Protoculture Games has announced an expansion pack for Switch shoot 'em up Devil Engine including new stages, new music and more. The game released in February this year and this expansion will launch later in 2019 alongside a PS4 version.
According to the company, the expansion will launch as DLC on Switch and include the following:
- 6 new stages, doubling the size of the game
- New arranged soundtrack by a variety of veteran composers, such as Shinji Hosoe (Street Fighter EX), Saitama Saisyu Heiki (Koihime Enbu) and Loser Kashiwagi (CHO REN SHA 68K)
- Fan favorite secret ship "Scathach" is now available from the start
- All new ship "Boudicca", exclusive to Ignition
- New unlockable shaders and features to customize your game
- A new announcer powered by Vocaloid technology
Protoculture also shared the following picture on its Twitter account highlighting the pedigree behind its arranged soundtrack:
We liked Devil Engine when we reviewed it back in February, awarding it an 8/10 and giving the following verdict:
[Devil Engine] has at least been designed in a way that encourages even the weakest players to keep trying and learn from their mistakes. The drip-feed of content is an effective incentive to pick yourself up and have just one more go, and although it is at times brutally difficult – even when compared to other tricky 2D shooters – it has the depth and variety to maintain your interest, and when you're at a competent level it's a heck of a lot of fun.
Although we considered it, Devil Engine wasn't quite good enough to make it onto our list of the best shmups on Switch. We hope that this extra content will give the game a shot in the arm and make it a contender when it launches this winter.
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Please hook this directly into my veins and brain, thank you.
I can't remember this game being talked about before, I love seeing games getting support from devs though.
oh baby. I still need to get good at the base game! I love it, though.
It's such a hard game, but the easy mode helps me get a little better each time. I like it a lot!
Is the DLC gonna be paid or free?
Devil Engine is one of the best shmups on Switch period and sounds like it's getting even better with that huge DLC, which could have even be released as DE2 if they would have wanted to.
it's not free dlc, around 10 euro/dollars or something.
ps. it should have been in the NL's top-15 list easily, especially when there is games on the list like Graceful explosion machine, AngerForce ... which are not bad, but I personally wouldn't consider those are top tier shmups on Switch.
oh, DE was also listed in Eurogamer's top-15 games to play on Switch (alongside games like BOTW, Odyssey etc.).
@GFoyle "DE was also listed in Eurogamer's top-15 games to play on Switch (alongside games like BOTW, Odyssey etc.)." And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that (not that you said that). The game is great in terms of video, audio, gameplay in general. It's really fun! Switch has tons of games that could be in any top 15 and that's great for us
This looks so amazing and I'm so hyped for this, but it's just too expensive and has no Coop mode. I will grab it when it gets a discount.
Hopefully it is free, other games that provide more content have done more DLC for free.
@LordVal It already had one -20% discount...
@Jokerwolf it's not free, but I wouldn't expect it to be if it pretty much doubles the content of the game.
@John_Deacon yeah, it's not just very common to see any shmup to be mentioned as one of the best games on any system by general audience / game press.
@GFoyle True enough, but games like Shovel Knight made it so you literally get all their DLC for one price as they release it and each one is a separate game on its own essentially. Doing so breathes new life and creates increased desire in their game for new purchasers since the value proposition increases more.
@GFoyle then I missed it. Hopefully there's another chance for me.
Which means the physical release announcement is imminent right? Right?!
This was far too brutal for me but it's great to look at and that's like 80 percent of a good game.
@Jokerwolf That is true, but shmups are a niche genre and the sales numbers of DE will never be anywhere near those of something like Shovel Knight or Hollow Knight, which stay on top lists or near it for months. Developers of those games have that luxury to add more content for free as that helps them keep those releases more relevant for longer time and thus increasing sales even further.
I personally do not have any issue paying for a quality shmup or quality dlc for one. I would be willing to pay even more as I can get tens or hundreds of hours of entertainment from one such game (it takes a lot of time and practice to even beat these game with 1 credit).
A physical version with the DLC on the card would be nice.
Anyway, Arcade Love Plus Pengo! from Triangle Service (Trizeal, XII Stag...) being available for preorder on Play-Asia is the most important piece of shmup news today in my opinion.
I'm not a big player of shmups, but I really like this game. It looks and sounds fantastic. And as someone said above, it’s hard, but I really do feel like I get a little better each time I play. There’s also a bunch of cool little things to unlock. I’ll probably be picking up the DLC when it comes out.
I luerv this garme. Even if the DLC is paid DLC I'll download it, absolutely.
How did I miss out on the original release? I buy every shmup they put out!
Oh wow this looks amazing, these guys have gone above and beyond with this. It was already a fantastic game.
@Mommar Who puts out?
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