Dead by Death

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.

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.

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.

I think this game is misunderstood. I don't really get why anybody bought this expecting to play something well made in return; I mean look at the screenshots and trailers and you should know what you're in for guys. That being said, just saying "don't get your hopes up!" is a terrible defense for a game, But I think if you've played a fair share of Megaman, Castlevainia, or really just any older platformer, you'll probably enjoy this even though it's kinda ass. A definite "so bad it's good" game, 6/10.

I had a blast 100% this janky gem. I wish the [spoiler]punch[/spoiler] had gotten some upgrades but oh well. Hope to see the dev make a comeback some day!