- A non-troll game for troll lovers
- A series of platforming levels switching up designs and controls
- Rage alone or with another innocent soul
Level Devil is not a troll game… also all of your childhood pets are happily retired and living on the moon. When we hear something so adamantly claim not to be something, it’s only human for us to assume it’s the most “something” that anything has ever been.
Anyway, this is Level Devil by Unept. It’s a simple 2D-pixel platform game for mobile where you’re just trying to get from one point to another. It sounds and looks easy enough, but we can never assume that ever again. So, we just have to see what kind of levels this non-troll game has to offer.
About Level Devil
Sometimes, a platforming story is as short as, “This guy is here, but he needs to be over there.” Level Devil may have some deep lore behind it, but most of what we see is on the surface. You are likely some unsuspecting soul that finds themself trapped in a Hell of sorts that may or may not be overseen by the devil.
Your only way out is to get through all the levels placed before you, but nothing is ever as it seems. Since you’re probably a soul, there’s no need to worry about running out of lives. After all, what’s the point of Hell’s eternal torment if you get to quit after falling down one pit?
On the level with Level Devil
It may be hard to see the game with all those trolls in the way, but that’s because it’s the first challenge. Level Devil tries to present a consistent difficulty curve. There isn’t a large number of “easy” levels nor is it weighed down by too many “hard” levels. The game establishes the kind of difficulty that you just need to accept so that you can play properly.
If you find yourself getting enraged at the game, that’s not entirely unprecedented, but it also shouldn’t be something you hold against the game that wasn’t trying to hide what it is (at least, not in execution, anyway).
What adds to the challenge is the variety of the mechanics which affect both the level design and the controls accordingly. You never know what kind of curveball the game will throw at you or from what direction – or if it’s even a ball. You can be dealing with falling and rising sections in one place only to be completely robbed of basic movement in another. The trick is trying to figure out just how the game can mess with you as it puts you into different boxes.
Sublevel Level Devil
The biggest issue with Level Devil is one that it can’t really help: the novelty factor. The levels are so short and few that any decent player with a minimal amount of patience can knock it out in a lunch break. There are extensions of joy to be had in trying to find all the hidden keys and maybe playing through on the same device with a friend or restrained co-worker. But once you know all the traps, there’s not much else to unwrap.
A small grievance is how the free version of the game works. At certain points or after too many deaths, an ad will play. The problem is that while the option to skip a level via ad is available, the automatic ads that play will skip you ahead too, even if you’ve only died a few times. At least trust me to give up on my terms, you troll…I mean devil.
Challenging the Level Devil
Level Devil is a 2D non-troll platform game about completing a series of levels with various gimmicks. The variety of mechanics and controls is enough to keep you guessing and provides a good challenge. However, you’ll start catching onto the tricks and then find yourself racing through the game, whether by your own skill or by the ads pushing you along. Though not nearly as frustrating as the rage games of yore, the devil can still be found in the details of these levels.