Dead or School

I'm not usually a big fan of these type of games but this one had me hooked after 30 mins.
The graphics are visually beautiful, the combat is smooth and innovative in my opinion and the lvl up system feels so rewarding!
each area takes around 1.5-2.5 hours, which is good for what it has to offer.
As of writing this review, I have 3 areas left and I've been going for 100% in each area.
Complete the side missions, there's lewd pics as rewards most of the time lol

Sideways thumb. Purchase only if on a 75% or greater sale!!
This game is a LOT of fun. But! It has a handful of shortcomings(giggity) that keep me from recommending it at full price.
* The game is pretty tiny and basic with very little depth. While the artwork is decent, the story is meh and I didn't feel like I cared much about the characters.
*The hentai/sexual content is basically non-existent. That's kind of a huge problem for a game that advertises itself as an H-game. There were some 'lewds' but I wouldn't even call them lewd. They were just suggestive. :(
* Combat/Game mechanics can be a little confusing and janky.
All of those negatives aside, I still liked the game. I just wouldn't pay full price for it. Especially when it's falsely advertising an experience with sexual content, hentai, and nudity. I was really let down by the lack of lewds and monster sex.
What else can I say? The heart wants what the heart wants. :P
Purchase on a BIG sale my salacious friends <3

A surprisingly well-thought-out side-scrolling hack-and-slash, where less is more.
Bosses are fun to fight, and maps have lots of gimmicks and puzzles.
Game play is fairly tight, and there are lots of weapon varieties to play with.
Hisako is a very cute baka.
The story basically exists to give the director an excuse to stuff in whatever he thinks is fun, and this works out surprisingly well.
I hope to see another game from this team.

This game was FUN.
At its core, it's a platformer with RPG elements combined with enough ecchi content to keep you, er, engaged for the ride.
Seriously, just look at the preview pictures. Nearly every female character (which makes up 80% of the cast) is gorgeously drawn like that. The player character, the Survivor NPCs, the villain, even the bookish scientist lady who's your Mission Control! Plus your clothes get scantily torn up when you sustain enough damage, which will happen quite frequently.
The gameplay itself? Starts off easy but there's a steeper difficulty curve after around Chapter 3. This is where you REALLY get into the different weapons and modifiers and see which ones work for you. Luckily you pick up so many of them from fallen enemies (plus, no inventory limit), that once you sell them, you've got the enough funds to upgrade whatever weapon you feel is best. I recommend using a keyboard and mouse to play; I've tried a controller but moving the crosshairs as you're double-jumping the enemy got too chaotic and difficult.
There's some sidequest puzzles with some nice rewards (cash, weapons, mods) if you manage to solve them.
Performance-wise, if your PC meets the Recommended specs, it should be mostly smooth sailing. There was some heavy framerate drops when I had 30+ enemies on the screen with Maxed-out graphics settings and a bunch of projectiles flying everywhere, despite having an i7-4790 and a GTX 970. It only happened for about 30 seconds in the final chapter, and not during boss battles, so I wasn't bothered by it.
The plot? What plot? Well I guess there's plenty of "plot" and actually a pretty decent story throughout the game - feels a lot like the standard manga/anime sci-fi fare from the 90s. Helps to flesh out the game, but isn't too in-depth, and that's fine.
We all know why we buy these games - and DEAD OR SCHOOL fills that niche pretty nicely.

This game has pretty good length and I was honestly surprised by it. The story is pretty decent. The combat is good as well and your load out will depend on your play style. Voiced dialogue is pretty limited which is fine considering this is an indie game. The technical negative for me is when there is a lot going on the screen the frame rate can drop significantly. Not sure if there is a setting I missed but the slowdown is noticeable. Design wise sometimes the enemies get covered by the UI so you don't see them properly especially if they are located at the lower left or right of the screen. I enjoyed the game, played at hard difficulty, and got all the achievements. If you are interested in the game for the ecchi stuff, it is pretty tame IMO so you may get disappointed.

Absolutely good game!
It's not a fanservice game, don't get tricked by the tags
The story and grinding is very good, the hits also feels nice and there are lots of weapons variety
If you're into anime hack n slash then this game is definitely for you!
The gameplay is also quite long (around 20 hours for me to complete the game)
The big con in this game though there are lots of bugs, like going through walls, or player still in jumping animation while already at ground, but the bug is still tolerable, there are also no end game content
I finished this game 4 days after buying it.
Really worth it!

+ Nice music
+ Good level design
Exploring the map is so addictive and satisfying.
+ Weapon
You can use 3 type of weapon in combat which are melee, light gun and heavy gun. And there're so many weapon for each type.
Melee: Electric guitar, chainsaw, rapier, etc.
Light gun: Anti-tank rifle, flamethrower, laser gun, etc.
Heavy gun: Missile pod, graviton, plasma cannon, etc.
Each weapon are divided into different classes, from inferior (weakest) to ultimate (strongest) with their own unique ability that can be change through modification and you can also level it up through reinforcement.
You can only change equipment/modify your weapon in the save point. Luckily it's not hard to find a save point in this game.
+ Attachment.
Same as the weapon, there are tons of attachments. When you kill an enemy, sometimes they drop an item called "attachment". This item can be used to increase your stats & ability such as increasing stamina/durability/speed/ammo, calling a drone, etc.

- Story
At first, it's so boring but it's getting better in the late game, but nothing special. I don't like every time Hisako keeps talking about she'll have fun at school.
- Camera
Sometimes you can't clearly see where your character/enemy is because bad cameras angle/zoom.
- False tag
This game doesn't have any 18+/NSFW contents
- This game feels unpolished and the animations are bad.
The worst part is bar jump. When you do a bar jump, it looks like Hisako teleport and grab the bar. Sometimes when you walk, Hisako will suddenly stop because of obstacle that never exists.
This game was made by Indie Company with only 3 people, and they're struggling to finish this game due to financial crisis. This game finally released but with lot of feature being removed or simplified. This game actually has so much potential.