The title is developed by Inti Creates, creator of such iconic sagas as Mega Man, Gunvolt or Blaster Master.
Inti Creates, the studio behind such renowned sagas as Mega Man, Blaster Master or Gunvolt brings us this pixelated adventure full of demons that transports us to another era. Is about Grim Guardians: Demon Purge that has arrived these days, on the market and that we have had the opportunity to analyze in ComunidadXbox.
Golden age of pixels and platforms.
This time Inti Creates try to look at past and bring us an adventure that awakens in us feelings of youth. And it is that Grim Guardians: Demon Purge is a classic metroidvania of those that we play so much in the 90’s and 2000’s that flooded the houses with the consoles domestic and they made delights in the halls recreational.
The story is the least of it.
In Grim Guardians: Demon Purge we are going to star the Kamizono sisters, Maya y Shinobu. Both are demon hunters who live among us without arousing suspicion. One day on the way to Institute both sisters see how the two planes of existence, the demonic and the human, merge and their institute ends up becoming a hellish and demonic castle. Behind all this is Kurona, a demon more than known by the sisters and whom we will have to stop.
Metroidvania, brawler y beat ’em up
Grim Guardians: Demon Purge It is a classic metroidvaniahas extensive levels to explore, numerous doors secret or closed that we will find throughout the game. It has a nonlinear system of phases and an endless number of forked roads that will make us lovers of the genre enjoy. With a clear and defined style Grim Guardians: Demon Purge However, it acquires nuances from other greats of the genre such as brawlers or beat ’em up. The screen will fill with Many enemies It depends on the area we are in and hand-to-hand combat is the most effective in my opinion, although we can also deal with them from afar.
disparate sisters
And it is that the protagonists of Grim Guardians: Demon Purge they are very many different between them. For a start Maya has attacks body a body with different types of weapons as we progress through the story and eliminate final bosses. Also Maya has a lower amount of life, but her melee attacks are blunt. Lastly, Maya is much shorter than Shinobu and when we handle her we will be able to enter places that her sister cannot, she can also crouch down something that Shinobu cannot do. However, she has other gifts, one of them is her ability to ranged attack. Something that will be very useful against some enemies or bosses, despite the fact that these attacks are less deterrent.
Varied attacks and weapons.
To attack Shinobu will use a kind of revolver o arma one-handed that is capable of firing like a machine gun. We have a 100-round charger, which once it runs out will force us to stand still for 3 seconds to reload. Moving or jumping will cancel this action and we will be in trouble.
In addition, both sisters have special attacks, some more oriented to the defending and others to attack. Finally, regarding the gameplay, add that we can change sister within the phase, so if a zone is very difficult we can quickly change to try to do it in another way.
Dying and resurrecting
Both sisters are linked and this section is quite original, or little used in the genre. And it is that, if one of them dies, we can continue the phase with the other from the last check-point. However, we will have to go to the location where our sister died to revive her. If we die trying to find her and revive her, both sisters will be dead and we will lose one of our precious lives. a paragraph especial is he motion of the characters and their actions. We are facing a very careful and very good game in this section, the 60 fps those who move help a lot to enjoy a full and pleasant experience.
Conclusion
Grim Guardians: Demon Purge is a game that will delight lovers of metroidvania. with his style pixelart and its light but easy to digest argument will not get us into cumbersome plots, going directly to the action. If we think of a title from the past like Golden Axe, Metroid Prime, Castlevania and we play them right now we will be disappointed by their coarseness, and lasts gameplay. But in the retina we have them as the greats of the genre at the time, and Grim Guardians: Demon Purge brings us those sensations lost, but so dear and never forgotten.
Grim Guardians: Demon Purge
21,59€
Pros
- Very addictive
- very classic metrodvania
- very good gameplay
- Easy to use
- weapons depth
Cons
- Level design too simple
- Graphically, the pixelart may be better worked.
- little elaborate history