Destruction of Heavenly Bliss

Really liked it. Honestly, it could have forced me to take more time. Would love some sort of extended way to play like some "unlimited" mode. I was not expecting a story and it was good.

A glorious repudiation of the evils of metaprogression in a lovely audiovisual package, and a challenging (but not impossible) bullet hell shooter to boot!

June 20, 2026 - There was an update pushed that fixes the soft-locks I was experiencing. I jumped back in to try and kill the mission 10 boss. And... I realized if I kept trying to kill it my review would turn into a negative. It's truly awful. There's so much green that it's hard to avoid the incoming green attacks. The boss casts this lightning thing, shoots missiles, tons of tiny bullets, and does this 3 laser attack that severely limits your movement. I understand that this ought to be a difficult battle, but this is just infuriating. Fully upgraded and damage to the boss is still too low. Half the time I can't see what I'm doing properly because everything is some shade of green and it all blends together. My attacks are green which hide the incoming green attacks.. Aside from this large circular thing I launch. Anyway, definitely not jumping back into it because this final boss is just an exercise in extreme frustration. Still keeping it a recommendation though, because I still feel mostly satisfied. At the time of this review, 2:12 pm PST(19 June) I am unable to finish the game due to some bugs. I've posted about in the discussion board, so I hope they'll be fi…

This is a package who's price is equivalent to it's somewhat limited scope. Game plays well, controls are tight, meta progression is enticing, and the PS1 ish visuals are a nice touch to the whole thing. The narrative it tells isn't groundbreaking, but it is told well given the format. My only main gripe was the re-use of content. Over 10 levels, youve seen about 95% of the enemies, boss types, and stages in the game by the end of level 3. The game wraps this economic "recycling" of assets in a thematic narrative wrapper, remixes boss attacks and patterns, and still produces a solid overall difficulty curve across the game, which is all the more forgivable, given the games indie nature and small scope, but I still couldn't help but pine for new enemies over the last half of the game. Overall, not a bad way to spend 3hrs. I enjoyed this a lot, and I look forward to seeing what the dev does next.

It's a good game. I like shooting things. Visual style is very nice. I think the progression system moves a little too fast once you find the double bits upgrade. But that just lets me shoots more things even faster. Solid game to spend 2 hours on.