Dead Shell・Roguelike RPG Hack 1.3.8 + Redeem Codes

I’ve played this game for about 2 years now, use it as a time waster when traveling or whatever. Art style is nice, same with the music and gameplay to. However, grinding for ammo and leveling up your characters is a BIG grind. This game deserves more content and love.

Newest review since the recent update: while I’m happy to see this game still being worked on i’m shocked with the sheer amount of ads that are forced on you whether it playing the game or just upgrading your Mercenary's. The ammo grind is even worse now and repeatedly encouraging players to buy ammo bundles which can be burned through in mere minutes is also a big pain to deal with.

Final verdict: 3 star compared to my last review since the grinding for resources is even worse than what it was before and im not going to spend 10-20 bucks just for 100 of every ammo which is gonna be gone in the next 10-15 minutes tops.

I love this game a lot and it’s style is great. The controls are simple and the gameplay is easy to understand. The art style is epic and very interesting. The whole game as is is very fun and enjoyable. I do have some suggestions that I think could make it much better though. Just having your avatar’s sprite moving around the room as you play would give more of a sense of location and be a bit more interesting. Also having more background pictures that are different for each room when you battle just to make it more immersive, along with images of the monsters you’re fighting and not just the tiny sprites next to their health bar. Also adding power ups and usable items like bombs or shields or maybe temporary weapon upgrades would help with making the game a little more involving so it actually takes a little strategy to play. These ideas I think are simple, but I really think they would make the game just a bit more interesting and immersive

I’m sorry developer for the slightly negative review about the ad reward for beating the boss level. You’ve been very persistent with your reasoning of these ads and I get it now. I’ve seen worse amount of ads that are forced on mobile users. My issue from the beginning was that the ads didn’t start until I was further into the game and after beating a handful of bosses. This is a great game and I love the random encounters that give player extra crates, corpses, and (my fav) machine gun guy that blasts through the enemies and is almost a guaranteed win.

I like the idea of this game, but the execution is really lacking. The fact that you cannot replay previous levels to get xp and are forced to sit and waste ammunition on levels that are too difficult to pass is extremely poor game design. It would also be nice to be able to complete past levels that may not have gotten 100% completion.
It’s far too quiet, even at max volume I can barely hear a thing. I’ve read previous reviews, and it seems this problem has been noted, but nothing has been done about it. That’s highly problematic to me when a developer knows of an issue and does not fix it.
The characters and level design are alright, and are really the only reason I open this game. I will probably delete it soon to free up space, however, as it’s just not worth the data as it is now.
Save the space on your phone for a game that’s actually worth your time and energy to play.

This is a fun little game with charming graphics, great music (although there aren’t many songs; you’ll often hear the same one repeating multiple times), simple mechanics, and a relaxed pace of ad presentation.

However, this game relies heavily on IAPs to level-up, leaving you to stare at your up-arrow filled character select screen with no means of doing anything until you’ve scrounged up the money to do so.

And although the mechanics are presented well, the “fun well” eventually runs dry, as very little changes as you continue throughout the game. You get new guns, enemies and characters, but that’s about it.

Also, on the topic of enemies, the further you get through the levels, it becomes exceedingly more difficult to continue with a full clear (and sometimes even a semi-clear), since enemies so more damage, or poison you to the point where you have to use premium currency to continue by healing yourself at a game over or a vending machine (and yes, I’m aware of the medic, but eventually even his ability can’t keep up).

I do like this game, but it outlived its stay rather quickly do to the negative factors I listed. I look forward to more from this developer, but hopefully they tone down the need for players to pay just to enjoy a consistent experience.

The game was great - sure, it was a pain to grind, and progress became slow, but it was still a game that I would come back to whenever I had a free moment to nuke some aliens and zombies. I also didn’t have to spend money or see ads unless I wanted to, which was how I liked it. With the most recent update, however, I won’t be playing anymore unfortunately.

Though there is now more content that really fleshes out the game in a much needed way, now there is also a constant ad banner across the top of the screen. Also, a random app ad will pop up in-game at regular intervals. Really interrupts the gameplay for me, and makes what was normally an enjoyable foray into the game now a hassle.

Simple enough to play while in line at a store, but deep and interesting enough to play anytime and keep you coming back.
At the start you're juggling ammo and it's a fun challenge...but after awhile you get to let loose because you have so much saved up, and that's also fun!
Download it!

I really wouldn't change anything about this game. I would rather like a Dead Shells 2 though, with even MORE weapons, monsters and characters but especially some way for more --strategy-- to be involved in the fights.
The most rewarding parts of the game for me are when I was backed up against a wall and came up with a plan to survive 😁 I want more of that.
And getting crazy awesome weapons is always satisfying haha. Really love this one.

Game seems neat. Interesting ideas and unique mechanics. Nice pixel art. Not overly monetized. But it features (optional) ads to increase rewards, as many mobile games do, but unlike pretty much all of it's competitors, it has no way to turn off ads for a one time fee (that I could find). This means that, regardless of how good it is as a game, I'll feel compelled to watch ads for half my playtime, which is, sadly, not something I'm interested in doing. Uninstalled.

Edit: Thanks for the response! If you guys ever implement a way to disable ads permanently for a one time fee, I'll be back for sure. Lots to like here, but I just can't deal with that many ads.

Great art style, sound design and basic gameplay rhythm, but for a roguelike is strangely lacking in a sense of tension. The lack of a player avatar makes you feel detached from the environment, and the fact that monsters don’t move or even attack until you strike first gives the uncomfortable feeling that they’re hiding from you in fear (the pitiful wails of the insect-like enemies don’t help). I love space horror so I really want to like this game more than I do.

Love this game to save me from boredom at desperate times, I originally got it because I love doom and wanted to play a game with a similar theme and I love playing roguelike style games. The only thing holding me back from giving it five stars is that I haven’t seen much in the way of updates and being able to equip items and gain other bonuses to help survive would be an awesome feature in the future. Regardless, this is a fine mobile game and I do think it is worth investing in a store purchase to get rid of the in-game ads.