within my vocabulary - and some things I simply can't see how to dodge consistently. If I can barely chase after a boss without eating a death, but at the same time I need to keep chasing the boss to avoid eating a death; what exactly am I supposed to do? I don't want to take a specific perk just because one early/midgame boss exists. You've given me a dozen other options - why should I be punished for taking those? = I have yet to experiment with everything, but some things feel VASTLY more powerful than alternatives. Ammo builds make you a monster, but what good is a tanky armor build if you can hardly kill the basic mooks? CONS: [strike]The game does a brilliant job of explaining most things within it (that's a good thing, to be clear). The few it doesn't, however, it makes no attempt to and they're all simply sudden exceptions of the norm. Okay, 4-way beam emitting enemies. They appear to be firing bullets. You can hear the grazing sound when you stay near their shots. You also can follow them across pretty much the entire map and never actually graze the bullet. What? Why is this one case different? If I can't graze something, I don't want to hear the grazing sound.[/strike] Big thanks to the dev for fixing this. I haven't stumbled across any other inconsistencies since! SUGGESTIONS: > Looping the game, or an NG+ type thing where you start with a full suite of upgrades sounds super fun. I've never had the matrix come much lower than 40% - my game overs are from discovering that the bullet in my face hits me for 75% health. Forcing things to get gritty not because I can't handle everything but because I can't handle everything [i]flawlessly[/i] I think would make my endgames less "oh, that just kills you... neat" to weighing my safety against that of the matrix and needing to make a potentially game-ending call on the fly. > Codex. It's probably more work than it's really worth, but I would like to know [[i]why[/i] I nuke something on sight for more of a reason than it's a bigger mark on the minimap. Learn the game on normal, and play on normal for fun. The terrain leaving scorch marks where lasers once burned and splatters where smaller enemies were nuked is super satisfying. You don't just remember the carnage that just took place - the game keeps it on display until you cover it up with more carnage. Harder difficulties raise the stakes and feel tense all over again - with an even more rewarding feeling once you relearn how to grind the Krin to dust. I'd give this game a 9/10. It doesn't have anything groundbreakingly unique about it, but damn is it fun. Worth full price if you're into twinsticks, wait for a sale if you have nobody to play local co-op with or shmups aren't one of your primary genres.

A fun run-and-gun that I just happened across during the Summer sale. Very fun upgrades to choose from, with simple controls for keyboard & mouse or gamepad users. Very interesting boss creature graphic designs!

I highly recommend this game. Awesome experience and a lot to see. Bullet hell games normally arent my cup of tea. It's different with devader. There is such a vast world of possibilies of skills, bosses and most important: play styles. E.g. going with fully skilled turrets feels extremly different then going for the good ol' nukes. Skilling differently also influences the levels that you will play and bosses you will fight. This gives a lot of replay value. .. also the different difficulties, main skills and much more. I already played around 50 hours, but only have like 30%-50% seen of the game.

Really good shoot em-up/bullet hell game with a new take. Gfx + music are awesome as well.

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Devader brings back the old classic top down shooters. The graphics are detailed and sharp. I find myself turning to this game at the end of the day before I head off to bed. While there is a lot going on, on the screen. The game is not complicated. The hardest thing I found, was deciding which upgrades I wanted to pick. I didn't have any bugs or crashes and found no cons with the game. Its a top down shoot that does everything right.