Damocles Gaze Reviews

Damocles, if it please: You may see DEEZ [spoiler]made you look[/spoiler].

Didnt feel fun at all, maybe it's just a me problem. The graphics didnt help at all the fact the upgrades feel worthless and weapons feel just too common / mundane, more considering this game was released in 2023, 8 years after games like nuclear throne and enter the gungeon. Canno recommend this whatsoever

Very simple yet effective concept, and executed incredibly well! Essentially, you choose a card every few stages that usually gives you a positive and negative effect. While this may seem rather frustrating, I'd say that Punkcake did an incredible job at balancing out all cards, as almost all of them synergise with each other. In one run you may be rampaging recklessly through any and every enemy with your insane movement and attack speed, while in another you'd be cautelous with hazards with a glass cannon build There aren't many levels to go through in a single run, and sometimes you may reach the final one with ease, but the real challenge in Damocles Gaze is its achievements, where you must unlock and complete a run with each individual card since the beggining of a run. I'd actually go as far as to say that the achievements are an integral part in the game's replayability factor, as it has only a handful of incredibly refined weapons, similarly to Nuclear Throne, but with a lower scale and experimentation (asie from the cards) You will only ever play a run to upwards of a hard cap of 12 minutes, as the game only allows you to actually die once that timer reaches zero, two minutes after the bss of the current stage you're in spawns. "Deaths" throughout each level instead send you back to the beginning of it, and while this may seem counter intuitive, it is sometimes incredibly useful to strategize your approach with the level's layout, as sometimes enemy placement may be akward/harsh to comeby depending on your current card loadout Overall, I believe that Damocles Gaze is a pretty good game, despite what negative comments I've had previously! I'd possibly reccomend you the game when it's at least on any sale, as the current pricetag maaayyy be a little more than what I think it's worth. That is not to say that it's been badly made, the gameplay is fair while also challenging and there's an amazing amount of polish put into it. So play it, It's great!

Great game! Experimenting with different card and weapon combos to try and get further and further is fun. One combination I especially enjoy trying to put together is Judgement, The Moon, and either an explosive weapon or the mini-gun. Get to shred through enemies and walls with infinite ammo and health (but for only a while)! I do wish there were some way to see what cards you've already picked more clearly though, like seeing the name when you hover over them? Maybe I'm just missing something though. Aside from that, still great!