I've played Sorath's previous game, Devil Daggers, way back. I could never get into it. Even after I recently revisited it, it never dug the heels it seemed to be able to dig into many folks, but I couldn't call it a bad game by any means. It just wasn't for me.
Jump cut to September 19th, 2022. One of my friends comes effectively screaming into a text channel about Sorath stealth dropping this game onto Steam. The same friend later showed me on a livestream how the game played out, which made me grab it the next day.
At first, I assumed that this is just Devil Daggers 2, which made me sorta brush it off .. I was wrong.

There's honestly no better way for me to describe this game than to just straight up call it a drug. The visuals are like something taken straight from an acid trip, with wonderful title music by Eugnosis that further adds to the trippy nature of the game. The special red holographic view of what's going on behind you lets you be aware of what's happening at all times, literally giving you eyes at the back of your head. It's a lot to take in at first, but after you play it enough... it all starts to make sense, becoming about as readable as one can get. The combination of extremely fluid movement, multiple ways to kill enemies and the scoring system incentivizing the player to go at breakneck speeds combines into something that is the most distilled, pure, prime example of the flow state.
This game has a mention about games being addictive at the bottom of its description for a good reason. If this game clicks as well as it did with me, you'll find yourself trying over and over again, dying constantly, all for that sweet, single of an immortal's blood. For DEICIDE. This game is insanity at its finest. One of the best releases of 2022 and possibly one of the best FPS games ever made.

Reach Heaven Through Violence. Reach Eternity Through Phantasmogoria.
Thank you, Sorath.

I've played Sorath's previous game, Devil Daggers, way back. I could never get into it. Even after I recently revisited it, it never dug the heels it seemed to be able to dig into many folks, but I couldn't call it a bad game by any means. It just wasn't for me. Jump cut to September 19th, 2022. One of my friends comes effectively screaming into a text channel about Sorath stealth dropping this game onto Steam. The same friend later showed me on a livestream how the game played out, which made me grab it the next day. At first, I assumed that this is just Devil Daggers 2, which made me sorta brush it off .. I was wrong. There's honestly no better way for me to describe this game than to just straight up call it a drug. The visuals are like something taken straight from an acid trip, with wonderful title music by Eugnosis that further adds to the trippy nature of the game. The special red holographic view of what's going on behind you lets you be aware of what's happening at all times, literally giving you eyes at the back of your head. It's a lot to take in at first, but after you play it enough... it all starts to make sense, becoming about as readable as one can get. The combination of extremely fluid movement, multiple ways to kill enemies and the scoring system incentivizing the player to go at breakneck speeds combines into something that is the most distilled, pure, prime example of the flow state. This game has a mention about games being addictive at the bottom of its description for a good reason. If this game clicks as well as it did with me, you'll find yourself trying over and over again, dying constantly, all for that sweet, single of an immortal's blood. For DEICIDE. This game is insanity at its finest. One of the best releases of 2022 and possibly one of the best FPS games ever made. Reach Heaven Through Violence. Reach Eternity Through Phantasmogoria. Thank you, Sorath.