![]() ![]() Each creature sounds unique, alerting you to when and where a new threat enters the arena even if your attention is elsewhere. Demonic things that fill the air with an oppressive symphony of roars, rattles, distorted shrieks and skittering legs, wet flesh and echoing moans. Crafted in a rough old-school aesthetic and fluid animations, Devil Daggers' bestiary is one of bone and flesh and appendages. Spinal cord serpents that twist and coil through the air. Hulking arachnoid beasts with too many furiously twitching legs. Tentacle-tipped towers that vomit forth swarms of skulls. It's a game of constant movement, of maximizing every split-second of safety to calculate a route through incoming foes.Īnd what foes the game has to offer. Without needing to worry about ammo or health or juggling an inventory, the focus shifts to evasion and environmental awareness. That simple game design doesn't hurt Devil Daggers, instead giving it laser focus. There may even be some special dagger-enhancing powers that emerge if you survive long enough. Your moveset is deeper than it first seems, allowing for rocket dagger jumping, double jumping, and other advanced means of evasion. It's pure arena combat, against relentless odds.īut Devil Daggers doesn't need those extraneous elements to deliver. There are no pool of equipment and perks to unlock, no other modes to play, no story. Level design amounts to a single bare arena without walls or barriers of any kind. You essentially have two weapons, a rapid-fire stream of daggers and a powerful spread-shot. Devil Daggers soon becomes a cacophonous onslaught of eldritch horrors and the strafing, rocket-jumping action of classic Doom and Quake.īreak down Devil Daggers - mechanics, controls, visuals, sound, and so on - and in isolation, its gameplay is quite simple. But don't be fooled by that initial calm. Your ember-veined hand, a hovering dagger, a single platform suspended in an endless black abyss. Hit the jump to check them out!īoth of today’s shirts are from The Yetee.In the beginning, there's only silence. You can get Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition for $11.99, Goat Simulator for $3.99, and Grand Theft Auto V for $44.99. ![]() There are games on sale for the PS4, PS3, and PS Vita, as well as videos. Over at PlayStation, it’s the Mid-Year Sale, where you can get up to 80% off games – and up to 90% if you’re a PS+ member. There are also tons of games on sale for both Xbox One and the Xbox 360, including Tom Clancy’s The Division, Dark Souls III, and Doom. You can get an Xbox One console for as low as $279, and if you get it from the Microsoft Store, you get a $50 gift code, controller, and a select game. Microsoft and Sony want in on the deals as well! Xbox is having an Ultimate Game Sale from today until July 11th. The Daily Deal is Devil Daggers, which is just $3.74. Steam is back to normal, but it doesn’t mean there are no deals! The Midweek Madness is Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, which is on sale for $49.79. It also comes with four great soundtracks and a 10% off coupon for new subscribers to Humble Monthly! For just $15 or more, you’ll unlock VVVVVV, Dustforce DX, Guacamelee! Gold Edition, Super Meat Boy, Escape Goat 2, Serious Sam Double D XXL, Serious Sam: The Random Encounter, and Freedom Planet. The Summer Games Done Quick Bundle is currently on sale at Humble. So there’s going to be a lot in this update! ![]() And I spent Monday celebrating the birth of the United States, of course! I’ve been playing tons of games, but haven’t had time – or any kind of wireless connection – to write anything. I’ve been gone for so long, faithful readers! I left on Wednesday for Dexcon, which was up in northern New Jersey, and didn’t get back until late Sunday night.
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