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Chests dotted around the level contain jewels and gold for a score boost, but also (like it’s Capcom counterpart) random weapons and power-ups, which can really force you to change your play style due to their different properties. Three hearts at the top of the screen represent the player health, and dying takes you back to the start of the level. You get a jump button and a shoot button, and that’s it.

Told through ‘cutscenes’ at the start or end of each level, it progresses as such a nice pace that you feel incredibly involved in the fate of your comrades and the kingdom as you play through.Īnybody familiar with Ghouls ‘N’ Ghosts is going to know exactly what to expect as far as gameplay is involved, but for those who missed out, it’s a simple, side-scrolling platformer. You play as Don Ramiro, the king’s loyal knight in a quest to rid Tolomera of the evil plaguing the lands, using the cursed witches tears to end the nightmare for once and for all. The story is simplistic beauty. A demon has turned the tears of a young witch into the key to unlocking evil in all of the land. This game did such an amazing job of taking me back to my childhood days that after each session of playing it I was checking my pockets for POGs.

Abylight studios have clearly put a lot of effort to ensure that everything about the game looks, feels and even sounds like something ripped straight out of an old Megadrive system. I grew up playing games just like this, so to see such a fine example of old-school style gaming available on the current generation of consoles is an extremely welcome sight.

MALDITA CASTILLA EX CURSED CASTILLA SERIES

I’m just going to come right out and say this, Maldita Castilla Ex (Cursed Castilla) borrows so heavily from the Capcom classic ‘Ghouls ‘N’ Ghosts’ series it’s almost plagiarism.

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