![]() ![]() So even though I only spent about 4 hours playing the game, I feel you get more than your money’s worth. While I did manage that, I am still working on beating the true boss without using too many continues. After beating Moura and getting that diabolical ending the first time around, I was highly motivated to try again, find all the hidden Moura Tears, and get a better ending. There are several levels, and each one features at least a couple main areas and one boss each. ![]() It takes effort and a lot of deaths, but it never felt totally unfair or unbalanced.Īlthough Cursed Castilla EX isn’t that long of a game, each successful playthrough took me about 2 hours. More importantly, the more you play the game, the easier it is to memorize all the levels and boss patterns, which makes it possible (though not easy) to beat the game much more efficiently. ![]() Luckily, you can get more lives by playing well and earning enough points. I found that out the hard way after getting my second ending in the Realm of Pain, only to have a trumpet bearing angel blow all 23 of my continues back at me as lost souls, murdering Ramiro in the process. While you’re more than welcome to use as many continues as you want, using too many will lock you out of getting the best endings. While you only have three lives, there are checkpoints in levels and you have access to an endless supply of continues, with a catch. You are also able to find secondary items, such as the orbiting blue fairy or the double jump boots. Finding powerups will lend you new weapons, such as the multi-hit daggers and boomerang-like sickle. The gameplay in Cursed Castilla EX is old school with a bit of new school convention thrown in. Jerk Gandalf tries to knock you off the clouds to your death! It never made much sense having only Arthur go and fight hordes of foes to save the day, and I like how Castilla quietly lends a does of reality to the premise. Nevertheless, I like the concept of a band of brothers fighting against evil forces. Though you can only control Ramiro, you’ll be seeing those other knights, generally when horrible fates befall them. Your King sends you, Don Ramiro, as well as Quesada, Mendoza, and Diego off, to fight the encroaching evil and save the day. The tragic love story which starts the madness involves a young woman named Moura whose misery is manipulated into dark magic, which opens up the world to assault by demonic forces. Whereas Super Ghouls n’ Ghosts has a barebones plot at best, the story in Cursed Castilla EX had a bit of nuance to it. Starting out, one thing which struck me about Cursed Castilla EX was the larger focus on story. Since I’m a big proponent of portable gaming, I decided to finally try it out. Despite that, I have a fondness for that game, so when I see others that are inspired by it, I get fixated on them. While it’s true Cursed Castilla has been around for a while now, it just hit the Vita. It featured pixel-perfect platforming, utter precision, and maddeningly difficult boss battles. More specifically, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, the third game and one I have yet to fully beat. One of the biggest series to put this ethos to the test was Ghosts n’ Goblins. ![]() As a result, many older gamers, myself included, got pretty good at withstanding abuse and taking it in stride as a necessary evil. The ethos of those early games was to make players earn their victory with blood, sweat, and tears. Take for example such NES games as Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man 2, and Contra. One of the downsides to being an older gamer is that many of the games I grew up with and which shaped me as the gamer I am today were ridiculously difficult. T for Teen – Fantasy Violence, Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity ![]()
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