The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile

good fun short hack and slash/metroidvania. Combo potential is great and very enjoyable, wouldnt say the game is very hard though its easy to predict enemy moves. Has a lot of replay value with difficulty, coop, etc. Good fun time, worth the money imo. 9/10

Something of a small action masterpiece. The gameplay is super fast but somehow I never lost track of where I was, and while it's a little disappointing the story and stage progression is largely unchanged between the characters, the main weapons of each one were different enough to make at least two playthroughs worth it. The visuals look like a 90s comic book like the Crow mixed with something like Invader Zim and the excellent music echoes the new wave alt gothic vibe. There are guitar soloes you can perform in the middle of stages that are really awesome to listen to on their own, with it being more poppy and relaxed than the hyper aggressive music of the regular play. It all coalesces with the gameplay into a fantastic combat engine that's aged really well; I only just played this game for the first time, 15 years after release, and I had a complete blast. It's brutal and super edgy, but it just works.

This game is fun. It's a 2D character action game with good music and a lot of charm. I like Ska Studios now.