https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3464128147
I can not even compute what I just played...review error 404.
It was like a Slavic drug trip, with a Slavic interface, Slavic exclamations in the background and a Hardstyle soundtrack to accompany it with.
The game is about Dr. Livesey and his Pilgrims slaughtering Pirates...that is how I can describe this outlandish epilepsia inducing feast of the senses to the upmost of my capabilities.

Dr. Livesey Rom and Death Edition can be described as a roguelike shoot'em up with achievements and powerups dropping like a massive avalanche, constantly, non-stop and in a very satisfying manner. Therefore this shooter has elements of a collectathon.
Controls are as simplistic as it gets. You run and you gun, whereas your two pilgrim NPCs throw bombs and shoot on their own. I would have wished for a bit more variability in terms of controls but heck, maybe this opium den of a video game experience would not play as fluidly as it does with two mere controls.
There are tons of cats to be collected in the levels and some trade shops to exchange your power ups for rarer power ups, occasionally you come across treasure rooms.

It is as Russian as it gets, make no mistake. Hardstyle electro tunes with hard bass pulsating through your ears totally drawing you into the zone and its frenetic FPS action.
But here is where the game truly shines and the music paves way for and outstandingly realised synergy which does not only ensnare the sense, but also borders on giving you epileptic seizures while power up up your movement speed and enhancing your rounds of gunnery unleashed on the poor pirates.
Whenever the beat goes and hard and really crazy, a rage frenzy is induced in Dr. Livesey and his Pilgrims, causing you to become god allmighty of the pirate slayer that he already is, to go berserk float rapidly over the battlefield with fleeting footwork, just like a cat on cocaine, and devastate them with an unholy amount of vision depriving gunnery.
One could think that is enough for the sake of the berserk mode, which triggers quite frequently I ought to mention.
But NO!
Your vision also turns pink as if you just smoked a pipe with Alice in her wonderland from Alice Madness Returns,
causing you to figuratively put on rose-coloured glasses reminiscent of the 80's cyber synthwave optic in artworks. It is as if the game wants to induce a seizure in you with how often this happens minus the flickering, otherwise I may be a goner.
It goes hard trust me and I simply can not do it justice in this review.
You will head bang and go into a frenzy in front of your monitor, especially if you play with headphones, like me that is.

I feel as this game is falsely advertised to minuscule degree on the store page.
It is not difficult as the tags claim.
As long as you do not sleep on evasion, you may steamroll the pirates without taking damage.
I made it to the jungle lands on my first play through, unlocked 73 achievements and only cheated death once due to ignorance, all culminating in an A+ grade.
It offers replay value if you want to compete on the leader boards for kicks.
However, something did one shot me in the end or perhaps the game is supposed to end on a skull smoking the joint, I am not sure, and given that this happened after besting the boss I am even less sure.

Beautiful hand drawn cartoon optic, fully cohesive and vibrant with colours. Apparently this is a soviet cartoon that is called treasure Island. Not sure if this is connected to Stevenson's novel treasure island, probably draws inspiration from it directly or indirectly. The typical pirate iconography is present through all the foes you points your guns at.

Best 50 cents I ever spent on steam. The price points is far too generous for what you are getting.
If in doubt, just buy it.
It does not support a controller officially but with steam input it worked flawlessly with my controller, shoulder trigger for shooting and control stick for movement.
The only negative thing is that this game is in dire need of an epilepsia warning!

This game is the equivalent of me and my daughter’s ADHD brains colliding at 7AM when I try to wake her up for school. The music? Absolute chaos , like a DJ possessed by sugar and existential dread. You’ll hit play and immediately have a “what did I just unleash” moment XD
Also easy achievement.

That was the closest ill get to heaven, pure bliss and ecstasy. 10/10