Angel at Dusk

Item: Angel at Dusk
Rating: 96
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-27

Summary

Accessible STG gameplay for all skill levels.
Unique, striking, and grotesque art style.
Deep replayability with extensive progression.
Exceptional tutorial system aids new players.
Poor bullet visibility hinders gameplay.
Excessive grind leads to repetitive gameplay.

Emotions

satisfaction35%excitement17%appreciation10%joy7%surprise3%

Reviews (sample size): 456
Helpful reviews: 75%
Unhelpful reviews: 25%
Protest reviews: 0%

96%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
4%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1328
Negative points: 155
Gameplay points: 301
Perf. points: 3
Rec. points: 138
Misc points: 101

Point	Description	Importance
Accessible STG Gameplay Description The game is highly praised for making the challenging STG/bullet hell genre accessible and enjoyable for beginners and players with varying skill levels. It achieves this through forgiving mechanics, a reasonable difficulty curve, and a design that encourages engagement rather than frustration. Importance 100%	The game is highly praised for making the challenging STG/bullet hell genre accessible and enjoyable for beginners and players with varying skill levels. It achieves this through forgiving mechanics, a reasonable difficulty curve, and a design that encourages engagement rather than frustration.	100%
Unique & Striking Art Style Description Reviewers consistently highlight the game's distinctive and often bizarre art style, described as Giger-esque or erotic-grotesque. This unique visual identity is a major draw and contributes significantly to the game's captivating atmosphere. Importance 36%	Reviewers consistently highlight the game's distinctive and often bizarre art style, described as Giger-esque or erotic-grotesque. This unique visual identity is a major draw and contributes significantly to the game's captivating atmosphere.	36%
Exceptional Tutorial System Description The game features an incredibly detailed, comprehensive, and beginner-friendly tutorial. It is praised for its encouraging tone, humor, and effectiveness in teaching both game-specific mechanics and broader STG genre fundamentals, making it stand out among other games. Importance 29%	The game features an incredibly detailed, comprehensive, and beginner-friendly tutorial. It is praised for its encouraging tone, humor, and effectiveness in teaching both game-specific mechanics and broader STG genre fundamentals, making it stand out among other games.	29%
Deep Replayability & Progression Description The game offers extensive replayability through its Chronicle mode with branching paths, roguelike elements, and a rewarding weapon/ship upgrade system. This addictive progression loop, combined with numerous unlockables, keeps players engaged for many hours. Importance 27%	The game offers extensive replayability through its Chronicle mode with branching paths, roguelike elements, and a rewarding weapon/ship upgrade system. This addictive progression loop, combined with numerous unlockables, keeps players engaged for many hours.	27%
Engaging Music & Combat Feel Description The game's soundtrack is highly praised for being mesmerizing, fitting the game's themes, and enhancing the combat experience. Coupled with satisfying sound effects and a first-class combat feel, the audio-visual presentation significantly contributes to player exhilaration. Importance 20%	The game's soundtrack is highly praised for being mesmerizing, fitting the game's themes, and enhancing the combat experience. Coupled with satisfying sound effects and a first-class combat feel, the audio-visual presentation significantly contributes to player exhilaration.	20%
Rewarding Aggressive Combat Description The game's core combat mechanics strongly encourage an aggressive playstyle, rewarding players for close-range attacks and preemptively eliminating enemies. Features like bullet clearing with charge shots and lack of collision damage make this offensive approach satisfying and effective. Importance 17%	The game's core combat mechanics strongly encourage an aggressive playstyle, rewarding players for close-range attacks and preemptively eliminating enemies. Features like bullet clearing with charge shots and lack of collision damage make this offensive approach satisfying and effective.	17%
Developer Passion & Immersion Description Players strongly feel the developer's passion and care infused into the game, leading to a deeply immersive and emotionally impactful experience. This personal touch, combined with the game's unique atmosphere, creates a strong connection with the player. Importance 6%	Players strongly feel the developer's passion and care infused into the game, leading to a deeply immersive and emotionally impactful experience. This personal touch, combined with the game's unique atmosphere, creates a strong connection with the player.	6%