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Devil Engine is a cool horizontal shmup, and the Legend of Tian Ding is a action platformer. One from Japan and one from Limited Run, just happened to deliver on the same day.

Weird name, but I loved the retro pixel art with PS1 style 3D backgrounds. I enjoyed it a good bit, and while not perfect, it was better than I was expecting. It's an action RPG that switches from full 3D movement, in explorable environments, but locks combat to a 2D plane, which I think was a good choice.
Story is the usual wacky cyberpunk/anime kinda stuff, and the tone can shift from serious to silly in an instant. I personally liked this, but some will maybe not like these tropes. There's a good few nods to other games around as well, which is always fun.
Not a very long game, though I did miss a bit of the side missions, at least parts of a good few. I still got enough parts and/or money to buy/build new, or fully upgrade to the best weapons though, so I'm not sure how much I actually missed? I assumed when marking a side mission in the mission log, it was giving me markers of places to go and check--it showed them on that screen, but it was immediately switching everything back to follow the main story. I ended up at the finale when I thought I was doing a side mission. Definitely user error 🤷‍♂️. Fun game overall, with a great framework to do a sequel or something in the same universe, but definitely with the same graphical aesthetic. 7-7.5 out of 10, if I was cornered and forced to give a score. 7 is a good score btw.
There's a demo if anyone is interested. That's how I found the game last year (I think it was January or February), but I waited for a sale, then it was announced for physical release through Limited Run. This is why I'm just now playing it... well it's more the fault of TotK. It showed up a few days before that released, and everything took a back seat then.
I will admit, Limited Run is getting over the Covid hurdles and games are shipping much quicker, but maybe too quick.
I'd mentioned previously that I've had issues with them not giving shipping notifications, along with other silly issues--I literally just got a shipping email about a game I'd already received over 2 weeks prior!? I think this is the 3rd time that's happened in the last few months. Whatever, as long as they show up I guess.
Anyway, if you think it looks cool, give it a shot--at least the demo.