None of the platforming is ever too tricky even if there are obstacles like forceful winds or sludge fountains to complicate things. While Grim Guardians never reaches the level of greatness of the games that influenced it, it still is an admirable tribute. But this really isn’t a bad thing given how long its been since there has been a proper Castlevania game. There’s even a boss that bears a similarity to Legion/Granfaloon. Several enemies such as bone-throwing skeletons and medusa heads breaking from sculpted busts seem as though they were lifted from from the Konami classics. There’s a joke to be made about whether he really needs anything to rev him up since he’s already been turned to a stone pillar, but that may go against this website’s standards of decency.Įven though Sakurizakivania has its own original enemies, it doesn’t attempt to hide its influence. These items include things like naughty magazines and tights, which does lead to jokes about him being a perv. He has the power to assist the demon hunters in ridding the castle of the demon, but needs certain items that would help rev him up. The one identified male character happens to be turned into a stone pillar. There are mild spoilers ahead, so skip to the next paragraph if avoiding such things is desirable. The second is where things take a turn in the direction of anime horndog strangeness. The story in the first half of the game is straightforward: travel through the castle, kill demons and rescue students.
The second time is when the player should take advantage of the new skills to see what other secrets are hiding. When the player thinks they’ve reached the end of the game, they’re sent back to the beginning, where the second half of the game has the player revisiting the stages in whatever order they see fit. Grim Guardians borrows a page from Ghosts ‘n Goblins. The player can return to earlier stages after acquiring new traversal items to look for secrets and trapped students, but there isn’t a need to do. The first half of the game goes through seven chapters in order. As weird and contradictory as it sounds, the oxymoronic phrase linear metroidvania is an accurate description. Seeing the Castlevania influence one might be inclined to think this is a metroidvania. More weapons are unlocked as they progress through the castle that include explosives, grappling hook and paper cranes. Maya starts with the ability to summon a rotating barrier and Shinobu has a throwing knife. Both girls have their own subweapon skills that provide different attacks and traversal benefits. Maya’s melee attacks do more damage than Shinobu’s machine, but Maya also has the shorter health bar. The two sisters can be swapped at will on single player. Enter the Kamizono sisters, Maya and Shinobu. But by some wonderful stroke of luck, the worlds that tend to suffer from demon infestations tend to also have demon hunters.
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Plus all the students are trapped in inconvenient places. Most people can agree that castles are cool works of architecture, but the problem is whenever a demon creates one, it tends to have a lot of undesirable elements, namely more demons and other such malevolent beings. Thanks to the mischief of a demon named Kurona, this once-respected institution has been transformed into a massive gothic castle. Sakurazaki Academy has undergone some interesting renovations. All it takes is one look at the promotional artwork for Grim Guardians: Demon Purge to know that the developers spent some time hunting Dracula. There are numerous games are aren’t subtle when it comes to showing the influence the Belmont clan on their design, but a lot of these games end up being good. This doesn’t change the fact that it remains one of the most-celebrated franchises in gaming history. It’s been quite some time since there has been a new Castlevania release, retro collections and mobile games notwithstanding.
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