Dead by Death

There's a reason this game is so cheap. Skip it, there is plenty of other stuff that is worth your time.

This is a flash game. Straight up. I don't care what anybody says, this shouldn't be sold on Steam for money. In fact, there are way better, more complex flash games out there, that you can get for free. This game attempts to be a Castlevania clone, but it lacks some of the most basic features. It only uses 3 buttons, if you don't count movement keys and weapon switching keys. One button is to shoot, one for melee and another one is a jump button. I don't think we can talk about any depth in gameplay with this. You can't even crouch, which was a feature in the very first Castlevania for NES. Enemy designs are atrocious, everything has this cheap anime look to it, and animations look unnatural. The menu and inventory are clunky and lack options. This game would only be tolerable on mobile devices or in a web browser. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised, if it's available on either of those and was made with that intention.

I'd support this dev if the game were offered for free, but trying to sell this game based on the false premise of having "well-designed dungeons", "many kinds of interesting [...] weapons", and "various enemies and traps" is deceptive. The game doesn't really have much variety, and the level design is pretty rough.

Dead by death? Well i guess death deaded me while i was dead but in fact i wasn't dead by death. Wait what ? Nice metroidvania game. Give it a try!

"People die if they are killed!" Would die again.

Awkward movement, boring enemies you tediously kill with your slow guns, bland and ugly levels, crappy tween-based animation. 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.

Pretty bad, but if you can stomach unfair platformers it's surprisingly compelling and fun at times.

If you want a "retro style" platformer, go buy some of the old Apogee titles like Crystal Caves, Monster Bash or Secret Agent and leave this one alone.

[h1](follow my curator page [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33882793/]GenXPlayers[/url] for more retro and indie reviews)[/h1] I looked forward to playing this game , and don't pay attention to my playtime as I did play it mostly offline. Unfortunately, this castlevania wannabe falls short . The levels are vast labyrinths with generic castlevania graphics populated with a mish mash 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. Talking about dangerosity, you could think that a vampire with guns and a cyborg arm, like your player character is, would be a lot more badass than that. Instead you drag your feet through unremarkable levels, one after another, looking for keys and whatnot. The game plays pretty much like a computer platformer from the 80s. You just kill a bunch of halloween-themed baddies guarding their platforms and so on. If you mi...

I love this game ! What is going on here? To each his own tastes, and I positively enjoy this. True, being age slowed, 68 y.o., I use cheat engine and that may change my appreciation (health: Float, everything else: 4 Bytes) But, the art is excellent, great variety in foes and surprises. 4 stages x 9 levels each, selectable at any time once beaten. The upgrades and crafting of them is pleasing (again, used c.e. to max every plugin, and beyond). Well, back to playing.