Aesthetically, Devil Daggers is in general very unpleasant. While I am giving the devil its due here, the game does suffer from a few issues.
Of course, the incentive is to climb the leaderboard yourself and become the number one position in the world, a feat easier said than done when the average game can last about 30 seconds. You can watch the top players on the board and try to see their own techniques on how they survived so long. One of the better features in Devil Daggers is the automatic recording of your best time, which is then posted on a Steam leaderboard for the world to see. Of course, that is provided you survive long enough. You collect crystals from tougher creatures that power up your “daggers” even further, offering a major incentive to continue clearing out bigger bosses to acquire stronger attacks and even the ability to gain magical homing daggers. You feel the power growing as the enemies become faster, stronger, and more numerous. You feel a sense of accomplishment getting through tight spots and surviving a wave of floating skulls or spider demons. Movement and strafing are key to Devil Daggers, so Sorath put a lot of effort to make sure you can more or less control every aspect of how you navigate the battlefield, to the point where the developers themselves encourage players to bunny hop and circle strafe to avoid being hit.
They accentuate the positives of their custom-built engine by featuring a fluid control scheme. It certainly isn’t a lot to fill in a full-fledged game, but the three-person team at Sorath is definitely onto something when it comes to gameplay potential. Be ready to shoot any demonic horror that moves, one hit, you die.
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