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Doomblade asks us: what if a weird little gal had a hellsword?

Let my people glow

The little shadowy gloomling in Doomblade jumping around a pink and green arena being attacked by giant caterpillars
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Iceberg Interactive
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There are games about being a weird little guy, and then there are games about being a weird little gal infused with the power of a vengeful demonic sword. Doomblade is both metal and kind of cute, and it's held my interest longer than the average platformer or metroidy castley oh my god do we seriously not have a better word for this yet.

The main thing marking it out, apart from its style, is that instead of stabbing monsters, you attack by hovering the cursor (actually the shimmery face of the sword's spirit) over them and clicking, which launches your little globby shadow man directly at them. You can probably already imagine that this is also a means of getting around the world.

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