The gameplay is as fast and frenetic as Devil Daggers, but there’s more complexity from moment to moment - it’s all the more satisfying and compulsively playable.Īll of that, however, is perfunctory in the face of Hyper Demon’s most distinguishing aspect: the visuals. There’s a myriad of tactics to choose from, ranging from throwable bombs and shields to collectible “super moves” like homing shots and laser storms. Picking up a number of gems grants the player an alt-fire sniper laser shot, which, if aimed correctly, will ricochet off the floor and damage multiple enemies at a time. You strafe and shoot, switching between rapid-fire stream and short-to-mid-range shotgun clusters as you mow down the writhing insectile denizens of this particular circle of hell.Ĭrucially, you can also dash, which offers a broader range of maneuverability in the form of air dashing, double jumping, and, most importantly, dodging. At first glance, Hyper Demon may look like a simple twitch-based FPS, and the range of abilities that blossoms out of those humble elements is impressive. That’s not even getting into the real meat of what you actually do in the game. It’s a different sort of intensity than Devil Daggers, one which forces you to focus on not only the teeming mass of monstrosities in front of you but to weigh every second like it’s life or death. Conversely, the slower you slay your enemies, the slower they spawn and the easier the game becomes, but if the timer dips below 0, you’ll die and have to start all over again. The faster you slay your opponents, the faster they spawn the faster they spawn, the more difficult the game gets the greater the difficulty, the higher your score. With every demon slain you earn a gem, which, depending on the size of the demon, adds more time to the timer and more points to your final score. At the start of every game, a timer appears at the top of the screen, counting down with each second. While Devil Daggers was an endless FPS about holding out for as long as possible against an onslaught of demons, Hyper Demon is essentially a twitch shooter about speedrunning through hell itself. While on the surface, the two games may appear near identical in their execution, it’s only after you throw yourself into the gauntlet, time after time, that the difference between the two becomes apparent.
Now, over six years after the release of its predecessor, Hyper Demon has been unleashed upon the world and, like a Cenobite out of hell, it has such sights to show you. With an aesthetic and mechanics inspiring comparisons to ’90s arena shooters like Doom and Quake, Devil Daggers grew into a bona fide indie hit, racking up impressive review scores and slithering its way onto a number of publications’ best of the year lists. In Devil Daggers, players assume the role of a mysterious protagonist who, after disturbing a mysterious dagger floating in space, is forced to survive against wave after wave of hellspawn for as long as possible.
Īnnounced and released on Monday, Hyper Demon is not a sequel to Sorath’s aforementioned 2016 bullet-hell shooter, but it nonetheless represents an evolution of its core mechanics. If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out What to Play and What to Watch. When we award the Polygon Recommends badge, it’s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun - and worth fitting into your schedule.
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