DEVIL BLADE REBOOT

Sometimes good games come from unexpected places. Devil Blade REBOOT is a modern remake of a homebrew shoot’em up originally created with Dezaemon Plus, a Japan-exclusive PS1 game creation tool. Think RPG Maker, but for shmups. It’s a fascinating origin story that gives this release a bit of underdog charm. At its core, Devil Blade REBOOT revolves around a simple but effective risk-versus-reward mechanic. The closer you fly to enemy ships and bullets, the higher your score multiplier climbs. However, the game doesn’t let you farm points for free: as your multiplier increases, so does the game’s difficulty. This creates a constant push-and-pull between playing safely and chasing bigger scores, adding tension to every encounter. The package is surprisingly generous for such a short game. Alongside the main campaign, players can unlock additional continues, a gallery mode, the original soundtrack, and even a retro mode that lets you experience the original Dezaemon Plus version. These extras help flesh out the release and offer a nice glimpse into the game’s history. Visually, the game gets the job done, but it never truly stands out. The graphics are perfectly serviceable and the art direction is decent enough, though it often feels constrained by the limitations of the original source material. Nothing looks bad, but nothing left a lasting impression either. One area where I think Devil Blade REBOOT falls a little short is in its overall depth. After playing games like Drainus, I couldn’t help but feel that Drainus offered a more fully realized experience. The game is also very short. With only five stages and a final boss standing between you and the credits, most players will see everything the game has to offer in a relatively short amount of time. That said, I still recommend Devil Blade REBOOT. Not every shoot’em up needs to be a brutal bullet-hell marathon designed for genre veterans. This is an approachable, welcoming shmup that introduces its mechanics clearly and remains enjoyable without demanding superhuman reflexes. If you’re curious about the genre or simply looking for a compact, well-made arcade experience, Devil Blade REBOOT is an easy recommendation.

Devil Blade Reboot is a must-have for any shmup/arcade enjoyer, to simplify what is good about it. 1. The berserk mode which you can use to sacrifice one of your bombs for higher score count, it encourages you to go more bold and destroy as many enemies as possible for the highest possible score 2. The wide and narrow shot makes sense where the wide shot makes you quicker so you actually have to switch it to dodge particular attcks or quick boss patterns, it's more than just preference 3. My favourite part is how enemies who are about to approach or particular attacks show a visor on screen on where they will appear, it makes dodging much more fun than just "random" or extreme memory memorization 4. The music is incredibly great with its metal musc, the game really makes you grit your teeth when the boss gets more serious, the music gets more intense as you dodge bullets! 5. 1CC actually is very player friendly for people who aren't that good at shmups. It isn't as investing as other shmups, even for failed attempts you get coins for where you can buy stuff like the "original Devil Blade" backgrounds, music, art etc. The only weak part of the game is stage 4 where its a locked sequence of attacks of a ship which is a bit too easy, but it makes up for it for the boss.

One of the best shmups i've ever played, hands down. Lots of achievements and unlocks to pursue, game is newcomer friendly and has difficulty modes to suit even the hardcore players!

if you've never played a SHMUP or bullet hell before and are curious about the genre, I strongly recommend choosing this game as your first SHMUP SHMUPs are very niche because of their inaccessibility, many older games requiring a lot of hours spent practicing in order to beat them, so almost all modern SHMUPs make solving this "problem" of inaccessibility one of their main priorities DEVIL BLADE REBOOT's normal mode gives the best solution for this: keep the game intense, but also make it extremely forgiving by allowing the player to get hit many times, as it frequently gives them shields and bombs... this results in a game that has "difficult gameplay", and is a true bullet hell (which other games forego in trying to be accessible) but isn't difficult to beat and because the game has two difficulties above normal, if you're looking for a game that is difficult to beat, the game will also provide that

The berserk system is very good way to handle dynamic difficulty. This is a very great game of bullet hell to start with, challenging for everyone, make it more challenging whenever you want to... Very intelligent. Love the soundtrack.....

if anyone says they think this game is bad they're lying, this is a modern masterpiece.

Stylish as hell and with a surprisingly reasonable normal-mode difficulty! Even casual shmuppers should find this a blast.

童顏回憶 好玩

とりあえず2Dシューティングに興味があるならこれをやっとけってぐらい完成度の高いSTG 幅広い難易度、爽快感、これでもかという親切設計と非の打ちどころがない。